DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, October 1 1943
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To the Army:
Major Pattison's letter, printed below, and interested com
ments relating to the same subject in the letterip column arc
presented in the Nebraskan today for the benefit of soldier
leaders of the paper.
The editor and entire staff of the Daily do now and always
have considered the ASTP procram an important army train
ing division and a welcome part o the campus. We feel the
ASTP definitely is accomplishing something, both in building
character individually and in producing a well-trained group
tf soldiers.
On behalf of the whole student body we're glad you're
here and want, vou to become a part of this university. The
Muddling Through column which caused so much offense was
the opinion of its author only. We hope, a.id he hopes, it is
forgotten in as short a time as possible.
To The' Editor, Daily Nebraskan:
While it is not.niy intention to engage in any verbal eon-trovers-
with the Daily Nebraska n reporter, Mr. John C
(Muddling Through) Bentley, 1 feel that before such an article
as was published in 'the "rag," Oct. 20 under his name was
written, a more complete investigation of ihc purposes and
aims of the Army Specialized Training Program should have
Wen made.
Each unit, except the dent a) group, of the army ground
troops st aliened on Ihe University of Nebraska campus has had
its basic training. I'.i to lr weeks of rough and rugged condi
tioning. From such training many of the men went to the field,
engaging in army maneuvers and further intensified training.
These men are now under! 4"iy orders of a different type.
The ASTP stresses the educational, not the physical, train
ing. Carrying a scholastic schedule so heavy that a civilian
student would not be allowed to register for it, taking six
tours per week of physical training designed to keep the soldier
in good condition, though not perhaps providing "sadistically
pleasant hours" for interested watchers, and five hours per
week of military training, the ASTP trainee does not have
time for athletics and other strenuous types of contests. Great
care is exercised to prevent an injury which might cause the
trainee to miss any classes, thus resulting in the trainee be
ing dropped from the Army Specialized Training Program.
Such obstacle courses as Mr. Peu1lcy enjoys watching do nol
have a place in this program.
The men in the Army Specialized Training Program have
cooperated fully with the university officials and the army.
They are a fine group of men and we are proud to be asso
ciated Avilh them..
HARLAND 6. PATTISON
Major, Infantry
Commanding; Second Battalion
Dear Editor:
It is the sincere desire of the men in uniform
here on the University of Nebraska campus
that during our stay here we shall be able to
win the respect and friendship of each and
every Comhusker, and that when our time
comes to leave Nebraska, we shall go feeling
that we have been accepted by you as true
Cornhuskera.
If we are to achieve thii goal, toward
which we are not setting our course, it is
essential that an understanding- be reached
between the two campus factions civilian and
military. We realiie that in any gTOup as
large as our own, there are bound to be pres
ent individuals who are perhaps a little lack
ing in thoughtfulness, and whose natural
tendencies may in addition be strengthened
by the moral support of numbers. ' Because the
voice of this minority may quite easily and
frequently overwhelm the efforts of. those
more thoughtful of us, we do here ask your
indulgence and forgiveness of the guilty.
They, too, are desirous of your friendship but
they unfortunately have underestimated the
value of your respect as a prerequisite to the
friendship they seek..
Not many months ago most of us were at
tending1 college as civilians, just as you are
doing now. . Then all at once we found "our
selves leaving school to join the army, some
of our own will, the majority otherwise but
for all of us, entering the army meant aband
oning plans and ambitions, and relinquishing
conveniences and pleasures we had known all
our lives. The future was uncertain. We did
not know that before long we would be re
turning to college campus nor was our in
clusion in the Specialised Training Program
anything of our own doing. At present we
dwell in marble halls.. Compared with the
lot of our fellows en the world's battle fronts,
our life is indeed a bed of roses, but now that
we are here, we wish to make the most of it.
We wear the uniform of the Army of the
United Slates. Of that we are justifiably
proud, and we are proud also of ihe part we
may at any time be ealled upon to play in
easing our great nation through it's area of
crisis.
Last Wednesday an article appeared in the
Dailv Nebraskan in which a student criticized
the physical training system in force here for
army men. Bone ot us nave any aouoi oui
what this article was written in a spirit of
constructive reflection, but nevertheless, its
effect upon the military body of the univer
sity was revolting. A great wave if resent
ment arose in response, and this is undeniably
traceable to the fact that our pride was in
fringed upon. We are certain that the writer
Fiji Housemother
Edits Service Letter
"Mom" to all Nebraska Phi
Gamma Delta? is Mrs. Mae Minier,
another housemother who edits a
fraternity news letter, which she
mails monthly to all her Fijis in
the service and in vital defense
jobs. There .re more than 300 Phi
Gams whom she keeps in constant
touch with one another, their cam
pus, and their fraternity through
ter "Echoes'.
In addition to the monthly edi
tion of news, "Mom" includes an
up-to-date directory of all Fijis
in service. This list of locations
has enabled many boys to meet in
various outposts of the world.
Then, too, Mrs. Minier'B news
letter was the inspiration for an
other Phi Gam edition, "Bull Ses
sion Echoes from Mom's Room,"
edited by an alum, Herb Hillman.
This bi-monthly is a resume of all
campus and fraternity news.
Fraternity letters are Com
husker morale and this paper is
only one of the many things Mrs.
Minier is loved for. "Where's
mom?" is one of the first ques
tions asked by returning Phi
Gams.
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minent to the writing of such statements, loir
otherwise he would not have offered them fr
publication. Our resentment was a natural
phenomenon, and, I think, understandable.
If we are to succeed in our effort to make
friends of the Cornhuskers, H is imperative
that an occurence such as that of last Wed
nesday will not come about again. We have
met many of you, and we like you all ink
mensely. We know that you will not let
down in our attempt to make you like wi
equally as well. .
Lawrence H. Berlin ASTP.
(Ed Note: It is impossible for the Daily to
print complete letters received from soldiers
on the campus; cuttings were made by the
managing editor. Contrary to Nebraskan pol
icy, we print an unsigned letter. Hereafter, it
is requested that writers sign their letters.)
Dear Editor:
The purpose of the obstacle course, a is
that of all calisthenics, judo, swimming, or
what have you, is to keep our men in trim.
Not enough commendation can be directed to
our phys ed staff. Their program is both ver
satile and effective. The obstacle here, truly,
is not a difficult one. but serve quite well its
small part in the program.
JOHN F. SIMON AST.
Dear Editor:
Permit us to submit for your approval the
fact that infantry basic has at least partially
equipped us for future physical activity by
frequent administration of projects aueh as 22
mile marches, infiltration under fire, and rig
orous calisthenics, and lhat some of the other
services were not so trained before entering
college.
Please consider our advice that your
(sporta editor s) obviously fertile talent
might well be directed toward such highly
merited topics as, Uesolved: That verbose
amateur journalists are a detriment to the ad
vancement of society. (We suggest) that the
war effort would not be hindered by a few
more salvage collectors or bond salesmen: let
us leave the establishment of training aids to
the war department.
Some Libeled Headers.
Dear Editor:
Every man who is training here has com
pleted a basic army course many an ad
vanced one ... It is not for the extreme de
velopment of our physical frames we were
sent here, but for the furthering of special
ized fields of education imperative to the win
ning of ibis battle in which we are now
engaged.
Pvt. Irving H. Lichtenstein ASTP
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