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Daily Ncbrcskan Wednesday, October 19, 1C33 mmzm 'Fam-aiaks' A T) A 0 A ae 'mm. oc m s Vial L m Aw Pago 4 Nebraskans have long had a reputa tion for taking their football seriously maybe a little bit too seriously. But reports coming out of Texas last week indicate things are even worse in the Lone Star state. This time, it's not at the college leveL Even worse, it's high school football. When Crosby Hih School coach Ron nie Davenport and his two assistants took the field for their game against Galena Park last Friday night, they were wearing bulletproof vests. Some" fans, it seems, were so dis gusted with Crosby's 1-5 start that they phoned death threats to the coaches. It is an incident that, unfortunately, shows how important athletics are to some Americans. Sports should be fun, regardless of what level they are at. You can bet that for Coach Davenport and his team, the fun is gone for this season. It is sad to think that any coach would have to fear for his life because of his Team's poor record. What is even sadder is that Texas ofUcials are just now beginning to realize there is a problem. According to a report by United Press International, high school offi cials met in Austin Sunday to discuss whether the state takes football too seriousfy. Come on, folks. When a coach has his life threatened, docs it take a meeting to determine that football is being taken too seriously? There have been reports in the past of parents holding their children back in junior high an extra year just so they would be more mature when they started playing sports at the senior highleveL Earlier this fall, a panel determined that athletics are overemphasized in Texas high schools. In fact, according to UPI, the committee found some schools in which only one hour in four was devoted to academics. At this point, the only question left for school officials to discuss is what action to take to lessen the pressure on high school coaches and athletes. The incident at Crosby should make people in Texas and across the coun try think about what our priorities are. If athletics are so important that a coach has to fear for his life, those priorities are wrong. "f'MSW. Rebirth of quality education is essential A good education is invaluable, today more than ever. The complications of modern technology re quire educated minds to utilize and advance that technology. Janet Ward Yet, at a time when education should be a top priority, our nation seems to be unable to consist antly provide the support for quality education. Programs are being cut, while classrooms become larger, and teacher morale is declining rapidly, because of; among other things, low wages. Students at UNL are no strangers to program cutbacks. The availability of classes has not in creased to keep up with a rising student population. This is apparent every semester during registration. We have all experienced the frustration ot for example, registering for five classes and getting into three of them. And then attempting to add more classes onry to find the ones we want are dosed. The fault is not the university's; our administra tion is doing the best it can with the funding received. The fact is that our university, as well as every other educational institution, needs more funding money to build our program availability to meet the increasing student demand. Until that funding is made available, schools have to make the best of what resources they have. That in itself creates more educational problems. Schools have been forced to increase class size to meet rising student needs. It seems that the quantity of stu dents educated has become a bigger priority than the quality of their education. One professor teaching 300 students a three-hour course yields a ratio of 1 (professor) to 000 (credit hours). Conversely, a professor who teaches a class of 20 students a three-hour course yield3 1 (profes sor) to 60 (credit hours). This has created a quan titative aim in the administrators. They see the 1 900 ciss as being more cost efficient and produc tive than the 1C0 class. This could ultimately lead to large classes as being the rule, with small classes the exception. And then there is the problem ct getting good educators. The salaries of teachers are some cf the lowest in any profession. Because of that, education is losing many talented teachers to private industry where the salaries are much higher. According to a story in VS. News & World Report the average start ing salary for teachers is $12C0, compared with Nothing says 'yem 9 like your food Another terrible scene in a restaurant: - "I would like the Salisbury steak, medium, seven brussels sprouts and two new potatoes," said the young lady, primly folding her menu. "Just bring me a great big platter of that spaghetti Bolognese," said her handsome escort enthusiast!-, caSy. .. - Artliiif - At that, she leaped to her feet. 'Ill never marry you, Hobart," she cried, throwing down her napkin . and storming out "You have a tangled personality and your life is a mes3." The poor young gentleman. He was obviously cne of the few people who have not yet read the new bestseller by that popular psychologist, Dr. Homer T. Pettibone,D.V2L It's titled "You and Your Vital Food Signs." Excerpts follow: Nothing says you like your food, (begins Dr. Petti bone). If you wish to hire an empkse, sign up a business partner or take on a remai.tic relationship, don't listen to what your prospects say or watch what they do. Simply ovserve what they est And, remember, they will be observing you. You can see, then, that you should Ct what you eat to the situation at hand. Let us say you axe dining with the head cf the OA, who is looking for an agent to infiltrate Cuba and embarrass Fidel Castro with an exploding cigar or seme ether nuclear device. - As a test, he will imdcubtedly serve you something either heavily breaded or hidden in a thick cream sauce. Ask no questions. Dive in. And when he passes the assorted chocolates, bite right into one, even though you dont know the code. What he's looking for is daring carried to the edge of foclhordincss. How you eat is as important as what you eat. Those who mush their carrots in their stew to absorb the gravy are retentive, dependable types. But, unlike nt ushers, those who mix their peas with their mashed potatoes are either lazy louts, tho roughly muddled or both. Lastly, (writes Br. Pettibene in conclusion), never, ever under any circumstances eat a manga If you eat a mango, yellow Cjers inevitably stick out cf your teeth and your chin turns orange. Everyone in sight immediately recognizes you for what you are: a neurotic misanthrope who doesnt give a damn . hat anyone thinks. Dr. Fettibcne, who is on tour promoting his latent contribution to popular psychology, was asked in a recent interview how he ate. "I can tell you in three words he said. "Always in private." CLrasldi rcLIkila Co. $16,200 for accountants and $20,36-1 for computer scientists. . A master's degree may raise a beginning teacher's salary to $14,000 a year, but engineering with mas ter's degrees receive $11 ,000 more as starting pay. If you were deciding between two jobs, one which pays $14,000 a year and one which pays $25,000 a year, which would you choose? No one can blame teachers for leaving the schools and going into other fields. In order to get and keep talented educators, salaries must be increased. It is going to take money from an already over taxed country to shape up our educational system. If we continue to allow the quality of education to decay, how can we expect to compete with other technologically advanced countries like Japan or' the Soviet Union? The United States cannot alTord to let public education lapse. Our future as a nation depends cn it tt ti Daily ri GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS LAYOUT EDITOR WIRE EDITOR NIGHT NEWS EDITOR EDITOR Lrrry C;:rit 47M7C3' - Tsn? 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