Jo Stohlman, editor
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"Give credit where credit is due."
(Author unknown, thank goodness.)
We hate to begin an editorial with a
cliche, but in this case it suits our purpose
perfectly.
We want to give credit to a few
individuals, (at least we are going on
on the assumption that it is more than
one individual,) who so craftily lifted
an $85 dollar flag and base from the
Nebraska Union.
Ordinarily, we would be apt to write it
off as a prank, with thoughts that the flag
would be returned. But because this is no
ordinary case of theft, with the flag of the
United States being the article stolen, we
consider this incident more serious than
a prank.
Anyone who would have the gall to
steal the flag deserves real credit not
only for the way in which it was removed
before it had been on display two days,
but also for the nature of the article.
With the senior key proposal and Coed
Follies still before it, AWS is already be
ginning to consider another change that
in slating of board members.
. The AWS Board discussed the present
system of slating girls for the present 21
member group at their meeting yesterday.
No action was taken, according to
AWS Vice President Vlcki Dowling,
because of the major areas (keys and
follies) already before it. The Board
has received criticism in the past for
the slating of board members as being
undemocratic and unfair.
Under the present arrangement, twice
as many girls are slated for the AWS
Board as there are positions.
Miss Dowling said the change dis
cussed involved a "petition primary."
She gave assurance that the slating pro
cess and possible change would be given
serious consideration shortly after the vote
on senior keys the first of March.
We are indeed glad that the Board has
taken it upon itself to discuss further re
Finally.
The Committee on Student Affair
voted Monday to "reaffirm support of the
concept of the faculty evaluation book and
to work with the representatives of ASUN
on the question of liability."
The motion implies sanction of the
book providing that the legal difficul
ties can be worked out.
After first giving approval for the
book, then rescinding it (apparently be
cause of the issue of legal liability on the
part of the committee members), the com
mittee has finally given its support to the
book.
We commend the action of the Com
mittee on Student Affairs for giving its
implied sanction to the faculty evaluation
book.
The book will undoubtedly be read
with a great deal of interest, and a great
deal of support on the part of the stu
dents. But the action of the faculty com
mittee lends the book a certain stature
which is bound to influence one's faith in
the book.
We feel the support of the faculty
Fractional System . . .
College Experiments In Grading;
'Precise Evaluations' Discussed
Editor's Note: The fol
lowing article should be
particularly interesting to
University of Nebraska
students, in view of the re
cent change in grading
here.
Ellensburg, Wash. (I.P.)
Junior and senior students
at Central Washington State
College favor the fractional
grading system over the
A-B-C-D-E system by a
margin of seven to one.
Under the fractionated
grading plan, instead of as
signing usual letter grades
to a student, a professor
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Another AWS Change
vision in the organization of ' AWS. We
can understand that they should want to
wait a few weeks to give the issue thought
ful consideration.
But Miss Dowling also said that
some opposition to a change in the slat
ing of AWS Board members was ex
pressed at the meeting. And again we
understand that a change of any na
ture usually provokes opposition, in
one form or another.
We would hope that those who are op
posed to a change in the slating procedure
give the proposal just as much considera
tion as its proponents.
We heartily favor a change to a more
"democratic" system of selecting AWS
Board members. And we hope that sev
eral alternatives of change will be dis
cussed, debated and considered.
As former editor Marilyn Hoege
meyer said last semester, "AWS is
coming of age." And we would like to
see AWS "come of age" in its process
of selecting Board members.
Support
Finally
. commMeiei a'ltHou'gh' W was .not ah-T'
solutely needed to get the book printed,
is necessary to aid the book's influ
ence. In connection with the question of lia
bility, which was the apparent reason for
the Committee on Student Affairs' res
cinding of approval, Dean G. Robert Ross
commented that the issue of liability was
not the real reason some of the committee
members voted against approving the
book.
Larry Frolik, vice president of ASUN,
has also termed the liability question a
"bogus issue," placing blame on some
faculty members "for just not wanting the
book to come out."
We find it sad that faculty members
would oppose a right of students that of
freedom of speech and expression be
cause of criticism of faculty members
which might be forthcoming.
After aH, if faculty members are
allowed to evaluate students (via the
grading system), shouldn't they open
themselves to evaluation by students?
would use a numerical val
ue 3.2, 2.7, 1.5, etc. This
would divide each 1 1 1 e r
grade into ten intervals.
The major purpose of a
fractionated grading system
would be to gain amort
precise measurement.
According to Dr. Jack
Crawford, associate profes
sor of psychology, the frac -tionated
system grew from
research with grade pre
diction tests seek a corre
lation between high school
achievement, aptitude tests,
and potential college grades.
Dr. Crawford said that
these tests have been suc
point, but lack precision
present "sloppy grading
systems" which must group
wide varieties of achieve
ment into five categories of
"generalization." The frac
tionated system would still
involve grouping, but it
would be much more pre
cise. The fractionated grading
system has already been
used experimentally at Cen
tral. Two years ago it was
used with the freshman
c 1 a 8 s. Results then were
encouraging enough to war
rant another test last year.
Fractionated grades last
year were "Just for fun"
business manager
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1966
Notice that we have not blamed stu
dents. Nor have we mentioned the
other articles missing from the Union,
including a $400 typewriter, 50 sets of
silverware, around 70 cups, and sev
eral paintings.
But because students are the main us
ers and customers of the Union, natural
ly they are the prime suspects.
We would hope that the real "credit"
for the missing flag and other stolen
articles does not belong to any who are stu
dents. Police investigations will probably
discover in time whether our hope is sub-.
stantiated.
In the meantime, we would ask that
anyone knowing or hearing information re
garding the thefts from the Union tell or
notify the authorities.
We make no plea to the persons who
have taken the articles. They are prob
ably too busy taking credit for their
successful (ad?) venture.
(part of a research pro
ject) Dr. Crawford said. But
they did have a higher cor
grades, he added. Asked
about, other benefits of the
fractionated s y s t e m, Dr.
Crawford said, "Though
originally it was only an aid
to grade prediction, our
cause (for adoption) has
acquired virtue as we've
gone along."
He explained that it is
helpful in the "C" grade
bracket where the students
who "are really doing a
pretty good job, not quite
'B' work, are lumped in
with students who are one
step from 'D' effort. Also,
with the great increase In
grade possibilities it should
be easier for a student to
go up or down the scale.
Today a student may feel
'trapped' in a grade cate
gory early in a quarter and
thus be discouraged from
trying to improve his po
sition." The fractionated grading
system has some opposition,
generaly on the grounds
that grades would be more
difficult to assign and that
the recording and transfer
of grades would be burdensome.
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Being a compendium of farce, absurdity
and comment, selected arbitrarily by the
Editor. . .
Thought for the Day:
more weeks (not counting
second semester finals.
Culled from the Kansas State Col
legian: Anybody for touch football? It's about
the next best thing when tackle football is
outlawed. This is the situation of junior
colleges in the state of Florida.
Miami-Dade Junior College may try to
change the situation. They propose that
touch football be established on an inter
collegiate level. i
(Mum's the word, but we guess when..
Tackle is Banned, it's no Secret the net 1
best thing is to let the Right Guard play
with Ice Blue touch.)
Ode to Fourteenth Street
Eenie, meeny, miney, moe,
Should I stop, or should I go?
Fourteenth Street is quite a mess,
To class I walk, nonetheless,
Limping on my mangled toe. '
Heartbreakers
To the Resisting Double E
The current static status quo
Singly lets us roam,
Why not switch to Pammel Court
And make our ohm, sweet ohm?
To the Demanding Economist
You guns-and-butter gunner,
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Another Viewpoint
I Beneficial Radicalism
Editor's Note: The fol
lowing article is reprinted
from the Purdue Exponent.
The National Student
Committee for the Defense
of Viet Nam is another sil
ly organization proclaiming
itself savior of the image of
American college students,
says the Denver Clarion,
the University of Denver.
In a recent letter to col
lege newspapers, six com
mittemen said: "We wel
come your cooperation and
assistance in this biparti
san national program to
show the American people
that the new student radi
cals do not speak for our
generation in , their irre
sponsible opposition to our
country's policy in Viet
Nam."
The attempt to place pe
jorative connotations on
the word "radicals" is ob
vious. Why is radicalism a sin?
If there were no radicals,
people on the fringes of ac
cepted opinion, people who
dare to ask the wrong ques
tion, dare to make noise and
upset the status quo, the
country would be saddled
with a dictatorship of like
mindedness. The position of the radi
cal is usually ignored by
the proponents of consensus
because it is always slight
ly embarrassing to others,
similar to our feeling for a
friend who has drunk too
much at a party and un
wittinbly insulted someone.
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Obviously, without radi
cals this country could not
have survived this long with
anything like freedom of
thought. Even as it is, it
takes a great deal of cour
age to speak against a con
sensus. Fortunately the Uni
ted States has not reached
the point where radicals are
forcibly repressed, but a
few more national Student
Committees could do t h e
trick.
Without noisy, clamorous
and widely-publicized d i s
sent, our thinking will be
come homogenized, tasteless
baby food. And then this
country will really be in
trouble.
What went with all o u r
friends?
That's the trouble with
leading the parade; you're
never sure whether they're
following you or chasing
you.
During the First World
War, we sent the French,
the British and the Rus
sians all the help they asked
for and more than we could
afford. When they also
needed our men, we sent
an Expeditionary Force of
them.
During the Second B i g
War, we supplied those
same "allies" with all the
help they asked and more
than we could afford.
When thejr also needed our
men. ws cent men.
Between wars, we have
continued to extend aid from
our own dwindling reserves
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This much you've yet to learn:
My love supply is suffering
Diminishing returns.
To the Innocent Child Development Major
Three can't live as cheap as one;
Individual differences
Between us I have found,
Let's not kid around.
To the Neglected Veterinarian
Kitten, soon us I forsee
Happy as two birds can be,
But, right now I'm such a mule
To pick you and six years of school.
To the Slippery Clothing Major
What is there to selvage
In this duo that I've sought?
You seam too busy darting 'round. . .
Our social pattern's shot.
(Iowa State Daily)
One of our readers contributed what
he thought would be a good addition to our
nameplate: "Daily Nebraskan the Uni
versity's Paper Tiger." No comment.
From the Items that are Useless, Un
necessary and Otherwise a Pain in the
Neck Department:
Ever wonder why there is a stop sign
on the corner by the old music building,
where there is no cross traffic? I always
hesitate there, wondering if I should stop
or go on through and risk the chance that
the Eye of the Law is upon me.
We should commend the city's cau
tion, however. I guess there's always the
chance that a bulldozer might break loose
and. . .
To the person who sent me a Valen
tine, who I didn't send one to, Sorry About
That!
to all these nations and
most of the rest of the
world.
Now we are in trouble;
where are our friends?
In Korea, our lads had to
fight under a mongrel flab,
but received only token
support from others.
Americans have kept the
expensive watch on the
Rhine almost alone, while
Europeans got fat.
In Viet Nam, "to stop the
Red tide from engulfing all
Southeast Asia," American
sons fight again almost
alone.
Further, our old buddies
are fraternizing with our
enemies. British ships pro
provision the Commu
nists through Haiphong's
harbor.
The French, who owe us
their lives, are openly pre
dicting and secretly hop
ing we'll lose this war.
We spent another 10 bil
lion t econstructing their
countries.
Now we stand between
them and the avalanche
alone. And even worse than the
indefensible absurdity of
our Senators and Congress
men continuing to march,
tail-to-itrunk, trunk-to-t a il,
in this sad circus . . .
Is the fact that Ameri
cans the vast, decent,
disorganized majority
of Americans who could
object, instead just roll over
and play dead.
! CAMPUS
I OPINION I
Group Accused
Dear Editor,
Basically, the United
States is a protector of free
dom. Therefore, the know
ledge of this fact plus ap
plication of all the know
ledge I have in 21 years of
living should enable me to
effectively prove my point
that point in question being
that although the SOS (Soc
iety of Scrounges) admitted
ly has many good inten
tions, the manner in which
they attempt to solicit at
tention to their cause (i.e.,
that device they use to get
attention, namely their re
bellion not only to conform
ity, but to personal hygiene)
will do nothing but defeat
their own purpose.
Whether SOS knows it or
not, people are evaluated on
factors other than what they
say.
Although I have a ten
dency to rebel against the
use of truisms, in this par
ticular situation 1 will use
one. "Discourse is not ex
pensive" (to say "talk is
cheap" would commit the
unexcusable sin of being
trite) unless accompanied
by supplementary factors.
Everyone and every or
ganization are evaluated by
their peers. This point can
not be argued. You are
judged by your fellow men,
in this specific case by your
fellow students.
Everyone, and every or
ganization, have their good
points and their bad points.
And the way people evalu
ate a person or an organiza
tion is (by) whether their
good points surpass their
bad points.
In fact, when I look at a
person or an organization, I
attempt to analyze whether
their good points overshad
ow their bad points. If the
ANOTHER
Editor's Note: A small
fire, which will be remem
bered (possibly) as a statis
tic at the University, evoked
the following comments
from Junior Staff Writer
Bob Curnow. Curnow was
formerly the police reporter
for a Lincoln newspaper.
A -small fire Tuesday af
ternoon in a custodian's clos
et in the north part of the
Nebraska Union provided
students with a little excite
ment on what would have
been another dull class day.
Minutes after the first fire
men arrived, two city fire
inspectors were on the scene
to make sure the fire would
not reoccur.
To students the whole in
cident was something to talk
about over a cup of cof
fee. To the Union staff there
was relief for no damage
had been suffered. In the
newspapers the fire will ap
pear as one short line of the
statistics column.
But to the firemen and the
city of Lincoln the alarm
was much more than some
thing to laugh about or re
cord a statistic.
When that Union worker
called for help, a shrill
screaming alarm signal
sounded in 10 fire stations
across Lincoln.
The crews of engine No. 1
and truck No. 1 jumped to
the slide poles, leaving
meals unfinished as they ran
for their rigs.
Engine No. 2 crewmen
were caught in the middle
of a training session; books
were dropped and firemen
were on the rig in seconds.
Engine No. 3 and truck
No. 3 firemen dropped
cleaning equipment and
were rumbling out of their
house before te sound of
tbe alarm had died away.
Converging on the Union
from four different direc
tions were three modern
high pressure pumpers, a
ladder truck, a snorkel
truck and a chief's car
worth more than $150,000 al
together. Speeding through crowded
city streets these vehicles
carried 22 firemen. And ev
erytime they respond to an
alarm and roar into the
streets, they face the possi
bility of coming across some
driver who won't see or hea:
their approach.
This, say many firemen, Is
more dangerous than anj
fire and smoke they might
encounter.
The University and its
students are receiving this
multimillion dollar fire pro
tection free of cost. Lin
coln's Director of Tublie
good points do, then I tend
to be more sympathetic, but
if their bad characteristics
are overwhelming, then f
am forced to be hostile.
Members of the SOS. I
am accusing you of being
unrealistic, (even more) I
am accusing you of being
lackadaisical in regard to
your personal appearance.
I am also accusing you of
being unrealistic in regard
to protecting your, organiza.
tion from the infiltration of
degenerates, pseudo
intellectuals and totalitarian
(sic) radicals.
If you want us to listen to
you, then show us you are
worth listening to.
Because as long as you
continue to look and act like
fools, we will assume that
this is the role' you intend
to play in life.
Do these things and may.
be then we will tend to be
more sympathetic and less
hostile.
John Atwocd '
Recognition
Dear Editor,
Many times in the pres.
entation of reports on the
floor of the Student Senate
and in the resulting cover
age in the Daily Nebraskaa,
the people Who have put in
many hours of work behind
the scenes, the committee
workers, are overlooked.
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the
members of my committee
Kris Bitner, Cuz Guenzcl,
Bob Lott, and my associ
ates, Liz Madole, Kan Web
ster, Darryl Gless and Mary
Baker for an outstanding
job on the International
Student Housing Report.
Terry Schaaf
STATISTIC
Safety Emmett Jnnge saidt
"Lincoln gives fire service'
to all state buildings near
us although they are n!t
paying directly any city
taxes for the service."
Junge did say, however,
that if circumstances existed
which put an overly-large
strain and cost on .the Da-.,
partment it would be feasi
ble to consider asking for
some kind of "contract"
agreement between the Uni
versity and the Department;'
"It would take a change
in present state laws, I be
lieve, to do this," Junge
said, "because by law they
(the University) are not al-"
lowed to pay us."
While it is inconceivable
that the Lincoln Fire Depart
ment would stand by offer
ing no assistance while a
University building burned,,
it is very much a reality to
speak of the abuse firemen,
take from students and in
some earlier cases, adminis
tration. Firemen are professionals
and ask very little in their
work but cooperation and
respect. They are men with
families and many of them
have children of college age.
Lincoln's fire chief and
assistant fire chief both have
sons attending universities.
They are no freaks with
hoses who are looking for
excitement.
Firemen tell of incidents
in the not too distant past
where upon answering cam
pus alarms they had the
equipment stolen right oil
the rigs. It has not been un
common for firemen trying
to do their job to be har
rassed and even challenged
to fight by students.
Fire Department officials
and city officials were irked
by the nonsensical series of
trash fires and false alarms
at Abel Hall and other
campus dorms last fall. '
Too many times scores -of
firemen have raced through
Lincoln streets, endanger
ing their own lives as well
as those of citizens to re
spond to a false alarm set
by some ""educated idiot."
As one Lincoln fireman
put it, "These kids have nev
er seen people burned to
death in a fire or seen their
best friend's engine run in
to a truck as it goes through,
an intersection. To them
it's a game and when they
persist in playing it they'
endanger, our lives as well
as their own." '
Lincoln firemen answered
nearly 2,000 fire calls last
year and they don't need;
the business of sorority girls
who throw everything but
the backyard in their incin
erators and dorm "men"
who like to cry wolf.
