Friday, Jan. 13, 1961
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QUAERE
I realize that this column
is about to lose the last of
its dwindling leadership. Oh
well, the semester is about
over as is the fraternity
system, a n d the handwrit
ing is beginning to show on
the well known wall for
any aspirations the univer
sity of cobland might have
had to amount to anything.
All of you clods please
do me a favor and skip
over this piece. It is not
going to interest you. It
does not discuss the foot
ball team, the availability
of i.d's, booze, women, good
t.v. shows or anything else
suitable to 99 per cent of
the populace. In other
words it does not belong in
the only paper in Nebraska,
which being amateur and
uncensored and hence able
to be a leader, naturally
contains ads, old news,
news of 1 o c a 1 club meet
ings, and peanuts. (My
apologies to my fellow
workers, some of whom are
able and dedicated and
have made some exceptions
to the general statement
above.)
This writer wishes to
take violent exception to
the possible interpretations
to be placed upon Dave
Calhoun's article of last
Tuesday. It pains me to do
this because Mr. Calhoun
is a fine fellow, usually
filled with good ideas, and
a respected voice in the
Greek community. How
ever, I feel that nothing
could be more dangerous
than an uncritical endorse
ment of the IFC Board of
Control's latest scheme.
This scheme will have
three advisers form a com
mittee to supervise the fra
ternities. This group would
have the power to veto
certain motions detrimental
to the house and would
(though not mentioned in
the story), it is hoped, also
have the power to remove
members that it is felt
would be harmful to the
house. We are told that
such a system would help
to eliminate the TNE'f, and
pixies. I doubt that. I feel
that such a belief is either
a lie fostered by the board
to gain further control for
their local helpers or it is
naivete and poor thinking
of the sort that we gener
ally associate with paternal
leaders of kindergarten
groups. Note well: subs are
not going to stand up and
admit they are such. If the
connection were provable in
open trial as provided for
by most national constitu
tions they could now be
eliminated. This proviso al
lows the elimination of all
accused of being TVE's
etc., without any evidence
whatsoever. It also allows
the elimination of anyone
that the alums don't like or
want in the charier. If any
one has any evidence to
prove that absolute power
does not corrupt or that ab
solute power does not cor
rupt absolutely or that no
alumnus has any personal
prejudices and character
flaws this writer would
like to see It. Kappa Sigs
need not apply.
In addition the control
of undesirable motions is
open to question. This
would not eliminate motions
to sell the housemother or
hold beer blasts or anything
of the like as these are
usually not in the minutes.
It would allow the alums
to run anything and every
thing in the house. My
dear children, there is one
group of alums on thii
campus that even wants to
set the date of chapter
elections for the boys. If
an entire chapter is not
able to avoid stupid or fool
ish motions they should be
allowed to collapse of their
own weight. I would like
to see photostated evidence
of any of the fraternities'
current troubles that is
caused by motions passed
in active chapter. If this
program is followed I think
that it should also be im
plemented by having three
alums set in on pledge
meetings and on coffee ses
sions as some detrimental
programs are also hatched
In these affairs. Full time
university, faculty, protes
tant, Jewish, and Catholic
overseers should also be
sent to the grill at least
one per booth.
It is interesting to note
that the B. of C. no longer
sends its programs to the
l-F.C.it knows that the
boys don't want them. In
stead it is ordering the ad
visers to act as their agents
la controlling the system.
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(What happened to old no
taxation without representa
tion?) We realize that that
rule was never intended to
apply to anyone under the
age of thirty or, indeed
anyone so immature as to
attend this school, but we
did rather like the illusion.
The only fraternal organiza
tion now represented is that
of the TNE's etc. as it
probably has a member or
two on the B. of C.
I think it is interesting
that Mr. Dewey maintains
that the B. of C. is not to
control or police the sys
tem. Its charter from Re
gents states that it is to
control the frats not mere
ly advise them, it passes
rules without the system's
consent, and it has certain
control systems which can
get charters lifted. Mr.
Dewey is either a fool,
badly misinformed, mis
quoted, or trying to pull
the wool over our eyes.
Well agree that the latter
is certainly a possibility as
getting information from
his group is as easy as get
ting consistency f r o m the
Tribunal.
It is alleged by poor Mr.
Calhoun that no fraternity
man can honestly object to
the goals of the IFC B. of
C. I disagree and a poll of
any three (count em, three)
fraternity men would have
shown him his error. He
says that to speak against
this group would be to
speak against the goals of
the system. I vehemently
disagree, as does the con
stitution of every fraternity
on campus, as nearly as I
can determine from the
semi-coherent statements
their spokesman. In r u s h
week even the least-likely
prospect hears the line that
one thing the fraternity sys
tem gives you is "practice
in regulating your own af
fairs and developing your
skills in democratic proc
that it is jiecessary for the
members of fraternities to
"act responsibly." If he
wishes this, logic dictates
that he withdraw his per
nicious program. Responsi
ble means to account for,
guide or cause. If the fra
ternities are not to have
the control of their houses
and are merely to be mem
bers of a well regulated
boys club and hotel, how
can they be expected to
act responsibly? You can
not do this unless you have
some responsibility beyond
that of bathing your own
body, which I assume will
be left to our discretion
even if some of us do it
poorly.
If this seems to be criti
cal of the B. of C. let me
say that it goes double and
triple in spades for the
current members of the
system. If they were not
greedy, dishonest, irrespon
sible and apathetic this
disaster would not have
come to pass. I suggest
that members string up
their IFC reps who year
after year vote for the cor
rupt group who make up
the T's and the IFC exec
board. (There have some
exceptions to his, notably
all of you who want to
sue me.) Let there also be
a finger of guilt pointed at
those such as the present
writer who have been de
linquent in the conduct of
their own lives so as to
fall below fraternity stand
ards. The B. of C. has so
acted as to wipe but the
best that our houses could
stand for, but we have
paved the way in spades.
We have arrived at hell,
but the handbasket that we
traveled in was of our own
choosing. I plead with the
Greeks of this campus to
take over their own affairs
and run them sensibly.
Surely we can run a social
organization adequate
ly. Now is the time for
all of the talented leaders
in the subs, the grill, the
activities, and the chairs
in front of the Vee, to come
to the rescue of the system;
go to meetings and try and
run the ship right; send
good, articulate, and honest
men over to IFC, and if
you can find none, resign
from your house. Finally,
eliminate the slate from
the old ' board procedure
that bas allowed the domi
nation of the corrupt In
two thousand years, rough
ly, no one has been able
to clean up someone else's
personal mess. No power
on earth can save the
Greek system, but you and
I and that guy down the
ha!J that we do not like.
Lets pull together or pull
out.
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1 THE SUNDOWNERS, a
1 Warner Brothers picture
starring Deborah Kerr, Rob-
ert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov,
1 Glynis -Johns, Dina Merrill
and Michael Anderson, Jr.
I What, at first, seems to
I be a western melodrama set
in Australia complete with
I maudlin harmonica score
I bv Dimitri ("High Noon,"
1 "The Alamo") Tiomkin,
"The Sundowners" is really
I a most compelling and ab
1 sorbing story of frontier life
in the 1920s.
The success of the pic
I ture depends mainly on the
outstanding directorial ac
I hievement of Fred ("From
I Here to Eternity," 'The
Nun's Story") Zinneman,
1 competent performances by
a well-known cast, and a
f sharp physical production.
I It is certainly one of 1960s
finest films.
I A "Sundowner's" home is
1 where the sun goes down.
It's the same thing as say
I ing someone who doesn't
have a home." Irish-Austral-1
ian sheep driver Paddy Car
I mody and bis wife Ida and
son Sean travel from ranch
to ranch delivering sheep.
1 They have the freedom of
I the nomad, but mother and
i son want a permanent home
1 instead of their" portable
I tent.
After a sheep drive, sim-
ilar to western cattle drive
scenes complete with trail
fire, the wife persuades her
husband to accept a station
I ary position as a sheep
I shearer. She becomes a
1 cook, and the son a tarboy.
Both wife and son want to
save enough money for a
1 down payment on a farm.
But the father gambles
I away the family savings,
and the Carmodys again be-
come 'Sundowners' after
1 one night in their intended
I permanent home. The fam
I ily is more important than
I the house.
1 Deborah Kerr, Ida Car-
mody, received her third
i New York Film Critics'
1 'Best Actress' award for
this part. She is completely
sincere and adds another
outstanding interpretation to
a long list of fine motion
i picture performances. Tap
for this year's "Best ac
I tress" Academy Award.
Robert Mitchum, Paddy
Carmody, is also impres-
sive. Mitchum received the
National Board of Review
1 of Motion Picture's "Best
Actor" recognition for this
part and for his earlier
Sigma Alpha lota
To Present Concert
Sigma Alpha Iota, national
professional music sorority,
will present their annual Con
temporary Concert Friday at
4 p.m. In the Social Science
auditorium.
. A woodwind trio, two piano
duets, and piano, trumpet,
flute, string bass and voice
solos will be presented. The
SiPma Alnha Iota chnrtx wilt
I perform in numbers by Cope
mini, uuiin, j.jcnuui, ana
other contemporary composer.
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CHICKEN LITTLE
Inside View
"Home from the Hill" ap
pearance. ,
Michael Anderson, Jr.,
Sean Carmody, is a strik
ing new personality to re
member. His father directed
"Around the World in 80
Days." Peter Ustinov, as
an English adventurer who
becomes a companion of
the Carmody family, is high
ly amusing and entertain
ing. Ditto Glynis Johns as
Mrs. Firth, widowed hotel
keeper who's "after" Usti
nov. The attractive physical
production shows complete
authenticity. Filmed in Aus
tralia and London, trav
elogue and animal study
'shots' are incorporated in-
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When Loren Gergens was working for his
BJS. degree in Business Administration at the
University of Denver, be had definite ideas about
the kind of job he wanted to land. He was de
termined to profit from the experience of several
of his friends who had accepted promising jobs
only to find themselves in "manpower pools"
waiting to be pulled into a responsible position.
'1 didn't want to be stockpiled," Loren says.
"That's no way to start."
As a senior, Loren talked to twelve companies
and joined The Mountain -States Telephone &
Telegraph Company, an associated company of
the Bell Telephone System.
From his first day challenges were thrown at
him thick and faL First, he supervised a group
of service representatives who handle the com
munications needs of telephone customers. Then
Ca'l
By Phil Boroff
to the film's flowing story
line. Director Zinneman
again proves his cinematic
abilities as storyteller, in
terpreter and imagemaker.
"The Sundowners" in
cludes one of the most mem
orable scenes I have seen -in
films for a long time.
At a train station, the
sweating, diivj, Miss Kerr
sees an attractive lady
traveler powdering and
priming. The eye contact'
and reaction between these
two different characters
are, as the cliche goes,
"worth a thousand words."
In fact, the film would be
worth seeing if it included
nothing other than this par
ticular scene.
Loren Gergenf briefs
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I DIDN'T WANT TO BE STOCKPILED"
"Our number one aim it to haw in aU
management jobt the mont vital, intelli
gent, positive and imaginative men we
can pomibly find."
Tnnnxcx B. KArrtL, Prtiidmt
American Telephone 4 Telegraph C.
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Satyr
By Dick Masters
"T'is time," said the
SATYR,' "to speak of many
things of rotten cabinets,
and dealing tactics
and whooping cranes and
kings. (No reference to the
Melvin Foster of bygone
days Melvin isnt re a L
you know.)
"I want a slate just like
the slate on which the
brothers elected me."
Awaken nebbishes and gaze
fuH on your proposed lead
ers (not all ringleaders for
a change.) Perhaps Ernest
Dewey of Board of Control
fame writes frightening let
ters. Certainly the goaded goat
will not stoop to character
assassination in order to
stop the tea-growers of Ing
Foo Chow. But if you gentle
representatives would pre
fer to place a duty on tea
importation; you must not
endorse Unpasteurized
Rocky Mountain Spring
Brewed. Looks like payola.
Since caution is the by
word in these little vote-forme
games, stay off "Old
locomotive." WTiite pants
and rush week wouldn't go
well together anyway.
That's all of the chalk
marks on the blackboard,
but dark horses of the Pe
gasus variety may fly by
the scheduled pace-setters.
If so, SCRATCH!
Enough of the riddle
games, true-hearts, let's be
to cases. For the first time
since the reorganization of
Theta Nu Epsilon in the 55
56 term power, membership
and support of the g r o u p
seem almost a negligible
factor in an IFC election.
This is the ideal time to
snap the whole thing. As
political success seems to
be a big "drawing card for
new membership, why not
slip the screws to the skulls
for new membership,
why not slip the screws to
the skulls and discourage
the new "would-be's."
If there were a question
in these two instances, the
decision would be, and
rightfully so, loaded by this
factor. On that score, there
seems to be no sweat.
Equally qualified clean
guys rule out the dilemma.
It is certainly time that
ostrich-like fraternity men
pull their heads out of the
sand (or wherever you've
stuck them). The sub-rosa
problem on Nebraska's
campus has now become
the concern of national fra
ternity officers. This should
be enough in itself to bring
two of hit wtesmen on new telephone
he served as manager of several telephone busJ
nexs offices. In these jobs Loren had to prove
himself on the firing line, make right decisions
and carry them through. He knew his next Jump
depended on only one man Loren Gergens.
In Jury, I960, he was made Sales Manager
in Boulder, Colorado.
"I'm on the ground floor of a newly created
telephone marketing organization. And I can tell
you things are going to move fast!" Loren sayi.
"It's rough at times, but hard work is fun when
you know you're going somewhere-m a busi
ness where there's somewhere to go."
If you're interested in a job in which you can
be your men prime mover-a job in vhkh you're
ftimn a chance to tJww what you can do, right from
the $tart-you'U wail to vitil your Placement Offxe
for literature and additional information.-
BELL TELEPHONE
out of its dol-
drums.
Though TNE is certainly
an element imderrnining
our weakened system, it
cannot be held entirely re
sponsible. Nor can Pi Xi
be called to account for our
losses. Certainly no group
openly espouses a policy of
breaking down the system.
But, by allowing these
organizations to exist, by
harboring acknowledged
members in our chapters,
and even by open support;
they have gained their foot
holds. But these dirty
chinkings in the wall are
no justification for their
existence.
If fraternities condone
patterns of conduct
and personal degradation
exemplified by the immor
al practices of Pi Xi, then
the system has lost one of
its raison d'etre: that of
producing gentlemen, schol
ars and leaders.
If fraternities allow de
ceit, disloyalty to the order,
and personal glorification
at the sacrifice of the fra
ternity they are defeat
ing their own ends: that of
training men in foyaRy and
integrity.
The first step to be taken
to rid -ourselves of these
scabs and eyesores is to
smash their political hold
down on those self-deprecating
members who .reduce
ethics and morals to an ani
mal level.
So it sounds soap-boxish
and arm waving, but we all
krow what's happening
here at good old NU. None
of us wants to come back
to Homecoming in 15 years
and look at shiny chrome
and glass dorms where the
"old house" used to be. And
if you think its nothing to
get excited about, wait an
other few years and a few
fraternities later.
'Damn Yankees'
Trvouls Posted
Three tryouts are sched
uled for the parts in the Kos
met Klub spring show,
"Damn Yankees."
Tryouts begin tonight In
the Student Union at 7 p.m.
Tomorrow, choral and sing
ing leads will meet from 1
! C r r A .11 k . -
w a p. in. aim au uuici yaL is
at 2:30 p.m.
Persons cast in the produc
tion will be notified before
' 6:30 p.m. Monday. AH mem
: bcrs of the cast are to meet
! from 7 to 8:30 p.m. that day.
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