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To the Editor:
Recently an article con
cerning the "Tri-Sig" party
In Crete appeared in the
Dally Nebraskan under the
byline of Mr. Herb Probas
co. This story, which Inci
dentally was run In almost
every newspaper in the
state, was highly erroneous
and full of incongruities. I
pointed out to Mr. Probasco
just what p o w e r he pos
sesses as a staff member of
newspaper; and therefore,
what a great responsibility
he has to report the abso
lute facts.
First of all, it was print
ed that there was $800-$l,500
damage done to the Izaak
Walton League clubhouse.
This is an outrageous fig
ure and one that most peo
ple would stop to consider
much more closely. The ac
tual maximum damage win
amount to one-sixth of that
mount.
Maybe I am a badly mis
informed man;but I had
the privilege f working on
the Rag staff for a year;
nd I have always been
under the impression that
It is the DUTY of a journal
ist to get an the facts and
then make sure that they
are correct It is plain to
see that this was not done.
. Persons reading articles in
papers win naturally take
them as the absolute truth
because of the fine reputa
tion of most our papers.
Therefore, it is totally dis
heartening to read such an
unfounded story.
I am not dodging the fact
that there was an illegal
party held nor am I saying
that the Rag should not
have printed an account of
it; but it is rather the con
tent of the article that I
am wholeheartedly con
demning. I do not believe that Mr
Probasco fully realizes just"
what the resulting ramifica
tions are from his article.
The article that appeared in
the Rag was lifted almost
verbatim by the L i n c o 1 n
Journal and from there
spread to every newspaper
in the state and as far as
Dayton, Ohio, to the radio,
and to television.
In other words, this great
ly exaggerated account was
brought to the people of Ne
braska through every medi
um. Not only has the entire
Creek system at Nebraska
suffered a severe blow, but
also the prestige of the Uni
versity of Nebraska itself
has beea handed an unjust
setback.
I would think that a man
In Mr. Probasco's position
as news editor of the Rag,
as a Greek, and as a stu
dent at the University of
Nebraska would want to be
plunging wildly into some
thing of thia cope.
It seems evident to me
and to countless other per
sons that Mr. Probasco's
biased article labels him as
not only a rabid anti-Greek
Greek but also as an anti
University University stu
dent. I hope that Mr. Pro
basco wffl change his now
defunct journalistic ethics
before applying for the
highly important office of
Editor of the Daily Ne
braskan. TOM Davies
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Probasco's story was bi
ased seems to indicate a
hasty judgment of the story
and of the attribution of the
facts.
Although it was printed
that damage to the Izaak
Walton League clubhouse
was extensive, the state
ments were not those of
the Daily Nebraskan. but
thos of Saline County Sher
iff Tesar and of Dean of
Student Affairs Philip
Colbert who incidentally
said damage was "pretty
bad."
Perhaps the statements
by the sheriff were not en
tirely correct; however,
this hardly seems like a
basis for condemning the
story. First Mr. Davies
does just this thing. Then
he later says that an ac
count of the "illegal party
was properly printed.
And it may be said that
generally statements of our
publicly-elected officials
are accepted unless there
is cause shown that the
statements made are not
true.
As far as facts are con
cerned, several members of
the Tri-Sig fraternities were
invited to bring over state
ments concerning damage
or other facets of the story
which would better present
the fraternities' side. One
individual asked this privi
lege the day the story ap
peared in print; he said
that he and several other
members of the fraternities
were going to Crete that
day to try to obtain some
concrete information that
could be used as a rebuttal
type story; however none
was brought in.
The offer is still open.
If Mr. Probasco errored
In discharging his dutv of
presenting the story, then it
must be assumed that Mr.
Davies reaHy does not
mean what he says when
he says "nor am I saying
that the Rag should " not
have printed an account of
it (the Crete party)."
In addition, the Crete
newspaper carried an ac
count of the party and it
seems safe to assume that
wire services and other
newspapers would have got
their information from that
paper and from Sheriff Te
sar if not from the Daily
Nebraskan.
In addition, since the
Board of Regents took ac
tion upon this case and
further action than proba
tion was planned before
any published accounts of
the incident came out it
also seems safe to assume
that after the Regents'
meeting the resulting action '
surely would have been re
ported. For instance, the Lincoln
Star and Omaha World-Herald
carried stories on the
decision to repeal the three
fraternities' rushing, pledg
ing and initiation privileges
in their Thursday morning
hours before the Daily Ne
braskan was to come out
again.
Charging that Mr. Pro
basco hs anti-Greek be
cause he wrote this news
story is similar to saying
the New York Times is
anti-A m e r i c a n when it
prints . stories concerning
racial problems in the
South stories that may not
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we have a nation with
equality for all.
Ao Pleas
To the Editor:
Armed with the facts
($800 to $1,500 damages,
one truckload of liquor con
sumed, evidence of immo
rality) the Board of Re
gents sat down Wednesday
afternoon and decided the
fate of three fraternities.
According to one higher
up in the administration,
these three fraternities
caused an inestimable
amount of damage to the
prestige of the University
of Nebraska.
This might be. but how
many years would it take
Crete. Nebraska, to send
200 students to the Univer
sity, including several Inno
cents, varsity lettermen,
PBK's, etc.?
The damage caused to
the prestige of the Univer
sity outstate was due main
ly to the misrepresentation
of the facts related to the
newspapers.
I'm not too sure that I'll
be proud to say, "I gradu
ated from the University
of Nebraska." when, in
this supposedly democratic
country, three groups of
college men were tried, .
convicted and hanged with- I
out ever voicing a plea. '
Ron Reagan
Group Reaction
To the Editor:
In far more than one re
spect Ivy Day has become
the most tragic of all Greek '
tragedies.
The tragedy of the Tri- '
Sig party lies not so much
in the party itself but rath- i
er in the way in which
two groups on campus re
acted to it. One of these
groups the Board of Pie
gents may be partly justi
fied in its actions because
it had to do something to
satisfy the inflamed
Cretans along with other
segments of the uneducated
populace.
Taking no action on this
matter would be in effect
condoning what the Tri-Sigs
had done and that would
never do because it would
"reflect badly" on the Uni
versity. In other words it
doesn't matter in the least
what students do or do not
do in college as long as it
doesn't reflect badly on the
University.
On the other hand I can't
help but think that the ac
tion taken against the Tri
Sigs is far too severe. This
"outrageous" affair was
publicized because people
like to read about "out
rageous" affairs and not
because of the actual crime
involved. What a mockery
of justice!
The IFC is the second
group which impressed me
negatively with its condem
nation of the Tri-Sigs. This
group now proposes to set
up an Interfraternity Judi
ciary Board. Second only
to the Student Tribunal this
would probably be the big
gest farce on campus.
At one time the IFC was
thought of as a group or
ganized to help the frater
nity system. Finally high-up
leaders decided that it was
impossible to help the fra
ternity system so they de-
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Now after a large wind
from Adminny Hall, the'
smoke is gone and the
Greek system is wounded
with the approval and rec
ommendation of IFC.
Even though I am thank
ful that I am not a mem
ber of one of the Tri-Sig
houses, I have just a few
qualms about being a mem
ber of a shoddy, poorly
organized fraternity sys
tem. Maybe the time lias
come for every fraternity
man to take a good look
at the fraternity system
and ask himself whether
he would rather be a "Big
I" or a "little i."
Horace
Mueller Tower
To Ring for Peace
Mueller Tower will ring out
at 6 p.m. Saturday as part
of a nation-wide prayer for
peace with justice as Presi
dent Eisenhower leaves for
the Summit meeting.
One of several thousand j
beU installations participating
in the May 14 effort, the
Mueller Tower will ring out
simultaneously with bells of
churches and organizations of
all denominations.
DANCE
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of our organization will go to over 200 cam
puses in the 50 states to buy books from
more than half a million students. These
books are purchased for resale at University
of Nebraska and hundreds of other schools
throughout the U. S.
The expanding demand for our experience
and knowledge of true book values enables
our representatives to buy books on cam
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from this knowledge by receiving more cash
for all books whether used on this campus
or not.
Another by product of this endeavor and
preparation for successful completion of
our campaign throughout the U. S. YOU
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more than $75,000 this coming season.
Your required books are selected and held
for resale to you at savings from 30 to
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