THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Editorials
Commentary
Monday, October 30, 1957
Page 2
Referendum Validity
T h Vietnam referendum threatens
to. or perhaps already has, Sunned into
an emotional rather then an informed
tSS'.lf.
It was t?,e hope of the organi?ers of
Vietnam week that the issue could be
voted on by an informed student citizenry
and not by a croup reacting to emotion.
Perhaps students are informed; we
think not Thus, the Daily Nebraskan
finds it hard to bear out the validity of
the referendum. And we would warn any
one else against drawing conclusions on
the basis of the referendum
Perhaps the best example of t u
dents failing to become informed on all
sides of the issue was the lack of atten
dance at the speech of H Freeman
Matthews, of the State Department. His
speech was abandoned in favor of Dick
Gregory by most students
Thus, come the conclusions in an edi
torial in the Lincoln Journal;
"There is far more attraction, it is
apparent, for the colorful and shocking
pronouncements of the extremist, wheth
er they have any basis for what they are
sa vins or not
"Maybe this allure of the flamhovant
over the pedestrian is not too surprising;
ft seems to be part of human nature'
Mahe the repulsion from the difficult
and disagreeable information from t h c
war area is part of an escape mechanism
devised by those most likely to be af
fected "
The Dailv NehraskAn tee littl rfantr.
er in hearing these so-called extremist
views as long as me student is willing
io iook i me omer, pernaps less inter
esting, side.
The Journal editorial continues:
"Whatever the explanations, however,
the lack of Student interest in th &.-.
ministration viewpoint and m getting both
sines 01 me controversy must seriously
discredit the students as any kind of au
thorities on the agonizing questions of
Vietnam. It must place their protests
and their statements and their resolu
tions in the category of emotional reac-
non rauirr men miormea donate.
The Daily Nebraskan must agree that
the lack of interest in both sides should
discredit students, but we will go a bit
further and say that adults, too, would
have to be discredited on the same ac
count on this and other issues.
But this is still no excuse for .stu
dents at a t niversity. where thev are
supposedly learning to question and be
come informed on all sides of a question
before they make a decision
Students who ballot Mondav should
certainly ask themselves before making
the appropriate check whether thev have
looked at all sides of the question and
whether they can make an informed decision
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by Gale Pokornv
As Vur tfii-al ambitious clean cut eol
Ifge frtshman masters blindly across the
campus tNese dv he is liable to see a
variety of things before his e r
tike strtis. for instance, if be happens
to WAiHier mto one of t?r many mtr.te
ttm s;te tnn pits t.'iat dot the lixa! green
ery have to be mare than phscallv
f;t these, days t mke it isito the iWn
ia the jwrtn entrance-, you hae to be
darn lucky, belies ) If be a"k$ through
aminuiratKW, lie after line s stack upon
stacki of people- await his gate a?J Big
Ked di!u'Iu5uo.mtrnt come sharpy into
focus.
FUw.ng It U probably sa.Vr outside
amtxy; the phy- pit.':!, our freshman
runs outsiib to get a gci gasp of syce
trth air :d it is at this pwr.t that be
discovers ineth.R else. Fresh asr does
not abound an.Hind this campus t There's
a moral here ) This is especially true at
U- cxt of the day t smother or) wften
tV discerning pau- ft! eyes they're the
trti wttVut tN sa'.m detect a sort
of tow hMt tuning aiot;t ch;a level blan
ket ts campus ftwn end to ersi
t rrst g'ance it VxAs as thoh the
senator trwn Oma tst t:salfy two
victorious old M fcas bws $ab.-t
t as eUnJ-i KHwtar b.rtiv (wiiA t.V
erv.t4 by tttMal 01' tiujmw
b W.-tuaitty t.V fM rcrr-r-t. cxh
tr tr- m gfJ-R.T t (.VfHrncti.Bjg perfcps
m hew yv Woi at tti. TTim poi;atwa
tNr Ux.y cwu9?te; of
N-nt pupuUiwo her ha a 6aSt of bcr.
t way Vuvui?) W day. h- bo dxf-t-nrBt
I rxiwet trwt act .vr cvLV
i-xl y OU S..:4. iNf ;t c.'
tvt, p4 r TVi;;wj 6,xitJLli
sorts Jvaata 1 ttr-.-t;;?s. it
!' a Af9'.y tv
a ry cvvrtvd tsaS-it m-wu: c.
r .wXfrf fta, al orti vf WiicS
J
run-of t ie mill Juicy rv;t chewer-goJd-tn
fingers, pale yellow teeth, blue fac
and grn lungs . . . dazzimg, to tav te
kat
Wtwn thce brisic Norttiemers start
sweeping the various articles of debris
from our campus dead leaves, discarded
candy bar wrappers ard "AU the Wav to
the Orange Bowl" placards, etc.) later
this season and all dia-iw: winter, happy
wiU be the smoker whose smoldenrg leaf
provides a welcome function when it pro
bib;ts t frot from forming in the nos
trils and on the er.J of the nose. I'm tare
yo'e all seen tse smokm wa'.k.g
briskJy to thcar snonang classes. warm:.ng
their haads oer Use hcartv glow oi a b:g
bow 5 pipe
Tien, tuo, smoku-g aidj jn one's socoa!
li-'e It he.'ps one break tre Kt ard meet
a:i sorts of irterestirg peop whKh cotLjd
lead to lasting frexdhip "Hev, y o u.
wUJ you pase pass me t.it ashtray." or
' Wuid you have some fu-e fcr th3 "fcai!.t
1 have" Similar It it cas a'.so breaJt
i te tog frjexKUlip "Hev. Tm a.'l ocl of
cigarettes axl 1 was woncSert- if ... "
l'!A'cb;ircry there are fcrr-es wrea vo
get that wur:beml fevlrg s;tt;g there
i.i etas. a.Twrg tf 5W or y others'- a.-d
yoa wwli yoo wold do awsetheg to make
t uistnict-jr s;t u? ard take aotrce that
yttr is not .st another facets face
arrudst th masses. Seeiirg additweai
denuy. thea. yc Xht c"Hey. stupid
caat ywi read Fu out that cigarette ?"
' Oe. be knows rce after a..
S.roiug tas endTess becefis. It gives
you o.7Mrth;Bg t do a c.s besides s:e?
'ne caajc do both at the sa.re t.-re
d"wtr'jiif resets' It gives vou
siJit-w aad Jdecuty asd. gaav. a pro
vxies an outlet far aa that e.itra cash that
we a! fcave bcrmag he'es o tr respec
tive pockets. Pfooer that nu.ht Whr-se
be q-derr.J on use.'ess Means: dxrtr
".h;as. ta-ul bever3g?s. arcper f 9 1
r'.c ...
Our Man Hoppe
Tlie Good-For-Notbiiig
Once tpon a time there was a yourg
Negro lad earned Horatio AJger, who used
to hang around Catfish Ke2y's Pool Kail
leading aa idle, dissolute, productive
sort of life. In fad. he coaldnt ev en shoot
snooker very well.
The trouble ifi n:e." said young
Horata glun-Jy. "is that I an an unedu
cated, urtra-ned. iU-exj-xpped g?d-fw-notharg
"
' R?:av caa." bs I.ttle fneudj would
acMse iurs. ""and rack "era cp ajaia."
Et ar-.fcition bursed with a ges-Lke
ra.-r.e ia H?ratc"s breast. Asd one dav
the CovenL-re.-t Man dropped into Catfish
Keliy's.
" Fear net. Horatio, said the Goverrv-r-ect
Maa. ""the Governmert has your we!
fire at heart We are spendiag IS tillion
doiiars ta cake Lttle lads like yoa upward
scofcile
"Sga u? here." said the Government
rcaa. "a-xi we sha3 educate, traia and
equip you for a productive job $0 that
some day yoa caa have L7 teievuioa sets.
IA aiitoncb-Ies. 1 S cartais before dinner
-d be C7.633.52 ia deht like evenbodv
etse
I i2 work bi-d persevere and be
corse cyward tcobiie," owed youag Hora
tio, thrassrg f-xth ais jaw aad signiag tp.
So yotjtg Horatio enlisted ia t Job
Ccrys. coocighted m Mil A, got Lzntil
-Arthur Hoppe
a Head Srart and ltfnriMl rr VttisS.
borhood Youth Program program ia his
neighborhood.
By dint of hard work and persever
ance be finally became a well-edacated.
highly-trained, thoroughly equipped tool
and die puncher. In fact everyone agreed
he was one of the best young tool aad die
punchers (with either hand to cease
along in years.
He got a good-paying job ia a tool ard
die factory where he kept on psnchirg. In
six months be had L2 television sets, 1.3
antomobiles. 1 4 martasis before diarer
aad was J 13. 753.24 in debt
"At last." cried Horatio LarctZr.
am cpward mobUe :'
That s hea the txi ard cL factcrr
was aatomated M Horat test fcs y.b.
Not only was his fart cry a.tjcate-1
but so were a the ether factories 12 ue
land, just as everybody. irclLrx the Gcs
ernment. always knew' they wscil fc Aad
there werec"t esocgh joes to g j arxaai
particularly for yotzg pcxhers wa ro
seniority.
So Horatio wocad o hack at Cartel
Kelly's where be chaid o ia zze
called for the eight UZ a tre iiie ;tet
and ripped a taree-cea gasa a tie tahu s
felt surface.
"You're the sajae good-frr-Btn
always were." said its ireacs.
-That's ac sc." said Birato taccfit
filly. -TtaaJks to the Greraxeat. I an
now a weI edacated. iihiy-TaJsed. thor
oughly equipped g-xxi-fT-acrxaj.
CAMPUS OPINION: Soldier Writes Home
attemJ the l'wrs;ty froa imim. I V4$
frvuti m C-m firmM,ty 4!l sfcJI a.T7, I fink txr;.
Us mbt 4 Wrfake .f that i the ca.w he
5i-as4 j..wd a tetMMuiitM wpprntiirg A!Mott j re
tnjJ to W sj
Jt W wy fwvutw Wat LW l'!j,Vd SiaSes has enoul
tT'fl.b, wttj)ut sfcHteirts (rf our c,;s fntereri.
say we t peace, but lx,w m.iny (v stopd t
';5 r irfi.'drv d dt ta a
Uwf f?V-T
I tm,y,4 ttr 4 Hwyvnr tertn a t Njvt ami I
4:n. mit uymn t liiur A my tiettrr Waa Mr Vhoott wmitf
ut it w iat 3a, to i a t1r y,wn
refew to wrv in thw military w mnfitt in wed
M VommwiHte th t-6i ami expemw of Shtng.
tf c3 m and fcii CJm to send a rjJrr wvr. that
w wet Qummumam,
U tm Vrwverry sfcidwrt takss a stand fwr .VJr
Aioiit wmrr w.ii tt w r mor grai p;a to the
aAwrt same Wing
Let s k u wir etforts Ctng aaiiTt a di.-mcr3cv
our ftnrfnaers ffint to mntno. IM m tsin the en
our iktiim mm fitting m Vetaam to
kwr? 1ft Dwted olattrt ttw that ya may go to sctool.
Mart K, Jtnm
I Utted State ay
V I'fe terft a the Cht 0 a vol-ateer arcy f-or a free t'cited
tjas wot'd be wasted. A im m Vaetnaa today ...
d. r. HMd
!or Eiiut a aa sady and dan-r-
Viflruixa
t?esr Krfitwr:
-"ft arx'imft5 safst tfut tf) V:eCiam invrst
irr't n buman !)' fa? wf Iart .7t wd.i
dr";ii uttihtnkMiv. "Wrtat wif ttv iJ(f.
W;t. tft 'tuUt Stxttti, uitiy Hiiiititly !ws tMaiilar an !hjt
Ba W'i'fin"il. tH 4nhtinr TiuU .jwvUoiy I. "Thev i,,i
a n-c!fi taw tHr wr.i jy;ng ir ... a tncipi
Will a mntwoa. aad rs.xt fr ujiiividuiii rjtx
Dear l"d;t(r:
It the interest eZ sava the ktt.'e a-itasaal bea-tv
k'tt on ti canrpia. I sext that a.1 interested students
pra.y fir contnued raa untl atfr .No. 5. Th,s way the
JCsihfctfr from Cha.'k-paw R'e would Lad the s 1 d e
wa.k.s tow wt to add their cneap. csea? ad-vertis;r? to
f) total Vrnversiry pictore.
b t irreancme, tf ran dues nut cwhaue. sur"e
timg shwmd be lme to stop the JCafeoers from playing
gr-Js school on Unverjity swiirwaks.
i'vweswre
Dick Greur-
Dear Editor:
Aa one rf ft audience who was definite! v "aIcted.
aruwd and excjtd" I waa let. c;id ly JuLm Wnra's
Uiu-etut? diamisoai 'tt Dck Gregory 's speecfi.
It : hart to inwicne tnat anyme could have fajifd
to he afcw?d. and from my 0seraSun mart were.
A Kirmally di;net person snouid at 'east have been
scarwf at tunes, scared of watther or not to clan at
statemfflrts ym admired f Seeling penuOTptama that y 1 1
imagined to really understand waat Dick Gregory was
saying V scared at ta ftrr and emvurtam of Cua mma.
scared at ta way he mad you sew yourself, scared that
bj analysw and predicCons awftht be true.
Pwpie wto failed to be so affected, wao were ahie
t 'uuiin uit She IS-ght a Dt to gfiby. mi.fi?d an OT(wrscit
r.,-jer-ffrce and missed Mr Crgfry s pwnt entreiy Cos
fi up fn thff neut. Trier';? ntsfilecniai tune oi rrrence
0 facts ! ;, tiit.-jtrcs and wiuriun fwhicii puarrnil-r
muni 9 ,wi!cd out hv anyone nfpren4 a crtcsnj
tliry nj;:d pwnt. that the mrtzum ourtind it 1 1
fmukuttui rwtas ' are riri emoBin .'acts, d yw will ,.
ftt;d t)v riui pe'pie. ftimi we nuw have the chance
o heur '?vn ttiem such honest esprswon. The atud
tuicif was svn a caance iur more imagSt and a 3 i r-
sta-idia into m-.n n
ously aefcnowii
The aadince. not JL- Gregary. aJd 1 the-y w-re
otf ended or ajapco.ird tj the Lack rf "srautims ' in au
spes.-h. Above tZ, z 13 aarf f-jr as liberals to accept
so trigxaJ M 4s it j. w im not advanced
near to the appiaratons rf nWuCms. that we do not yt
eea anderstand tte najr. tnrj and ardency of the
protieais. Soi.tjcs wwid toi'Jiiw 1 rni- ie pejn"i a7
cared so who kaiing wij '
If everyone knows tie story jf nir madness and joes
about utterag te rfT.ztumn is Ml.ss Murra heaeves
tiea bvwusiy a.1 lav. aji to effect a vimom. It
seems, as this ca. yery presumnttouu to upnre t h e
vae of ijwjij yourjed a fresn and honest km, at tee
symptoms.
Jane Eraadeaherg
Bird
Dear Edon
The only triraftie refierral Sriar ftistDnana will
make to Sie ret 53 nf Lyndon I la the "Aga nf the Birds. "
James E. Larsea
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GrandSprix
j by George Kaufman
There as a story in the paper the other day which
told of a telephone number in Washington, D.C. which
people could call to hear a recorded message from the
Prescient.
Weil, this set me thinking, and I started wondering
if it wouldn't be a good thing to have Chancellor Hardin
do the same thing. A sort of Dial-A-Chancellor.
Yiai could call the number and say "Chancellor?" and
the race on the other end would reply, "Yes I am."
And then the Chancellor could go on to tell you all
about how things are panning out around campus progress
reports on all the construction sites, amusing little anec
dotes gleaned from the Bill of Rights committee meetings
to make the administrators more warm and human to
the students.
Then, in following with University policy, the recorded
tbet warm and human nonetheless) voice would state:
ow.if there are any suggestions you might have on
how to make this a better campus for all of us, j u s t
state your opinion when you hear the bleep and the re
corder will take down what you have to say . . . Bleep!"
And then, also in keeping with university policy, another
machine would immediately wipe the tape clean and send
it through for the next caller.
Another thing I read in the newspaper last week dis
turbed me considerably.
Ticket manager Jim iHoudini of the Plains) Pitten
ger announced before the Colorado game that for the sixth
straight home game Memorial Stadium was going to set
a new all-time capacity crowd record.
Now. the thing that bothers me is that only once in the
space of these six games were there any seats added to
the stadi-jm. So. 1 asked myself, where were all the new
people s-ttirg when we increased our capacity crowd with
out inereasir.g our capacity?
And I decided that's where the two people that share
my seat with me came from. Keep up the good work,
Jon. bet please s3 somebody else's seat next time we go
for another record.
It was when Chancellor Hardin announced the two re-preseiita-ves
from the student body for the Bill of Rights
consuttee to be joir.ed by two members from the faculty
and two frczn the administration a take-off on an old po
Ltxa! trick called gerrymandering which was supposedly
wiiiawea years ago. t
The Charetilor. in his great wisdom, appointed as re
presentatives of the student body the two highest elected
represertatrres of the student body.
Ia effect what be did was to officially recognize the
to pec-pie we have already chosen to represent us in such
cases It w;di seem that by the nature of their offices,
IXck Scil:e ard G Pokomy would merit places on the
cot. .Ttee a-d that two other students at large be placed
to balance the committee and make it a little more be
LevahCe t the studerts.
HjweTer. ths appoirtment is consistent in keeping
wih ctrversrry poLcy toward the w hole question of a Stu
dent Bd Gf Rights and student involvement in decision
nakirg ia era! the administrators have treated the
Esove:t with an air of patronage and have continually
pet the thut eff ard done their best to wrap it back up
12 red tat wrere it tkngs.
If try zi y.a are really expecting anything out of this
kind cf set-cs and this tr.d of atmosphere, you are going
to i5arc-jreri
The ody tnat oxdd ever get anything done in
tns area woifd be titter a student boycott of classes for
a :er.jd cf tme s -rcn would, unfortunately hurt the stu
dents cere tnaa an vine eLse cr a rally of sufficient size
to inrrress the adznatratton with the fact that this isn't
Tzsz arccrsr thing tnat can be administrationed to death
and icrgocr2 as m tne past
it ciiine that wJl -ever happen on this campus.
I r.ff-3 IZ jus: ha-.- to rtcp reading the papers ... it
expresses e S20 tj&ctl.
Gallup Poll
Feu Student 'Users'
Repcra f aam ffiidnt atveivetneni with the illicit
ina ntanniana and LSD are wldly exaggerated, accord
214 to the Gadup PuL
Ociy ar.mit ns mwt if tte aatjon's college students
hae ever trt 3iar ;iiana and su rsore than one percent
lu-e ixrsncmM wKi L5.D. Kicording to a survev of
stidentj ji a Mimi 37 n:e ju;vd pollster.
The pnil M uu.n v r. Owge Cailup's American
ListtiSe f i-miic Cninum ir the Reader's Digest; results
ae 3ur.u,HKt n 110 Ttacfarne' 1 ,Vijvmber usue
Fur ad lie vacry uumt iri?j oa campus, a majority
l trzxm if ti fiutenu ?ustwed said that thev
ild nut vmimv a :mir ir.iOct who had tried man
jriita ir ,t. -t,y aiML wtta reasooabie ac
curacy wily ahiwif four pv.mt of those on their own
cam nim vmI rt ir njr;.
htwr v'mn -m many of their fellow colle-
Sansi rn. -Ji id irux:!. t students inteniewed
tie;r -nimicii t -rj h:jh 13 percent This
n.&rr f w. 'nr ' tiituirtu" ?amcim owld b. a reflection
if xjifc.WMrtert mi wT.nnntj aijjut drag use oa campus,
Pr".r? ;1,e maim-t nz mon college students.
Che Cailap Saw nrttfai wmii M mi drug liters a sharp
imT.ir 'a b r.rwrift ,nilliim.i. Moreover, the percen
aij amis inlv to 'trnwi via aa tried drugs. It is tkely
ttiar a :jx muulw ar-mn ara rn:iUr aaers.
' .a mwwtratantt Slat tti students j-jestwoe4 ia the
Qiiluij Ttnrn m,r nnly Miuctint to try drws thea
mv, rmr f?t that thorn who were -vn" waryuaaa or
IMj wrn "Inr, mix 10. cdt," far froca bU th ta-jr-mo.
ihatm ma ruu dris are seen be ttw JeiSvwi as
scrims cabw thua awrma.
Digest
Dear iJitar-
Tiis wrtm m to exprerts puniiciy my gractade frir han,
ing tim oppfjrtaiury to hear Dicx. Gregory and Eel ItaiuV
axaa on two mccesmve day
Two man 'fiasumlar people would b diiScalt to
anaapw. Bat then messagas. we are Hsumrn ar
adenccaf. They seem to summarta ail the jnmmnst and
Hopes ftat people fuel but have difScaity vsmsmz
meaningfully And they're sang at unless ail if is listen
to the yearnings and hopes of others who an are in
artcuiare w re (torrj!B iiumanesa to our feilow-men
and to truneives.
Hii can we iearu and. in torn, teacii thes
:5KunsT IT we canrnrt, rnnt tf the other suhfect maCer
w seaca and earn on the campus wouid seem to f rarher
OuintlesK.
fir feftrtea
'The .Voraslua reserve t&e rc U ff-Tm Mft,'
kas;cd fetters wa oi be pOtBt&j
Diily efcra,a
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