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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
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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 ....
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The Galley Slave
by dick shugriie
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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
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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
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