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Thursday, December 19, 1963
THIS YEAR:
The year 1963 Is coming to a close, and it will be
' remembered as one in which the nation became neces
sarily conscious of the struggle of the Negro for equality
and American awareness and gradual support for the civil
rights movement which attained its all time high.
On the gloomy side of the question, history will re
cord 1963 as the year In which Medgar Evers, a Negro
civil rights proponent, was murdered, children were
killed while worshiping In Birmingham and collegiate civil
rights workers were intimidated and Jailed while they
tried to register votes in Mississippi. Former University
of Nebraska students were among the people trampled on.
On the brighter side this year, optimism among Ne
groes Increased. They feel that equality, whether social,
economic, or political is inevitable. And this stimulus will
feed and reproduce until an effective policy is formed.
The March on Washington in August gave powerful
proof to Americans of the serious and hopeful Negro de
sire. The desire even leaked into Nebraska. In Lincoln Ne
groes and Whites alike marched on the statehouse in sup
port of several measures which were being contemplated
by legislators. Nearly all summer, Negroes in Omaha pro
tested unfair employment and hiring practices, and in
their own way won out. There has been greater coopera
tion between Negro and Whites in Nebraska even though
the results sometimes are limited and disappointing.
During the first week in December, there was another
major breakthrough concerning the Civil rights legislation
which was being digested by Congress. The bill now seems
as if it might reach the floor of the House and Senate in
January. After being passed by the judiciary committee
of the House, the bill seemed as though it would never see
the light in the rules committee. But President Johnson
negotiated a promise that it would not become bogged
down. This is an Important action because past civil rights
legislations has always .been stopped by the rules com
mittee. The bill still faces a stiff debate in the House and .
possibly a filibuster in the Senate, but it must be passed.
Whether the new life is attributed to the memory of
the late President Kennedy, the political finesse of Presi
dent Johnson is not important
Frustration of the bill will lead to further disillusion
ment and bitterness.
GARY LACEY
From The GAP Vine
'Playboy1 Magazine Offers
Sex And Demands Nothina
By George A. Peterson
At the Madrigal perform
ance in the Union the other
night there was a large
mural of the Madonna hold
ing the Christ child in her
arms. For centuries this to
mankind has been a symbol
of love. But today this sym
bol, it seems to me, is dan
gerously close to being over
shadowed by the philosophy
of which Playboy, is but
symptomatic.
This philosophy emerges
from Harvey Cox's analysis
of Playboy magazine, "one
of the most spectacular suc
cesses In the entire history
of American journalism."
Cox is a visiting lecturer at
the Andover Newton Theo
logical School in Newton
Centre, Mass. The following
is taken from' his article
printed In the April 17, 1951,
issue of "Christianity and
Crisis."
"Clearly PLAYBOY'S as
tonishing popularity is not
attributed solely to pia-up
girls. For sheer nudity its
pictorial art cannot compete
with such would-be competi
tors as Dude and Escapade.
Rather, PLAYBOY appeals
to a highly, mobile, Increas
ingly affluent group of young
readers, mostly between 18
30, who want much more
from their drugstore read
ing than bosoms and thighs.
They need a total image of
what It means to be a man.
Aad Mr. Hefner's PLAY
BOY has no hesitancy about
telling them.
"Why should such a need
arise? David Reisman has
argued that the responsibili
ty for character formation
in our society has shifted
from the family to the peer
group and to the mass me
dia, peer group surrogates.
Things are changing so rap
idly that one who is
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equipped by his family with
inflexible highly internalized
values becomes unable to
deal with the accelerated
pace of change and with the
varying contexts in which he
is called upon to function. . .
"Within the confusing ple
thora of mass media signals
and peer group values,
Playboy fills a special need.
For the insecure young man
with newly acquired time
and money on his hands who
still feels uncertain about
his consumer skills, Playboy
supplies a comprehensive
and authoritative guidebook
to this foreboding new world
to which he now has access.
It tells not only who to be; it
tells him how to be it, and
even provides consolation
outlets for those who se
cretly feel that they have
not quite made it.
"Since within every iden
tity crisis, whether in 'teens
or twenties, there is usually
a sexual identity problem,
PLAYBOY speaks to those
who desperately want to
know what it means to be
a man, and more specifical
ly a male, in today's world.
"The skilled Playboy con
sumer is cool and unruffled.
He savors sports cars, liq
uor, high fiedelity and book
club selectins with a casu
ual, unhurried aplomb.
Though he must certainly
have and use the latest con
sumption item, he must not
permit himself to get too at
tached to it. The style will
change, and he must always
be ready to adjust. His per
sistant anxiety that he may
mix a drink incorrectly, en
joy a jazz group that is pas
s'e or wear last year's
necktie style is comforted
by an authoritative tone . . .
"But since being a male
necessitates some kind of
relationship to females,
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Dear Editor:
Mr. Moore's recent ar
ticle, "Sacred Cows," was
interesting, to say the least,
but what was his purpose
in writing? Since Mr. Moore
failed to clarify his purpose,
it remains obscure. Was he
trying to present an objec
tive factual report on inci
dences occuring after the
Playboy fearlessly confronts
this problem, too, and solves
it by the consistent applica
tion of the same formula.
Sex becomes one of the
items of leisure activity that
the knowledgeable consum
er of leisure handles with
his characteristic skill and
detachment. The girl be
comes a desirable, indeed
an indispensable "Playboy
accessory."
". . . The infallible answer
from the oracle ("The
PLAYBOY Advisor,") nev
er varies: sex must be con
tained, at all costs, within
the entertainment recrea
tion area. Don't let her get
"serious."
"After all, the most fam
ous feature of the magazine
is its monthly foldout photo
of a playmate. She is the
symbol par excellence of
recreational sex. When play
time is over, the playmate's
function ceases, so she must
be made to understand the
rules of the game.
". . . Unlike the women he
knows in real life, the Play
boy reader's fictional girl
friends know their place and
ask for nothing more. They
present no danger of per
manent involvement. Like
any good accessory, they
are detachable and dispos
able ...
"PLAYBOY insists that its
message is o n e of libera
tlon. Its gospel frees us
from captivity to the puri
tanical "hat-pin brigade." It
solemnly crusades for
"frankness" and publishes
scores of letters congratu
lating it for its unblushing
"candor." Yet the whole
phenomenon of which
PLAYBOY is only a part
vividly Illustrates the aw
ful fact of a new kind of
tyranny,
"Those liberated by tech
nology and Increased pros
perity to new worlds of leis
ure now become the anxious
slaves of dictatorial taste
makers. Obsequiously wait
ing for the latest signal on
what is cool, and: what is
awkward, they' are para
lyzed by the fear that they
may hear pronounced on
Con't on page 3.
Put The 'Cow' To Pasture
Oklahoma-Nebraska game?
If so, where were the facts?
Or was this merely a
highly subjective emotional
attack on the administra
tion? I have talked with the
counselors, house pre
sidents and members of
Cather; no one saw or
heard anything about kegs
being in the Hall. (Inciden
tally, from information I
gathered from residents,
counselors and the director,
there were hardly enough
students in the building to
Proud To
Dear Editor:
Since coming to the Uni
versity this semester, I have
begun to think that it is
quite a rat race, with all
he big dogs eating all the
little ones. Something hap
pened last Saturday that
made me feel among my
own kind of folks again, and
I am mighty proud to tell
the whole campus about it.
Saturday morning I
moseyed over to the M&N
Building to check the de
merit list, and I looked
over and saw a whole
group of Intramural foot
ball players standing
around jawing about some
thing so I thought I'd just
go over and see what it was
all about.
It, seems as how there
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drink three cans of beer,
much less three kegs.)
If Mr. Moore has some
factual information con
cerning the "drinking" in
Cather, I would appreciate
it.
It is also the hope of the
writer that in the future, Mr.
Moore will clearly state his
purpose, so as not to seem
ingly confuse rumor with
fact.
G. Isaac Peirce Jr.
Chairman of the Presidents,
Cather Hall
Be Here
was a championship game
supposed to be played, but
one of the teams the one
in the red shirts was late
and the rule man said they
should lose the game be
cause of it.
But this yellow team
thought about it and the
red team talked slicker
than a greased pig and so
they shook hands and de
cided to play the game any
way. And
14-12.
the red team won.
And I'm proud to say
that yellow team didn't
even get hot under the col
lar or anything even if they
could have been the real
champs if they would have
accepted the forfeit. It
makes a fellow right warm
inside to see people act
neighborly instead of like a
bunch of hungry hogs at
feeding time and I'm proud
to be a part of this Univer
sity. Kinil Peepka
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Christmas
M The University
' By S. Claws
It's not every year that
old St. Nix makes his pres
ence to the University, but
a reliable source in the ad
ministration has disclosed
that this year, here, he will
visit the campus.
Of course, few people are
Interested in seeing 4 a reli-
able spokesman visit the
campus. But many are an
xious to find that jolly old
peddler just opening his
sack. Narcotics agents.
However, we have found
some indication of appre
hension about what will" be
stuffed in student stockings
in the following letters, mis
.takenly sent to the North
Pole, a survey being con
ducted by the Student Coun
cil to determine whether
cold weather drinking is a
problem. And it certainly is
have you ever tried pop
ping the top with icy mit
tens out on a blizzardy 16th
Street during a University
open house?
These letters have been,
made public with the ap
proval of the U.S. Post Of
fice Committee On Making
Letters Public. Their con
tents show the tingling an
ticipation which surely, this
season, must be causing
many students to "spring
from their beds to see what
was the matter."
LETTER NUMBER ONE
Dear Santa Clause:
Wherefore, -we haven't been
getting the approval of our
student constituents very
much lately, please bring
them some love for us. And
bring us some more love
for each other. And more
problems so we will have
an excuse to drink. And
our own building. And a
forty-foot high glossy of our
selves to hang on the state
capital building. Resolvedly
The Student Council.
LETTER NUMBER TWO
Dear Santa: Please bring
me a World War II baby
crop to expand the Univer
sity to about 20,000 in the
next two years. Chan
cellor Hardin.
LETTER NUMBER
THREE Dear you old
cool funny man: Please
bring us all cool white
beards like yours, daddy.
White is the color of our
hearts to you, alas, you
crazy guy. Like in your
act. The Temple Build
ing. P.S. Our cool buds In
the English Department
want those fuzzy chin wigs
too, crazy old man, b u(t
they can't write.
LETTER NUMBER FOUR
Dear Brother Santa:
Please drop some more
bundles of khaki underwear
at the chapter house, o 1 d
man, as the drips in the
pledge class wore their pad
dles clean through the last
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terni'ty System. P.S. - You
haven't kicked in with the
annual greens for the new
addition, old how-would-you-like-your-p
1 n-jerked alum
nus of ourn.
LETTER NUMBER FIVE
My Dear Scrumpchins
Santy Loverpie: Please
bring us some more pizza
pies and deserts for our un
dernourished bods. And
oodles of those kooky pins
we ' collect, And, for a
change this year, honty.
claus,' bring us about 10,000
stupid, fruity cliques to
tongue to death. Loverly,
The Sorority System.
LETTER NUMBER SIX
Dear Santa E. Claus:
Speaking Independent
ly, how about some wild
patterned clothes and stuff
to retain our Identity. Also,
could you keep your rain
deer off the grass this year
and take back all the rain
deer feed you left. We have
been eating it for Wednes
day luncli. Althoug It is not
bad some of us in the dorms
have been noticing horns
lately. Singularly, The
Independents.
? LETTER NUMBER SEV
EN To: S. Claus, 198446.
From: ROTC departments.
Subj: Gifts to be brought
25 Dec 1963. The following
items are requested: 11,500
feet of film taken during
the Swiss Army maneuvers
in the Pooh War, 1897-1997.
depicting tactical devices of
.406 mm. portable map fold
ing machines for instruc
tural purposes; 50 barrels
of spit for men's shoes; 16,
000 right-left markers for
men's legs; 2 carloads of
No-doze tablets for mens'
classes.
LETTER NUMBER
EIGHT - Dear Jolly St.
Nickolas: Please send me
some more jolly pills for
laughing off complex stu
dent situations and tom
foolery. Those crazy, won
derful kids are at it again.
Oh, Ho, Ho. But we love'em
like , they're our own. The
administration. P.S.
Please send your, certified
list of who's been naughty
and nice. We're checking it
twice.
Besides the discovery of
these letters, we have no
ticed uncovered the exclu
sive Santa-Gift-List. This is
as was compiled by Santa's
many helpers throughout
the University. All iems
are subject to the approval
of the Student Council Com
mittee on Approval.
These gifts are:
For the person who wrote
the letter criticising Dean
Helen Snyder A free life
time pass to the girl's dorm.
Con't on page 3.
'THE BEST"
WITH
CGAS
PURCHASf
Gregory B. Bell, 134 B, 477-M20.
