The Nebraskan
Tuesday, April 18, 1961
Page 1
EDITORIAL OPINION
Selective Service, Corps
Relationship Explained
(Editor's note: Tlw followlnf editorial, wrlttea by 1A. Gen. Lewi B.
Hernhey, Director of toe Heleetlve Service System, appeared In the
SdeetlY Service Bull tin.) 2
The Peace Corps has been established by Executive
order of the President Legislation has been requested to
continue this organization. The activities of the Peace
Corps have been covered rather completely by the press,
radio and television. Its relationship with the Selective I
Service System has been indicated but a statement of
this relationship seems advisable.
The Universal Military Training and Service Act, as
amended, is flexible enough to provide deferment for I
members of the Peace Corps without amendment of any I
kind. In other words the relationship of the Selective
Service System with registrants who become members
of the Peace Corps can be handled administratively.
The power to defer registrants who perform func-
tions in the national health, safety or interest now exists.
The establishment and operation of the Peace Corps is
In the national interest. So the classification of regis-
trants in the Peace Corps can be handled as any other
registrant engaged in activities in the national health,
safety or interest. They will, of course, enjoy the right 1
of appeal shared by all registrants of the Selective Serv-
ice System.
These statements pre-suppose the continuarce of the s
present situation of the United States in relations with
other nations of the world.
The question has been raised as to the status of regis-
trants who enroll In the Peace Corps, after their return
from this assignment. This requires the assumption as
to the situation of this Nation in the world, the age of the
registrant when he returns, the physical condition of the
registrant with reference to his acceptability for mili-
tary service, his marital status, and regulations. These
apply In existence at the time of his release from the
Peace Corps and whether or not the registrant on his re-
turn from service with the Peace Corps engages in an
activity which permits him to be deferred in the national
health, safety or Interest.
The fact that the registrant has been a member of
the Peace Corps will not prevent him from qualifying 5
for further deferment, the same as any other registrant
who is engaged in activities vital to the national health,
safety or interest.
Nebraskan Letterip
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The may be submitted with a pen nim or Initial. However, letter
will b printed indir a pea aame er Initial only at the editor' dis
eretloa. Letter should aot exceed ZM word. Whea letter exceed tbJ
limit the Nebraska naerve the right to condense them, retaining the
writer view.
Council Criticism
Seconded by AKD
To the editor,
As a spokesman for Alpha
Kappa Delta, the honorary
sociological fraternity, I
should like to join with Dr.
Colman in citing the most
irregular action taken
against several campus or
ganizations by the Student
Council.
The members of AKD
concur with Dr. Colman's
charge that normal chan-
nels were not used. Futher
more, representatives of
AKD visited the Student
Council office in the Union
Building on at least four
separate occasions, only to
find the office locked. Each
of these visits was made at
a time when an office at
tendent was supposed to be
present.
Jerry Behringer,
Vice-President
TNE Beliefs
Draw Comment
To the Editor:
One part of the article
published by the Daily Ne
braskan, in regard TNE,
should strike every Greek
squarely in the face. This
is the part of the ceremony
that requires one to place
his hand in red dye to sig
nify the blood of the broth
ers with whom he has just
joined in union. Hogwash
the open-minded true Greek
would look deeper into this
part of the TNE ritual and
realize that the dye does
symbolize blood the blood
of the brothers that the
TNE has betrayed; the
brothers that he will be
spying on and writing slan
der about; the oaths of
membership that he has
broken.
Sub-rosas have, in the
past, split fraternities into
factions the fraternity of
fice has become another
activity and the responsi
bility to serve the frater
nity was pushed into the
background in favor of
serving the fellow T and his
backers and ignoring the
general membership.
The conscience of a
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SDITOK.1AL STAFF
Editor Dsve Calhoun
Maaacinc Kdlter Oretchen Shellber,'
New Editor Norm Beatty
"ports Bdltor , Hal Brown
Staff Writers . Ann Moyer. Dirk "turkey. Nancy Wfcltford
Junior Staff Writes bav Wohltarth, Jan Sack, oioyd (lark
Klesnor Billings
Nicht News Editor ..Meaner Billing
Mfht New loiter Nancy YVhJtferd
member of a sub-rosa
should be quite heavy. How
any man can pledge to up-
hold the ideals and the tra-1
ditions of his fraternity and
turn upon them is beyond
comprehension. A sub-rosa I
member does not merely
betray the 60-70 men he
lives with, but the te ns
of thousands of men that
have graduated and the
thousands of future frater-
nity men.
Those persons that com-1
mented after reading the I
article that "they do a lot
of good things" had best
point out a few. I am cer-1
tain that the decisions of
the NIC, the national fra-1
ternities and administra-
tive officials could not find
any such evidence of ac-
complishment. I
Don Ferguson
Alumni Advisers
Council Concerned
To the editor,
The Council of Fraternity
Alumni Advisers wishes to
commend The Dally Ne
braskan on it's recent edi
torials regarding the so
called "outlaw" organiza
tions that are in operation
at the University.
As graduates of the Uni
versity and Alumni Advi
sers to our respective un-der-graduate
chapters we
are deeply concerned with
this problem and hope that
your efforts will constitute
a major step in the perma
nent elimination of these
undesirable elements from
the University scene.
We have been informed
that many Theta Nu Epsilon
chapters at o t h e r institu
tions have recently been
disbanded and that . the
existance of this and other
similar organizations has
remained a problem only at
a relatively few campuses.
We hope that the Univer
sity of Nebraska will be the
next of the schools at which
these groups find it impos
sible to maintain them
selves. Gerald D. McCracken,
President, Alumni
Advisers Council.
Hark . . . ring the singing
silo and give NU's campus
"children" blunt crayons
and paint brushes so they
can mark sidewalks with
TNE, Pi Xi and red dots!
The students on Ag cam
pus have won a "foot-hold"
in their campaign to im
prove Ag facilities.
Impossible and improba
ble but true. Just one year,
five months and a day from
when the Love Library
hours were extended, the
Ag library follows s uTt
with a closing hour of 10:30
p.m.
And how did this change
come about? Did the Uni
versity library officials,
who admittedly saw the
need for the change, take
it upon themselves to ex
tend the library's hours or
even recommend to the
powers that be they should
be lengthened? No, it took
the organized but seldom
heard voice of student opin
ion to create the change.
Through their own initia-
tive students were able to
make the Administration
take notice
of their
needs and
wants. It
is a pity
that this
force is
rarely
realized by
students.
1 It seems
I tn have
b e e n a Forrest
1 University realized fact
that a change was needed.
Three conditions had been
noticed by both students
I and Administration: First,
i the Ag library consists of
1 a single reading room in
what Frank Lundy. direc-
tor of libraries, called "a
i highly combustible build
I ing." Second, the closing
hour of 9:20 p.m. left stu-
dents with very little time
to use the library after club
I and organizational activi
I ties. Also, it was apparent
from the number of ttu-
dents still studying in the
Ag Library at closing time
that there was a need to
extend the hour.
But the Administration
"is from Missouri" and had
I to be shown that any
I change in library hours
I was desired by students and
faculty. They were . .
from the results of an Ag
Exec Board poll a startling
86 per cent were in favor of
extending hours and 88 per
cent were in favor of open-
Lohnquist Lectures
On Crop Science
Dr. John Lohnquist, profes
sor of agronomy, will give
three lectures on "Concepts
lof Crop Science" this week
at Oregon State College,
fCorvallis, Ore.
f Among other things, Dr.
Lohnquist will discuss the Ne
braska program in corn
fbreeding and genetics. Dr.
Lohnquist was recently
named as one of two recipi
ents of. Regents', professors
awards at the University.
Barnstorming
ing the library on Sunday
afternoon.
So it was that the Admin
istration and library offici
als announced Friday
that the Ag library would
be open until 10:30 p.m.
and Sunday afternoons for
the rest of this semester
and all of the 1961 fall se
mester. If successful, the
arrangement will continue
on a permanent basis.
With the Ag library
problem temporarily, and
probably permanently,
solved until a new library
can be built, Ag students
should turn their inquisitive
minds and awaken their
apathetical hearts to two
other pressing problems,
the inadequate Student Un
ion and the fate of the pro
posed transportation sys
tem between campuses.
Both seem to have been
lost in the campus void of
spring vacation.
The Ag Union is perhaps
the most critical of the two
problems. During the FFA
convention on Ag campus
two weeks ago, the Ag Un
ion j, was completely
swamped. Anyone who hap
pened to be in or near the
Ag Union at the time these
2,000 visitors and prospec
tive students were on cam
pus had a visual demonstra
tion of the building's inade
quate facilities. One small
music room, one contantly
o v e r-crowded television
room and one small room
with a single skill pool ta
ble for 2,000 boys.
The food service, which
deserves praise for a maxi
mum effort, could not cope
with the additional business
during the convention. Aft
er all, when the Dell's fa
culties are expanded to the
utmost every day at noon
and dinner hours with just
Ag 'students and ' faculty,
how could they be expected
to handle 2,000 more.?
Another fact which may
not be common knowledge
is that the building the Ag
Union is in is not theirs.
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The building belongs to the
University Physical Educa
tion department which al
lowed the Ag Union to use
the building but still would
like to have it back for Its
own explanding facilities
someday.
In considering the trans
portation system, the last
report from the University
business manager's office
is that the Lincoln City Bus
Line is studying the pro
posal made by Ag Builders.
(The proposal calls for
the setting up of an exclu
sive bus system for stu
dents and faculty to run
from city to Ag campuses
hourly. The buses are to be
supplied by the city bus
line.)
Barnstorming realizes the
financial and physical prob
lems involved in both these
and other problems facing
Ag campus, but It feels that
now is the time for stu
dents and campus organi
zations to take a look at
some of these problems
along with the Administra
tion. It is important now be
cause in coming times Ag
campus will be the focal
point for a number of cru
cial questions and it must
be equipped to face the new
responsibilities proposed for
it. '
Just last week the Uni
versity presented to the leg
islature an evaluation of
the Increased contributions
it might make toward
greater industrial develop
ment in the state through
basic research programs,
particularly in the areas of
radioactive utilization in
agriculture. Also there is
an increasing strong move
ment to make the Univer
sity the site of a training
area for the Youth Peace
Corps.
Now is the time to gain
an appreciation of the prob
lems here on Ag campus,
for as the old children's
rhyme says, "Don't wait
until tomorrow for tomor
row never comes."
Nephews and Nieces
Like It or Not, VS.
Must Support Quadros
By Eric Sevareid
Brasilia, Brazil-This re
porter has seen at least a
thousand television perfor
mances by a thousand po
liticians, but never anything
like Janio Quadros' bob
bing, weaving, shouting and
growling exhortation, his
second broadcast call to the
Brazilian people to hold to
gether under the pains of
economic austerity or see
democracy in Latin Amer
ca's keystone country
wrecked on the reef of in
flation. It went on for an hour
and a half. The 44-year-old
President, the unknown X
factor in hemisphere diplo
macy who inter its the So
viets very
much and
worries
Was hing
ton very
much, ' of
fered h 1 s
people
nothing but
sweat, toil
and tears.
If thev will
not or can- Sevareid
not accept the bitter cup,
there will be little point in
worrying whether Janio is
anti-or pro-American at
heart, whether this angry
ex-professor is a potential
dictator or whether he will
take our steadiest Latin
American ally into the neu
tralist camp, as some of his
statements and his invita
tions to Tito, Nasser and
Nehru suggest he nay.
On paper Brazil is bank
rupt. She already owes for
eign creditors nearly two
and a half billion dollars,
more than half of it to the
United States. During the
three autumn months the
roaring presses printed 30
billion cruzeiros. Shortly,
at this rate, the cost of
printing a 10 cruzeiro note
will exceed the value of the
note. The small denomina
tion bronze coins disappear
ed long ago; the more re
cent aluminum coins, is
sued in replacement, have
virtually disappeared. The
current government budget
of $2 billion will be at least
50 per cent in the red. Sev
enty per cent of the $1 bil
lion in foreign trade will be
on the deficit side.
Only in very minor de
gree is all this the fault of
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Whenever you leave town.
carry money only you can
spend: Bank of America
Travelers Cheques. Loss
proof, theft-proof, cashed
only by your signature.
Sold at hanks everywhere.
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the United States, in spite
of the familiar spread of
anti-yankeeism here. Not
from any promptings of
guilt feelings must we help
but because we are the only
country that can help; and
because, if 65 million Bra
zilians founder into econom
ic and social anarchy, the
tragedy of Communism in
Cuba will seem, in compar
ison, as sounding brass sig
nifying nothing, in the
wreck of our over-all Latin
American policy,
We have to support Janio
Quadros, therefore, wheth
er we like him or not. And
he must remain-- on speak
ing terms with Washington,
whether he likes us or not.
This is why his emissary,
Salles, finds a friendly cli
mate in Washington, as of
this writing, in his negoti
ations for a half billion dol
lar additional credit; and it
is why Janio, in spite of his
gesture toward welcoming
UN debate on admit
ting Red China, his recogni
tion of Bulgariar Rumania
and Hungary, has also point
edly told his people that
Brazil belongs to Western
culture and has never at
any time since his election
made a public attack on the
United States. Domestical
ly, the temptation to attack
us must be great he does
not control his congress,
and this is a period when
the extreme left wing and
the extreme right wing na
tionalists find common
ground in anti-yankeeism.
Brasilia under Janio is
curiously like Paris under
DeGaulIe. No one pretends
to know what he is really
thinking, who he will see,
what he will do next; no
one dares make any com
mittment in his name. For
eign journalists, so far, find
him equally impossible to
interview. Like DeGaulIe
for France, he dreams
great dreams of grandeur
for Brazil. And, just as there
is little point in worrying
over DeGaulIe's interfer
ences with NATO, his cyni
cism toward the United Na
tions or his tampering with
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