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Mike Kirkman, business manager
Page 2
Wednesday Febr. 2, 1966
Goal: To Grow With NU
If the Daily Nebraskan were to have
a credo this semester it would be:to grow
with the University of Nebraska.
The growth of the University is
obvious to anyone who views the cam
pustwice the number of students as
a few years ago, crowded crib, class
rooms and courses.
The sound of music at the University
has become the sledge-hammer pound of
continual construction. The University re
sembles a nineteenth century colonial em
pire, ever-grasping for more territory.
University growth means that the Daily
Nebraskan needs to grow, too. The Daily
Nebraskan is not now indicative of the
growth of the University.
Last semester the Daily Nebraskan
began its growth. An extra column was
r added to increase the paper's size by
one seventh. More eight-page issues
were published. Two thousand, five
hundred more copies were printed per
issue. And the paper also grew in the
depth and variety of its coverage.
But a start in growth, for a University
or a newspaper, is not enough. It must
continue to grow if it, and its effectiveness,
are to survive.
The Daily Nebraskan will grow this
semester, along with the University. There
are a great many ways and directions in
which it can grow. To name a few: further
increase in the size of the paper; financial
growth (with better methods of business
management); a deeper, probing coverage
of the University, and University-affected
events; a larger staff to implement these
changes.
The Daily Nebraskan will grow in
some, hopefully all, of these areas this
semester. But the paper, like the Univer
sity, needs help outside of its staff in order
to grow.
It needs an interested and concerned
Publications Board. More important, it
needs an interested and concerned adminis
tration, faculty and student body.
Not necessarily appreciative,
though. Merely interested.
Rules of the Game
As always, the Daily Nebraskan likes
to hear from its readers, via letters to the
Editor.
But, to have letters printed in the
paper, our readers must play the rules
-f the game, as made by the Student
-Publications Subcommittee of the
" Committee on Student Affairs.
What tht rules mean, in effect, are:
The editor will keep on file letters,
plus names of all persons writing letters
together with any pen names used.
Any student, faculty member or
member of the University administration
may obtain the name of a person writing
under a pen name if he submits a re
quest in writing to the Editor.
Thus, to be printed, a letter must be
signed with the writer's full name. A pen
name, or initials, will be used upon re
quest. Letters should be typed, double
spaced. The Editor reserves the right to edit
all letters submitted for publication. They
may be sent through campus mails or
federal mails, addressed to the Daily
Nebraskan Editor, 51 Nebraska Union. Or
they may be brought directly to the Daily
Nebraskan office.
In the past, the paper has re
ceived numerous unsigned letters. Of
ten, these letters merit publication.
Sometimes, they do not.
It is our feeling that if a person feels
strongly enough about something to write
a letter, he should feel strong enough
about it to sign his name.
Exactly why unsigned letters are sent
to the Daily Nebraskan remains mostly a
mystery. Possibly the writer wishes to
vent a few frustrations without taking any
criticism that might be forthcoming for
his position.
We will not be democratic in our edi
torial page here, we don't have to pre
sent two sides to an issue.
The letters to the editor column is
the only exception. We invite you to
use it.
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Another Viewpoint " I
I The Tired American I
Editor's Note: Alan Mcintosh wrote
the following article for the Rock County
. Herald of Laverne, Minn. It was printed
In the Purdue University Exponent.)
I am a tired American.
I'm tired of being called the ugly
American.
I'm tired of having the world pan
handlers use my country as a whipping
boy 365 days a year.
I am a tired American weary of hav
ing American embassies and information
" centers stoned, burned, and sacked by
mobs operating under orders from dicta
tors who preach peace and breed conflict.
I am a tired American weary of be
ing lectured by Gen. de Gaulle (who never
; won a battle) who poses as a second Jeho
vah in righteousness and wisdom.
I am a tired American-weary of Nas
ser and all the other bloodsucking leeches
who bleed Uncle Sam white and who kick
him on the shins and yank his beard if
the flow falters.
I am a tired American-weary of the
beatniks who say they should have the
Replace Beanie
Plant Petunias
With the University's increasing pres
sures to economize, some money-saving
suggestions are in order: Why not:
1. Require freshmen to grow petunias
in front of the Union and other advan
tageous points (such as Selleck parking
lot.) I've seen gardeners planting, weed
ing and sprinkling around the University.
--Their wages could be used for professors'
salaries or even a freshman scholarship.
Then all freshmen would profit because
;they would realize the work involved in
these areas and not stomp through them.
" 2. Eliminate the designs on the Union's
napkins and packs of sugar. I do not
doubt the beauty of such designs, but they
don't make the napkins soak up spilled
coffee or cokes any better or make the
sugar any sweeter. Over the years, this
adds up.
3. Take down all the signs in the Union
Instead, put up a giant blackboard, with
, a complete supply of chalk and erasers.
Think how much money would be saved
in cardboard, paint, labor, etc. And what
could better add to the atmosphere of in
tellectualism in the Crib?
4. Put a meter at every available
parking spot on campus. Of course, a
good start has been made in this area.
But if the number of meters could be
doubled, or even tripled, think how many
more coins the University would collect.
Along with this, there should be a gen
, eral increase in the amount paid for
parking violations.
These suggestions aren't big, but added
together this sum would help us through
. the University.
- After all, what are we paying for?
" Petunias In front of the Union?
right to determine what laws of the land 1
they are willing to obey.
I am a tired American fed up with
the mobs of scabby-faced, long-haired
youths and short-haired girls who claim
they represent the "new wave" of Ameri
ca and who sneer at the old-fashioned
virtues of honesty, integrity, and morality
on which America grew to greatness.
I am a tired American weary unto
death of having my tax dollars go to dicta
tors who play both sides against the mid
dle with threats of what will happen if we
cut the golden stream of dollars.
I am a tired American who is tired
of supporting families who haven't known
any other than government relief checks
for three generations.
I am a tired American who is getting
madder by the minute at the filth peddlers
who have launched Americans in an ob
scenity race who try to foist on us the be
lief that filth is an integral part of culture
in the arts, the movies, the literature,
the stage.
I am a tired American weary of the
bearded bums who tramp the picket lines
and the sit-ins who prefer Chine.se Com
munism to capitalism who see no evil
in Castro, but sneer at President Johnson
as a threat to peace.
I am a tired American who has lost
all patience with that civil rights group
which Is showing propaganda movies on
college campuses from coast to coast.
Movies denouncing the United States.
Movies made in Communist China.
I am a tired American sickened by
the slackjawed bigots who wrap them
selves in bedsheets in the dead of night
and roam the country-side looking for in
nocent victims.
I am a tired American who dislikes
clergymen who have made a career out of
integration causes, yet send their own chil
dren to private schools.
I am a tired American who resents
those who try to peddle the belief in
schools and colleges that capitalism is a
dirty word and that free enterprise and
private initiative are only synonyms for
greed.
They say they hate capitalism, but
they are always right at the head of the
line demanding their share of the Ameri
can way of life.
I am a tired American real tired of
those who are trying to sell me the belief
that America is not the greatest nation in
all the worlda generous hearted nation
a nation dedicated to the policy of trying
to help the "have nots" achieve some of
the good things that our system of free
enterprise brought about.
I am an American who gets a lump
in his throat when he hears the "Star
Spangled Banner" and who holds back
tears when he hears those chilling high
notes of the brassy trumpets when Old
Glory reaches the top of the flag pole.
I am a tired American who thanks a
merciful Lord that he was so lucky to be
born an American citizen a nation under
God, with truly mercy and justice for all.
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Late Nomination
Dear Editor:
This letter is to nominate
Robert Jett for Outstanding
Nebraskan. Bob is a pre-law
student with a fine academic
record.
Perhaps Bob is not as well
known as other Outstanding
Nebraskan nominees, but
this is due to the fact that
during his freshman year he
was making a fine scholastic
effort at prestigious Brown
University.
At Brown, Bob was well
known for his capabilities as
a leader. He was in an arts
and science freshman hon
orary, and he won statewide
acclaim for his strivings to
bring order to the faltering
New England Assn. for
Scholastic Upheaval. He
now has plans for coloniz
ing a similar organization
at the University.
Finally Bob was an officer
in t h e extension honorary
for part time students.
In his short term atten
dance at the University of
Nebraska Bob has made not
able achievements. He has
held offices in his fraternity
ranging from assistant in
tramurals chairman to vice
president - pledge trainer.
As has been said about other
nominees, Bob has the for
titude to stand by his opin
ions no matter how strongly
or rationally opposed they
may be.
Robert S. Reed
RE'FPEREOISTrWON A Friend Wriles
Being a compendium of farce, absurdity
and comment selected arbitrarily by the
Editor ...
Introduction: The Editor, singularly
underwhelmed by the avalanche of apathy
which greets the publication of this cam
pus crier, is presenting this new foolish
ness in the hopes that it will be met with
similar disinterest. Providing the press
holds up, there will be subsequent col
umns. (This is Number One.)
It's written on every wall and tree.
45531 loves 45603.
Registration time. Now is the time for
all good campus radicals and other as
sorted rebellious students to fold," bend, "
mutilate and spindle those damn drop and
add IBM cards.
Said the soldier on his way to Viet
nam: "When Ah was drafted into the
Army, Ah was a nonviolent type. Then Ah
saw the big sergeant with the stick. Ah
wasn't the nonviolent type no more."
Students and faculty who've worked
or traveled overseas say "it broadens you
terribly." With all that French pastry and
Italian pasta, what can you expect? (Iowa
State Daily.)
On Justice . . .
Some Klansmen were caught one dark
night,
By mistake they strung up a white.
The judge, he was stern, and said
"When will you learn to remember to
bring a flashlight." (Ramparts magazine.)
People get this funny look on their
faces everytime I tell them I never watch
television. I can never understand what
they get so excited about. I mean, just
because a girl majors in P.E. or doesn't
stay out till the stroke of 1 is no reason to
question her femininity.
The Residence Department goes on
tour today, a sort of daytime bed check
of women's dorms . . . they're hoping to
find room for about 100 more coeds.
Of course, there isn't more room. Of
course, it will be found . . .
If the surplus must be housed in the
dorms, the department better start meas
uring floorspace in the halls r. ; 100 more
"beds is a lota bunk. lowa State Daily.)
Try to talk to someone sometime on
a serious subject. Like apathy. (That's a
good standby for Talks on Serious Sub
jects.) Then there's always the serious stu
dent who'll come up with his serious Ob
servation of the Day.
"If there's anything that sickens me,
it's apathetic cheerleaders."
.
Courts are interesting places. They are
like railroad stations and restrooms; even
tually you need one.
I made my annual, or semi-annual, or
monthly (it's worse since I got my li
cense) visit the other day. Got a ticket
for expired in-transit stickers. They're
good for 10 days you know, and I got
caught on the 11th day.
It wasn't so bad, though. In fact, the
woman who saw me leave the courtroom
actually brightened my day.
"What is our nation's youth coming
to?" she muttered.
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i Scrip Review
NU Students 'Mark a Milestone,'
Scrip 'Worth Your Plastic Quarter'
By WILBUR GAFFNEY
Editor's Note: Mr. Gaff
ney, a Nebraska alumnus,
was connected with the 1927
founding of the "Prairie
Schooner." He spent twenty
years as an editor for book
publishing firms in New
York City before returning
to the University in 1949 to
teach.)
The fact that the January
February issue of "Scrip"
(the students' very own
magazine) is now on sale
may not cause 15,000
students to leap with joy and
rush to the newstands with
shiny new plastic quarters
clutched inside their mit
tens. But it should! It should
for "Scrip' 'is the success
ful, even if still struggling,
end-product of a long chain
of student effort.
The present issue is
"loaded" in a variety of
ways; there are too many
contributions to name in
dividually, but I should like
to call attention to a few:
(1) Susie Diffenderfer's ela
borate, if cryptic, poem
"Spring to Fall." (2) Steve
Abbott's cartoon-play, "Unc
le Sam's Magic" (though I
should point out that it is
aot, as the author describes
It, a satire against "man
kind'': it is a satire against
certain segments of "man
kind," namely, viz., and to
wit, the U.S., China, Russia,
France, Germany, the Con
golese Republic, Spain, Ita
ly, and, probably, the Auto
nomous Republic of Grom
booloa). (3) Frank McClana
han's review of a 1906 work
by one "Mother Lee if not
a native, at least an adopted,
Nebraskan's view of Love
and Life Among the Masses.
And (4) Don Colucci's play,
"The Parcel," which might,
after all, be about You (or,
for that matter, ME).
One might also remark, in
passing, that if young writ
ers (and here I carefully
name no names) want to
play around with words,
they would be well advised
to read, if not the Collected
Works of J. Joyce, Esq.,
late of Dublin, Republic of
Ireland, at least "In His
Own Write" and "A Span
iard in the Works," by John
Lennon (a Beatle).
A famous British critic
remarked about "In His
Own Write" that "It is a
pity Mr. Lennon is not
more literate." Which de
lights me, for Mr. Lennon
is as literate, perhaps more
so, in his own way (or
his own write), than the
critic. Nevertheless, to take .
a more localized and fami- -liar
illustration, one does
not challenge tba late Ed
ward Estlin Cummings on
his own ground by merely
scattering words, or even
letters and exclamation
points idly upon a page;
there is a bit more to it than
that.
However (I tell my stu
dents, "Never begin a sen
tence with 'however,' but
there are exceptions) how
ever, the present issue of
"Scrip," like any issue of a
magazine that shows any
signs of continuity, marks a
milestone; and (to be crass
and financial about it) your
plastic quarter will be well
spent.
Speaking as a fairly
rugged professional critic,
or criticizer as some of you
know, and others may here
after know, from big black
slash-marks all over your
papers let me just remark
that even by those hard
standards, the present is
sue of "Scrip" and, let us
hope, the next and next and
next is worth your atten
tion, and your plastic quar
ter. (To borrow a phrase from
G. K. Chesterton's novel
"Manalive," "Forgive a cer
tain emphasis brought about
by strong feeling." I hate to
give away my age this way,
but 1 can remember when
GOLD was cash money.)
Being a regular attendant
of Hyde Park, I have heard
the many opinions expressed
about the war in Viet Nam,
so I decided it was time to
put in my two cents worth.
Each of us reads the daily
paper after thumbing
through the sports page, and
then there is the enlighten
ing experience of the objec
tive speakers at Hyde Park.
As I started to write this
letter a fearful though came
to my mind was I qualified
to make any sound conclu
sion? I remembered I had a
friend in Viet Nam, and I'm
sure that his experience and
observations are w o r t h
much more than my meager
deductions. So I wrote him.
This is his reply.
Herb Drezins
Soldier's View
I have been asked by a
friend to express by views
on the anti-Viet Nam dem
onstrations. Serving with
the Beachmasters, I h a v e
been to various parts of
that country and I have seen
its troubled people, and I
know why we are here and
why we must remain here.
What I have to say, I can
say honestly, is spoken for
all those who are serving
their country here. Viet
Nam is now a place of war
between two opopsing
ideals. With which ideal
would you rather live with?
Is your way of life so bad?
At first glance it would
seem that those demonstra
tions are not very intellec
tual. But on the contrary,
one will find that the mad
jority of them are active in
our higher levels of euca
tion. What then inspires
such action? I suppose they
could name various rea
sons, but I think all of them
could fall into one general
category; unpatriotism.
Cowardness and unfaithful
ness to your fellow man
can also be added to this
category.
I ask those to think. Be
cause God has blessed us
and helped us to remain
strong, among the priv
ileges we have, demonstra
ting is included, providing
it remains in its boundaries.
But don't abuse your rights.
You fire doing just the op
posite of what America's
sons are now dying for to
retain.
Yes, you next door neigh
bor is here, not that he
wants to be, nor that he en
joys it, but that he has to
be, for he knows that h i s
way of life is good but it is
now being challenged. Can
it survive? It can, but I be
lieve the question should be
asked, "Do you want it to
survive?'
The opposite side is using
these demonstrations to
their favor. They are
strong propaganda points
for them for surely if only
the government is in favor
of our actions and not our
people, then Communism
must be right.
I hope this is not the case
and I believe every decent
human being knows in his
heart that this is not true.
We must be here. I say if it
is so bad that you have to
demonstrate, then why not
seek out your paradise?
Come over and help those
you supposedly believe in.
But before that, reconsid
er our cause, and, along
with the support of the free
peoples of the world and
God. we can and we will
retain that which God had
intended for all, but which
is still denied to so many.
Stop and realize what vou
are doing.
Vil Rizij
Beachmaster Unit One
Miami Revisited
Dear Editor:
You published a letter in
the Daily Nebraskan with
headlines that read "Miami
Farce" signed, "Next
Year."
Mr. Next Year said our
Nebraska football team
looked lousy and that "the
lighter Alabama team
moved them around at
will." He also stated that
he sticks by the team even
when they are down. I feel
that if there is a "Farce"
in this entire subject, it is
Mr. Next Year himself. If
he really sticks by the team
he wouldn't have the
thoughts he publicly ex
pressed. He would have ob
served the films of ' the
game more closely and
noticed our team was not
"moved around."
Furthermore he would
have found out how many
hours of practice went into
the preparation for the
game. He would have ob
served tlhe torn cartilages,
the strained muscles, the
sweat and blood.
He also would have
known that newspapers and
radio reporters were trying
to let all Nebraska know
that their team was not
locked in a cage waiting for
the day of the game but
were entertained by the
fair city which was their
host and only after the
practice.
Yes, they should have had
a good time because the
sweat and blood of these
boys earned national pub
licity for their University
to say nothing of the thou
sands of dollars.
I find it very hard to
some sports fans. Just how
much does it take to satisfy
them?
An athlete is a different
kind of person from the
ordinary man. He asks so
little from the public for all
he puts out. However, he
does ask for our faith in his
ability and our respect of
the fact that he did his very
best.
"This Year"
About That
Cliche on
History . . .
From authentic sources
the Daily Nebraskan has
information indicating that
one of the most prominent
and able members of the
University faculty is n o w
being condidered by one of
the strong western universi
ties for a place on its teach
ing force . . . The Universi
ty stands in danger of los
ing one of her strongest
teachers.
Yep, history has a way of
repeating itself, even at
ole' NU, in view of recent
announcements made by
members of the University
faculty that they will be
leaving the University.
The first paragraph is re
printed from a story in the
May 1, 1909 issue of. the
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Daily Nebraskan
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