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The Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, September 22, 1959
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Be Our GUEST
Last year saw the first functioning of
a group for whose existence the Daily Ne
braikan had plugged and plugged hard
for some time. The group came into ex
sistence, set up its procedural rules, and
began to function.
Half-way through this process, it be-
cam apparent that the Student Tribunal,
that jroup of students and two faculty
members who sit in judgment on way
ward rtudents had one glaring flaw, which
to the Daily Nebraskan virtually nullified
Its effectiveness. That flaw was a door
closed, blank, unenlightening door.
In other words, having onc created a
Student Tribunal in order that student
justice might in som respects be handed
out by a panel of peers, this justice was
deemed so hyper-secret that the great
mass of students did not deserve to know
how the process functioned.
Unlike any court In our system of juris
prudence, with the exception of a Grand
Jury Investigation, the Student Tribunal
meets In secrecy. Then Its recommenda
tions go to the dean of Student Affairs for
action before any decisions are announced.
It seems ludicrous io create a court in
order that students might better under
stand the rules and penalties under which
by state law and University regulations
t they must live, and then to close the door
' to the functlonlngs of that group. If the
same thing happened In a court of law in
downtown Lincoln, the public would howl
as only a public whose "right to know"
Is denied can howl.
The loophole In the closed door policy
under the rules of procedure last year was
an Interesting one. The rules stated that
any student who was scheduled to come
before the Tribunal might have an open
hearing if he or she would present a writ
ten request two days before the hearing.
It would seem that the closed door policy
Is a direct slap at the integrity and ma
turity of the student body. The policy has
Inherent in it the assumption that students
are too immature to think rationally in
cases where infractions of rules are con
cerned. But this is not the case. We are
dealing with a community of adults, or
at least persons not far from that status.
Public opinion is a wonderful thing.
When a person who allegedly has violated
a rule is publicly "tried" for the infrac
tion, the public is normally quite willing
to accept the will of tfye judge or the jury.
The reason is that the people have been
able to follow the testimony, to hear both
sides of the case, hence to see the fairness.
In the case of a Tribunal meeting behind
closed door, rumors, distrust and suspic
ion must necessarily arise. Public opinion
has only half-facts, a comment made over
the coffee table, a piece of gossip already
three times removed from the original
source on which to feed.
This is not a healthy situation. We be"
lieve the student body mature enough and
honest enough to be allowed to learn the
fate of its own when a member comes be
fore the Tribunal. We believe that bring
ing the hearings into the open would give
the Tribunal a prestige which it does not
enjoy now, and we bplieve that it would
materially boost student morale.
It is interesting to note an editorial com
ment made in this newspaper May 7, 1957,
before the formal approval of the Tri
bunal. "The Daily Nebraskan firmly believes
a tribunal is needed on the campus to fill
the gap that often exists between the stu
dent body and the administration. At the
present time student discipline is handled
directly by administrative officials. A tri
bunal would act as a link between stu
dents and officials, and would result in
needed trust and confidence between the
two areas that is not often seen."
The operating rules for this year's Tri
bunal should be defined any day now. The
charter, which appeared in yesterday's
paper, states that "The Tribunal shall es
tablish its own rules of procedure." Also
in the charter is the stipulation that these
rules must be published in the Daily Ne
braskan in September. Hence the time is
short for the establishment of the pro
cedure for the year.
We sincerely hope that an open door will
be included in these rules.
Here's Mud
On Your Shoes
It rained.
A fairly normal occurence, but always
a shock to the newcomers to our campus
particularly newcomers of the car-driving
variety. There's something about that
Selleck lot that you really have to accli
mate yourself to before you can accept
it with the proper attitude.
Proper attitude in this case is roughly
synonymous with having wading boots.
Like what we're saying is man! those
lots are muddy have been ever since
who remembers when probably will be
long after we're gone.
There Is No Place
Visitors to the campus last weekend
made an observation which was startling
to them and even more so to us.
Seems that at the football game some of
the stalwart Huskers sitting around the
visitors didn't even know the words to
the school sorfg! Fantastic? Yes. Sad?
Yup.
Maybe you can't learn what you haven't
seen, so as a public service, may we offer
the following lyrics:
There is no place like Nebraska,
Dear old Nebraska U.
Where the girls are the fairest,
The boys are the squarest,
Of any old place that I know.
There is no place like Nebraska,
Where we're all true blue.
We'll all stick together
In all kinds of weather
For dear old Nebraska U.
Staff Views t
On the Other Hand
Sondra
By Sondra Whalen
After weeks of worry, months of night
mares and a day of indecision, the time
has arrived.
My column is due.
Not only what to write ' about and how
have been problems, but
what to call the thing. Sug
gestions from fellow stu
dents and staff members
produced such gems as
"Help," "Why Not" and
"Indecision," all of which
hit much too near the
truth.
Questions on what to
write about were equally
futile, with comments
ranging from "I liked Bob
Ireland's column" to
"Campaign for beer."
- The infamous Ireland seems to be one
t,i the few columnists to gain a satisfied
student following, both by clever writing
and attacking items dear to student com
plainting mostly social policy.
But it's too early in the year to wage
war and a campaign for beer seems hope
less so I'll try another subject which,
though tired, is still important.
School spirit.
Where is It? Saturday's crowd at the
game resembled a Sunday school class
more than a supposedly spirited student
section at a football game. The tendency
was to whisper questions rather than yell
encouragement at the team.
True, the amount of noise generated
does not accurately measure spirit, but
attitude does. And something must be
wrong when defeatism seems to reign
before the first half is over.
Nebraska has a good team, and though
I'm certainly no judge of football, looks
like a contender in the conference. All
they need is a little student backing.
An example of the rousing student mor
ale before the game was exhibited Friday
night at the Four Aces performance.
When called back for an encore, the group
said that they would play until the wee
hours of the morning Saturday if Nebras
ka beat Texas.
"You don't have to worry," shouted a
loyal fan from the rear. A pretty sick com
ment when you consider the team hadn't
even played one game yet.
A little optimism wouldn't hurt anyone
in the state, both about the merits of Ne
braska and its schools as well as the foot
ball team.
Speaking of the Four Aces, my beloved
sorority, AOPI, had the quartet as dinner
guests Saturday night. The whole thing
was arranged through the ingenuity of
two sophomores who simply wondered if
anyone had thought to invite the Vocalists
to dinner. No one had, we did and they
came.
They, too, were shocked at our lack of
spirit, and one claimed he .had seen more
enthusiasm at a professional football game
that was shown Saturday.
Would new yells help? Or maybe some
songs. How about learning the one about
"Huskers rallying one and all".
A good motto to try.
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By Jim Roman
By George!!!! I think
that it's high time someone
came to the defense of the
Greek System from this
traitor within our midst
one George Moyer.
Traitor is correct! In Mr.
Moyer's column of yester
day, he tried to slap the
hands of the Greek system
in a most anti-Greek fash
ion. Did he ever for one
minute, stop to think about
the good fraternities and
the sororities provide?
Was he aware of the ncwi
story in last year'i Daily
Nebraskan about the SAE'i
new pledge training pro
gram which cut out all
"Hell and help Week" ac
tivitiei and even went so
far as to assign an average
to every individual In the
house, pledge and active
alike?
George, what if every
house on campus gave the
campus as much good pub
licity as the SX's Derby
Day? Did it ever occur to
you that for the first time
in many years that the
Scholarship Crown is in on
City Campus) Haven't the
Phi Psi's the Sig Nu's, the
Zeta's and the Du's worked
and residences in t h e last
year? Just how many
houses support charitable
projects for Lincoln?? or
better still, just how many
don't?
As a Greek, it certainly
must have pained you to
write all those unfavorable
remarks about our system.
It's people like you who do
more harm than any other
one thing in tearing down
what a few Greeks try to
build. The idea of overpub
licizing the bad and neglect
ing the good is nothing new,
it's an old story about
town.
Unfortunately, there Is
bad, 1 am the first to admit
like the KSig chapter at
California that killed a
pledge or even initiation in
cidents here at home.
Haven't these particular
chapters been dealt with
properly?
Our good name suffers
when any one house goes
wrong, but that doesn't
mean we should chuck the
entire system or throw in
the sponge. The rivalry be
tween houses on campus is
keen and fun. The Beta's
have stairways and the
Kappa's rcaliy don't have a
private line to God these
harmless Jokes are in fun
and not anger as one not
familiar with the system
would assume.
So there, George Moyer,
is a much toned down reply
to your caustic statements
of yesterday. It is getting
the Rush Booklet out on
time it is Sigma Delta Chi
It is the Daily Nebraskan
it is every one and every
fraternity that can help our
cause.
Hereafter, why don't the
Greeks in particular try to
lay off running the Greek
System into the ground and
get out and work for it in
stead of trying to drag the
Greek system down.
A Few Words . . .
. . . Of a Kind
by e.
Sundays in my life, de
spite many get-a-lot-done '
intentions, have always
been days of rest. The most
I ever seem to accomp
lish is to listen to three or
four 1 o ng
! p 1 a y rec
ord, watch
a ball
g a m e on
TV, go out
for a no
,d e s tina
t i o n -ln-mind
car
ride, and
read a few
pages from
a book which was sitting
next to a text book, I had
Letter ip j
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only thoae lellera which are timed.
Letter attacking Individual muat
carry lha aulhor'a name. Other may
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Errant Thoughts
dear di
what
kaiman
ford to
do you mean that
says you cant af-
gct this fixed do
your other columnists labor
under such adversity no fie
says 1 and thats rather
poetic but i sense discrimi
nation of the rankest sort
however i shall endure the
slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune as best i
can
i see you did some ser
ious thinking about the note
i left you Saturday after the
t u game really I have
seen more spirit in a
morgue
but then i can tell you
one reason that no one was
cheering Saturday p m it
was because of what you
described as one of the best
rallies weve had think about
it kid who could cheer
while nursing a fat lip or
broken nose acquired while
showing how much he or
his club cared about old
n u
and afterall no one iS gc
ing to cheer when all his
thoughts are devoted to
getting even with old alpha
alpha alpha at the next
quote rally unquote
of course those maudlin
characters in red blazers
and the girls in white sweat
ers and stocking caps could
just about be heard as far
as the track and as i under
stand it they are supposed
to be the leading proponents
of spirit on this campus
the interest or lack of it
displayed by these groups
makes me wonder just how
much these alleged pepstcrs
really care or if member
ship in the groups is de
sired only as a means of
getting large thrills on jun-
by caesar
ior year ivy days
praise for the week . see
1 didnt forget goes to one
chancellor hardin for sitting
in the union barber chair
last Saturday long enough
to get scalped until the peo
ple behind the chairs get
more experienced im not
sure i would have such
courage
well kid you did your best
if nobody read the tribunal
story and charier monday
its not your fault i just
hope a sensational show of
stupidity does not duplicate
last years example once the
thing starts functioning bet
ter yet it would be nice if
there were no cause for it
to function right
i noticed in lincolns minor
contribution to the new s
paper world last sunday
that a group of educators
or something is making ex
tensive studies to determine
if a five year old is really
ready to start to school the
answer may be no for some
but then i suppose that the
same answer would apply
tc some twenty one year
olds too it seems to me
that this is another teachers
college type deal designed
to occupy the time of some
people who otherwise
wouldnt be occupied
afterall i dont think there
were nearly as many kids
suffering from traumatic
experiences before the t cs
around the country started
worrying about causing
them
IFC Answer
To the Editor:
Thank you, George, for
informing me of the frater
nity situation on the Ne
braska campus. However, I
wish you could have at
tended a few IFC meetings
last year, because then you
would realize how unneces
sary your statements were
concerning the fraternities
problems.
All the officers of the IFC
and a good percentage of
the fraternity men on this
campus are doing their best
to correct our shortcomings,
and we certainly don't need
people telling us what we
already know!
As for the rush book, a
few points need to be
brought to light before the
issue can be argued intelli
gently. First, the reason I said
the rush book may have
contributed to a lower num
ber of men going through
Rush, was for the simple
fact that the book was so
late that many incoming
freshmen never received a
rush book.
Second, there are three
reasons why the IFC offi
cers think someone else
should be given a chance
to put the book out:
1. The book was one and
one-half months late.
2. Strained relations be
tween the printing company
and SDX as to proper pro
cedure and deadlines.
3. Lack of full cooperation
between certain members of
SDX and the officers of the
IFC.
That, George, is all there
is to the situation.
I would like to add that
the Rush Book put out this
year was one of the best
I have ever seen and that
certain members of SDX de
serve the credit. In particu
lar, Dick Basoco did a tre
mendous job, but one man
cannot do all the work and
the rush book was again
late!
R. C. Blair
. Hines
planned to read.
I marvel at people I meet
on Monday mornings who
report how they did three
days' studies on Sunday
just as planned and had a
date besides. Of course,
here abouts persons of this
nature are marvels in
themselves, but modified
versions do exist.
For me no Sunday be
gins before noon. I recall
how I used to shudder
when evangelistic waves
would sweep the old fra
ternity house where once I
paid delinquent bouse bills.
Bed shaking prophets would
thunder forth bombastic
threats of punishment
not heavenly in revival
istic tones which so un
nerved me initially that
I believe I actually joined
the pious throng a few
times.
Soon, however, I discov
ered that these crusades
only occurred during the
first troubled water weeks
of new house chaplains'
reigns. I escaped them my
making my bed on the floor
of my securely locked room
on Saturday nights, ignor
ing the somewhat anxious
knocks that played upon
my door the next morning.
These days, thank heav
en, are now long past, and
a peek at the out-of-doors
usually proves adequate to
recharge my pantheistic
soul.
Lazy Sundays. I love
them, but I find myself
mauling over uncomfort
able thoughts on Sunday
nights. I think that come
Monday 1 11 have to return
to the get-t h i n g s-dona
world. How I hate that!
One of the most dreadful
thoughts I ever had was
that I might go on the rest
of my life finding it neces
sary to get up early on
Monday morning to go to
work, repeating the proc
ess four to five other days
each week, with only Sun
days and maybe two weeks
a year free to be my pro
fessionally lazy self.
"Be yourself," a lot of
supposedly wise people
proclaim. Wouldn't I like to
be?
It's very unnerving, too,
to read articles on how col
leges are trying to cram
two years study into one,
how high schools are con
sidering longer school
years, and how much more
industries could get out of
individual workmen if they
took this or that efficiency
step.
I think the world would
be much better off if ev
eryone had 3 months off
each year In which to re
vert to devil-may-care kid.
There'd be more time to en
joy more time for contem
plation. Some people
might even get so bored of
television they'd read a
book.
And not of least import
anceI might have fewer
dismal Sunday night
thoughts. '
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