Jo Stohlman, editor
Mike Kirkman, business manager
Page 2
Friday, April 8, 1966
Coming Attractions
- If you're still around to read this af-
, ter spring vacation, chances are that
you're good for the rest of the semester
at least. Another few weeks of school
tolled with such things as:
.... Lincoln weather, with its alternate
periods of sun, rain, wind, humidity, and
finally the summer inferno.
Filling out registration forms, get
' Ing your adviser's signature, paying
your $50 deposit, going through drop
and add.
A smattering of term papers and hour
exams, sprinkled liberally throughout
Dead Week and cram-time.
Anticipation of Ivy Day with all its
sunburnt backs, hoods and masks, rac
ing forms, and probably tears.
ASUN elections, with all its cam
paigning, platforms, speeches, interviews
with candidates, urging to vote, posters,
and the usual amount of hogwash.
All of the things that go wit h
spring, including cutting the grass,
woodsies, green leaves on trees, rob
bins, etc.
The air conditioning turned on in a
few academic buildings, with the posted
reminders to keep the windows shut.
AWS planning of the senior key sys
tem and orientation program for next
year.
Sororities' discussing next fall's Rush
Week with its agonizing schedule com
plete with the usual number of tired
rushees (usually as tired as the rushers)
and work on the Rush Book.
For college men, taking the draft
deferment exam, with hopes of the high
est score in the class.
A general increase in the number
of class skips, an upsurge In spring fev
er and a downsurge in convertible
tops.
The honors convocation with the Build
ers Student Professor announced.
Spring Day, with its usual uninhibited
goings on, and with its usual uninhibited
goings on after.
For graduating seniors, the last
(hopefully) job interviews, forms and
plans. For everyone else, planning the
summer vacation with thoughts of swim
ming, boating, fishing etc., in the Nebras
ka wonderland; or studying, cooking and
librarying during summer school.
And then, before you know it, it's fin
al exam time again, and you can sweat
it out once more, with the choices of:
(Pick one)
1. Staying in.
2. Getting put out.
3. Grad school.
A fourth alternative is available to
males between the ages of 18 and 26, in
good physical condition, who are not
married and the father of dependants.
Won't you be glad to come back?
Aii Example for All
The following appeared in the Daily
Nebraskan on Good Friday, 1965. It was
written by Frank Partsch.
Some thought he was a beatnik; he
certainly would have been out of place
today with his sandals and beard.
Others thought he was a two-bit poli
tician; and his support with the lower
classes was certainly strong.
One correspondent for the world's
best-selling publication quoted him as of
fering compassion to the poor, the suf
fering and the peacemakers.
He could know anger too. He once
led a raid on a den of thieves, ejecting
them bodily from a public building.
But he was arrested in a bloodless coup
by those who were jealous of his power,
tried in a kangaroo court and executed
with common criminals.
He died forging his enemies. His life
and death were an example for all men,
regardless of belief.
But his friends denied him, and his
followers forgot him, and his words, though
immortal, are often ignored.
Peoplt are funny that way.
Editor's Note: An ASUN
tommittee has just com
pleted a study of the Uni
versity's bookstores and of-
fered recommendations for
"continued study. The fol
lowing discusses a similar
Isfudy;
Salt Lake City, Utah -(I.P.)
The Bookstore Ad
visory Board at the Univer
sity of Utah has adopted
the philosophy that profits
should not be a considera
tion in making bookstore
policy.
"The bookstore can only
inappropriately be regarded
as a source of revenue,"
the statement read. "This
3f 3 fa linn . . .
ZZ By WAYNE KREUSCHER
News Editor
And so this year's ASUN presidential election may
;not be as boring as it looked earlier.
Two candidates Terry Schaaf and Dave Snyder
were apparently running for president early last week.
Both quite similar, but one with a little more lead
ership potential, organization, contacts and planning. It
looked like a pretty one-sided race in Schaaf's favor.
But now with the announcement that Steve Abbott
is seeking the presidency things have changed com
pletely. Scjhaaf still appears to be way out in front, but the
race no longer promises to be boring or dead.
With Abbott in there every debate, every discus
sionwill be interesting, worthwhile and colorful.
Abbott is not the ideal picture of a presidential can
,. didate and he would not fit the role's image the same as
the other two might.
But Abbott does think well. He has ideas and he
won't be afraid to discuss them.
Abbott will urge the students to take more interest
in a real government, to strive for more of an intellectual
atmosphere and to insist that the University treat them
""as adults.
; Schaaf and Snyder too would probably go along with
Lmar.y of these things but they are the more conventional
'politicians. They will not raise the support of the extreme
-liberals and the students that feel like rebelling and for
getting the status quo that Abbott will.
With Abbott's ideas and maturity this race will not
"only choose a president, but it should prove to be edu
, ; cational as well.
Abbott has a slim chance of being elected president,
but he will, I hope influence student government and stu-
dents in general at the University.
Some of his ideas with the backing of Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS) will likely be extreme in in
sisting students' rights.
rJI But suggested with intelligence and then reduced to
-practicality and sensibility and carried out by one of the
"1 Other two candidates Abbott's ideas could definitely bene-
fit the school.
J1 If the other two candidates will not only debate, but
;aIso listen to Abbott's ideas, they could both prove to be
quite worthwhile presidents.
" Thank you Steve Abbott for saving this year's ASUN
Z Residential race from mediocrity and boredom.
incompatibility between ed
ucational service and con
cern for profit is not over
come even when the profits
are plowed back into the
University to assist the fi
nancing of some enterprise
or project."
All profits from the store
are presently going to pay
off a 40-year bond, accord
ing to a bookstore report.
The bookstore is paying 22
per cent of the annual bond
payment, while its construc
tion represents only six per
cent of the money derived ,
from the bond, the report
says.
The board also recom
mended a 10 per cent dis
count effective immediately.
Other recommendations:
The bookstore make it a
policy to order more rath
er than fewer books than
an instructor thinks he will
need for a class.
A letter be sent to de
partments pointing out the
"obvious chaos" created in
the bookstore when depart
ments allow extra people
to enroll in classes.
A branch store open eve
nings be established in the
Union along with a sundry
shop.
The emphasis on non-academic
merchandise be di
minished. The magazine offerings
be expanded to include more
scholarly periodicals and
less "so-called popular"
magazines.
The paperback collection
be filed and stacked accord
ing to publisher with a find
ing list provided for custom
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Another Vieivpoint 1
I Vacation Resolution I
By Gill Grout
Colorado Daily
(This note, in the form of
a resolution, was found
tacked above a student's
desk.)
Whereas: The first half
of this semester has slipped
by, and I haven't been able
to begin studying yet, and
Because: Tne ski season
was short this year and
I've only been able to go
twice or three times a week
and
Since: It was only feasible
for me to attend three par
ties a week so far, and
Since: My mid-term
grades were lower than I
usually like to have them,
and
Because: I kept running
out of money all semester,
and
Since: I owe my room
mate two hundred and thirty-four
dollars and eighty
six cents, and
Because: I haven't been
able to get more than four
hours sleep a night since
f o r e, Be It Re
solved: That over the
Spring Break I will read all
my text books from cover
to cover twice, underlining
important passages in red
ink and making notes in
the margins. I will check
out of the Library one sup
plementary book for each
course, and I will work my
way through these, making
appropriate notes as I go.
I will read at least three
best-selling novels for my
own pleasure. And I will
successfully convince my
father that my education is
indeed worthwhile and that
I am getting the most out
of it that I can under the
circumstances.
Be It Further Resolved:
That during the Spring
Break I will get a part
time job at home some
where and will make enough
money to pay back my
roommate, thus avoiding
the unpleasantness of hav
ing to ask my father for the
money.
Also, while I am at it,
I might as well make a lit
tle extra money roughly a
hundred dollars so I can
buy my own tap system, thus
saving me money in the
long run, and thereby re
moving my father from his
position on my back, where
he now sits.
Also, if I can make an
extra fifty dollars over this
hundred, I can kick out my
stupid roommate, as then
I would be in a position to
pay for the whole apart
ment myself. And then, I
could get ahold of another
roommate of some sort
(heh, heli).
Be It Once More Re
solved: That during the
Break I've got to have some
fun, too, seeing as how
that's what a vacation is
for. So, I can figure on a
party at Jack's on Friday
and Janie's on Saturday.
I'll count on going to
Lou's Sunday, Skip's Mon
day, my p 1 a c e Tuesday,
Harvey's Wednesday, Vir
ginia's Thursday, and Fri
day and Saturday I'll leave
open for whatever might
come up. If any of these
parties should flop, then I'll
go home and study some
more.
Be it finally Resolved:
That before I catch some
uncurable disease for lack
of sleep, that I catch up on
my rest over the vacation.
Conservatively, I estimate
getting at least and this is
a minimum eight hours and
twenty-five minutes sleep a
night during the period I'm
home. And probably a little
more wouldn't hurt any.
This is of course not
counting the possibility that
I may pass out at one of
the parties. In that event I
will merely inquire when I
wake up as to the total
amount of rest I got and will
subtract that figure from
the total. All this should
please my mother.
Be It Positively The Last
Resolved: That I will make
use of every minute of this
vacation to the greatest
possible advantage for my
well-being, etc., etc, etc.
P.S. Resolved: I haven't
figured out yet what to do
with my spare time, but
probably something will
come up.
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OPINION I
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Innocent's View of Honoraries
Dear Editor.
Bill Minier's letter in Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan
made some very valid points about the members of senior
honoraries. But one of his comments, I feel, exemplifies
the entire argument against the Innocents and Mortar
Boards.
He said: "He (a junior) always wonders which is
against this idea or which member of the hooded herd ho
will impress." Having been a junior once and an Inno.
cent now, I can testify that this pressure is strictly one
sided, and Minier has already named which side.
Since I have been an Innocent, I have been introduced
to a hundred friends, dates and little brothers of people I
never met.
' I have been greeted loudly by unfamiliar people; I have
received midnight calls from juniors wanting my "advice"
on their projects; I have drunk gallons of coffee offered
by mere speaking acquaintances.
After reading Minier's letter, I wish to publicly apologize
for these personal faults of mine. I had always blamed
them not on the Innocents Society but on the juniors
Frank Partsch
Misrepresentative Captions :
Dear Editor,
I'm really griped. Despite (and in opposition ' ex
cellent and objective reporting, the Daily Nebraskan pic
ture captions are misrepresentative of the pictures they
comment upon. This is not always true, but cases of dis
tortions occur too frequently to ignore.
Two very clear examples are the picture of the first
Hyde Park last semester and yesterday's picture' of the
CFDP convention. In the first example, I was very inter
ested as I was chairman of the committee that sponsored
Hyde Park.
It was the committee's fervent wish that the Hyde
Park forum reach the average college student. What ap
peared as a cutline? "Carl Davidson takes over' Hyda
Park platform." a totally misleading statement as Mr.
Davidson did not "take over" or dominate the forum,
but rather he shared it with a number of other speakers.
The second example, that of the Campus Freedom
Democratic Party's convention, is even worse. It read
CFDP "Jug Band" . . . leads students in protest songs at
a meeting of the proposed Campus Freedom Democratic
Party."
Yes, there were songs, but no, they were not protest
songs. They were campaign songs, and, in that context,
protested against the other political parties; but they were
not "protest songs" a term that conjurs up visions of
student riots and Berkeley campus.
What's more CFDP is not merely a proposed party,
but a very real one based on very real issues.
I realize the editor cannot check every single word that
goes into the paper, for the very reason of deadline sched
ules if nothing else. But someone is to blame. A cutline
is a very important part of any news story as it is more
likely to be read than any other part of the article except
perhaps the headline.
Because of this importance it should carry an extra
load of responsibility, not be an approximation of the pic
ture or a cutline. Something should be done to raise the
level of caption copy to the standards of excellence shown
in the rest of the paper.
Liz Aitken.
Convocation Attendance
Dear Editor,
I just can't understand why practically the only, peo
ple who attended the Greek Week convocation Monday
night were from sororities and hardly any fraternity men
attended.
It just loaves me mystified. Not only was the speaker
a dean of men but he had a lot of good things to say,
which I think would really benefit the Greek system if they
would take heed.
It really seems funny that fraternity men, who are
paying out money to get speakers here for Greek Week,
should be so disinterested in hearing a good speaker who
they're paying to hear.
My sorority did not require me to go but I went,
somewhat out of curiosity and I came back with a great
deal more knowledge about the fraternity system, and with
ideas about how we can improve it.
Anybody who would say that the Greek system is going
downhill might have had a valid point if they saw how
few fraternity men attended their own convocation. I guess
if you're not interested in the fraternity system as a whole,
you're not doing much to keep it alive and help it grow.
Frankly, I was embarrassed for our fraternities.
Disgusted
Coach's Platoon System
Dear Sports Editor,
Is this really the platoon system, Coach Devaney uses?
One platoon for offense. , ;
One platoon for defense. - ;
One platoon for going to classes.
Chuck Stevens
Counselors Program
Dear Editor,
One of the greatest problems a student has is finding
he p in a subject that he is doing poorly in. It is often diffi
cult to find a helpful friend who knows what he is doing,
and even harder to consult with the instructor on common
problems.
Often the only alternative to outside help is a poor
graae and an insufficient understanding of the material.
A student in mathematics, however, always has some
one knowledgable to go to for help. The Mathematics Coun
55 ",?ram Provides exPert assistance to students' in
Mata 14, 114, 115 and 116. The counselors are mathematics
and engineering upperolassmen who are selected on the basis
of the excellence of their work.
They are available five nights a week, Sunday through
Thursday, from 7:30 to 10:30, in the Abel Blue dining toqm,
the Raymond conference room, the Selleck dining Halh Ne
braska Union 349, and by phone. The program is nowfn'its
fourth semester of existence, and fulfills its purpose ex
tremely well.
Though other attempts at tutorial sessions haveWten
ended in failure, one wonders why this program could not
be expanded to other fields; chemistry, zoology, English,
etc. The success shown by the math programs coukUbe a
vanguard for expansion. .
One drawback is the cost. At present, there are fifteen
counselors, each of whom is paid $80 a month. However, other
programs need not start on so large a scale. Also, tile Re
cipients of this money are mostly worthy students, in the
upper portions of their classes, who are partly financing
their own schooling and can use the money :
Lsuf f eil that ASUN l00k int0 the Possibility of extend
ing the Mathematics Counselors program. I'm sure ah ob
jective survey of student need and interest would Result
in a recommendation to the departments involved-that
suca programs be initiated with all deliberate speed.
The Mad Bomber
