Monday, Oct, 7, 1963
The Daily Nebraskan
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By Susan Stanley
Esrom Maryogo is one of
21 children and doesn't care
if he finds a parentally-arranged
marriage waiting for
him when he arrives home
in Tanganyika.
A senior majoring in his
tory and political science in
the College of Arts and Sci
ences, Esrom spent his first
two college years at the East
tern Mennonite College in
Harrisonburg, Val.
The slightly-built 23-year-old
with a big smile is at
tending the University of Ne
braska on a "home govern
ment scholarship" financed
by Tanganyika, which has
been independent since 1960.
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Voluntary ROTC
Would Cost Less
Washington (CPS) De
fense Department officials are
asking Congress this week to
approve the most radical
change ever in the history of
reserve officer training corps
(ROTC) programs at U.S. col
leges and universities.
Pentagon officials have pre
sented a new, two-year vol
untary ROTC program aimed
at getting more and better of
ficers for the Army and Air
Force at less cost.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Norman S. Paul told a House
Armed Services Subcommltte
that the need for young offic
er! In the services was great
and the change would make
it easier to provide them.
The plan would permit ed
ucational institutions to con
tinue their present four-year
programs, if desired.
Colleges and universities in
volved could select only one of
the programs.
College men wishing to en
roll In the two-year program
would be screened carefully
before being accepted. Once
accepted, the services would
pay their college costs.
Paul said present plans
call for limited scholarships
to be made available at the
beginning of the new pro
gram, including 1,000 each
for the army and Air Force.
The scholarships would cov-
Educators Study
Correspondence
Two educators from Venez
uela visited the University of
Nebraska this week to study
methods of conducting corres
pondence course.
Elias Lopez, training direc
tor at Caracas, and Robert
H. Wilson, member of the
Agency for International De
velopment stationed in Venez
uela, plan to set up corres
pondence programs for office
workers, industrial workers
and farmers. They also vis
ited the University of Wis
consin, according to Dr. K. 0.
Broady, professor of educa
tional administration at the
University of Nebraska.
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Supplied to students who
wish and qualify to study
abroad, these scholarships
are of two types.
"Tied bursaries" require
that scholars promise to work
with the government upon
their return to Tanganyika.
"Untied bursaries" which
Esrom is studying under
make no such stipulation.
Under either type of schol
arship, the scholars may
choose their own schools.
According to Esrom, many
of his countrymen go abroad
to study, although this is ex
pected to decrease as a re
sult of the formation of the
University of East Africa.
Marriage arranged.
er actual educational ex
penses of tuition, school fees
and similar items totaling
not more than $800 a year,
plus pay a retainer of not
more than $50 a month for
ten months each of the two
years.
Scholarship students would
be required to serve at least
four years on active duty.
Non-scholarship students
would serve a period per
scribed by the service secre
taries. Pressure from both univer
sities and colleges and the
armed forces is giving the
new program a needed push.
The military services, es
pecially the Air Farce, has
been on the losing end of man
datory ROTC programs. At
any large land grant univers
ity, where law requires a
military program, thousands
of freshmen are spoon-fed
their first taste of military
life.
Four yaers later, the ser
vice ends up with only 30 or
40 first lieutenants from a
single large university. Fall
ing by the wayside are thou
sands of students physically
and pyschologically unfit for
an officer's job.
Ag Club Has
Fall Barbecue
The College of Agriculture
Varistv Dairv Club will start
its fall program of events
with a barbecue with tne
Dairy Royal Princess, Joan
Skinner, as guest of honor.
According to Varsity Dairy
Club President Lee Volker,
the barbecue will be a good
chance for new and returning
members to get acquainted.
Several faculty members of
the dairy science department
will speak.
The barbecue will start at
5:30 p.m. Oct 10 west of the
Dairy Science building. Fresh
men majoring in any area of
dairy science, as well as up
perclassmen, should see Lee
Volker in 305 Burr Hall for
tickets. Membership in the
Club is open to anyone with
an interest in the dairy field.
The new University, organ
ized ' about four years ago.
is a cooperative effort, sup
ported by the governments of
Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar
and Tanganyika.
For Tanganylkans who want
to go on to college, there is
still another alternative-
University College, which is
run by the country's govern
ment alone.
Until Tanganyika ceased
being a British mandate ter
ritory, Esrom's late father
was a member of the tribal
ruling class in the Lake Vic
toria area.
Three houses were occupied
by the family some of whom
were going to school in town,
others farming, and others at
home.
Tradition decreed that his
father, as a member of the
ruling class or clan, was ob
ligated to arrange marriages
for all 21 of his children es
pecially the sons before he
died.
Such arrangements, Esrom
explains, are tentative, with
the option that the plans may
change "if the two don't like
each other."
Queried about an arranged
marriage versus making his
own choice of a mate, Esrom
was indifferent.
"As far as I'm concerned,
I have no preference between
the two," he said, pointing
out that parents often know
the children's tastes and
needs better than do the chil
dren themselves."
As a child, Esrom attended
school during the year, ex
cept for the harvest months
of May, June and July.
Some of the schools, which
are divided into primary (but
with no kindergarten), middle
and secondary, are run by
the government, while others
are operated by private or
ganizations, such as mission
aries or the communities
themselves.
Through the eighth grade,
most of the subjects are
taught in Swahili. From the
ninth through twelfth grades,
English is the teaching lan
guage used, although Swahili
Is continued in the teaching
of one course. Esrom de
scribes the curriculum as
"tough."
Recreational activities are
similar in some ways to those
of American children.
"Most of our games are
those you can't play alone,"
he says, adding that "this is
typical of our communal way
of life."
Hockey and soccer are pop
ular, in addition to "season
al" dances, such as those of
the harvest season, "when
everyone is relaxed because
the crop is in."
The Nebraska International
Association executive com
mittee member hopes to re
turn home for a short visit
this summer, although, he
adds, "I don't know if I'll
make it."
Like many of NU's students
from around the globe, he
plans to work for his govern
ment when he returns home
permanently.
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TODAY
1 UNSEA Meeting in Pan
American Room of Nebraska
Union, 7 p.m .
TOMORROW
CONCERT in Sheldon Me
morial Art Gallery audito
rium. Audun Ravan, pianist, 8
p.m.
SPANISH CLUB meeting at
7 p.m. in South Union Party
Room, election of officers.
SKI TRIP MOVIE in 334
Nebraska Union, "Crested
Butte" 3 p.m.
INTERVIEWS for Assistant
Chairman of Student Union
Contemporary Arts Committee
and Public Relations Com
mittee, 7 p.m. 232, Nebraska
Union.
WEDNESDAY
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
Brother-S i s t e r Committee
meeting, 332 Nebraska Union
at 4 p.m.
Foreign film "Bell Antonio,"
in Nebraska Theater at 7p.m.
Cather Hall
To Organize
New Council
House presidents and chair
men from the twelve floors
(houses) of Cather Hall, the
newest men's residence hall
on campus, met last Thurs
day night to establish a con
stitution and house organiza
tion within the hall.
Representatives drew up a
rough constitution, which was
returned to the individual
houses for discussion and
amendment.
They will meet again this
week to draw up a formal
constitution, incorpor
ating the suggestions of the
house meetings.
"Although Cather Hall is
not a permanant men's hall,"
said Wayne T. Kuncl, resi
dence director for Cather
Hall, "the residents plan to
take this government to the
new men's dorm." He added
that the men's dormitories
proposed and approved by
the Board of Regents will not
be ready for occupation be
fore the fall of 1965.
In keeping with the concept
of de-emphasized central gov
ernment, according to Kuncl,
no executive body will be
elected for the hall as a
whole. The presidents of each
of the houses will meet as a
council and one of them will
be chosen chairman to act as
a general co-ordinator for the
group.
CaENERAU DYNAMICS FORT WORTH
Alabama University Authorities Limit
Editor Meyer To Non-Racial Subjects
University, Ala. (CPS)
The 1962-63 "student edior of
th eyera" has been silenced
by the University of Alabama.
Mel Meyer, whose editorials
in the Alabama "Crimson and
White" gained him national
attention and drew repeated
threats on his life, has been
told by university officials
that he may not "write upon
or comment upon" any racial
matters.
Failure to comply with the
university's demands, Meyer
said, will result in, "severe
disciplinary action" and pos
sible expulsion.
The Alabama administra
tion required Meyer and all
other students to sign state
ments agreeing not to write
or comment on any racial
matters for publication, Mey
er said. The administration
would not permit Meyer to
Keep a copy of the statement
he signed. When he appealed
the policy he was told there
could be no change.
Meyer said he felt the new
policy was aimed, at least in
part, at him. He said the pol
icy will prevent him from act
ing as southern correspond
ent for the Collegiate Press
Service.
According to a spokesman
for the university the new
policy only applies to student
correspondents on the cam
pus. Edward Brown, director
of the news bureau, said that
Students Mob Gov. Barnett
At Princeton Convocation
Princeton, N.J. (CPS) Ross
Barnett, governor of the State
of Mississippi was booed,
hissed and shoved around last
week while attempting to en
ter Alexander Hall at Prince
ton University where he was
scheduled to give a speech.
Barnett, who came at the
invitation of an undergrad
uate debating society, was
mobbed despite pleas from
protest groups for a nonvio
lent approach to the gover
nor. It took Governor Barnett
about five minutes and the
aid of about 30 state and
local policemen to get
through the crowd of 5000
that broke through police
barriers as the governor's
limousine arrived in the rear
of Alexander Hall.
The Governor's visit was
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the school "prefers profession;
als" to do the racial news
writing and said that a claim
that the policy would prohibit
all comment by students was
"silly."
The student correspondent
ban, Brown said, was the re
sult of long experience with
student reporters and that
there would be "no excep
tion" to the rule.
Asked if the campus news
paper, the Crimson and White,
would be allowed to carry
news stories and comment on
racial matter, Brown said,
"They certainly will. They al
ways have." He said that the
paper had always done "pret
ty much what it wanted."
Brown said the policy was
set by the president of t h e
university who acted as the
representative of the school's
board.
The ruling was first affect
ed last June and is being con
tinued "until the trouble is ov
er.". Brown said he didn't
know when to expect an end
to the trouble, but guessed it
would be "years."
Last February, the United
States Student Press Associa
tion (USSPA) named writer
Meyer the "student editor of
the year" after he wrote edi
torials calling for obedience to
federal law in Alabama. The
editorials appeared during
and after the crisis at the
University of Mississippi.
condemned earlier by both
the mayor of Princeton, Har
ry Patterson, and the presi
dent of Princeton University,
Robert F. Goheen.
Barnett spoke about the
loss of liberty that will be
the result of civil rights leg
islation that is before the
Congress now. He said,
"Freedom is being de
stroyed, liberty is being de
stroyed." Barnett called the expan
sion of federal power "a sin
ister and insidious form of
subversion that stalks the
earth today." He also de
manded the immediate re
turn to government by the
states, rather than by Wash
ington, as, he charged, is
provided for in the Constitution.
M e y e r ' s life was threat
ened, crosses were burned on
the lawn of his fraternity
house, and the university ad
ministiation hired two full
time body guards for him.
"The thing that really both
ers me," Meyer said, "is that
this ban isn't just against
writing about events at t h e
university it is a ban on
all writing about all racial
matters."
Such a ban is an infringe
ment on the right of freedom
of expression, Meyer said,
and invites censure of the uni
versity. .
Meyer said he signed the
statement "under duress" and
plans to continue his appeals
against it. At the same time,
he said, he will ask the new
ly formed Committee on
Freedom and Responsibility
of the Student Press to look
into the matter.
Dean Gottehrer, General
Secretary of the USSPA and
Director of the Collegiate
Press Service said, "this ban
indicates that the University
of Alabama administration is
not as respectful of the rights
of its students as we had
earlier been led to believe.
Meyer was going to provide
the nation's student press with
full coverage of the events in
Brimingham and elsewhere
around the South. Now under
the terms of the pledge, a
copy of which still has not
been given to Meyer, he can
not do this."
The case goes beyond Mey
er and the press, Gottehrer
continued, but questions the
rights of all of the students at
Alabama to speak freely
about the situation there.
The Committee on Freedom
and Responsibility of the Stu
dent Press is presently being
consulted and will probably
investigate the situation, ac
cording to Gottehrer.
Ag Choruses
Will Perform
Ag campus has its share
of musical culture.
A central figure in the de
velopment and continuation of
that culture is Mrs. Adelaide
Spurgeon, new director of the
Ag Choresters, and the Ag
Choralers, known together as
" the Ag Chorus.
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