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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday. April 4, 1948
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SPANIEL
by Sam Warren
OPEN LETTER TO
GREEK FRESHMEN:
Gentlemen:
Since you were pledged to your
respective fraternities last fall,
you have seen a good deal of ac
tivity beyond your regular school
work. You have given a great
deal of your time to house duties,
such as cleaning windows, wax
ing floors, running errands, con
structing Homecoming decora
tions, playing intramurals for the
glory of the house, anci trying un
successfully to memorize the
chapter roll from Alpha Alpha
to Gamma Epsilon.
You have willingly allowed your
chapter to use you in these ways
because that is part of the game
you agreed to play when you
signed the pledge and started off
on that particular adventure
which CAN be a memorable part
of the college experience for those
who choose it.
But in the next two weeks your
number (and you do form a site
able body) will be used in another
way, too. You w ill be asked not
to think, not to exercise your own
judgment, but to accept the deci
sions of a small-numbered, self
styled high tribunal within your
broader fraternal circle. Namely,
you will be told how to vote in
Spring Elections, April 15.
Why? Because the "wiser men"
among you will tell you that in
order to preserve the Greek sys
tem, of which you have made
yourself a part, you must perpetu
ate Greek men in office, particu
larly in the Student Council, or
else "the Barbs will take over and
run fraternities off campus."
This involves two false judg
ments. First, the Greeks over-estimate
to you the concern of the
Barbs as to whether the Greeks
exist or not. Second, the masked
men misrepresent to you that
Nd sway
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these sub rosa, strong-arm tac
tics are the way to preserve "the
Greek way of life;" for just the
opposite is the truth.
The one way you Greek fresh
men can knife your system In the
back and make it disintegrate is
to indulge in blind allegiance to
the directives of short-sighted
men who rely on the power of
fear to keep the system roing in
stead of the power of construc
tive action to build a system
which non-members would re
spect. ,
The truth of the jeopardy in
which you will be placing the
Greek system by compulsory mass
voting upon the opinion of a few
is closer than you may think. Un
questioned authorities have re
ported our chancellor to have said
in private that as long as "social
organizations" remain social he
will have no quarrel with them.
But when they assume political
status beyond their recognized so
cial purpose, then the right for
their existence may well be ques
tioned. Greek men should be interested
in politics, both collegiate and
civic; this writer does not mean
to tell you differently. He does
mean to say, however, that as an
organized body of Greeks, you
should think twice. Remember,
you may sign all the registration
lists that they require you to at
various 16th street fraternity
hanM. but tou are free to mark
the ballots as you please at the
polls.
If vou re since about being a
Greek, think twice.
Sincerely,
A GRADUATING GREEK
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pril 6 is Army Day. It is a day which will
have a special meaning for college men. More than
half of you are veterans of the last war. Many of
you are members of the Organized Reserve. Many
others belong to the R.O.T.C or National Guard.
"All of you are making a vital contribution
toward World Peace ,and the security of this
nation.
'The U. S. Army is the finest army in the
world and the only one of its kind among the
major powers. It is 100 volunteer. It is com
posed entirely of civilian soldiers . . . men like
yourselves who realize that a ftrong America is
a peaceful America, and that the responsibility
of making America strong rests in the hands of
every American citizen.
. "The U. S. Army is not a large army, as
armies go. It is shouldering tasks far greater tban
any other army of like size has ever attempted.
Our occupation force in Japan is the smallest per
capita of any modern occupation army. Our force
in Europe is the smallest of the three major powers.
"But behind this Army stand you men of the
Organized Reserve and the R.O.T.C I have
known many of you personally. I have been with
many of you in action. I know the fine type of
men you are and the realism that leads you
to ejuip yourselves with military training.
"Further, I know the valuable service you
can render the nation in time of emergency. A
great deal of the success of fast mobilization and
the actual winning of the war was due to the
106,000 trained Reserve Officers and the top
notch National Guard units which were avail
able for quick action.
"To you, on Army Day, I believe I speak for
millions of Americans in offering commendation
for the fine job you are doing."
You can get full details but ths opportunities ope to
you in the Army's complete military train! n program t
ny U. S. Army and U. S. Air Fort Rtcrutting Station.
CHIEF OF STAFF, P. S. ARMY