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What, in the words of the atrocious daily puzzle of that name, is wrong
with this picture? Very easy indeed. No angels in flat heels and
sweaters are ascending and descending the stairs. Actually, they have
begun the continuous zigzag on the Student Union steps for the season.
They may be going to or coming from a spot of lunch in the Corn Crib, a
friendly coke, bridge or pingpong, time out on the marshmallow
upholstery of the lounge, or a late afternoon hour dance.
And cease your sighs and murmurs that when you and I were young we had
lessons to get and nobody put us up a Student Union building. For one
thing, the tots may have mastered all lessons up to and including next
Tuesday morning. For another, the building is theirs, or will be in
80,000 easy payments. At six dollars a year, 10,000 university
educations laid end to end ought to about close the Student Union books.
Incidentally, it’s well worth two and a half cents a day to city campus
students, especially the ones who have made no entangling alliances with
fraternity or sorority, and they’re in the great majority—probably 75
percent. Here’s a place to do almost anything you can think of—or they
can think of, which is more comprehensive.
In the basement are offices of student publications, Awgwan, Cornhusker
and Daily Nebraskan and a ping-pong room. Office of building manager,
grill room, cafeteria, lounges and book nook are on first. On second
floor are offices of alumni association, university foundation and
University speakers bureau, ballroom, dining rooms, game room and
faculty lounge. Dining rooms and student organization rooms occupy the
third floor. Mortar Board and Innocents have fourth-floor dormer rooms.