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Page 2 FRATERNITY GRADES: Steadily Better According to the National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in New York, the scholarship averages of college fraternities throughout the nation continued to surpass re spective all-men's averages for the academic year 1962 63. Final tabulations show that in 59.3 percent of all col leges reporting, all-fraternity-averages were higher than all-men's. The figures were compiled from comparable data submitted by 'over three-quarters of all fraternity chap ters in the U.S. and Canada 283 reporting institutions with 3.038 fraternity chapters involved. The NIC also reported that the improvement in fra ternity scholarship has been particularly pronounced in the last decade. Ten years ago only 40.3 per cent of the colleges reporting showed the all-fraternity average high er than corresponding all-men's. The NIC reported that a similar improvement has occurred in the nationwide percentage of individual fra ternity chapters above all-men's averages. Out of 60 na tional fraternity-organizations, 28 reported that at least a majority of their chapters or more were above the all men's averages on their respective campuses. The data was developed from official sources supplied directly by the institutions involved and was processed by the scholarship reporting service of the NIC on a compar able basis. Curiously, the scholastic improvement of fraternity members over their male colleagues at colleges and uni versities throughout the nation has accompanied a nation wide social attack on fraternities. The response of fraternities to the demands of social pressure certainly has done them credit and proved them a beneficial and needed part of college life. One wonders when the bickering will end? The Civil Rights Bill EDITOR'S NOTE: Because the Civil Rights Bill is among the most significant recently proposed legislation and because it is currently the cause of much delibera tion in the U.S. Senate, the DAILY NEBRASKAN has decided to print its full text for University students. The DAILY NEBRASKAN'S copy was furnished by Richmond Newspapers, Inc., Richmond. Virginia, which published a full text of the bill as a public service. The bill will be printed daily (nine installments) on the editorial page. An Act To enforce the constitu tional right to vote, to con fer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the Unit ed States to provide injunc tive relief against discrim ination in public accommo dations, to authorize the Attorney General to insti tute suits to protect consti tutional rights in public fa cilities and public education to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to es tablish a Commission on Equal Employment Oppor tunity, and for other pur poses. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, That this Act may be cited as "The Civil Rights Act of 1963." Title I Voting Rights Sec. 1. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971), as amended y section 131 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ( Stat. 637), and as further amend ed by section 601 of the Ci vil Rights Act of 1960 (lA Stat. 90), is further amend ed as follows: (a) Insert "1" after "(a)" in subsection (a) and add at the end cf subsec tion (a) the following new paragraphs: "(2) No person acting un der color of law shall "(A) in determining whether any Individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Fed eral elections, apply any standard, practice, or pro cedure different from the standards, practices, or pro cedures applied under such law or laws to other indi viduals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State "officials to be qualified to vote: "(B) deny the right of any Individual to vote in any Federal election be cause of an error or omis sion of such individual on sny record or paper relat ing to any application, re gistration, payment of poll tax. or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omis sion is not materia in de termining whether such in dividual is qualified under State law to vote in such lection; or "(C) employ any literacy test as a qualification for voting in any Federal elec tion unless (i) such test is Wednesday, May 13, 1964 administered to each indi vidual wholly in writing ex cept where an individual re quests and State law auth orizes a test other than in writing, and (ii) a certified copy of the test whether written or oral and of the answers given Dy the indi vidual is furnished to him within twenty-five days of the submission of his re quest made within the per iod of time during which records and papers are re quired to be retained and preserved pursuant to title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (42 U.S.C. 1974-74e; 4 Stat. 88). "3i For pur poses of this subsection "(A) the term 'vote shall have the same meaning as in subsection (3) of this sec tion; "(B) the phrase 'literacy test' includes any test of the ability to read, write, any matter." (b) Insert immediately following the period at the end of the first sentence of subsection (c) the follow ing new sentence: "If in any such proceeding literacy is a relevant fact there shall be a rebuttable presump tion that any person who has not been adjudged an incompetent and who has completed the sixth grade In a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District cf Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puer to Rico where instruction is carried on predominantly in the English language, pos sesses sufficient literacy, comprehension, and intelli gence to vote in any Feder al election." (c) Add the following sub section "(f)" and designate the present subsection "(f)" as subsection "(g)": "it, When used in sub sections (a) or (c) of this section, the words 'Federal election' shall mean any general, special .or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of elect ing or selecting any candi date for the office of Presi dent, Vice President, presi dential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representa tives." (d) Add the following sub section "(h)": "(h) In any proceeding instituted in any district court of the United States kder this section the At torney General or any de fendant in the proceeding may file with the clerk of such court a request that a ourt of three judges be convened to hear and de (Cont. oo page 3) ROTC Change Long Desired; Those Concerned Deserve Thanks By Arnie Garson To all those who had a hand in establishing the voluntary ROTC program at the University, the en tire student body owes its thanks. The change had been advocated by many for a long time and yet when it came, it was still somewhat of a surprise to the students. The rapidly expanding enrollment was given as one of the main reasons for switching to the voluntary program. But certainly the work of Bob Kerrey and the Student Cuncil Student Wel fare Committee cannot be Mrs. Thomas Dear Editor: The men of Phi Gamma Delta would like to express their gratitude to the many individuals and groups who offered their sympathy fol lowing the recent loss of our housemother. The cards which we re ceived from nearly every He's Real Dear Editor: Yes, Virginia. Keeker is for real. I realize that this is springtime and things do start crawling out of the woodwork. This is not meant to be derogatory in any way. At least you had the tense to attack the speak er. Facts always cloud up an issue. Now, what actually hap pened: The person who was so liciting votes from the Dem ocrats and his poli. sci. class for the Republican torch-light parade is not an officer of the YR's as Reck er alledged. He is only Resolution's Chairman. Also, SANE did not try to take over the YR's. It was the Student Peace Un ion. They didn't take over, they just threw the elec tion to the present officers. (Need we mention that a certain Greek-torch-cutter signed a check for nine dol lars to buy memberships to vote in the election?) The YR woodsie, (oops, I mean "parade"), was on ly an attempt of our ambi tious poli ti cos to get a head start on Spring Day's famed "Return to the Vine" poli cy, where everyone be comes a little fruity. So in conclusion, (I find that this Is a good way to end, at least everyone know where the end Is), let's all have one big drink in at the DB1G to protest Recker. (So I now fade out of the letter, swinging from branch to branch, shouting from the top of my weary lungs. "I MISS EUGENE DEBS!" A Fanatic Left-Winger j ALUAMCE, ANYONE T underestimated. F o r, in spite of the fact that I have been both publicly and pri vately critical of Kerrey (his ROTC questionnaire in particular) for not taking a firm stand favoring the ab olition of compulsory ROTC, he did supply the regents and administration with complete reports. Colonel Elmer Powell of the Army ROTC depart ment seemed to be some w h a t disgruntled by the news in his letter to cur rently enrolled freshmen ROTC students. But the general student opinion seemed to be disbelief at fraternity and sorority were greatly appreciated. We would like to especial ly thank Mrs. Nancy Schneider, the housemother of Alpha Tau Omega. The consolation and advice she provided was a great help to each of us. Mrs. Thomas was greatly loved and respected by every man in the chapter. Thus the warm kindness shown us surely reduced the shock of her loss. 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Hopefully, now that the voluntary program is here, it will prove wrong both Col. Powell and the stu dents who were so hostile to the compulsory program. For there is a place for ad vanced officer training in higher education, and I be lieve that the program has now been placed in its prop er position and will flourish. But still, the student body has proved that major changes can be secured. A fight is not useless just be cause it does not bear im mediate fruits. The ROTC dispute was at least ten years old before the results were realized. Yes. the Board of Regents may have reached the same decision at the same time without a bit of student en couragement. But then again, voluntary ROTC may not have come to the Uni versity for another t e n years, had not the students put forth an organized ef fort. And so, to all the stu dents, who during the last several years have worked toward this goal; to the Board of Regents who un animously approved the move; to the faculty and administrators who in any way had a hand in effect ing the change, the student body owes a hearty "thank you"! FOM 1O0 TO AltOO STBSST AUtfecaa oca SOCStTT This 'Scrip' Worth Reading, Despite Title By Patsy Campbell The University of Nebras ka is fortunate to have on its campus a student liter ary magazine. (It is per haps less fortunate in the title SCRIP - but there it is.) Such a magazine is much needed on a college campus and should be en couraged. As a matter of principle, I would urge all students interested in Free dom of Expression and En couragement of the Arts (pardon the cliches) to buy SCRIP even if its contents were unworthy. However, I find myself in the pleasant position of urging my fellow- Review student to buy SCRIP be case its quality is generally quite good, and the reading of it is bound to be interest ing. My biggest quarrel with the magazine is its choice of the short story contest winner "Fella" by Stuart Wylie, Jr. It is my feeling that not only was the win ner not the best story in the magazine, but further, that it was far too short to have been considered. It is really no more than a nicely done vignette as are almost all of the so-c ailed short stories in the magazine. If longer, more worthy stories are . not turned in in any given semester, then no prize should be given in that issue. But on to the bestowing of laurels. The poetry of Roy Scheele and of W. B. Napier is excellent. Scheele's "The oretic" is a fine piece of in t e 1 1 e c t u a 1 suggestive ness somehow reminiscent of both Browning and Eliot. His "Afterimage" is also a lovely bit of poetry so skill fully rhymed as to be al most unnoticeably so. Na JOHN MORRIS, editor; ARNIE UARSON. manuring editor; SUSAN SMITH RF.RGER, news editor: FRANK PARTSCH, MICK ROOD, senior staff writers; KAY ROOD. JIDI PETER-SON, BARBARA BERN'EY. PRISC1LLA MTLLIN'S. HAIX.S Ll'NDEKV TRAVIS MINER, junior staff writers; RICHARD HALBERT. DALE RAJEK. CAY LEITSCHI'CK, copy editor!; DENNIS DeFRAIN, photogra pher; PEGGY UPt r.CC .porta editor; JOHN HAI.LGREN. assistant (porta t& tor, PRESTON LOVE circulation manager; JIM DICK, subscription manager; JOHN ZEILINUER, taurines manager; BILL GUNLICKS. BOB CUNNINGHAM. PETE LAGE. buin" assistants. Subscription rates f per semester or 15 per rear. Entered as second class nvter at the post office In Lincoln, Nebraska, under toe ac at August 4. 1912. The Daily Nebratkan Is published al room M, Student Union, on Monday, Wednesday. 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"We Two" is particularly striking in its nostalgic effect and most happy in its ending sense-picture, "warm vanil la kisses." I'm sorry that Mr. Napier made the tacti- cal mistake of allowing his vignette, "The Secret" to be printed in the same issue. By Itself it is merely poor, but beside his other fine work it is very bad indeed. Richard Meier's poem "Run Child Ru n. . ." is well worth reading if only for the last three lines. Poetry con test winner, Linda Ensor is interestingly represented by her untitled poem beginning "My lover . . ." and by "The Maggot People." Ray Shepard's "Across the Bridge" is quite good but rather too esoteric without the footnote. It is difficult to say tha right thing about P. A. Drake's poem, "My Broth er." It so truly finds the feeling of real mourning that one stands somehow re spectfully and painfully si lent before its spell. In the short story line, "Orphan Annie and the Leaves of Rapture" by Su san Stanley Wolk is excel lent, though not perfect. Mrs. Wolk has a penchant for iconoclasm which Is sometimes disastrous for her reputation as a critic, but in this story it works beautifully and says some thing that needs saying, and in a most entertaining man ner. Linda Wilson should ex tend her vignette, "The Dev il Toupee" into a short story. It would surely be quite good. I guess I've said every thing I wanted to, ex cept that the art work is magnificient. SCRIP is worth its 50c purchase price if only for the illustrations. And the cover picture is a delight. travelers M,Jm UO Youth Mtnlificifion Clidt