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Monday, March 21, 1960
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The Daily Nebroskar
Editorial Comment:
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Democracy Shouldn't Be
Sacrificed For 'Republic'
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate
Malcolm Seawell recently reported many
high school and college students don't
know the difference between a democracy
and a republic.
To him, that is a tragedy.
But if this is a tragedy, it can't be con
fined to students alone. Ask almost any
American what form of government we
have in the United States and the answer
almost invariably will be "a democracy"
instead of "a republic."
What does this mean? It could be that it
reflects a citizenry that isn't too "up" on
its knowledge of civics. But it doesn't have
to and can hardly be taken that the Amer
ican people are indifferent to their form
of government.
In a technical sense, our federal gov
ernment is not a democracy but a repub
lic, which is only a form of democracy.
The only difference is one of convenience.
At a true democracy, the United States
would act after the fashion of the small
city-states of ancient Greece. Then, every
member of this nation's 180,000,000 popula
tion would have to com together to pass
all the laws.
Obviously, this is impossible, so we have
the next best thing a representative
democracy based on free, popular elec
tions. A few are chosen to speak for many.
This k a republic
Ministry,
Recently high school newspaper editors
throughout the country were polled to find
out how they rate careers on the basis of
three criteria interest, prestige and fi
nancial reward.
As to interest of the job, teaching, pub
lic relations and newspaper work ranked
in that order. As to prestige, medicine,
law and science ran one, two, three in
that category. And for financial reward,
the poll showed that high school editors
thought law, banking and business would
be the three top areas.
The immediate purpose of the survey
was to indicate how much the career of
journalism appealed to the students. It ap
peared that among these young people
engaged even then in newspaper work that
the appeal wasn't too high.
As far as prestige was concerned, Jour
nalism ranked eighth; in terms of pros
pective earnings, it was ranked 10th.
To newspaper people, the results of the
From the Editor i De$k:
It Seems to Me .
Got that low-down, depressed feeling?
Then chances are that you've just seen
the movie "On the Beach" currently run
ning at the Varsity Theatre. (Incidentally,
mention of the movie or theatre is not any
form of payola.)
The movie presents a
pretty dramatic situation
of what could happen if
someone pushed the but
ton at the wrong time. In
short it tells the story of
how the last traces of the
human race live and die.
The people of Australia
and nearby &ea have
wait for their death from
radiation, knowing It is
coming aooBu A search in an American sub
marine for some place somewhere that
hasn't been touched by radiation is fruit
less. The movie portrays some people who
can face up to death knowing it is com
ing for sure within a certain time and
others who can't. But nearly all of the fi
nal survivors actually don't die oi radia
tion. They are issued pills by the govern
ment to take when they find they're suf
fering from radiation sickness, and die a
quick, painless death instead of a long,
tortured one.
In short the movie is highly provocative,
and it's easy to see how some Americans
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And in the United States the republic is
in the form of a presidential system in
which the government is carried on by a
legislature and a president, largely inde
pendent of each other. A judicial system
is a further safeguard to keeping freedom
for the people.
For under the Constitution, the people
retain the ultimate power any govern
ment in which the people have supreme
power has to be a democracy. Every gen
eration of Americans has sacrificed in
some way to preserve this "government
of the people, by the people and for the
people."
The tragedy that Mr. Seawell speaks of
will only come when citizens fail to put
democracy first, when they become so at
ease with themselves and their country
or so blind as to yield too much of their
sovereignty their right to govern to the
republic.
If the republic wields all the power that
is only one step away from dictatorship.
All that remains is for one man or a
grovp of men to take control and appro
priate that power to himself or them
selves. Then there is no democracy, no republic,
no freedom.
Mr. Seawell may bewail the fact that
Americans may have their definitions
slightly incorrect.
But it is hoped that they will aways put
the democracy before the reoublic.
'Service' Esteem Low?
poll were disturbing since few of these
neophytes in the field indicated they had
a desrie to continue in journalistic work.
This is one of the worst problems the field
has to face today.
But much worse was the appeal and in
terest shown in several other areas. Little
regard was shown for the ministry and
public service, for instance, as either
"prestige" fields or even as "interesting"
work.
All three of the factors prestige, inter
est and money are important ones in any
person's career. But when such fields as
the two mentioned above are in such low
esteem, it appears that the almighty dol
lar is thought not only in terms of wealth,
but of prestige and interest, besides.
Money and prestige, unfortunately, do
appear to go hand in hand in this country.
It is an indication that some basic values
have been misdirected somewhere along
the way.
By Carroll Kraut
questioned the taste of showing it in for
eign countries, where it was greeted with
large crowds and apparent growing con
cern over the future of the human race.
The frightening part about the whole
presentation is that it graphically por
tray, with no holds barred, what actual
ly could happen to the world when, as the
script goes, "people develop weapons they
can never use."
Just this morning the Lincoln newspaper
carried a story of the development of
atomic reactors in Communist China. And
certainly the structure of an atomic bomb
is that country's aim.
Adding this nation to the list of three
which already have atomic weapons can
only increase the danger of the outbreak
of atomic war. China is a country that
doesn't quite fall into the same classifica
tion as Russia does as a potential enemy.
Many writers have predicted that if a
third world war comes, it may involve Red
China against the rest of the world. Amer
ica and the U.S.S.R. might be allies in
such a contest which certainly appears
it would be a "war to end ail wars" one
way or another.
But anyway, "On the Beach" is pre
scribed for anyone who likes to worry
about what's happening and what could
happen to the world. Its bound at least to
shake many people out of the smallness
of their little worlds.
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. Forget it
By Dick Stuckey
This week this column
shall attempt to raise itself
to the intellectual height of
other columns, and shall at
tempt to shake the bonds of
apathy and shall try to
reach out towards the spir
it of the institution (as do
other columns) in support
of the same.
Like it's Big Words
month, two of which are
' Rah, Rah."
Hence we commence.
(Not confusing "column"
with "pillar".)
It s e e m 8 as if recent
times have experienced a
tremendous influx of a rath
er stimulating, if not ha
bitually effective, barrage
of a certain amount of ma
terial devoted intensively to
the mores and proceeding
continuations of our reflex
ive living in this highly
abundant intellectual state
which is the University at
large, per se . . .
Foot bone connected to de
leg bone.
And furthermore, this re
cent encountering of expla
nation for the socio-cultur-al-economic
rationale of
modern times seems to be
quite stimulating in patho
logical digression to those
interested in pursuing fur
ther the political and meta
physical debates connected
to those things which shall
never know more stream
lined turbulence than we
now visualize . . .
Leg bone connected to de
knee bone.
And if Americans every
where are not aware of the
flux of relative gravitation
al forces acting on their
minds and, indeed, whole
systems, then we certainly
are way out there man . . .
But whosever shall call it
only a thing which shall
never be realized without
the methods of entomology
and systematic persever
ance shall never know what
it is that reacts counter to
the political forces which
act counter to that which
acts counter to the . . . uh,
. . . thingamabobs.
And then, if we let our
selves into a state which
demands much more phil
osophical specialization and
apparent regression for
realisation of a certain kind
of natural hypothesis which
can never be actually re
morgivated (seemingly so,
at least, that is) then we
must accept the fact that
Communism and other
states of certain anti-anti-badguys
policies will nev
er realize the above, at
least during the course of
present election year includ
ing the possibility of anoth
er type of parenthetical cor
roboration . . .
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To the Editor:
I take exception to your
editorial comment '"Pro
tests Poor Approach to Civ
il R i g h t s Problem," (Ne
braskan, March 18). I
would say they are one of
the best approaches that
exist.
The editorial states that
"The USNSA is evidently
trying to solve the racial
problem by conducting and
sponsoring student revolts."
The USNSA is not trying to
solve any problems, they
are only showing that a
problem does exist.
I would also say that "re
volt" is a rather strong
word for an orderly demon
stration. The same para
graph goes oa to say that
"It seems rather unsiial
that such an organization
representing American col
lege students would take
such means to focus atten
tion on an issue in a na
tion where revolts and dem
onstrations are frowned up
on." It is true that revolts are
frowned upon in America -but
it is not true to say the
same for demonstrations.
What is a picket line but a
demonstration that is ap
proved of by the U.S. Gov
ernment as a proper way
for union men to express
themselves.
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Head bone connected to
Philip Wylie.
So now, our course must
be straight, except for those
places where it may devi
ate.'and in the deviations,
the places where deviation
laxes; and we must posess
in mind that things of the
mind do not necessarily
emit from the mind, but
possibly from Time maga
zine or something . . .
Tail bone connected to
sorority row.
And as an afterthought,
it would be wise to rise up
against the forms of syn
thesis which tend to act on
us in a matter which is
certainly not at all in the
best interest of anyone who
is seriously considering the
possibibties of becoming
nearer to whatever it is that
will eventually tend to be
come much more nearer
than anything except those
things which were initially
nearer to start with before
anyone considered becom
ing an inteeleck . . .
Back bone connected to
the . . . uh . . . front bone?
So much for the meta
physical club of the Daily
Nebraskan.
And now that we have
raised ourselves to stand
ards of intelligence never
before gotten, we ought turn
to the cheering section.
And the ones behind the
, scenes where all the pic
tures get tooken.
For instance: Elmo Quad
arette butt picker-upper,
and husker; Gargery Smith
Union sump-pump clearner,
and husker; Melville
Glinch, record selector for
the MueUer Tower, princi
ple of the Nebraska School
for the Deaf, payola treas
urer, and husker; Basil Me
tabolism, official tractor
testing track starter, and
testing track starter, and
husker; and Gaston Kibblit
tmuchingheimer -Jones,
working girl, campus enter
tainer, and husker.
To the a b o v e group,
(which saldy enough is ob
viously not complete for
there are many more won
derful people who are true
blue huskers and fine baby
sitters) we say a big rah
rah for a life dedicated to
dedication and . . . uh . . .
money.
Who is nicer than these
nicies, and who helps the
poor young student more
than fine people like these
thanks, Elmo, Gladstone,
Melville, Basil and Gas, for
jobs well done. Remember
all the fun we had in study
hall, and best of luck in the
future to an up and com
ing young up and coming
Paticake, paticake . . .
I would also hazard a
guess that the Negro stu
dents in the South, and the
Negro and White students
throughout the country, are
more orderly than many
union pickets have been.
A line in another para
graph reads "... to call at
tention to a problem cur
rently on the floor of Con
gress seems a little ridicu
lous." I believe that the above
quote is wrong on two
counts. 1. The students are
concerned with their rights
to sit and eat in public, the
problem in Congress deals
mainly with the Neegro's
right to vote, and 2. If the
problems being dealth with
were the same it would be
a good idea to bring it to
everyone's attention so that
it could not be pigeonholed
until the end of the current
session of Congress and
then forgotten.
If I do not like a law that
is on the books, or want a
new one put on, I can al
ways write my Congress
man. The Negro cannot, he
has no Congressman as he
is not allowed to vote for
one (in the South). Until
other .means are opened up
to him he will, and should,
use the demonstration as a
; means of gaining his rights.
Roger II. Skidmore
Conservative Estimate
By John
The IFC took another big
step forward .Wednesday
night when they asked the
Administration to require
that all men who go
through
Rush Week
next fall
live and
eat at Sel
leck Quad
thr o u g h
out the en
tire three
day period.
A n other
i m prove
ment was
Hoerner
the provision that the
rushee will visit all 21 fra
ternities for a Vt hour open
house he formerly went to
8 or 10 which were arbi
trarily grouped. The rushee
chose the fraternities he
wanted to visit from each
group.
With each rushee visiting
all houses they can be di
vided into 21 equal groups
so that approximately the
same number can be ex
pected at each open
house.
To those familiar with
women's Rush Week, if is
readily apparent that these
two moves bring the men's
system closer to the effec
tive job done by Panhel
each year.
Only three things really
remain different. Men's
rush week is shorter, sum
mer rushing is allowed and
the system of bidding and
pledging is in the hands of
the rushees.
Even considering the
basic differences between
the entering freshmen men
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and women it is worthy for
the IFC to consider adopt
ing a no-summer rushing
program. A longer Rush
Week would, of course, be
necessary to give the
rushee time to make his
decision between houses.
There is a lot of talk
about how to encourage
more men to go through
Rush Week. The sororities
seem to have more than
they can handle so it may
be worthwhile at least to
consider the merits of their
system.
It would not be inconceiv
able to prohibit summer
rushing by individual fra
ternities and replace it with
IFC sponsored rush teams
coordinated in an overall
program designed to get
more men to come through
Rush Week.
With such a plan no house
would really lose because
if the IFC rush teams did
their jobs well a man would
feel that he was being
rushed by and for the sys
tem. With the resulting
number of men going
through, each fraternity
would be able to increase
its selectivity, and larger,
better pledge classes for all
would result.
Another possibility that
should be considered is hav
ing the rushees pledge the
same way as their female
counterparts.
Each rushee would list his
preferences one, two and
three and each fraternity
would turn in a list show
ing the men it -mted in
order of prefe "e. By
some stroke of maiematic
al wizardry, it comes out
so that both the fraternity
and rushee get the nearest
possible to their first
choices.
The prime advantage of
this as I see it would be the
complete elimination of
spiking or at least its ef
fectiveness no rushee
would be especially anxi
ous to go running' around
saying "I'm going Signa
Phi Nothing," if he didn't
know for sure whether he
was going or not."
Granted these proposals
are radical and would take
a complete change of atti
tude by fraternities, but
the spirit of them should
be considered.
As I see it the entire
fraternity system will nev
er gain by giving a rushee
competitive, comparative
house propaganda until he
has made up his mind for
sure in favor of the system
as a whole.
AQUAQUETTS
presents
PACIFIC CRUISE
TKur. & Fri. y
Merck 24 & 25
l 7:45 p.m.
University Coliseum
, Adminion 50c
ot our Fashion Show
featuring Spring 'n
Summer dresses
Modeled by
College Girls
7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 22 on our
Second Floor
Prizes! Favors!
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