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Friday, May 4, 1945
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Training For Life?
Rumors of student immorality and steps to restrict
this immorality are sweeping the campus. Investigations of
the various organized houses are reportedly underway.
No one would attempt to deny that immorality (drink
ink, kissing, smoking etc.) exists on the campus. But the
University of Nebraska is no different from other schools
in this respect.. Immorality is not a problem peculiar to the
UN campus in particular or to colleges in general. It is a
problem inherent in human nature, existing wherever
human beings exist.
Granted, then, that immorality does exist on the cam
pus, the questions naturally arise as to its seriousness and
as to the advisability of steps to restrict it. The serious
ness of the immorality on this campus bae probably been
considerably overemphasized. A comparison of UN with
other universities over the country leads to this conclusion.
It is true that there have been numerous examples of un
fortunate conduct on the part of the University students,
but it appears that these relatively few examples are being
emphasized to the exclusion of the innumerably larger num
ber of examples of good conduct. In other words, those stu
dents who misbehave are receiving all the publicity. Stu
dents who do not step out of line are taken for granted.
The question of measures to restrict this overem
phasized immorality presents serious i ificulties. In the
first place, it is doubtful if any measures would be wholly,
c even partially, successful. If students are going to drink
c kiss, (two of the practices most criticized as immoral)
they will find a time and a place despite all rules and reg
ulations to the contrary. They would simply be more secre
tive about it. One national sorority, for example, has a
long-standing rule which prohibits its members from drink
ing, vet thev continue to drink if they feel so inclined. They
simply use a little more discretion, attempt to make sure
that they are not seen drinking. The sarie thing will hap
pen if further attempts are made to enforce measures
against immorality on the campus. The restrictive rules
simply won't work.
And, more important, such restrictive rules would run
contrary to the philosophy that universities are a place
where young people learn how to live as .tature, intelligent
adults. (This philosophy is already too much ignored by
too many universities. It is given lip-service by administra
tion and faculty, but is quietly ignored in actual practice.)
Are university students being prepared for adult life when
their every move is closely observed ani restricted, when
they are more closely regulated than they were as high
school students? Once they graduate from university,
there will be no watchdogs to hover over them, protect them
from immorality. Wouldn't it be advisable that they begin
to learn to live their own lives, begin to live as mature
adults? If they do not, if they are not given this oppor
tunity, they are being cheated of the very thing for which
they are supposedly attending university.
This editorial does not pretend to be a plea that all
University rules and regulations governing students' con
duct be junked, that the problem of immo'ftlity be complete
ly ignored. Quite the contrary. But it does urge that the
problem of immorality be treated realistically, that students
be treated, not as children, but as what they are young
adults who will soon have to stand on their own feet, live
their own lives, in an adult world.
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Clippings
Harold Harshaw.
CPL. LOWELL S. "STEVE" DEVOE is
now at the Army Service Forces Convale
scent Hospital at Camp Carson, Colo. He
fought with the First Division and took
part in the battle of Aachen. He wears the
ETO ribbon, Purple Heart, Good Conduct
Medal and Unit Citation. At the present
time he is on a War Production Urgency
Drive for the Seventh Service Command.
Corporal Devoe was a Phi Delt at UN.
MARLOW C. ROGERS, infantry officer
in the 43rd (Winged Victory) Division, has
been promoted from first lieutenant to cap
tain while in combat against the Japanese
on Luzon: Capt. Rogers has served 31
months in the Pacific theater with the vete
ran Winged Victory Division. He has seen
New Guinea and Philippine campaigns.
Second Lieutenant LEONARD BOAS
BERG is now serving with a field headquar
ters of the Chinese Combat Command in
South-Central China. Lieutenant Boasberg
just completed 19 months studying the
Japanese language before being ordered
overseas. At his present post he is with a
group of Americans engaged in teaching
the Chinese armies in the mechanics and
employment of American-supplied weap
ons, indoctrinating the Chinese with Ameri
can methods of modern warfare, and ad
vising them in their war against the Jap
aggressors in the East. Before his enlist
ment, he was a reporter on the Daily Ne
braskan and the Awgwan.
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JOHN W. HANLEN was recently pro
moted from first lieutenant to captain at
an Eighth Air Force bomber station m
England.
LT. WILLIAM VAN HORN is now in
Paris illustrating the official book of the
101st airborn division. He was with that
group which was trapped seven days in
Bastogne. Lieutenant Van Horn was a
member of the 506th parachute infantry
regiment which had a major role in the
success of the Normandy and Holland cam
paigns, took part in the fall of Carentan
and later liberated Eindhoven, Holland.
This group twice took the measure of the
elite German Sixth parachute regiment in
attaining victories in France and Holland.
SECOND LT. DALE KR EPS has arrived
overseas and has taken up his duties at a
15th A.A.F. Liberator bomber base in Italy.
This group is bombing vital enemy lines of
supply in support of Russian armies ad
vancing into Austria.
ROBERT BRAMSON. paratrooper, has
just returned from overseas. Bob is a for
mer University of Nebraska basketball star
and SAM.
Council Sets
Election Date
For May 8
Meeting in special session Wed
nesday afternoon, the Student
Council set a new date for re
holding spring elections, elected
council holdover members for
next year ratified the new Student
Union board constitution and ap
proved three new Union board
members for the coming year.
Reholding of the spring elec
tions is scheduled for next Tues
day, May 8. Polls in the Union
and Ag hall will be open from 12
to 7 p. m. Especial precautions
were planned by the council to
insure correct election procedure.
Holdover Members.
Holdover members elected by
the council are Janet Mason, Ro
berta Collins, Gene Dixon, Jim
Kratochvil, Helen Vennum, Edith
Pumphrey, Mary Jo Gish and
Stuart Goldberg. Experienced
council members, they will serve
with the new members thru next
year.
New student members of the
Union board are Elizabeth Cuiley,
Nancy Garey and Bill Roberts.
The altered Union constitution
approved by the council eonlains
but minor departures from the
old one.
YW Discontinues Teas
Weekly Friday afternoon teas
at Ellen Smith hall have been dis
continued f'r the rest of the
school year, according to Mary
Ann Mattoon, YW president.
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Every unit ties in by telephone to repoi t on eonlaet
belMwn eompanies, and to isou the next move.
That means comhat telephone wires must le
laid down with every forward push. And com
munications crews must work continuously repair
ing the breaks in lines torn by tanks and amphibi
ans and blasted by artillery and mortars.
Our Armed Forces till have urgent need for
huge quantities of communications equipment of
all kinds. That's why there is a wail for home tele
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