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ri -T i ij t V . - ' . . - ..I , - , , , : , , , .,, ...,,. - Poge 1 The Doity Nebroskon Fridoy, Jonuory 10, 1953 t 1 2 '4 Editorial Comment Honor System Is Practical Even Here At Nebraska U Unfortunately we're living in a day and ape when the dog-eat-dog philosophy sterns to overshadow Judaeo-Christian ethics. Hoodwinking is all around us. Advertising is filled with hall truths, nations have little con fidence in on another. Even in our own Uni versity we see the lack of faith of man for man .by a failure of either students or faculty to 'adopt an honor system. Thfa lsat true throughout the entire Uni versity, however. Cot. V. R. Rawie and Cot. Carter Doneaa of the Army and Air Force Re "fcerre Officer Training Corps related that the home system b working very well la their 'departments. "m We base It." Col. Rawie related, "on a common faith in brother of icers." Rawie noted that his job, in addition to teaching. is to make a better man and a better officer out of the stu- - dents be is in charge of. "I believe there are certain principles of integrity and honesty which cannot rhalVnped. Arvt I find that ic f.itV. in tVaco arlatc ic H "Wi being comprised it will be. UBPflta JwirMl dealt with harshly." Rawie snd A be -hat "TV Rawie explained that the integrity of char acter, which aa officer finds tadlsposable in time of battle when human life is at stake, doesn't Just pop op on the battle field. "It has to be Imbned in our men.' This h done by im plicit confidence la a man's word. When Rawie came to the Uninversity this year as Professor of Military Science, the hon or system was not in use. "I assumed that the young men under me had the potential for be ing officers. I hoped the response to the honor system would be favorable. So far, it has been." stated that the same honor cvctAm tc ueArl in K ft i t If Force ROTC. "I like to think the military guards honor more than any other group. We can t aitord to have those in leadership who have no brjs, -M integrity," he stated. i " v The two men agreed, how ever, that every group, every walk of life should have in tegrity and character. "Hon- Conrtw Lfayv, saw pertains to anything an in DuDcan dividual does." CoL Duncan nneaa stated that aa Instructor should be able to distribute test papers and be able to trust the eadeta. This should bold true in any dans, bow ever. "Certainly there is a difference between vi olating a regulation and violating one's hon or," Duncan admitted. He noted that an indi vidual, even in the sen-ice, might break regu lations, but violating one's honor was inex cusable. Rawie said that the honor system proves to be a "measure of decency." It gets to be a habit. Rawie noted that in today's living success is measured by clever deception. "An in dividual should never be satisfied with a half truth if the whole can be won," Duncan inserted. Is an honor system workable in such a heterogeneous group as the University? "Certainly," Duncan stated. "I works at West Point and where could you find a more mixed group?" He went on to outline the steps necessary to establish an honor system. 1) Acceptance by the students. 2 Support by the faculty. 3) Introduction of the idea in the proper spirit. 4) If established, the areas in which the sys tem would operate would have to be explained explicitly to the students. "An honor system has to be self-executed by the students ... by every student," Dun can added. Rawie stated that some may think this idea of an honor system is naive. "If that's so, we need more naive persons to make a better world." Duncan said that the best way to get the ball rolling for an honor system would be to have the IFC or PanHellenic draw up and present it through the fraternities and sororities to the student body." After all. they are or ganizations based on Christian principles which should encourage honor and integrity." Both men agreed that it would be an honor to help in establishing the honor system at the University. It's not hard to see that honor and Integrity H essential when it comes la governing other. That is why it has become suck aa Integral part of the military life. Each of s must govern himself. The field of honor Is wklo before America. What better starting point than the student? Some, of course, will laugh this off as im practical and unsophisticated. The matter of honor, however, is one of the challenges which the country must face in these trying times. With no further platitudes, we hope that the student body will inaugurate a program to es tablish the honor system at our University. The Neiv Tribunal Charter The Student Council Tribunal Committee probably should be showered with congratula tions by grateful members of the University community. That group has presented to the Council the rew charter for a tribunal which is a golden improvement over the charter the students carelessly passed last spring. Now it will be up to the students to give approval to this new charter. In essence here are the changes (for the bet ter) which Dave Keene and his committee have worked out: Now the law student need not be a senior to obtain membership on the tribunal. Pre viously the law student had to be a senior to serve on the tribunal. Keene stated that a law student "with at least one year of law" shall be eligible for membership. He explained that the interest the individual has in the work of the tribunal will be part of the qualifica tions for membership. "A senior in law school hasn't necessarily the interest or the time to devote to the job." 4 The grade average has been lowered to the candidate's being within the upper fifty per cent of his class. "Grades are not the sole cri terion by which to evaluate the ability of a judge," the senior holdover member said. In addition Keene explained that those who will be selecting the judges will be aware of the grades of the applicant and cm measure its importance from that information. Under the new charter members of the Daily Nebraskan paid staff have not been disquali fied for membership. "We could find no intel lectually sound reason why they should be ex cluded," Keene emphasized. The amount of time they have to offer to the tribunal will also be taken into account by the selectors. The final qualification for membership states that a member of the group which selects the judges cannot apply for membership at the time he is on that selecting group, the Student Council. As far as selection of members of the tribunal is concerned students may apply for nominations, the faculty committee on student affairs may nominate and the junior members will automatically be eligible for senior posi tions on the tribunal. Then the student council must elect the members of the tribunal before May 1 of a given year so as not to conflict with the other important business which the council must close before the end of a school year. Vacancies on the tribunal will be filled by the Student Council. Faculty judges wiD be appointed by the chan cellor from the nominees made by the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. A student's term of office will be from the beginning of the fall semester to the end of the academic year. The faculty judges will serve for four year terms, except the initial judge who will serve two years. Then one fac ulty judge will be selected every two years. His term will begin at the opening of the semester. The council can propose amendments to the Faculty Committee on Student Arfairs. Then the Board of Regents alone, with the approval of the committee will accept or reject the amend ments of faculty committee. Keene stated that the new charter is much stronger than the old one. "It speaks for itself," he commented. He said that the credit for it was due to the committee members who have worked every week since the beginning of the school year. Now the students will be given the oppor tunity of stamping their approval on the charter. It is the sincere hope of the Daily Nebraskan that each and every student will look at the charter as it is published by this newspaper and think about it for a while. Then when the opportunity for voting, at the time of payment of fees for second semester, comes around, each and every student will be armed with sufficient information regarding the charter to vote wisely. There is no question that this University could grow in prestige if a student tribunal were inaugurated here. This seems to-be the charter for our school. Keene's group has worked long and hard to analyze the charters of other schools and to study the tribunals. That group has come up with something that is solely the property of Nebraska. It would be wise if we cherished it, accepted it openly and happily. Daily Nebraskan TTFTY-SIX TEAKS OLD - Ktmben Associa ted Collegiate Press IntereoUefiate Press atepneattstive: National Advertising Service, Incorporated Published at: Room 2, Student Union ".: Lteeein, Nebraska T UZh R fc avntlonea Memoae, ToewSay. 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In Sbalwca taff Writer ftoeM Salterfiela. Pat f lannioB. Emmy LJmpa, Barb Piabaata, Wyaa SaaHk- orrrer, Margaret Heilimu, Reporter . ... Jo Jm Aasenoa, rl taritav . way. Karen Karree. Itoberta Knaap, Mamie Hoop. Gar ry LAph-lmr. Jalleime Mekrlnc, wne BirBataa, "oeleal Tbompaoa, Kea Twiniaa, Dob flttler. Lea Taylor. Bl tMStSS CTarY ftoMnmi Manarer . . Jerry ftWIentta aiwtfttant Katrine Hanacer.. .Tea Xeff, btan Kalmaa Boa Pnriat Clrentetloa Maaacer Joea Kent Toadie Ijy bob ircland The recent announcement of LA. General James Gavin, that he in tends to retire from the Army at the age of SO after a long and illustrious career brings to mind the need for measures of reform in present military procedures. Gavin's imminent return to ci vilian life is tragic for two rea sons: 1) he is widely considered to be one of the most informed, level-headed, and competent mili tary experts on our present de fense needs and 2) his motives for retirement are not the usual of bad health or end of tenure but rather stem from dissatis faction with the way things are being run in the Pentagon. The Armed Forces has for many decades cherished the chain-of-eommand tradition. This system works very well in the real of warfare and tactics but it is du bious whether it has as much bene fit in matters of defence programs. Too often young, enterprising col onels with ideas to the future find themselves outflanked by generals and other colonels eager for pro motion. In general, military policy on questions such as guided missiles and other strategic measures of national defence has left much to be desired. It seems that much of the zeal of the Amred Forces is confined to petty squabbles and rivalry rather than knowledge of subject matter. This fact has been brought out in recent senate hear ings. This current situation in the Pen tagon coupled with the4 lack of honest differences of opinion with in military ranks creates the need of mild revolution in the armed forces. Fortunately for the Army. Gen eral Gavin has stated that he will not go out and crusade for his be liefs as a fellow named Mitchell did back in the early days of airplanes. And this lack of one man crusading is probably a good thing, for all Mitchell did was to make stubborn warborses out of generals who were already war horses. Paradoxically what the armed forces of this country need to do is to reinstate semblances of the chain-of -command in the over-all organization of the Pentagon and simultaneously lose some of ths semblances of the chain-of-com-mand within departmental ranks in short a program of more de fined responsibility with less quib bling coupled with flexibility of discussion. Along the sarre lines, CBS last Sunday, featured a very interest ing and illuminating program en titled "Wiere We Stand" which endeavored to compare strategi; aspects of U.S. life with Russia. In an effort to provide a cross sectional view U.S. of public edu cation the camera switched to a California school. Of the seven or eight students interviewed nv-rt seemed to be taking such cultural courses as cooking, gym. orienta tion, study hall, and basket-weaving. In Russia they learn about atoms and take scrambled eggs for granted. ACP Students Generally Favor Integration First analysis f questionnaires returned to Associated Collegiate Press offices indicate that college students approve of integration in United States public schools by a margin of almost three to one. College women are more strongly in favor of integration than are college men, and only the men showed indecision on the issue. ACP National Poll of Student Opinion gathered attitudes on inte gration by asking the following question of a representative group of United States college students: "THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION LATELY OVER THE ISSUE OF INTEGRATION OF WHITE AND NEGRO STU DENTS IN PUBLIC HIGH AND GRADE SCHOOI.S. DO YOU FEEL TH AT WHITE AND NEGRO STUDENTS SHOULD BE INTEGRATED IN THESE SCHOOLS. OR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD NOT BE INTE GRATED?" The results: Think trier thaata be integrated Think they vnotila aot he fnreffratea .... Me Wrnne Total J B a1 The Galley Slave by dick shugriie ir-V t My nomination for outstanding Nebraskan is Jack Kerouac. I don't know much about him, really. From his work I'd guess he was brought up in Chicago down near the River. That's just a guess. But good ole Jack has writ ten a b o o k worth reading. It's c a 1 1 e d "On the Road" and it's about the." ' " . search. Those of you who have been In English classes recently have probably heard about the search, t's the favorite pasttime of the young learned set. They dont know what they're looking for but they'll be damned if they'll give up the search. Jack searched every nook and cranny of the USA for his "It." In cars, busses, old shoes and slock ing the hero of the book named Sal Paradise ... we know it's reaDy Jack) trod around the na tion looking for Dean Moriarty an auto thief by profession, an Irish man by nationality! and the ad venture which travel brings to one. Jack is the tourist extraordin aire. But right now you're probably wondering why he should be named outstanding Nebraskan. On one of bis tours aeorss America 'he was on the way to Denver ) he got stuck in Nebraska. More specifically he got stuck in North Platte. That alone would be enough of a sacrifice to make the man eligible for the French Le gion of Honor. But not Jack. No sir. He had to say nice things about North Platte and the wonderful associations he made there. Not people, you understand. These modern characters of fiction aren't interested in people as much as they are in symbols. For example, in North Platte he finds a gun. That's not the property of some poor cowpoke. The cowpoke isn't important. But the gun represents the rustic west. The valley be tween the civilization of the East and the glory of the West. Then Jack and Dean meet out in Denver and talk ahout Nebras ka again. A Wyoming cowboy whom Jack speaks with isn't too favorable about our state, but Jack, a good chamber of com merce man, defends every last rotting corn stalk. Don't get me wrong. This boy is no Mari San doz. He's just interested in the things he sees. Our state is one of them. The book he has written is very interesting if you're interested in modern goofed up novels. This is a true picture of America, as I said, artfully done in the style of the exaggerating teen. Impact, lots of it, flows all over the place. Not a peep out of the Division of Student Affairs, or the Semes ter Examinations Committee about the editorial sr'and the Daily Nebraskan took concerning the regulations which the latter group sent to this paper. It seems in teresting that either ttiey don't think the policies are worth de fending or they think the paper should be the digger to ask for opinions. On the other hand those of you who make it a habit to -peruse the editorial columns might note that the two gentlemen who have suggested that honor is the past way for students w;ked the paper to find out their side of the story. Spring is Here and Fred Daly is gone . . . ine use of torce in integration situations seems to play an im portant part in attitudes on both sides of the question. For instance, a senior at Knox College (Gales burg, Illinois) qualified his state ment that the races should be inte grated by saying. "But not by force." He believes subtle per suasion is necessary to accomplish integration. A Bradley University (Peoria, Illinois) student similarly qualified h i s "pro-integration" statement. He thinks the races should be integrated "except in cases where force is necessary to enforce it." Another idea advanced by col lege students favoring the mixing of .-aces in public schools was ihat it should be a gradual process rather than a sudden change. A University of Vermont (Burling ton, Vermont) sophomore coed thinks "integration should begin in the first grade, not in high school," and a junior coed at Biola College (Los Angeles, California) would like to see integration "don slowly and carefully." A Wayne State University (De troit, Michigan) graduate student offered his belief that "experience!, the two races will gain in going to school together will be of bene fit in life," and a sophomore cc4 at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) seconds thisj belief by saying that segregation "isn't fair to either race. Each have much to learn from tha other." A Colorado Sata College; (Greeley, Colorado) junior summed! up his pro-integration feelings with the three words, "This is A met ica." On the other side of the picture, the notion of using force once again becomes apparent. A senior at the Missouri School of Minea (Rolla, Missouri) thinks the races should not be integrated "if it must be done by force." However, he made the further qualification that "this is something that is coining, but it must be gradual." And a sophomore coed at Tyler Junior College (Tyler, Texas) holds almost the identical view. She qualifies her statement that the races should not be integrated by saying "It should not be done in a forced manner. When integration is successfully completed it will be a gradual process and the people will be ready for it." Several of the students questioned expressed the feeling that neither race would benefit from it. and others are convinced that the country is not yet ready for inte gration. Only a small number of students interviewed had no definite opinion on the integration issue, and none of these had any comment to offer other than to state simply that they didn't know, or that they hadn't made up their minds. Daily Nebraskan Letterip r- J : . n . . . .a. To the Editor: Bidding has been received for the new Union addition. The bidding of the vested inter ests who would sqiveeze the last penny out of the palms of the paupers who come to this Univer sity for an education ala Willa Cather rather than Amelda Ziga foos. It never ceases to amaze me how this University, this state, can be so far behind ihe times on some things and so far ahead of times on others. Here we have a pretty decern school with a good number of courses for just about anyone's interests. But here too we have the ad ministration allowing the students to be soaked when the country is crying for greater numbers of the underprivileged geniuses to go into college and come out scien tists and engineers and philoso phers to build a powerful and great America of the future. And we allow assessments for the students party bouse to stand in the way of some. Multiply the ten dollars a semester by four years, and possibly five and six years for some students, and you will see that the average students is skined to the tune of about 100 smackers. To some of you bour goise that may not seem like much, but to some of us that's quite a wad of lettuce. We can cry and cry all we want now a days. It won't do us any good. The Regents will puff their cigars and pipes and o.k. the plans and the bids, no doubt. The Ag Extension Agents and the local big wheels will continue to ban their glorious meetings in the union, but Joe Blow, who never gets near the union or the addition is supporting the thing and build ing an addition to house the upper crusts who have the time and the money to wile away listening to Antoine Domino and sipping Coca Cola. Tom Beertniager Into The Limelight dave rhoades Wednesday's Nebraskan con tained an article concerning a stu dent panel which was to discuss over KUON the recent certifica tion changes proposed by eleven Arts and Science professors. It's a good thing, I believe, for stu dents to accept some responsibi lity as intelligent citizens and be aware of these recommendatioas and the issues involved. Unfor tunately, most students are avoid ing the issues beliering that be recommendations in no way ef fect them and is just another ic a aeries of intra-college squabbles. However, this is not the case. This subject is now under dis cussion in many Universities and colleges in the country and if dofs nothing more than shake few proies s i o ri al educators from their feelings t ward curricu lum s and a sense of ap preciation in stead of antag onism is de- $ v Teloped within J ' ' ' A the Arts and-''- Sciences Col- Rboades lege for the basic, well-roundti program which the Teachers Col lege staffs have sought to devel op, the struggle will have accom plished much. And although most students do not realize it, the issues involved here, not only affects them, but Will wentually affect their chil dren and the future of this coun try. On December 23, the Lincoln Star carried an interesting article about the present arrangement of teacher certification at Omaha University. I wrote to Dr. Paul C. Kennedy, head of the Depart ment of Secondary Education, and received a most gracious reply to my questions. It seems to me that the system now in operation ai this University for teacher certification is a step forward not only in preparing teachers for high school with sub ject matter as well as presenta tion techniques but, according to Kennedy, in developing a sense cf mutual appreciation between ell the colleges in the work that each seeks to accomplish. Here are a few of the comments Dr. Kennedy passed along to me in the letter. All academic majors, in or out of Education, are outlined foe students by frie respective depart ment beads. The College of Educa tion relys on the individual J partments to set up the academic program for the candidate desir ing teacher certification. In addi tion to academic majors, students who wish to qualify for certifica tion must have at !3st one other teaching field. This is also out lined by the respective academic beads. Therefore, the student can make use of the advice of at least two professors. I can remember a time last year wien I discussed with Dr. Ross in the History Department my major field a definite pro gram of study in order to pre pare for graduate study in the field of history. The reason for this was simply that many high schools are now requiring the masters and doctors degrees to be in subject matter fields as two members of the TC Faculty have recently pointed out to me. At this University no procedure exists whereby students in Techers Col lege can draw upon the resources of the professors in the academic fields unless they take their own initiative in the situation. Another interesting arrange ment at Omaha University as ex plained by Dr. Kenney is the teacher screening program. Any student enrolling there may take education courses. Students must attain a minimum score on en trance and personality tests be fore being screened by a group from the College of Education. This group considers, a.) results of above mentioned tests, b.) teacher recommendation, c.) grade aver age and either approve, probate, or disapprove the candidate. An other screening comes later where recommendations must come from a medical doctor, speech special ist. Dean of the the College of Education, and the advisors of the academic subjects before the student may practice teach. Prac tice teachers are supervised by not only persons in the College of Education but the professors in the academic fields. It would seem to me that period ic curriculum meetings ought to be held to review the programs cf all colleges. Students end profes sors should be included in these sessions, and in the Teachers Col lege, teachers who are new in ac tual teaching since they would have the best idea as to what thej- found most helpful. At ! Wednesday's Student Council ! meeting, reports from the Bi; Eight Student Council Conference at Kansas City revealed that cer tain Big Eight colleges are now using curriculum evaluations. WUy not use this system here? Fashion As I Set It V e MdkaaWa Believe it or not spring is in the air. Early Spring fashions are just beginning to bloom. Chemise dresses still headline the fashion story. Jonathan Logan has picked this one for you in sizes 7-15. Navy blue with white trimming make this two piece dress not only fashion wise but color wise. A silk faille sheath jumper goes under a matching button-in-back jacket to create the Chemise dress. You'll catch every eye when you wear this outfit for only 19.95. Gold's Campus Shop on second floor is the place to stop! 1