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The Doily Nebroskan
Tuesday, Moy 5, 1959
Editorial Comment:
Popular Backing for Bernstein
Sen. Jack Romans of Ord has with
draws his controversial proposal to in
vestige the hiring practices of the Uni
versity law school
He prejudiced his withdrawal on a re
ported promise by University officials
that they would Investigate themselves.
The University at the same time de
nied that the Regents had committed
themselves to an investigation but had
only asked Romans for any information
he had on employment practices.
Whatever the outcome of this new turn
of events, the much discussed resolution
Is no longer before the legislature.
We might conjecture that it has been
withdrawn because reaction in many quar
ters was opposed to an investigation.
If anyone has ever received a resound
ing vote of confidence from his associ
ates, it is Prof. Merton Bernstein.
A deluge of letterips and statements
have filtered into the Daily Nebraskan of
fice in the past week. Two resolutions
supporting the professor and signed by
his students have been included in the
mass of mail.
Aa analysis of one resolution reveals a
few interesting facts about Prof. Bern
stein's supporters.
One of the documents is from fresh
men law students currently taking classes
under the professor. Most of these men
are political conservatives. If it had been
up to them to vote on the bill drafted by
Prof. Bernstein for Gov. Brooks, they
probably would have turned it down.
At the same time, they would have
recognized Prof. Bernstein's inalienable
right to draft such a bill and appear in
Americans Still
Top Science Fiction
Yesterday, the news wires carried a
story about a Russian scientist who thinks
the moons of Mars are artificial satellites
sent up before the Martian race died off
for lack of oxygen.
The catch is that Americans are way
ahead of the Russians in this field of con
jecture. Prof. Walter Scott Houston, a
Kansas State English instructor and part
time astronomer included just such a hy
pothesis in the April Fool edition of the
'Great Plains Observer."
If the Russians really want to compete
with the U.S. in all fields they will have
to sharpen up on their science fiction.
American comic books have given us about
a 30 year lead.
its behalf before a committee of the Legis
lature.
They would have recognized the profes
sor's right to belong to any organization
that did not advocate the violent overthrow
of the U.S. government and his right to
resign from any organization without
stigma.
The other document is from a group of
senior students. These men are not cur
rently taking courses from Bernstein but
they remain convinced "that the professor
"imparts to his students a fair and sound
presentation" of labor law.
These men, too, would probably class
themselves as political conservatives, but
when it comes to defending the rights of
the individual, they are Jeffersonian lib
erals. Not only have students come to Prof.
Bernstein's defense, but the Lincoln news
papers have also adopted a "what for"
attitude toward Romans' resolution to
investigate law school hiring policies.
Moreover, the statements of some of
Romans' colleagues haven't gotten a very
favorable reaction from the public. Letters
to the Omaha World Herald have called
a statement by Senator Cooper of Hum
boldt a "McCarthyism."
Senator Cooper said, "For the benefit of
the youth of Nebraska and to preserve
their pureness in thinking, we must elimi
nate these left-wing thinking educators."
The implications of this statement run
to such distasteful terms as "Brain Wash
ing" and "Thought Control." It is hard to
believe that a state senator could make a
statement as ridiculous.
However, such recriminations are now
unnecessary in view of yesterday's move.
The rights of the individual have so far
been successfully protected.
But the whole affair has been a warn
ing to Nebraskans. It is an example of
what might happen if public opinion is in
different. As for any investigation by the Univer
sity, it ought to be exiled to limbo with
the Mitchell affair and other cases of
that ilk.
Insanity
Our apologies to Alpha Gamma Sigma.
We know you won Spring Day and so did
everyone else who watched the games
Friday.
Our night news editor who wrote the
headline claiming that Farm House won
has pleaded temporary insanity resulting
from lack of sleep.
The Spectrum
Still duIL
That was what the Student Council cam
paign once again was this spring.
The acting members of the Council
opened the doors to shrewd campaigners
by taking away many re
striction on use of post
ers, etc., but still a few
signs some' original,
more not made the ex
tent of the campaign by
most of the candidates.
It seems campaigners
would rather remain close
to anonymity than to start
a take-notice policy for
publicity. And others, not
ably IFC-backed candi
dates, sat back and relaxed to allow mem
bers of the campus fraternities to vote
them into office.
Perhaps the feeling was that if a candi
date wasn't too loud in his campaign tac
tics, that he wouldn't be expected to be
a take-over guy in the Council, either.
That's negative thinking.
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High Time
Campus sub rosas had a festive week
end with the rest of the campus, judging
from the new signs and yellow papers in
view.
But then again there weren't too many
papers this year. Perhaps the financial
status as well as the grade average of the
Pi Xi's is going down. The grade average
doesn't look like it could be too high. Only
13 persons are picked for that hooded
senior men's honorary, not 17.
Perfcaps predictions for next year could
include a list of all the male members of
the Junior class. Couldn't miss any that
way.
And a noble try by the staff of the "Mon
goose" fell flat and provided a little more
waste paper for fraternity living rooms,
fhe Pixie Press got good readership
the "Mongoose" didn't do nearly as welL
The little, ill-constructed, pink pam
phlet, however, promised bigger and bet
ter things for the future. An improvement
in this case couldn't be too much to ask.
And then there were the nondescript white
skulls with the beady green and red eyes
that popped up Sunday morning. The skulls
had TNE painted over them but chances
are that maybe it was just some amateur
artist portraying what he thought the in
side of his head looked like after Ivy Day.
It was a good weekend for many con
cerned, 25 in particular. But Saturday
proved a little gloomy for part of the
cream of the junior class which were ap
parently judged a little more like skim
milk.
Congrats Again
This Sandy Kully Freed girl sure has
captured a lot of things in the last couple
of weeks.
First it was a husband and many con
gratulations and then the crown of May
Queen and further congratulations. It's
sort of nice to know that a real queen
writes headlines and blue-pencils copy
just like I do.
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Daily Nebraskan Letterips
Law Students
The undersigned law stu
dents, as past members of
Professor .Merton Born
stein's Labor Law clas?,
wish to make known to tho
people of the State of Ne
braska the facts concerning
Professor Bernstein's teach
ing of the Labor Law
course.
1. We consider ourselves
fortunate in having a pro
fessor with his ability and
experience in the legisla
tion and administration of
labor law.
2. Wo consider ourselves
fortunate in having a pro
fessor with t h e ability to
impart to his students a
"fair and sound" and highly
competent presentation of
the many facets of the law
governing 1 a b o r-manage-ment
relations.
3. We consider ourselves
fortunate in being able to
associate with a professor
who takes an active interest
in his students, in the Uni
versity by which he is em
ployed, and in the state
wherein he resides.
4. From our association
we are convinced that Pro
fessor Bornstcin's loyalty as
an American and irterky
as a person are above ques
tion. 5. We feel that the people
of tho stste and the students
of the Uni ersity cannot af
ford to lost a man of Pro
fessor Bernstein's caliber.
Joe P. Baldwin
Td Kessner
Philip Sorensen
Marv Green
Robert P. Hill
Pave Keene
Peter M. Andersen
Kenneth P. Welner
Robert Coy
James Hancock
minder of those poor mis
guided individuals such as
Schweitzer, Goethe, Jesus
Christ, Mohammed, etc.,
who have disillusioned the
rest of us with the hope
that perhaps man might be
capable of creating a pur
pose for himself just as he
has attempted to make use
of the physical resource at
his disposal.
However, do not feel that
you have lost all purpose in
life. You serve the rest of
humanity as excellent spec
imens demonstrating the
worth of a defeated "noth
ing." You are indeed liv
ing proof that evolution
certainly hasn't produced a
perfect product by any
means.
Non-Greek
Karl Flaming
uckshot
Not Perfect
To the Editor:
Beatniques:
Needless to say I was
impressed by your realistic
concept of man. Your clear
perception of reality lends
no doubt to my poor in
adequate "Bourgeoise-tint-ed
perspective" that there
are at least some who have
finally grasped the ultimate
truth. It serves as a re-
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Of all the dangers, both
internal and external, that
can threaten the existence
of a democratic society,
the most frightening is the
lack of a
far sighted
and toler
ant citizen
ry. This
lack be
comes all
the more
when
e v 1 denced
in the law
makers of Freed
that society, the legislature.
The recent attack on the
Law College and in par
ticular Prof. Merton Bern
stein by Sen. Romans and
four other state senators is
evidence that ignorance and
shortsightedness is predom
inant in the minds of at
least five of the members
of the state legislature.
One of the most valuable
contributions that a univer
sity can make to its stu
dent body is to provide a
faculty of well-trained per
sonnel capable of original
thinking regardless of their
political background or past
associations. In other
words, it is the duty of any
good university to provide
an atmosphere of academic
freedom in which the stu
dents have the opportunity
to learn from a faculty
that can operate free from
pressure as to its beliefs
and associations.
Prof. Bernstein is being
attacked for belonging to
the Americans for Demo
cratic Action, a liberal or
ganization subscribed to by
such distinguished people
as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gov
ernor Stevenson and Hubert
Humphrey who served as
Secretary of the Treasury
under President Eisenhow
er. The ADA is as loyal an
organization as the self
proclaimed patriots of the
American Legion. The ADA
has never been on the At
torney General's list of sub
versive organizations, neith
er has it been listed as be
ing a front for communism.
Prof. Bernstein has brok
en no law by his associa
tion with the ADA. He is be
ing subjected to a most vile
attack merely because of
his private political views.
Such an attack is as stupid
and nonsensical as seeking
the dismissal of a professor
because he belongs to the
Democratic Party or the
American Legion.
The action sought for in
this resolution is no more
defensible than the preven
tion of the teaching of Ger
man in schools that took
place during World War I.
As a student of Prof.
Bernstein's I can attest that
he has never attempted to
influence his students in
any manner as to his po
litical views or associations.
He has always presented
the material to be discussed
conscientiously and in a
most sincere and objective
manner.
I feel that there can be
no doubt as to Prof. Bern
stein's integrity, loyalty or
devotion to the ideals upon
which any democratic soci
ety is based. This is the
type of man that should be
teaching the students of the
state not the innocuous, ob
scure instructor that is
afraid to express what he
thinks because of his fear
of being condemned as not
fit to teach the innocent and
pure-minded youth of the
state.
If the legislature is inter
ested in promoting the edu
cation of the people of the
state of Nebraska, then it
should seek to see that more
scholars of the ability and
character of Prof. Bern
stein are hired by the Uni
versity. If the legislature sees fit
to condemn Prof. Bernstein
for his political views and
associations it will have set
back and immeasurably
harmed education in the
state of Nebraska to a de
gree that will be measurable
only in terms of a fright
ened and timid faculty.
4
'Buck"
Just to prove that I can
do it, I'm writing this col
umn without the supreme
intention of being nasty. In
fact, I'll even try to be nice
if only
by my
s tandards.
Of course
I can't
please
and
being a
pro found
thinker, I
will probably
please no one. The only rea
son I'm trying this absurd
stunt of "being nice" is that
it is a challenge.
In the first place, I would
like to praise my French
instructor because he tries
real hard. My gosh how he
tries! I try hard too. And
I'd like to praise the
French people for their tre
mendous achievement in
learning to speak French.
Another educational
achievement was scored by
Mr. Gage in a course la
beled "Educational Psy
chology." He told the fun
niest stories. Dig me, dad,
that was a real course!
Dr. Bruce Waters de
serves special tribute for
demonstrating the "power
of negative thinking." As a
top notch philosopher, Dr.
Waters has developed that
art to devastating propor
tions. He could take a dry
subject like Logic and
make it even drier, or
again, he could make it
come to life and win the
humor award. I've often
wanted to ask him, "Does
p imply q?"
I want to praise the sun
for shining, and it's a good
thing I don't write this col
umn in July.
I want to praise the Stu
dent Tribunal for leaving
me alone and let's just keep
it that way.
I want to praise the ed
itor of this paper for saving
lots of trouble by censor
ing this column, and not
too rigorously. My column
in favor of legalized pros
titution was really too ra
tional for mere undergrad
uates to read anyway.
Plaudits to Barabara Wil
son, the "say anything"
girl, for restoring new free
dom to an illiberal era.
Congratulations to scores
of others, including millions
I don't personally know, for
not doing anything in par
ticular. The less we do, the
closer we come to perfec
tion which is non-existence.
Non-existence has
no weight, and an im
blance is created by the
weight of existence.
Special thanks to Fili
stine Eliot, a Chi Omigosh,
for reading this column,
also to William Hunter and
Paul Baldface, members
of the Play-dumb Society;
for the same reason.
Oh hang this trash!
Praise makes dull reading
(except for those who are
praised). I am reminded of
the mealtime prayer that
my sister used to render:
"We thank you, Lord
For the birds we eat . . ."
Or where my brother would
say, "I'm going to say
grace. Grace!"
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