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Frank Partsch, editor
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To Ban Or Not To Ban
At the request of a group of University
students from Omaha, Sen. Edward Dan
ner on Jan. 28 introduced a bill in the Ne
braska Legislature making it illegal to
". . . in any way furnish or attempt to
furnish any person under the age of 18 cer
tain publications as prescribed . . ."
"Prescribed," as qualified in the bill,
LB 515, refers to literature which "... in
any way tends to depict incidents or sexual
perversion of any kind and sexual inde
ed ..." , , , ,
In spirit, we support this bill. In letter,
we see many pressures and precedents
which discourage its passage and defang
its enforcement. Nebraska must be able to
overcome these drawbacks before the bill
would be practical. '
"Sexual perversion" and "indecency"
must be defined by the courts. "Art" and
"satire" must be distinguished from "ob
scenity" and "pornography." Better men
than we have failed to do these things sat
isfactorily. LB 515, however, is not an ordinary
'book-burning" bill. It prohibits "indecent
literature" ONLY from those under 18. We
do not beleive that freedom of expression
would be withheld by this bill, should it
become law, any more than we believe
that the rights of minors are violated by
banning them from alcohol.
Many (from experiences) and many
others (from' observation) are directly
acquainted with the normal teenage mind,
which, trying to assimilate the daily bom
bardment of sex into its everyday reason
ing, searches always for the most sensa
tional, most descriptive, most personal
Take Candy From
By J. Hvde, editor
CSU Collegian
The bookstores those
bookstores other than the
CSU Bookstore, bless its
puritanical heart are now
sporting pretty pink and
white signs proclaming
"We have CANDY." Candy
is the latest example of
literature being misunder
stood by the masses, per
verted by the publishers
and utilized by the dealers.
The book concerns itself
with pornography, and is an
excellent satire on litera
ture ranging from love-sick
erotica to hard-core porno
graphy. The publishers have de
scended upon the work lik6
vultures on a defenseless
body the work having
proved itself ' a "boxoffice
success" by getting banned
in Paris, of all places.
The authors, using the
single pseudonym of Max
well Kenton, seemed to care
little who published their
work, and by the time it
reached our Golden Door
almost six publishers had
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begun printing heads and
screaming to the public that
they had managed to print
about the dirtiest thing ever
written. Meanwhile they
have the hypocritical nerve
to exclaim that other pub
lishers are pirating the
book and are obviously in
the game only for the
money.
But, like Hearst, the fault
lies not so much with the
publisher as it does with
the mass that supports him,
and this time the mass has
responded with its usual
keen interest in what it
thinks is smut. .
The pity lies mainly 'in
that the book was printed
in paperback, for the
. "mass" seldom concerns
itself with literature to the
tune of anything more than
95 cents (The price of Candy
in the paperback.) Now
the work finds itself being
read aloud to the "gang"
in dorm rooms in that kind
of hey-gang-get-this behind
the barn type voice that
demonstrates so well the
oarber
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and perverted collections of words avail
able. These budding intellects are grub
bing everywhere to (1) satisfy their cur
iosity, and (2) give themselves subjects
for daydreams and air-castles, as shown
by the pages which are most worn and
dog-eared in the high school library's en
cyclopedia and other "innocent" publica
tions. The teenage illegitimaticy explosion
and steadily decreasing average age for
marriages are the product of many fac
tors, and we do not think this bill would
have a visible effect on their improve
ment. We do, however, think that this bill,
would lesson the unhealthy influence upon
developing minds.
"Sophisticated" parents will argue
that Johnnie, at 14, is old enough to read
the "good parts" of Lady Chatterly's se
ductions and the "fine character develop
ment" in Peyton Place! We disagree, and
back Senator Danner in' his idea that 18
is a good place to arbitrarily let the "Lit
erature Lovers" really begin to appreci
ate "literature."
High school students are not ready to
read indecency for "literature's" sake
alone; , ; . . . . ,
Parents and teenagers will also argue
that children will grow up sexually naive
if these books are removed from their hot
little hands. So much the more shame for
modern parents and schools.
An editorial appearing Feb. 4 in the
Colorado State University Collegian makes
this point to our satisfaction. We reprint it
for vou below.
FRANK PARTSCH
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sophomoric quality of the
mind that reads it.
For Candy is not porno
graphy, it is satire; Candy
is not smut, it is literature.
The book exemplifies again
the mind that is incapable
to handle comfortably any
concept of sex. The mind
that reads cards in its con
stant effort to appease its
appetite for smut is the
very mind that cannot un
derstand why Candy is
NOT smut.
To accept sex as a thing
of potential beauty would be
almost an impossibility for
one who only attends Film
Classics because he heard
it is somehow dirty. Those
films, which have at
tempted to deal seriously
with the subject of sex
that have been shown at
Sunday Cinema o n 1 y to
meet with the roar of the
high school mentality are
the finest example of the
unintelligent, crude, unre
fined confused and general
ly terrified attitude towards
sex held by a sizeable pro
portion of students on cam
pus. As for those students who
have read Candy for its,
juicy passages, and those
bookstores who are out to
make their 'fortune on the
public's general stupidity, I
can only say that it is
THEY, mainly, who are
satirized by the book they
are reading.
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"Madam, good hope. His Grace speaks cheerfully:"
(John Lonnquist.)
"The wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch:"
(Larry Frolick.)
"Tyrants themselves wept when it was reported;"
(Husky the Husker.)
"To be or not to be, that is the question:" (Buzz Madsen.)
"Captain Fluelen, you must come presently to the mines:"
(Kosygin.)
"Foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth of a Rus
sian bear and have their heads crushed like rotten apples:"
(Mao-Tse TungJ
"All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty
death:" (The Innocents Society.) ,
"I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks
eggs:" (The Beatles.)
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Passing Through
One of the most ubiquit
ous of Lincoln sights in the
past few weeks has been
the long line 'of people
mostly students - seeking
entry into a local theater
which is showing the most
recent James 'Bond thriller
Goldfinger by name.
Professors , seeking re
sponse to literary allusion
find students far more
knowledgeable about I a n
Fleming than William
Shakespeare, another sign
of Bond's status. Why
should this be? What is the
attraction?
The Fleming formula is
very simple. The hero,
Bond, doesn't really say
very much nor does he
actually do very much. He
is often behind the action
and frequently out of it.
Bond is supreme ahead of
the action only in one re
spect, namely as a lover of
truly gargantuan propor
tions. ' 1
If Bond has one salient
quality, it is that he keeps
his head. His ''world is diffi
cult, full of stirprise. but
through it all ' Bond main
tains his composure which
extricates him from the
most impossible situations
in many instances. Bond
operates alone from bed
room to barroom a quasi
existential figure in a world
unmanaged and unmanage
able. .
Bond is the antithesis of
Mike Hammer, the literary
figment of Mickey Spillane's
imagination. Unlike Spil
lane. Fleming constantly
seeks out th uproarious
satirical qualities inherent
in the violence and sexuali
ty of which both build their
plots.
Both Fleming and Spil
lane are merchants oT
escape, but Fleming
never lets his readers for
get that he is dealing in
make-believe. In Goldfinger
Bond finds himself in the
midst of a truly improbable
plot to explode a nuclear
device at Foil Knox an
enterprise designed to drive
up the world price of gold
to the benefit of Communist
China and the: Villain in the
piece Goldfinger himself.
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Perhaps the secret of Flem
ing's appeal is that he is a
latter-day compositor of
fairy tale for adults only.
What, then, accounts for
the widespread student in
terest in James Bond? My
guess is that students identi
fy in Goldfinger and simi
lar epics a kind of comedic
switch on the world as they
take it to be. The world is
seen oy them as populated
primarily either by fools or
villains.
They see no real prospect
of altering this condition.
How to survive in such an
environment? Bond sur
vives by taking full and
complete pleasure in sexu
ality, by avoiding commit
ments of a binding charac
ter, and by keeping h i s
head.
He does not transcend
situations; he floats
through them. He is a non
hero in a world no longer
amenable to change by in
dividual enterprise and
dedication. He has a little
fun while avoiding the ted
ium of the everyday. He
does not make an issue of
social significance, although
he is on the side of t h e
angels.
Bond experiences con
stant danger but never sur
renders his poise; he has no
illusions, but his world still
seems basically worthwhile.
Perhaps Bond is attractive
because he has worked out
a minimally viable means
of existing with at least a
modicum of style and
grace. Many students would
like to accomplish a paral
lel enterprise.
DAVID F. TRASK
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Time For Change?
Dear editor,
I read with interest the
column by Lee Marshall in
Friday's Daily Nebraskan.
And I agree that at least
these two "representatives"
of the College of Arts and
Sciences are not represent
ing me. I doubt if they are
representing many other
Arts and Sciences students.
The column concluded
"it's time for a change
either in their (Susie Se
grist and John Cosier) pol
icies or in Arts and Sci
ences' representatives."
These .two representa
tives have indicated their
persistant irresponsibility.
The only hope seems to be
for a change.
Fortunately, there is pro
vision for such an action.
Article V, Section b, subsec
tion 7 of the renumbered
Student Council constitution
provides for the recall of
elected representatives. The
typographical error in the
present copies of the consti
tution is clarified in t h e
Daily Nebraskan of April 4,
8 and 26, 1963 on page one.
The College of Arts and
Sciences may recall their
representatives by petiitons
signed by 35 per cent of the .
enrollment of the college.
Perhaps now is the time
for students to assert them
selves. In effect, the college
of Arts and Sciences, enti
tled to five representatives,
is not being represented by
at least two of them. M .
I, for one, am willing to
attempt to remedy this situ
ation. If there is sufficient
support within the College
of Arts and Sciences, it
would be possible to recall
Cosier and Miss Segrist.
This could easily be the
best chance t h e student
body will have to express
itseif this year. Do you, the
students of Arts and S c i -ences,
approve of the way
in which you are repre
sented? If not, you will soon have
an opportunity to express
your discontent when you
are given a chance to sign
the recall petitions.
Robert Cherny
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Stooping Low
Dear editor,
I left a sack containing
a pair of slacks and a blouse
in the ladies' room of An
drews Hall. Discovering In
class that I had forgtoten
the package, I hurried to go
pick it up. It was not there.
To many University stu
dents, the loss of a slacks
set would mean nothing, for
it was considered a cheap
set. To me it means a great
loss. Needless to say, I am
completely disgusted both
because of my carelessness
and because someone
stooped low enough to be
come a thief.
"The Campus Handbook"
quotes the Board of Regents
policy on student conduct:
"Students are expected to
obey the laws of the state
and nation, to conduct
themselves in accordance
with the rules of morality
and decency which obtain
in well-ordered communities
and to refrain from any con
duct injurious to the good
name of the University."
The book goes on to men
tion that dishonesty in
course work, rioting and
brawling, illegal possession
of alcoholic beverages and
library and parking viola
tions are forbidden.
Stealing is a very definite
problem; this shouldn't be
disregarded. It should be
mentioned explicitly and not
just grouped under the gen
eralized Regents' Code.
I know very well that the
University can do little
about this . stealing it
would be impossible to treat
14,000 University students
as kindergarteners, to check
to see that each had only
his own money, books,
clothing and so forth.
Rather, I think it's time
for each student to disci
pline himself, to raise his
moral standard to the ma
ture adult level in a
word, to have enough char
acter to be able to say
"no" to the temptaiton of
stealing.
Maybe I'm expecting too
much; maybe these Univer
sity kids have all the bone
in their heads and none in
their backs.
R.B.
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