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Frank Partsch, Editor Mike Jeffrey, business manager Page 2 Monday, May 10, 1965 dUliniliniilllllllilHinilllllMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIHMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllll Next In addition to our front-page comments last week con- cerning the future of the Daily Nebraskan, we would like to ask anyone interested in talking about the functions of various staff members to drop in and get shown around. We will be happy to explain how the paper works and what we are trying to do to anyone who thinks he might be interested in applying for a staff position next semester. . The future of the Daily Nebraskan is one of our most pressing concerns currently. Without a wealth of enthusi astic, interested staff members, the paper could well lapse into a period of sterility and ineffectiveness. The pay and recognition are relatively low, but the rewards are never theless high; this is what we will try to impress upon any one thinking of working on the Daily Nebraskan. But A Week Students, faculty, and anyone else interested have just one week to submit letters of nomination for the Daily Nebraskan's semesterly "Outstanding Nebraskan" awards. We feel that giving this recognition twice yearly to a student and faculty member is one of the more important and certainly one of the more enjoyable things we do dur ing a semester, and we look forward to hearing about the top students and faculty members. Letters must be in our hands by 5 p.m. next Monday. We will print them if possible in their entirety and select one student and one faculty member to be honored at a special luncheon May 21. One note is significant here no student or faculty member can be honored unless a letter of nomination for him is received. We urge hearty participation from those among our readers who are interested in seeing a par ticular student or professor receive the honor his accom plishments deserve. But A Minute "A semester is but a minute in the history of the University." (Gary Lacey, final editorial, Jan. 25, 1964.) Following the big week in which the course of the next year is set, it is a good time to seriously reflect on the words of Gary Lacey and to realize that so many of the things considered crucial this semester are only the min utest parts of seconds when viewed from the overall pic ture, or at best only fragments of facets of trends. This does not mean that they should be overlooked, however: it merely means that we should try to put our selves and our activities in the proper perspective. A story told of Dr. Samuel Johnson illustrates this point. His protege, Boswell, had invited the venerable old man to dinner, only to find that he had in the meantime been evicted and would have no place to entertain his hero. Finally, in desperation, he knew that he would have to go to Johnson and retract the invitation. He stood em barrassedly telling his story when Johnson suddenly inter rupted him and restored his confidence by reminding him of what little consequence the incident would have a year hence. One Year Ago If someone mentioned the football ticket crisis or the drinking issue, few other than the oldest and most chronicle-minded students could explain then and yet they hap pened only one year ago. And next year, when the dis count card case or the discrimination issues are dropped into a conversation, probably few of us will consider them important enough to expound upon. Such is the duration of the things students spend hours discussing. The duration is especially noticeable in the last few weeks of a semester, when finals, vacation plans and relaxation become the crucial events. Duration is short but importance is just as high as if the world depended on it, for, although a semester is but a minute, a whole is made up of its parts, and, as a University commun ity, we are forging the rudiments of the parts of a whole that will someday be called "our society." Two events stand out in our mind here, one because it follows our line or reasoning, and the other because it is an entirely different case. They are the oft-discussed "college campus revolution" as the former and the new student government, composing the latter. Real Students In an earlier editorial concerning the "revolution." we noted with interest that some sort of movement ap peared to be showing on several fronts here at this Uni versity. We saw this in the redefinition of student gov ernment, in the interest in administrative control, human rights and individual freedom, and in the apparent rest lessness exhibited by many students not beatniks, nor bohemians nor even bearded ones but real madras and wingtip students. Although, as we said at the time, we do not favor "causes for the sake of causes," we were nevertheless quite encouraged by the fact that minds were going deep per, discussions more relevant, concerns more universal than we had yet seen in our three years here. And we do not particularly relish those among us who see this as the coming collegiate image to pattern and therefore be come as much of a stereotyped "revolution-jock" as pos sible, but we still must admire the maturity shown In much of this supposed unrest. But, as the semester a remarkably good semester in this University's history draws or grinds to a close, most of the traces of this "revolution" are also dissolv ing, just as if they had been listed in the Builder's cal endar to end the Wednesday before Ivy Day. Where we were first dismayed, however, we are now confident that the "revolution" will proceed here, slowly and calmly, until its goals are attained, until a healthy balance of power is reached between faculty, students and adminis tration, until the blue pencil across the street relinquishes its power over George Lincoln Rockwell, until student government, human rights and the Greek-independent split (so-called) are buried in a coffin of understanding; until prejudice and narrowness are cremated in a fire of charity. y Is The Time The new student government, on the other hand, Is not something that can best rear its head once or twice a year and become successful. Enough has been said of this child of the "revolution" to establish that next year is its crucial year. But this is the time for unwinding, of scholastic en deavor, of planning. On many fronts, this planning has leaped the summer and is organized around making next year an even better, more profitable and more intellec tual year than the University has known in its recent history. FRANK PARTSCH Year 'NHXT, THEY'LL 0OOOO0OOO'OOOOOOOOO o By Bob Bosking The new Innocents have been tackled. Thirteen men out of 13,000 students, se lected to serve as leaders of the University undergrad uates. But what do they d"o outside of their other activi ties, for which they were selected? One of the verbal criteria for membership in Innocents is service to the University. Where does this fit into the Innocents' own activi ties? What do they do as a group to serve the Universi ty of Nebraska? A few years ago, the So ciety installed seat belts for University students. They also initiated the Protege Program. But what of last CORKers By Lynn Corcoran LBJ has been driving the family to church of late. One thing about riding in the car when he's at the wheel you're in the mood for prayer when the time comes. Wouldn't it be nice if the IIUAC would let the Klan investigation be televised? What a spot for a detergent commercial! "My daddy has the whitest robe in the klavern." FROATH OF HISPANlOlA. TO THE WILLS OF VlT NAA... BE PEEMH6 US W000EN NICKELS. BB Shot year? I can think of no pro gram, or campaign or (par don me) crusade undertak en by the Society. I heard only nasty rumors of week ly or daily meetings at the local Pub. Now that is fine, but . . . if this is all, and no other outside group function takes place, then the group is serving no pur pose of service. I would like to suggest that the Innocents do some thing constructive as a group, to indicate in a tangi ble manner that they were selected for the proper pur pose: scholarship, leader ship and service to the Uni versity. This would be aside from their traditional func tions, at convocations, the Frosh Hop, etc. The Daily Nebraskan IKK MARSHALL, manaefnir editor; SI'SAN BITTER, news editor: BOB SAMI'KLSON, port editor! LYNN CORCORAN, nlrht newn editor! PRISCII, I. A Mi'll.INI, senior staff writer; STKVK JORDAN, KEITH SINOR, RICH MKIKIt. WAYNE KREl'SCIIER, Junior staff writers; JAMES PEARSK, snorts assistant; I'OI.IY RHYNAI.DS, CAROLE RENO, JIM KORSHOJ, ropy editors! SCOTT RVNKARSON, MIKE KIRKMAN, PETE LACE, CONNIE RASM1. SVN, business assistants; JIM DICK, subscription mnnaiter; LYNN RATU JEN, circulation manacen KIP WRSCIIBACH, photographer. Phone 477-8711, Evtensions 2588 . 2589 and 25W. Subscription rates S3 per semester or per year. Entered us second class matter at the Post office in Lincoln. Nebraska. und'T the act of August 4, 1912. The Daily Nebraskan Is published at Room 51, Nebraska Union, on Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday during the acliol year, except during vaca tion and final examination periods, and once duiinB August. It is published by University of Nebraska ghirtents under the Jurisdiction of the Faculty Subcommittee on Student Publications. Publications shall be free from censorship by the Subcommittee or any person outside the Univer sity. Members of the Nebraskan are responsible (or what they cause to be printed. .WNydi ' "S JZ 11.5 o o This year's selections yield a variegated group of outstanding collegiate men, with many talents and abilities. Rather than philo sophizing at Duffy's about the politics of last week's elections, I'd rather see them doing something th a t no other group on campus can do. They have the neces sary prestige, and ability, to serve the University in many unique ways. Any service, be it installation of seat belts or initiating a Protege program, would re flect highly on the quality of the Innocents and the men in it. For inspiration, they need look no further than their founding, and why they are called Innocents. Election Dear Frank, I should like to express my appreciation to all the people that voted for me in the vp race. One question that was asked about Barry Goldwat er when he lost was; "How did he even get as many as he did?" and I feel a little the same way. How I even managed to get 384 votes is i little surprising. Some 25 per cent of the campus voted in this elec tion. This is higher than it has ever been, but it is not high enough. In order to represent all of the students, student government should take some of the responsi bility that all of the students are heard from. Next year more polling places should be set up. The problem of voting is a big one. Every effort should be made to make it as convenient as possible for the student to vote. Voting booths should be set up in Cather-Pound, Selleck, and Able next year. The fraternities and so rorities should be given the opportunity to vote in their living units if one is going to give this privilege to the independents, some .ught argue. So why not? Student gov ernment will be big enough to do this. Simply select an election chairman from each house and make him responsible for the polling of his living unit. The off campus student can be reached in much the same way, through such or ganizations as Unicorns and Towne Club. They could es tablish off campus polling places in . convenient areas. An effort can be made to go to the student for his vote rather than requiring him to come all the way to you. To foster student involve ment things like this are needed. A plan like that above would involve a larg er number of students in actually gathering the vote. They would feel that they are doing something worth while, and thus become in terested and stir up more interest. By making it much easier for the average student to vote, it becomes easier to participate, and with parti cipation naturally comes in terest. Another big problem of the past election was.; "How do I possibly decide with so many people running?" I should hope that more file in the future than in the past, and perhaps a primary system could be used. But still there is the prob lem of inforn al'on. INSTANT SILENCE For information writs: Academic Aids, Box 969 Berkeley, California 94701 Learn to fly! UNIVERSITY :j33 FLYING CLUB -Z call 432-8846 FIRST-QUALITY GLASSES AS low AS maims nmt fT'ti'r A'miIimimJiImiii... Miaul!. hm ml tmylut Caw. ' VER1LITE CONTACT LEUSES CNEPfiCEOKlTi Budget Terms at no extra tharw Satisfaction Guaranteed Procedure Eliminate the posters, and use the money saved to set up an information dissemi nating service outside the Daily Nebraskan. This serv ice would necessarily be im partial and would function solely as an election time vehicle whereby the candi dates may obtain exposure. One answer to the prob lem of candidate informa tion, that will probably grow, is the political party. The growth and develop ment of political parties should be watched cautious ly. In student government there is no division as to policy or philosophy, so the candidates should be elected on the basis of their ideas and not their party. Parties are fine, but I think that there are better ways to handle the problem of "how to decide" on the student government level, than by means of a party. I call for the new govern ment to foster student parti cipation by making the ef fort to go to the student. 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