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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 94, NO. 25
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Photo by MiK Hayman
"You know Harry . . .
when he gets high he
really has a blast."
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Draft evaders:
drop out or ship out
University students can now
give up their student draft
deferments to enter the I-A
manpower pool late this year
when it is apparent their draft
number will not be reached.
Selective Service Director
Curtis W. Tarr Monday
established a policy permitting
men to drop certain
deferments, whenever it U to
their advantage, without
waiting for the end of their
deferment period.
Exposure to the I-A man
power pool for even part of the
year counts for the entire year.
If a man ends the year in I-A
status without being drafted, he
is moved into less vulnerable
categories in following years.
Tarr said lottery number 195
will probably be the highest
number called this year. He
Invited men who received
higher numbers in the draft
lottery held December 1969 to
take advantage of the op
portunity to face their max
imum exposure in a year
which, for them, Is already
safe.
However, men who received
lottery numbers last July can
not use the ruling to their ad
vantage this year. They will be
Terry attacks homophile
by GARY SEACREST
Nebraskan Staff Writer
"It is a sad commentary
when the faculty, irrespective
of the wishes of the Chancellor
and the Board of Regents, can
force through such a course."
The speaker is State Sen.
Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff.
The course is the University's
controversial class in
homophile studies.
Carpenter is firmly opposed
to the homophile course, which
is being ottered for the first
time this semester and recently
called the course "a terrible
thing."
He said he has not and does
not expect to attend a class of
the course.
The Scottsbluff Senator will
chair a special two-day
Legislative Council hearing this
Thursday and Friday in Omaha
on the University homophile
course and the psychopathic
incarceration law which has
been declared unconstitutional.
Carpenter claims he has
learned from reliable sources
that "the Regents were
pressured into accepting the
course." He said that in ex
tensive talks he has found no
one who favors the course.
"The Regents don't obviously
know all what's going on in the
University," he remarked.
"They don't have the staff to
keep them informed."
the top-priority group of 1971
and dropping a deferment now
would only expose them to the
draft for that entire year before
they know what their chances
are. They could use it later in
1971 or in future years.
Col. Louis McCrory of the
Nebraska Selective Service
said Tuesday students wishing
to give up their deferments
must send their requests in
writing to their local draft
boards. "The sooner students
request to give up their
deferments the better," he
said.
Problems could arise if
students wait until December
to make their request because
there is a chance the local draft
board will have already held
their December meeting, ac
cording to McCrory.
The new draft policy also
applies to men with occupa
tional, fatherhood and hardship
deferments.
The draft lottery system that
took effect at the start of 1970
has always contained the option
of choosing the year of max
imum exposure by abandoning
a deferment. But that option
until now was clouded by the
lack of a specific policy.
Carpenter, who has invited
all the Regents and candidates
for the Board to the hearings,
said he wants "specific
reasons" why it is necessary
for the University to have a
course about homosexuals.
"I'll be frank to admit that I
would rather not have the
course in the curriculum,"
remarked Board of Regents
President Robert Raun. "But it
was developed through the
traditional procedures b y
faculty committees."
The Regent noted that the
development of the course by
the traditional process was a
"primary factor" in the
Regents accepting the
course.
Raun said the Board was
"definitely not" pressured into
accepting the course. "We
reviewed the course and made
the recommendation that the
course be coordinated by the
Psychology Department and we
will defend this decision." He
added that he will appear at
the Omaha hearings Thurs
day. "I kaew when it came to my
attention that it was a course
that would draw a great deal of
attention," Chancellor D. B.
Varner said recently. "I would
prefer that we could spend our
time defending something like
the budget instead."
Hamilton Hall dedicated
Hamilton and
Varner said he had no op
portunity to participate in the
faculty decision to establish the
course because he wasn't
Chancellor at the time.
"I wish I didn't have to de
fend it," added Varner. "But if
questions are raised I will have
to defend the course."
The Chancellor noted that the
Michael Davis
here Nov. 56
Michael Davis, the Uni
versity of Michigan gradu
ate student whose appoint
ment as an NU philosophy
teacher was blocked by the
Board of Regents, will be
on campus Nov. 5 and 6,
according to Jim Smith,
Union Program advisor.
Smith said that organiza
tions interested in having
Davis speak to their groups
should contact him by Mon
day, Nov. 2. He can be
reached at 472-2454, 2455
or 2456.
Davis is scheduled to
make a major speech in
the Nebraska Union, Thurs
day, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.
Photo by Can Ldly
Hamilton
course
course can be defended from
the standpoint that some
students in the course will be in
counseling where an un
derstanding of homosexuality
will be necessary. .
Carpenter said his subcom
mittee of the Legislative Coun
cil, formed to study Nebraska
health problems, may make
r e commendations to the
Legislature concerning the
homophile course.
"The Legislature can review
the curriculum of thi
University," he claimed.
State Sen. Jerome Warner of
Waverly remarked, "I suppos
ed the Legislature could pass a
law against teaching the sub
ject. Also when a University
appropriations bill came up,
the use of funds for that
purpose could be restricted."
Warner noted that what is
important is the framework in
which the course is offered.
Louis Crompton, professor of
English, who was instrumental
in establishing the course in
homophile studies was also in
vited to the hearings.
The Board of Regents
reviewed the course this sum
mer and at that time shifted its
control from Crompton to the
Psychology Department and
James K. Cole, associate pro
fessor of psychology.
People's patience with the
natural sciences and
technology has run out in favor
of social and economic ''causes
of the moment," according to
Joseph Soshnik, president of
NU Lincoln campuses.
Soshnik, speaking at dedica
tion ceremonies for Cliff S.
Hamilton Hall of Chemistry
Tuesday, said universities must
"resist the pressures and
temptations to attempt instant
solutions to complex pro
blems," and concentrate on
"the Important of basic
natural sciences."
The dedication ceremonies
honored Professor, Cliff S.
Hamilton, who began his
association with NU's
chemistry department in 1923.
Nationally renowned for his
work in organic chemistry,
Hamilton was chairman of the
NU department from 1939 to
1955.
From 1955 to 1957 he was
dean of the Graduate College.
Hamilton was present at the
ceremonies along with his
family, former students and
associates.
Accepting the honors, which
included a portrait of himself to
hang in the chemistry building,
Hamilton said, "I'm proud to
have my name associated with
ft (the building). I appreciate
it, my family appreciates it,
and I hope my former student3
and friends do also."