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I Soldiers Are No Joke
Operation Marshmallow is obviously not meant as an
attack on the Cornhusker for its attractive sign in the
Nebraska Union main hall, but provides an incident for
students at the University to object to President John
son's Viet Nam policy.
Possibly If the campaign is well organized and not
just taken as a satiric and funny jokethis groan and
others at Nebraska who agree with them abort Viet Nam
can use Operation Marshmallow to let the United States
know that Nebraska students too are Intelligent enough
to see many things wrong with the war.
The Daily Nebraskan, joining the majority of univer
sity publications throughout the United States, agrees that
Johnson's Viet Nam policy is wrong in many ways and
possibly detrimental to the aims it is trying to accom
plish. But the Nebraskan must object to the Marshmallow
group's letters to the editor and their intentional or un
intentional sarcastic attitude toward the American soldiers
now fighting in Viet Nam.
The Daily Nebraskan objects to any type of demon
stration or campaign, no matter how funny, which does
not put Nebraska students firmly behind the men who
are fighting regardless of the policy.
Right or wrong the American president has decided
that the United States should fight a war in Viet Nam
and that this is the best way to help the South Vietna
mese, stop communist aggression and support the Ameri
can interests. American soldiers have been sent there to
fight a war.
, The Daily Nebraskan feels, as many authorities have
offered a great deal of evidence, that the best way to end
this war now and bring North Viet Nam to a fair treaty
is with bombs and air attacks.
The American soldiers regardless of the policy or the
morality of the situation are doing their patriotic duty
as Americans In fighting the war as best they can with
the least loss of their own lives. Especially university stu
dentswho are just lucky that they are not there them
selvesmust support the young men now fighting.
The Daily Nebraskan is in favor of flag waving when
we speak about American soldiers and we feel they are
doing their courageous and heroic duty by fighting in
Viet Nam as Americans. They deserve our respect and our
backing, not sarcastic jokes about being "protectors of
freedom.
If a Nebraska group such as the Marshmallow fans
wants to object to Johnson as a president and to Johnson
as the man responsible for the mess in Viet Nam fine.
But let's not make fun of the American soldiers or even
of the American ideal of democracy.
Wayne Kreuschcr
A New Crisis Flies
This editorial might sound very humorous, but the fly
situation on this campus is serious.
In Sept. 23's Daily Nebraskan, a University professor
in the Entymology Department assured a Nebraskan re
porter that as far as he knew the fly situation on this
campus was normal.
Since that time and it was bad enough then anyone
who has eaten in the Union, lives in a dorm or house
on campus or even sat through a lecture knows that the
army of flies presently attacking this campus can not be
called normal.
The Daily Nebraskan staff are not authorities on di
sease or insects, but we wish that someone who is an
authority would have a look at the campus right now and
please tell us that it's only our imagination and that the
school doesn't have a new problem to add to its "crisis"
list flies.
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Life: has dealt me a cruel blow. In planning for this
week'siolumn I devised a most intricate plan for banning
cars on campus. It was ingenious in its system of a huge
off-campus parking lot complete with constant shuttle ser
vice. .
It was brillant and entirely original original that is
until I picked up an old copy of the Lincoln Journal and
proceeded to read a close approximation of my proposi
tion. I felt slightly like a Russian inventor.
(Actually this is the story of my life. When I was
about eight years old I invented the Charleston. In all
sincerity I figured out this keen dance step and didn't
realize its duplication until I proudly displayed my crea
tion to my parents.)
Nevertheless, after my rude awakening to the already
existing parking plans I was left without a topic for my
column. Hence, I have drawn up a list of questions to
ask you, dear reader. Should you know any of their
answers or even if they have any answers please let me
know I will be astounded.
What's wrong with bubble gum?
Do the newspapers really think that there are only
three players on the Nebraska team?
Are all bus drivers latent dictators?
Where Is Peanuts?
Do some sororities NEED to turn down the key sys
tem? Is a soft pretzel worth its salt?
Is "Hobblt" Baker really Tolkien's apostle?
Do graduate Instructor's contracts actually require the
purchase of corduroy suits?
Will the Student Senate have to repeal "The Whiffen
poof Song" as its official tune?
Where is the mini-skirt on campus?
Isn't it ironic that war-happy Madame Chiang Kai
Shek should be presented with an honorary Doctorate of
Human Letters?
What's a nice kid like you doing in a place like this?
Do yon need to be obscure to be a Rag columnist?
Was yellow brick chosen for the music building just
to make our campus more ugly?
Is the rumor true that the movie "The Fly" is being
remade and will be cast exclusively on, the University of
Nebraska campus?
I
By Liz Aitken
Bill Miniers
Perhaps a better title for
this column would be non
sense, for that is probably
what most people say when
they read any of the col
umns in the Daily Nebras
kan. After all, that's what
I say when I read every
body else's column. Come
to think of it, that's prob
ably what everybody else
says when they read my
column.
A column shouldn't be on
the editorial page just to
fill up space. We could
always draw cartoons or
leave the space empty for
Our Man Hoppe-
War To End
Everybody's having a
terrible time doing anything
constructive about the Viet
Nam War the United Na
tions, the Western Alliance,
the Communist Bloc and
Hollywood.
H o 1 1 y w o o d's problem
Is that no one can think of
a safe way to make a bold
war movie about Viet Nam.
"The feeling is that the
war might end in the middle
of the picture," explains
Daily Nebraskan
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INNOCENCE?
students to doodle In or to
draw pictures of t h e J r
teachers. It makes little
differen.ee what the column
is if it can make a person
look up for a moment and
seriously question his own
simple, confined, self-centered
existence.
When was the last time
you did something besides
complain about the bad
f o o d in the dorms and the
union, moan over tests on
the Friday before migra
tion, join the hue and cry
about student apathy (un
til the cry died out), talk
War Movies
producer Stanley Kramer,
"and then everyone will
want to forget Viet Nam as
quickly as possible." And
you can see what that would
do to the old box office.
Frankly, I think this atti
tude shows a lack of faith
in President Johnson's con
duct of the war. Moreover,
it's short-sighted. Even if
some miracle were to end
the war smack in the mid
dle of the shooting schedule,
heaven forbid, surely we'd
find some other little coun
try somewhere to d e f e n d
from something or other.
The answer to Hollywood's
financial squeamishncss is
therefore obvious: A big,
daring stimulating, patriot
ic, all-purpose Hollywood
war movie. I've been work
ing on a scenario. It's
called, "All Quiet on the
Whichever Front."
Scene: Darkened ruins.
The camera pans slowly
over the faces of three GI's
Lieutenant John Wayne
looking grim; Sergant Aldo
Ray, looking grim; and Pri
vate Eddie Albert, looking
scared.
Private Albert: Gee,
we're all that's left of the
163rd regiment.
Lieutenant Wayne (nod
ding): A lot of good men
caught It today.
Sergeant Ray (spitting)
We all gotta go sometime.
Private Albert (biting his
nails): I don't want to die,
I don't want to die.
Lieutenant Wayne: Who
does? But we've got a job
to do soldier. Don't ever
forget, we're not fightining
for ourselves, but to bring
freedom and democracy to
these poor folks here in . . ,
(a bomb explodes, drown
ing out his words.)
. . .
about the ineffectiveness of
a student senate (to whose
meetings you have never
gone), or worried about the
dormies taking over the
Senate or worried about the
Greeks controlling the Sen
ate. The Deans, Administrat
ors, faculty, politicians, and
state senators have never
had it so good. All they
need to do is to invent the
same problems every year
(or perhaps every four
years.) Something that the
student body can scream
about, sit-in on, teach-in
Arthur Hoppe
Sergeant Ray (spitting):
We all gotta go sometime.
Private Albert (sweat
ing): But we're surrounded.
Look! Here they come now!
Lieutenant Wayne (knock
ing his rifle barrel down):
Hold it. That could be some
of our loyal allies. These
(RAT-a-TATT-TATT) make
great guerrilla fighters.
Check them out, Sarge.
Sergeant Ray (spitting):
We all gotta go sometime.
Only I never figured to get
mine wsy out here in . . .
Aaagggh, they got me!
Lieutenant Wayne (shak
ing his head): He's gone.
Now it's just you and me,
kid.
Private Albert (trembling)
I don't want to die, I don't
want to die.
Lieutenant Wayne: Dy
ing's not so bad, kid, when
you know what you're dying
for and don't ever forget,
we're not only saving these
folks here in (RATT-a-TATT-TATT)
but we're sav
ing our moms and kid sis
ters back home from the
evil spread of (KABOOM!)
. . . ism.
Private Albert (pulling
himself together): I under
stand now, Lieutenant, and
I'm not scared any more.
Lieutenant Wayne (patting
ing his shoulder) : Remem
ber kid, better dead tLrn a
slave of the , . . Aagggh,
they got me!
Private Albert (grimly
standing up and firing from
the hip): Come and get it,
you dirty (BANG-BANG--BANG)
rats. I know you
now for what you are. And
we free men will never be
defeated by you . . . (RATT-a-TATT-TATT
. . . BANG-ETY-BANG
. . . KA-BOOM)
(Patriotic theme music
up and out.)
Acs
THe ,
MAJOR
svstcm
(In - No - Sense)
against, petition for, write
letters to the "Rag" about
and then refer to a com
mittee. Once the students
have complained, they feel
they have done their part
and shown their independ
ence. They forget the issue
and nothing is ever done
about it.. .
Let me quote from a 1960
Daily "Nebraskan, "Many
tilings ... are planned to
be done in the future to
combat the traffic prob
lem," or "I am waiting for
effective student gov
ernment," and there are
many others. The problems
do not change, solutions
are never reached, and stu
dent Interest dies out long
before the problems them
selves are even clearly de
fined. Let's make this year
different (maybe we should
let the Republicans win.)
Let's not let the budget is
sue die in a Senate Com
mittee, whether student or
state. If the students at this
university want a good edu
cation (And why else
would you be here? Y ou
can find a husband at the
YM and you can drink beer
at my home), then let's
show it by demonstrating
to the state the need for
more funds to provide bet
ter instructors and better
educational facilities.
Don't let administrators
get by with "the funds are
adequate to meet present
needs, pay for current pro
grams, and provide for to
day's enrollment." Notice
the words, "adequate, pres
ent, current, and today's."
We will never have a good
educational institution until
these words are changed to
"more than sufficient, fu
ture, planned, and tomor
row's." It should not be too diffi
cult to show the reasons for
an increased budget, but
we must also try to answer
the problems of the s t a t e
legislature in finding
where the money is going
to come from. We (the
students, as voters) must
support a broadened tax
base, not only to relieve the
Inequitable burdens upon
property holders, but to
provide for more sources of
revenue to provide the
needed funds for this Uni
versity. If necessary, we
must support an increase
Ing the student's tuition.
To quote from Frank
Partsch in the Nov. 5, 1964
edition of the Daily Nebras
kan (just before the pre
ceeding biennial budget),
"I would like to see a bet
ter university. In order to
make it so, everyone con
cerned with it must do
his part. Therefore, let's act
before the buck is past."
Campus
Marslimallow Keys Bring Though,
Dear Editor:
I was staggering into the Union to grab a quick cup
of coffee (?) before my 8:30 English class when I first
passed the Vista booth and then the marshmallow type
writer which got me to thinking, what about other poor
people in distant countries?
We used to send Coke to Cuba, why not send marsh
mallows to someone for it any foodstuff Is a sign of good
will, marshmallows must be. Anyway here is my idea,
why not start a marshmallow drive to collect marshmal
lows to send to the people of South Viet Nam so that
they may roast them over the fires of their homes which
we'have bombed in order to save them from the ravages
of communism.
As you can plainly see they will undoubtedly be very
grateful for this generous and useful gift which will prob
ably win us almost as many friends as have the U.S.
Marines and Air Forces. n
Don Sutton
Marshmallows: Charity, Love
Dear Editor:
Perhaps coupled with the quest for the New Morality,
one finds an ever-growing and unhealthy disregard for the
traditional American principles of charity arid brotherly
love. I consider it a personal insult, as indeed you should,
that such a valuable food as the life-giving marshmallow
be used as an advertisement for the student yearbook
when those very marshmallows could be used as instru
ments of peace and vehicles of good will.
The little known and newly formed Committee for
Marshmallows to Viet Nam is of dire import to every
American citizen. What better way can there be to dis
seminate the concept of true sympathy and understanding
than the mailing of tons of marshmallows to the Pentagon
to be forwarded to the underprivileged children of Viet
Nam? The function of this committee may seem superficial
at first glance, however there are certain conditions which
make the good work of this committee almost mandatory,
those conditions being:
1. The inadequate supply of foodstuffs in Viet Nam,
2. The immense nutritional value of the common marsh
mallow, 3. The abundance of napalm and other incendiary
materials which may be used to roast the marshmallows.
Surely we cannot tolerate the atrocity of having Viet
namese huts and villages burn without their serving a
functional purpose. This is not the American way. But
think of the Pragmatism suggested by the heartwarming
scene of a smiling Vietnamese child toasting a marsh
mallow over his flaming right arm! We must persevere.
George Olivarrl
What More Fitting Token?
. Dear Editor:
1 call you to stand up for j'our country. Our generals
are at this moment prosecuting the best war of this gene
ration. Our soldiers are giving up the best years of their
lives to keep South Viet Nam anti-communist. But we,
the civilians of the most just, enlightened, and God-fearing
nation are doing nothing,.
We need a cause. In the face of vast dissent to this
war, forwarded by intellectuals, congressmen and other
disloyal troublemakers, I propose that we send a token
of our love and support to the children of South Viet
Nam. And what could be a more fitting token than marsh
mallows. Marshmallows are white and nebulous, which may be
understood to represent American ideals. They can be
eaten raw, and keep indefinitely, in the event that a vil
lage must be evacuated. They have a high sugar content
for quick energy, when the children have to run from the
bombers. And finally, they can be toasted over the em
bers of practically anything, providing a tasty, botmeal.
Marshmallows also float, which is convenient when the
floods caused by the defoliation of the demilitarized zone
inundate the river valleys. Think of the fond, dry place
in a drowning child's heart for America, when he floats
up to a delicious raft of marshmallows, each plainly
marked "hands across the sea."
Yes, marshmallows might truly be a fine gift for these
starving children. Just as our soldiers provide a guiding
light to these children each night, in the form of a pillar
of fire, so might we also make it possible to present a
pillar of cloud by day a cloud of marshmallows, fluffy
and white, as a sign of our love in these times of trouble.
I only hope that this may be the beginning of a great
crusade the crusade to send marshmallows to Viet Nam,
and that all readers will respond by sending at least one
package of marshmallows to the Pentagon, for distribu
tion. God bless you all.
Frank C. McClanahan III
Joe, Got A Marshmallow?
Dear Editor:
Operation Marshmallow, a move on the part of pa
triotic American students to support our boys in Viet
Nam and to promote friendly relations between the two
great republics of the United States and South Viet Nam
has finally reached the University of Nebraska.
A massive plan to provide our troops in hostile rice
paddies with one of the most treasured of American luxuries
(the toasted marshamallow of Boy Scout days ski lode
evenings etc.) while at the same time introducing parent
less Vietnamese waifs to the true essence of Democracv
the luscious toasted marshmallow.
Our concept Is one of cooperation. Our hope is that
the Pentagon (which will receive our contributions to ihe
peace effort sometime later this month) will forward these
tons of delectables to the troops in this desolate, besieged
outpost of democracy.
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ess uchinfrff fc delights to the Poor mother'
less urchins of South Viet Nam as they are brineine free-
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The mouth waters at the thought of a fresh marsh
mallow sizzling over -the embers of a ruined peasant
tage . and as the war continues over the years per
haps, just perhaps, our reinforcements will be greeted by
smiling, bright-eyed children crying "He? JoV lot a
marshmallow?" ' s' "ey Joe' ot a
Tom Riley
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