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Page 2 EDITORIAL OPINION Civil War s Our National Trauma I The Civil War, Harvard historian Arthur M. Schlesinger has noted, "was our national trauma." The key word in this statement, as the four year ob servance of the centenial of that war begins, is the word "was." When we consider the events since Lee surren dered to Grant at Appomattox nearly 96 years ago, along with a recent statement by a Lincoln clergyman, who said, 'I'm more interested in ending the Civil War than starting it, there is strong evidence that only the combat ceased and that the South, nor the North for matter, has not acquiesced. The North, ever since iis carpetbaggers and revenge ful reconstructionists harassed the South with their wrath during the years immediately following the surrender, has never forgotten that it was the conqueror. Agitators from above the Mason Dixon line continue to plague Southern cities as do gooder integrationists, slowing the already snail like process of desegregation. In the South, the die hards resist to the bitter end, and if there ever is an end, it will most likely be very bitter. Mothers become horribly vicious in their protests in New Orleans, politicians and elected officials act with unparalled frenzy In their every moves against any fed eral interference in their states. There is every indication that we are still involved In a cold Civil War, and that it is, not was, our national trauma. Whether this centennial will serve to speed the settlement of this black mark on our country's history and future, who knows? It may serve to illustrate that we have never settled that which we now observe as a centennial. Staff View Just A The circle is now complete. Last week the IFC Board of Control killed the re- organization plan proposed by the IFC. Earlier in tha year the IFC killed a reorganization p 1 a n of the IFC Board of Control. To the average reader this seems as though the two groups are going around and around with an end result of nothing. In part this is true. However, the Board of Control now seems to have jumped off the merry-go-round. Instead of submitting another plan to the IFC, the Board has submitted three changes for the Alumni Interfraternity Council to follow. These changes will go into effect "as soon as a workable plan can be reached," said Ernest Dewey, IFC Board of Control President. One of the changes which the Board asked of the Alumni group is: "Each fraternity shall have a minimum of three ad visers, each of whom are to be given - certain definite areas of responsibility such as social, scholarship, ac tivities, house management and finance. In the case of chapters whose membership as of the first day of the second semester is forty or less, only two such advisers will be required." If nothing else the two proposals and the more recent stipulations indicate that th j is a desire on both sides to remedy certain problems. While chatting with Dewey, he brought out the fact that primary reason the Board has recommended the latter three implements is to build a closer relationship between the active chapters and the alumni groups." "Control" is not the primary goal of the Board, he said. The alumni advisers will not act as policemen, he said, they will be in the chapter meetings to "head off anything that looks detrimental for the house and the fraternity system as a whole." Dewey said that he hopes to see each chapter adviser Instilled with the power to veto certain motions which would be detrimental to the house. This power would come from the various national headquarters. "They will not act as policemen. We would frown on that," Dewey said. The adviser's veto would not be used, unless it was the unanimous decision of the adviser's board. Dewey said he felt if the active chapter will accept these men in the spirit they offer, there will be no trouble. After all, he said, all men would be connected with the fraterninty, either being active members or alumni, and are working for the same goal bettering the fraternity system. It seems that no fraternity man can honestly object with the goals of the IFC Board of Control. For it would appear that to speak against these ideas would be to speak against the fraternity system, a system to which he voluntarily belonged. In gaining this goal Dewey stated that it is necessary for the members to "act responsibly". He didn't say that the advisers were going to try to teach the members how to act responsibly or that they were going to lay down rules the active members must follow. It is good that the Board of Control is taking steps to remedy a stereotype which has been created in the minds of many people. To many citizens, those primarily who are not con nected with the fraternity system, the fraternity man is stereotyped as a fun-loving, party-going, drinking man who likes to raise hell. This is as faulty as the stereo type that all scientists are anemic, formula-thinking wizards who wear inch-thick glasses. Today a fraternity man is given prominent play in a newpaper for a wrong doing, just because he is a fra ternity man. If the Board of Control, in anyway, can improve this situation, something will have been gained. As in any organization with approximately 1,500 members, there are bound to be individuals in the group who will do more harm than good. It is the hope of the Board of Control to eliminate these individuals and the Isolated situations caused by them which have given the system, as a whole, a black eye. 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The awatarrt af the Italtjr Nehraekaa etaff ar ameaalir rrfixnulMa far what they ear. erea.ee eauie la re arlatee. eeraarr $, 1VM. EDITORIAL BTAn Berk Prahaera Meaariar. Keller Uere ;alhea ewe Mttm Kerre la "parte Edltae Hal Brawa Ag Newe fceitav. fleirali lAmarreaa Co BeHare Pat Dree, Ann Mrer, Orrlrhrn Khrllbrm tart Writer Harm ratr. Hare Wehlfartli J.mter Staff Wrlten, .Nsner Brewa, Jim Fermi, Nancr W hitore, iliip Wm4 ft Wewa Eailor Jim rorrret UfllN'MS 8TAF" Baelare Maaatar gMul KalmMI Aaewtaat Bttatneee Maaam ....Ooa Frrreena, fhla Kiiklln, Hrhraeder :irr)atlaa Maaacar fMh haff Ciaetlfle Maaacar JkllMa Remains Thought liv T)avt C.alhounM I I I e I I flUUIl III ' t i v Si i s 3 . (Must Deny Private Economy iTo Refashion Public Sector 1 By Eric Sevareld I Brussels in the Early I Afternoon Ten thousand Belgian socialist strikers 1 marched and chanted in the s chilly streets, and the usual swarm of hoodlum sharks I attracted by movement I mixed it with mounted po i lice. News poured in of I parades, shutdowns, scuffles in Mons, Liege, Ghent. Half a nation was paralyzed by unarmed, semipassive po I litical insurrection. , i In the late afternoon a I stocky little man with tired i but angry eyes marched it is the appropriate verb into his office to see me, gripping, his brief case like I a club. An old picture flashed I through my mind the photograph of the same tough little man, gripping the same brief case, march- ing off his plane in Leopold I ville last June. This time s too he was positive that he 1 was right the brief case I is full of facts and that g the sea of human events boiling around him was 5 wrong and should flow away. This was Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of the Bel li gians. (Prime Minister at a least as this is written.) He is tough as hard rubber, belligerent when roused, a g born party leader. But his behavior in the Congo crisis I and in this strike crisis raises long thoughts about I the nature of true leader I ship in the complex, indi- vidualistic socieities of the Western world. The tight a little federation of quite dif- fering peoples that makes 1 up Belgium is not normally an arena of anarchy. These I are literate people and shrewd. But twice within six months they have been is disorganized like an ant heap by sudden shocks. All the modern arts of communication are at the disposal of their govern 1 ment. But they were not I given ' the slightest inkling I last summer that the vast stretch of Africa which made them an empire, an area their leaders knew more about than even Con- golese leaders, would blow up in total anarchy. 'Their government had tried to I deal with an immense com s plexity by a simple act. Now it has essentially re- peated the same error. It tried a total reorganization of Belgium s public finances in a single legislative bill ?assed at the Parliament, he bill is more than a hundred pages long, a highly technical product of economic science. It affects virtually everyone in the Country from postal clerks and their pension payments to bankers and their trans- actions taxes. The defiant Mr. Eyskens bangs his desk and declares that the overhaul is right, overdue and will benefit all in the long run, Including the striking workers. And he is probably right. But the lump was indigestible in that form. His regime The Nebraskan 1 X. . D ... BREEZY did not try to educate peo ple about it. Eyskens re sorted to simplicity to ex plain complexity "It means austerity only for the state, benefits for the people." But it was just as easy for the Socialists to do the same in reverse. "The loi unique," they shouted to the union, "is the law of misery." Since only a na tionwide seminar conducted over a period of weeks would have clarified the bill's effects, people simply reacted for or against ac cording to their tempera ment and their political af filiation. In all Western countries the complexity of public af fairs is outrunning the ca pacity of the average busy man to comprehend them. Our techniques for educa tion spread and deepen, yet it becomes harder to create and enforce an in formed consensus of the people, upon which democ racy must rest. And so, baffled men e v r y where look for a single Inman be ing to make up their minds for them. If they vannot offer informed scrutiny and Nebraskan Letterip Proposes Student Rating of Faculty To the editor: I hope that any Ideas in the following material are considered on their merit alone and not by who pro poses them. At the University of Ne braska, as in any other large university, research and other intellectual un dertakings are part of the activities of a good faculty. The teaching of the subject material is the main part that this faculty is to be concerned with. Yet, even in the best schools, this is not always the case. In order to adjust to this situation here at the university, I would like to propose that the students nave a chance to" formally evaluate the abilities of their instructors to clearly present the subject mate rial. This evaluation might take place, for example, on the day near the end of the semesler. I would then sug gest these compiled student ratings be used, along with other considerations, when decisions are being made by promotion boards. This student opinion would, I'm sure, be valid because the majority of students at this university recognize and appreciate a good Job of teaching and would want to express their opinions on ballots. Minor prejudices, I feel, would be overruled by the sensible voting of the students at NU. Also, such a voting program might cause the faculty to be more interest ed in how they present their subjects. criticism, they can offer simple trust. So the great personalities come up, the Eisenhowers, the Adenau ers, the DeGaulles. And the smaller personalities such as Gaston Eyskens find they cannot fashion events, but are fashioned by them. They cannot lead, even when their path is the proper path. The nagging thought recurs: Can any modern, complex society be truly governed any more through the democratic institutions a thousand years of blood have produced, without the presence of that simple, Iwe-democratic institution of eadership the strong, ap pealing, single human per sonality? Like the Belgians, Ameri cans must deny the private sector of their economy in order to refashion the pub lic sector. Unless our new President acquires the mor al authority that neither Belgium's premier nor its king have acquired, I much doubt America's capacity to make present sacrifices for future gains. (Diet. 1961 by Hall Syndicate, Inc.) (All RlrbU Reeervedl In conclusion, I would like to -make it clear that I'm not suggesting that the university rearrange its teaching program but pro posing that the tfudents at tending this university have e clear and concise why to express their opinion of the quality of teaching they are receiving. This, I believe, would enable the Univer sity of Nebraska officials to reach better decisions con cerning the teaching pro gram. D.O. tRag Needs Material For Magazine Issue Unless more material Is submitted, the proposed magazine publication of The Daily Nebraskan will have to be postponed or cancelled, according to edi tor Herb Probasco. He noted that several per sons had voiced their em barrassment to the idea that anything they might have written would be fit for publication. "It is a tragedy," he said, "that at least four good articles are not avail able for this experiment. It shows both a lack of inter est and an Inferiority com plex on the part of stu dents. "This magazine would be an excellent outlet for the thinking student and would aid in combating the apa thy charge hurled against the University student," he added. Manuscripts should be typed double spaced and can vary from 1,000 to 2,500 words in length and should be turned in by 5 p.m. Friday. Cornhusker In Unprecedented Upset By Helen 'Hellcat' Schmierer Cornhusker section ucuwr Determined to crush the Cornhuskers after last year's devastating 35-19 de feat, the Nebraskan staff returned to the basketball court full of vim and vigor (and a few other things.) Trying every trick in the book and a few that weren't - the "Raggers" made a valiant effort, only to be crushed into ignomini ous defeat by a brilliant game strategy of the "Huskers" under the super vision of Mary "Lambast ing LuLu" Keill. In a futile attempt to brilliant play, the Rag staff sent in coach and mascot, , Herb "Hopeless" Probasco, who did much to help the Cornhusker effort. Dave "Dauntless" Calhoun tried to save the game for the Rag, but saw his attempts were useless after only two minutes of play. "Ragger s" under the scratching leadership of Karen "Fists and Finger nails" Long almost succeed ed in downing Husker ace Judy (who prefers to be recognized by her true name because of her bril liance in the debacle) Ham ilton by giving her a nasty split lip and numerous oth er assorted cuts and bruises while the referee wasn't looking. The Cornhusker re taliated with Mary "Quite Contrary" Weatherspoon, the only member of either team who kept training rules. She lowered Rag morale considerably, i.e., tromping on insteps. The Rag's pre-game high spirits were dashed by the announcement of the real "Ragger" hope, Jan "Five- y Author of "I Was a Teenage Dwarf", "The Many UV1T. THE ENGINEERS HAVE HAIRY EARS Today in this age of technology when engineering graduates are wooed and courted by all of America's great industries, how do you account for the fact that Rimbaud Sigafoos, who fin ' ished at the very top of his class at M.I.T., turned down hun dreds of attractive job offers to accept employment as a machin ery wiper at the Acme Ice Company at a salary of $20 a week with a twelve-hour day, a seven-day week, and only fifteen minutes for lunch? I know what you are thinking: "Cherchet lafemme!" You are thinking that Mr. Acme, head of the Acme Ice Company, has a beautiful daughter with whom Rimbaud is madly in love and he took the job only to be near her. Friends, yofi are wrong. It is true that Mr. Acme does havt a daughter, a large, torpid lass named Clavdia who spends aR her waking hours scooping mareipan out of a bucket and staring at a television set which has not worked in some years. Rimbaud has not the slightest interest in Clavdia; nor, indeed, does any other man, excepting possibly John Ringling North. So how come Rimbaud keeps working for the Acme lea Compuny? Can it be that they provide him with free Marlboro Cigarettes, and all day long he is able to settle back, mak himself comfortable and enjoy the filter cigarette with the un filtered taste? No, friends, no. Rimbaud is not ullowcd to smoke on the job and when he fininhes his long, miserable duy he has to buy his own Murlboros, even us you and 1, in order to settle back and enjoy that choice tobacco, that smooth, mellow flavor, that in comparable filter, that pack or box. Well, friends, you might as well give up because you'll never in a million years guess why Rimbaud works for the Acme lc Company. The reason is simply this: Rimbaud is a seal! He started as a performing seal in vaudeville. One night on the way to the Ed Sullivan show, he took the wrong subway. All night the poor mammal rode the B.M.T., seeking a helping hand. Finally a kindly brakeman named Ernest Thompson Sigafoos rescued the hapless Rimbaud. He took Rimbaud home and raised him as his own, and Rimlwud, to show his appreciation, studied hard and got ex cedent marks and finished a dintinguished academic career as valedictorian of MJ.T. Rimbaud never complained to his kindly foster father, but through all those years of grammar school and high school and college, he darn near died of the heatl A seal, you must re member, is by nature a denizen of the Arctic, so you can im agine how poor Rimbaud must have suffered in subtropical New York and Boston, especially in those tight Ivy league suits. But today at the Acme Ice Company, Rimbaud ha. finally found a temperature to his liking. He i. very happy and sends greetings to his many friends. f IMI Mel fhuleiea 7t'd ng''l:e' bran"-'U!W Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1961 Edges Rag tn'' Sack.fthat she wnnW be ineligible for play. How ever the "Raggers" tried to scare "Huskers ".with re ports of a secret strategy. Obviously the secret wasn't big enough to do any harm, but Norm "Short Shorts" Beatty tried to fill the bill. His slippery fingers some how let the "Huskers" dom inate the action during the entire rout. Linda "Redo-ROH" Ron wedder, head Cornhusker cheerleader, played a very unspectacular 30 seconds and received a bench call from "Intrepid" Keill. However Nancy "N a s t y" Brown and Anne "Mighty" Moyer of the "Raggedy" team even surpassed the former in their brilliant lack of playing acumen. Gretch "Crazy Legs" Shellberg used her elbows to send Anne "The DG Dodger" Sowles, Karen "Kill 'er" Costin and Lynn "The Theta Hustler" Wright to the . sidelines doubled over in agony and scream ing with pain. The real threat that led to the complete demorali zation of the Rag defense was Honey Lou "Dimples" McDonald. What really confounded the "Raggers" was her disarming tactics (no, sweet "Dimples" did not tear them limb from limb she just said 'beg your pardon' or 'excuse me' after some Rag member, like Stan "Steam Engine" Kaiman, had tromped her.) Under the astute referee ing of Dr. Cranford the game was carried on in a business like manner ex cept for a considerable amount of heckling from (Please See Page 4) with VJ ISVViG UIHH , etc. 9 roMeritwMiStni "-"to Commander. Cct
