Thursday, Oct. 17, 1963
GREEKS:
And A Sand Fight r
Greeks are funny people. -And sometimes they are
hard to understand.
Negroes are people too, and during the last year,
even more than in the past, they have been working for
equal rights. They know what they want, and no matter
what means they use, they deserve to be heard. Their
plea is easy to understand.
The Negro move Is underway for equal rights In em
ployment, housing, and education.
As almost every Greek will tell you, social life is an
important active ingredient in 'the educational process.
Greek houses organize, to a large extent, to provide
members with social life. Their members reap the bene
fits. The Greeks have built a legitimate, purposeful and
powerful structure especially in midwestern universities.
Strong organizations maintain their stature, in the
business world as well as the social world, because they
are able to meet problems face to face, evaluate them
and eventually adapt whether it be on an economic or
personal level. If they do not adapt-4Jiey die.
These organizations are realistic.
On the front naffe of the Dailv Nebrnskan tnHav f
story which points up the fact that Greeks have been
caught with thier proverbial heads in the sand. Nine West
Coast national sororities have been excommunicated from
their counterparts because they discriminate. And who's
to say that this trend will not continue . . . Continue into
the Midwest, where the strong, laughing and boisterous
Greeks are playing the same game. Kick sand in the
faces of the Negroes.
They throw sand because they have not been willing
to take the first step toward adaptation that of taking
their heads out of the sand. They cannot see the impor
tance of understanding.
A move is underway, so I'm told, that Negroes are
attempting to organize their own fraternity at the Univer
sity, but why should they have to?
If they are equal on the gridiron, and in the class
room, then why kick sand at them during Rush Week.
If studies have been made on the discrimination prob
lem at the National Interfraternity Conference then why
haven't the results been put to some practical use. Or
could it be that Greeks are hypocrites, laughing on the in
side and solemn and even sore on the out.
GARY LACEY
Yankee In Mexico
By Susie Rutter
EDITOR'S NOTE: This It the flrat
In a series af articles written by
Salle Ratter, ene of seven Univer
sity students stodylnr thli year at
El Coleal. 4a Mexico In Mexico Cltr.
Five hours late, I w a s
among seven travel weary
Cornhuskers to stumble off
the plane at the Mexico City
airport to begin our junior
year as exchange students.
The Mexico exchange pro
gram initiated this year is
financed by the United
States State Department
and is open to University of
Nebraska students interest
ed in attending El Colegio
de Mexico in Mexico City,
Requirements include the
ability to speak Spanish and
follow courses taught exclu
sively in Spanish, soph
omore standing, an a b o v e
average grade ranking and
an Interest in the program.
El Colegio Is divided Into
three centers or schools: In
ternational Relations, His
tory and Linguistics and Lit
erature. It is a graduate
school with an enrollment
of eighty whose faculty is
composed of visiting protes
tors from some of the finest
institutions in the world.
The library contains over
70,000 volumes which in
clude complete collections
of the major scientific mag
azines, both national and
foreign, in the fields of his
tory, literature, economics,
sociology, law, international
organization and politics. It
is the only library in Mex
ico City which contains a
complete file of current cor
respondence and documents
of diplomatic agents station
ed in Mexico and principal
countries of Latin America.
An example of the level of
courses offered at el Colegio
is the first semester curri
culum for students in Inter
national Relations which
consisted of five required
subjects: Soviet Union For
eign Policy, Modern Indian
Politics, Communist China,
Contemporary Latin Amer
ican problems and the Unit
ed States and the Western
World in the twentieth cen
tury. An average of thirty-s i x
hours per week is devoted to '
lecture periods and sem
inars. Students are divided
into seminar groups of from
ten to twelve and each week
have a different topic to pre
pare and present. After the
presentation of the papers
Hit floor is open for f r e e
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discussion and exchange of
opinions between the profes
sor and the students.
No basic textbooks are
provided for the courses
and the students must de
pend on their class notes
and individual research
work in the library. Thus
from the first day the stu
dent becomes the active and
principal element of his own
education and discovers a
personal manner of investi
gation and treatment of
facts, their significance and
interpretation.
The educational system is
quite different from that of
universities in the United
States and in some senses
better. Each aspect of the
course is probed and dis
cussed and a deeper under
standing of the "whys" of
actions is arrived at in
stead of merely memorizing
dates and facts for an ex
amination. Each student is stimulat
ed and encouraged to in
vestigate further fields
which interest him and his
education becomes a chal
lenge in learning and un
derstanding instead of a
boring grind of assignments
which must be completed
and hour exams which must
be passed.
The education has more
meaning than a diploma at
the end of four years and
the security of a good pay
ing J6b. It does not involve
pulling high grades to gain
admittance to school hon
oraries or winning awards
for your fraternity or soror
ity. It does not mean eligi
bility for activities or a
black mask on Ivy Day.
Education is still a means
to an end, but for students
at El Colegio the end is dif
ferent than to most stu
dents at the University and
to the majority of you now
reading this article. To
these few dedicated stu
dents, education is the tool
with which they can help
their countries achieve new
goals in the future.
Education is the learning
and understanding of past
situations which may be ap
plied to the present and fu
ture to better international,
relations, to equalize the
standard of living and to
promote universal under
standing and friendship. Ed
ucation is the key to world
peace.
Through the opportunity
Singing
Dear Men of Gather Hall:
It seems the Kappa Kappa
Gammas had four serenades
Monday night. We loved it,
but if ever there was a rea
son for you to complain, it
was Monday night. How
ever, not one yell, screech
or electric guitar was heard
from your halls. For this we
thank you, Cather Hall.
We realize that it was only
a few individuals that were
given me to study in an
foreign country I have been
able to realize and appreci
ate the meaning of educa
tion and its importance in
the future relations of the
world and in the mainten
ance of peace. I am sure
that this year abroad will
mean more to us than any
other year in our university
life. '
It is an honor for us to
be able to participate in
such a program and a goal
to which you students at
Nebraska can strive to
ward. Hasta luego-Susita
CHEMISTS
IF you are dedicated to research, come to an expanding organization where
basic research provides a solid foundation for the program; where recog
nition for accomplishments brings opportunities for new projects and pro
grams to challenge the future; and where you have the opportunity to
pursue fundamental discoveries or follow their expansion info more applied
fields.
IF you desire to be associated with a research center internationally rec
nized, small enough to give attention to individual growth and advance
ment and at the same time part of a large organization offering many bene
fits, such as diverse research projects appealing to particular interests, free
dom to exchange ideas and results, and recurring opportunities for higher
positions either here or elsewhere:
IF your objective is one or all of these:
To specialize in a chosen field and to build scientific status for yourself
To grow professionally through your work and study, stimulating semi
nars, and advanced lecture courses by visiting professors and other
leading scientists
To advance vertically in the same line of work as fast and as far as
your ability will take you
To present papers before national and international scientific meetings
To enjoy the advantages of freedom to publish
IF these are your goals, then join us and advance your career in challeng
ing basic and applied research on the derivatives, reactions, structure, and
general physical and chemical properties of organic chemical raw materials.
Sign up for interview with ear representative cn
October 18, 1963
Af Your Placement Office
ef
Or Write to
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1815 North University Street
Peoria, Illinois 61604
News
causing the disturbances at
our serenades. It took all
of you to put a stop to it.
We have been told that
Cather Hall is.making a sin
cere effort to start out on
the right foot and forget
some of the less desirable
customs already firmly
established in other halls.
Your ability to work out
this problem demonstrates
a cohesiveness within your
organization and a real de
sire to work together. If
this trend continues, you
will really have accomp
lished your goal. You are
off to a great start. Con
gratulations! Some Kappas
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Bookstore
Profiteers
(ACP) Vytautas J. Bieli
auskas, chairman of the de
partment of psychology at
Xavier University, Cincin
nati, Ohio, has written a
book. It is a good book, says
the News, campus news
paper. It's a technical work
on psychological diagnostic
techniques with the bewild
ering title of "The House-Tree-Person
-Research Re
view." The 49-page paperbound
book will be used as sup
plementary reading in an
advanced graduate course
in projective techniques of
fered at Xaxier. Therefore,
it is on sale at Xavier Book
store. There's just one trouble:
The Bookstore sells the text
for $5. Everywhere else it
retails for $4 the pub
lisher's recommended price.
Xavier students probably
won't be surprised that the
Bookstore, which bills itself
as a "student service," is
reaping a tidy 25 per cent
profit on the volume in ex
cess of the usual 30 per cent
profit that is standard in
the trade.
Indeed it has become al
most a campus tradition
that the Bookstore relieve
the profusely wealth stu
dents of their copious ex
change each semester after
they have paid their mod
erate tuition tabs.
& Ph. D.
Theater Lab Plays
Not Getting Praise
At the risk of exposing
myself to more bitter invec
tive, I will once again point
out an enterprise that I
feel is not getting the
praise it deserves.
This weekend the first two
plays in a series of Labora
tory Theater productions
will be presented by the
University Theatre.
This program is designed
with two purposes in mind.
The first is to provide an
opportunity for students of
the University to see living
theater at no cost to them.
The second and more
important purpose is to give
drama students a chance
to stage productions on
their own, with a minimum
of faculty assistance.
Ideally, this program will
prepare actors and crews
for the greater responsibili
ty of regular University
Theatre productions. It is
an activity giving practical
experience In an area which
otherwise would remain
open to only a chosen few.
This weekend we will
have the chance to see a
play, in the one act series
which has fulfilled these ob
jectives admirably.
"Beyond", by Pat Keat
ing is an original play writ
ten for this program. This
play represents a step be
yond the regular outlines of
the program. Ordinarily, a
director chooses a one act
play or cuts a three act
play to suitable length for
a lab production. For this
director Keating wrote his
own script and then began
the long hours of work in
preparing it for presenta-
BOOM!
Today, foregoing levity, let us turn our keen young minds to
the principal problem facing American colleges today: tht
population explosion. Only last week four people exploded m
Cleveland, Ohio one of them while carrying a plate of soup.
In case you're thinking such a thing couldn't happen anywhere
but in Cleveland, let me tell you about two other cases last
week a 45-year-old man in Provo, Utah, and a 19-year-old
girl in Northfield, Minnesota. And, in addition, there was a
near miss in High Point, North Carolina an eight-year-old
boy who was saved only by the quick thinking of his cat, Fred.who
pushed the phone off the hook with his muzzle and dialed the
department of weights and measures. (It would, perhaps, have
been more logical for Fred to dial the fire department, but one
can hardly expect a cat to summon a fire engine which is fol
lowed by a Dalmatian, can one?)
But I digress. The population explosion, I say, is upon us.
It is, of course, cause for concern but not for alarm, localise I
leel sure that science will ultimately find an answer. After all,
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has not science in recent years brought us such marvel as the
maser, the bevatron, and the Marlboro filter? Oh, what a saga
of science was the discovery of the Marlboro filter I Oh, what a
heart-rending epic of trial and error, of dedication and perse
verance! And, in the end, what a triumph it was when the
MarlU.ro research team, after years of testing and discarding
one filter material after another-iron, nickel, tin, antimony,
olwidian, poundcake-finally emerged, tired but happy, from
their laboratory, carrying in their hands the perfect filter
cigarette! Indeed, what rejoicing there still is whenever we
light up a Marlboro which comes to us in soft pack and Flip
Top Box in all fifty states and Cleveland!
Yes, science will ultimately solve the problems arising from
the iiopulatirm explosion, but meanwhile America's colleges
are in dire strait, Where can we find classrooms and teachers
lor today's gigantic influx of students?
Well sir, some say the solution is to adopt the trimester sys
tem. This system, already in use at many colleges, eliminates
summer vacations, has three semesters per annum instead of
two, and compresses a four-year-course into three years.
This is, of course, good, but is it good enough? Even under
the trimester system the student has occasional days off. More
over his nights are utterly wasted in sleeping. Is this the kind
of all-out attack that is indicated?
I say no. I say desperate situations call for desperate reme
dies. I say that partial measures will not solve this crisis. I
say we must do no less than go to school every single day of
the year. But that is not all. I say we must go to school H
howt of every day!
The benefits of such a program are, as you can see, obvious.
, rst of all, the classroom shortage will disappear because all
the dormitories can be converted into classrooms. Second, the
teacher shortage will disappear because all the night watchmen
an be put to i work teaching solid state physics and Restoration
flrama. And finally, overcrowding will disappear because every,
ody will quit school.
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By Gary Pokorny
tion to the University au
dience. After weeks of rehearsal
and untold hours of labor
by all concerned with "Be.
yond" the show will go on
the boards this Saturday
and S u n d a y at 8:00 p.m.
This play, an Interesting
look at one individual's' com
promise with society, is
well worth seeing.
Considering the time and
effort put into this produc
tion by the University The
atre personnel, the time re
quired to see it is a small
investment on our part for
the rewards received.
Show up at the Temple
Building either Saturday or
Sunday for "Beyond" at 8
p.m. and a cutting from
"Of Mice and Men" at 8:30
p.m. Stop by long enough to
see what a positive attitude
coupled with hard work can
produce.
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