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Nearly 31 years ago Nathan Leopold
entered prison to begin serving a life
sentence for a thrill killing of a 14 year
old boy. Yesterday, he emerged from
prison at age 53 with a determination to
achieve something for mankind in the
remaining years of his life.
The parole of Leopold is perhaps the
most controversial one ever granted in
the United States. Numerous Illinois
officials turned thumbs down on prev
ious parole attempts by Leopold because
f pressure from persons who felt that
the near genius should die in prison as an
example for other would-be-killers. Cer
tainly the crime that Leopold and his
friend Richard Loeb committed in 1924
was without mercy. It Is a credit to hu
manity that fellow men have the mercy
to forgive a person for even the sort of
crime that Leopold committed. Such
action mirrors the idea uttered by Portia
in the Merchant of Venice. "The quality
of mercy is not strained."
A person of Leopold's intelligence
could hardly escape remorse for his
crimes during the 33 years he served in
prison. It is to his credit that he de
termined early in his confinement to
atone for his crime by becoming a model
prisoner, working in the prison hospital,
establishing a correspondence school for
prisoners,, reorganizing, the. prison, li
brary and serving as a guinea pig in
Defense Dangers
The residents of a South Carolina city
have learned the cost of cold wars. Six
persons were injured when an unarmed
atomic bomb accidentally fell on the city
from an Air Force B-47.
This accident clearly shows that when
dangerous weapons are carried to keep
the nation ready for possible surprise at
tack, there is likewise a possible danger
that professional military and innocent
civilian personnel may sometimes be in
jured in unavoidable accidents. Whether
or not the South Carolina accident was
unavoidable is yet to be determined. It
is certain, however, that the nation must
set allow this one incident to panic us
into pressuring the air force not to carry
atomic weapons.
Atomic weapons are one of our strong
est defensive powers and certainly
strong factors in keeping other nations
from attacking us. Just as a few mili
tary men lose their lives during military
exercises so must civilians occasionally
feel the cost of security. The military, of
course, must exercise even greater care
to help prevent further accidents of this
nature.
malaria experiments. Albert Einstein
once said that Leopold could probably
make a very beneficial contribution to
the world if he were freed.
Leopold now has that freedom and in
tends to make the kind of contribution
of which Einstein spoke. On his release
he announced, "Thousands of prisoners,
especially long term prisoners, '"ok to
me to vindicate the rehabilitation theory
of imprisonment, r will do may best rot
to fail in that trust." So, he will soon fly
to Puerto Rico and begin a $10-a-month
job as a laboratory worker in a hospital.
For the sake of all persons who attempt
to correct their errorsin human conduct,
even of a highly serious nature, it is
hoped that the world will continue to
show him mercy and that Leopold will
not forget his trust.
Mistreatment
The rebellious author Philip Wylie
coined a phrase "momism" in the Eng
lish language. He defined it as the habit
of men and women to defend their par
ents, especially their mothers, from any
and all types of verbal abuse in spite of
the fact that their mothers may have
been hags of the 10th order.
Psychologists, meanwhile have con
tinued to pile up reams of evidence
showing where poor parental care al
most invariably leads to delinquent chil
dren or maladjusted adults. They, along
with sociologists, have pointed warning
fingers at slums and poor family condi
tions to emphasize that a better society
must begin with the elimination of these
factors.
Recently in Lincoln a father was fined
for negligent care of one of his choldren.
The case did not receive over play from
the papers but it did serve as a reminder
that such incidents are happening. The
times when they are detected are, of
course, far fewer than those in which
they are not.
The causes of the Lincoln incident
might have been many. It is possible
for any person who is jobless to lose
patience when caring fo a developing
child. Many examples of poor discipline
result in situations such as this. But as
large a number also result from poorly
instructed persons who do not under
stand how or at what rate a ciuA nor
mally develops, or that each child has a
different rate of development. As future
parents it is almost an obligation for
each of us to personally understand this
and to make certain that we do not un
knowingly perpetuate bad child care
habits and the consequent adult maladjustments.
From the Editor
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Staffer Ned Totman went through the
"over eight" averages of 104 University
students and came up with the following
information for statistics-crazy persons
and Arts and Sciences people who want
ammunition to fire at
other colleges:
Thirty-four of the!
"over-eights" were Arts!
college students.
Twenty - three were!
Eneineerine students.
Twenty were Teachers f .
College students. l
Sixteen were Agricul-I
ture College students.
Ten were Business Ad-
ministration students.
One was a Junior Division student.
Now I suppose there will be another
directive from the Dean's office stating,
"There are too many high grades. Level
off, men."
TNE, which, according to a .story the
Daily Nebraskan ran on Wednesday is
strong and happily lodged in a secret
nest on the campus, has a very clever
printer who has created a fancy calling
card sent to the writer of the story, Gary
Rodgers, and to myself.
What, erks me about the missive is
that they spelled my name wrong.
Administrators nod their heads and
point their fingers to the Rules of the
Board of Regents with regard to the
Library rules and the parking fines but
they turn their heads when it comes to
Section Seven of Chapter Three in the
By-Laws and Rules of the Board of Re
gents. At least there is evidence that secret
organizations exist, prosper (enough to
purchase fancy cards), and pay attention
to what is happening around here.
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At any rate, we're happy to see they're
reading the paper.
Speaking of libraries (mentioned just
in passing above) Director Frank Lundy
must have collaborated with Pulitzer
Prize Winner Shapiro to come up with
the new notice to be sent to delinquent
book-lovers. tft
The chief librarian, j
taking a moment from
his noetic creation, has!
come up with an ideas
which could change the; .1
course of University in-jf
buueuun.
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cidentally, was not ac- tLoin journal
companied. by. a Dan- Lundy
forth Dare to publish it) suggested that
an all-university course of instruction in
the use of libraries be inaugurated
around here.
Since some of the top educators have
suggested that education is really know
ing where to find information rather than
having scattered bits of data on hand
for quiz shows, Lundy's ideas are im
portant. They grow in importance as we pro
gress to a more complex scientific way
of life, a way of life literally packed
with knowledge, a way of life demanding
new methods for old tricks. The Uni
versity should regard very seriously, I
imagine, the suggestions of Mr. Lundy
and examine closely the possibilities of
inaugurating a "use of the Library"
course for every person interested in
thorough education.
To satisfy yourself of this need, roam
through the library building watching
the confused student bungle through the
Readers Guide or the card files. Then
make up your own mind.
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A Few Words Of A Kind
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"You'd argue with the de
vil," my acquaintances say.
And they are probably right.
I think I would.
My real cause for playing
cross-examiner with almost
everyone and tt-wwi' "
everyth i n g
around me is
my early dis
trust in what
people say
and what
they really
believe and
practice. I
remem b e r,
for example,
my grade
school teacher who would
preach each morning on the
evils of school children steal
ling an extra graham crack
er to eat during their milk
lunch break, and who would
then grab off about a half
dozen for herself.
Practices like this, at least
to me, did not seem on the
up and up. Much later, after
a semester of formal logic I
learned that the word "in
consistent" could be applied to
the actions of my early cru
sader, the grade school teach
er. Now, I trot about the cam
pus and through the crib
somewhat puzzled as to what
this life is all about and ex
actly how inconsistent people
are making it. Somewhere
along the line I even got the
belief that college was a place
to reason rather than to soak
up teacher's pet theories in
order to say aye or nay at
the proper time on a test or
during a question-answer per
iod. This has caused me a great
number of troubles. Teachers
often look at me with dismay
every time I raise my hand,
and folks who sit around me
start mummuring, "There he
goes again." Then after class
is over these same folks tell
me I'm crazy to argue with
the teacher. "He's learned
something one way and that's
all he knows and all he'll ever
accept. It doesn't do any good
to argue with him," they say.
a bell of inconsistency. Actual
ly, it is probably some psych
logical crutch, much like the
blanket of Linus in Peanuts.
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The present feud on to re
view or not to renew has
been a pleasant relief from
the world of accidental atom
bomb droppings and summit
conference discussions. It has
provided what one late night
companion terms "conflict
and controversy." All the
world seems to really love a
fight, and pit a critic and
letterip writer against an irate
bunch of actors and actresses
and you have enough conflict
and controversy to keep the
Letterip column in business
for a week or so.
In the heat of battle almosf
all of the words come in anger
and it ends up much like a
dispute between children who
scream, "My old man can
beat your old man." Then one
squeals:
"You mother wears army
boots."
"If you brains were air you
couldn't blow your nose," the
other answers.
So on and on they go until
it gets too dark to play outside
any longer.
UMUS
But having been so long
conditioned to this stir up dust
practice, I, like Pavlov's dogs,
find it hard to keep from get
ting excited when someone
near rings what sounds like
Campus
Green
Science
Science, an immature giant,
Thrusting its head toward
the stars.
It stands with the strength
of steel,
With tissues of molded con
crete, Muscles of the atom,
Nerves of copper and plas
tic, Brains of electronic com
puters, Soul of knowledge and
theories.
Man serves Science, bows be
fore it;
Industry is its slave.
Yet Science is young, grow
ing; Growing with its creator,
man.
When man conquers the uni
verse, Saying, "The universe is
mine.";
Science answers, "No, the
universe is mine!"
"Man, without me, you are
nothing."
W. OWEN ELMER
Nebraskan Letterip
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Unify For What?
To the Editor:
I am one independent who
does noj want to be unified.
What are we supposed to uni
fy for? To fight the frater
nity men? I'm quite happy
not fighting the Greeks and
picking my own friends, both
independents and Greeks
alike.
I consider an independent
one not affiliated with any of
the campus social fraterni
ties. That is all. I do not con
sider myself one of a large
group called The Independents.-
Therefore, I don't feel a
great sense of guilt because
some independents might
have thrown some firecrack
ers or turned cars around on
16th street during the Kansas
State victory celebration. Nor
do I feel compelled to stand
b e h i nd the
words of in
d e p e ndent
M e 1 v y n
"Buck" Ei
k 1 eberry. I
w o u 1 d n't
want that
bow-tie peer
in o- flVfT TMT
shoulder into
mv caper ei
ther and I "Bock"
would probably stop reading
what he has been filling
Daily Nebraskan space with,
did it not provide more
laughs than Peanuts.
As for vou Roger Borland,
I also differ with your few
nasty words attacking Mr.
Eikleberry's nasty words.
There are all kinds of odd
balls who call themselves in
dependents and just as many
living in fraternity houses. I
don't want to claim sny of
these individuals as one of
my group, so I will stay an
un-unified independent.
Naturally we all share the
guilt a little when one of our
fellow Nebraska students does
anything which casts a reflec
tion on our university. But
any actions on the part of in
dependents following the Kan
sas State game certainly
didn't bring as much bad pub
licity to the university as the
childish prank with a laundry
bag engineered by a few fra
ternity men last semester.
And certainly a few high
schooleis firecrackers are
not nearly as dangerous as
one bomb placed in a fraer
nity house window.
Wrhy don't you boys drop
that mud and go inside and
wash your hands?
ERIC A. FREWITT
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Roses Are Red
To the Editor:
We have given some thought
to your comments that our
library notices for overdue
books are too curt and tend
to stimulate resentment on
the part of a few students
who receive them. The notice
we have been using was de
signed to make the maximum
use of one little postcard,
thereby saving money in our
office supply budget, but at
the same time making sure
that all essential facts are
presented.
However, we are persuaded
by your comments that we
should improve this means
of stimulating pleasant rela
tionships with our clientele.
We have had a look at some
of the business forms cur
rently in use by the down
town stores, but have decided
(and we think you would
agree with us) that they are
too heavily influenced by
certain chambers of com
merce in Florida and Cali
fornia. Like yourself, we like the
Lincoln City Library's ap
proach: "people are waiting
. . . etc.," but we are dis
mayed to learn that City Li
brarian Dalrymple has pro
tected his own interest by
copyrighting this excellent
public relations instrument
and we are reluctant to pay
royalties to him.
Finally, after much further
discussion and research, we
have come up with the fol
lowing and we hope that you
will like it:
Roses are red, ;
Vitfets are blue,
The book that you borrowed
Is now overdue.
Frank A. Lundy
Director of University Libraries
D. E. M. Refutes
To the Editor:
The unfortunate implication
of Mr. Schultz's recent article
"Objections Sustained" is that
I, D. E. M., rallied my scat
tered wits to support Shug
rue's Ondine review. That is
NOT true. The only reason I
speak up is that I support
freedom of the press. As I
said before, "Absence of criti
cism is the danger."
I am sorry if there was
misunderstanding. I wish peo
pleMr. Schultz especially
would stop scanning and read
with greater care those arti
cles they quote.
On the other hand, I enjoyed
(not supported) Schultz's arti
cle as much as I enjoyed
Shugrue's review. Schultz is
rather rabid and histrionic in
his literary efforts making
him 10 times funnier, i sup
pose); Shugrue may rally his
wits a bit too much, and then
my fat mouth has to misfire
now and then, but let me get
to the point:
In all fairness to the actors
and actresses, and to clarify
and summarize my specific
thoughts toward the play, it
should be sail immediately
that the full house witnessing
Ondine Saturday night (in
spite of Shugrue's review),
myself included, was satisfied
with the play to the tune of
3 curtain calls!
So to all the actors and ac
tresses in Ondine, to the di
rectors and technicians and
crews, thanks for an enjoy
able Saturday evening.
Thanks again to yon too,
Schultzy.
D. E.M.
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