The Daily Nebraskon
Tuesday, December 5, 1961
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EDITORIAL OPINION
Old Graduation
Gone Forever?
All undergraduates who plan on being graduated from
the University next June may count on walking up the
steps to the Pershing Auditorium stage to receive his or
her diploma. In fact, all future graduates may reason
ably expect to take the same route.
Last Wednesday the Student Council voted in favor
ef changing the location of the traditional graduation ex
ercises from the Coliseum to the downtown location.
Final decision will be left np to Chancellor Clifford
Hardin.
The idea of the change was proposed by David Olive,
chairman of the University Commencement commit
tee. The Council members were instructed at an earlier
date to poll their constituents and vote on the matter
accordingly.
Now with the faculty and student vote of approval
on the switch, the Chancellor's decision will probably
only give it a third stamp of approval. In other words,
the traditional march from Mueller Tower, across the
mall and into the Coliseum is all but gone.
A primary reason for the move was strictly in the
name of convenience. The weather in June is usually
next to unbearable and the Coliseum is not air condi
tioned ax the auditorium is. Spectators and graduates
should be more comfortable in the newer building.
It is our feeling that the June graduation has long
been one of the most looked-forward-to occasions in a
student's life. The march into the Coliseum has long been
an impressive tradition on the campus. Many students
have parents, brothers or sisters, etc., who have made
the same trip. To abolish this exercise is to do away with
a fine tradition.
Has the need for more comfort for a relatively short
period of time become so strong as to drop a long
revered event? Apparently so.
The Council vote was close to a large split on the
matter. We would question each member of the Council
as to just how precise he or she was in polling constitu
ents. It is hard for us to believe that students are ready
to sacrifice a long time tradition for mere personal com
fort for a few hours:
However, if there is no strong feeling among the
students for keeping the old graduation exercise, we
do not intend to carry the matter further. The mail
and the Coliseum will undoubtedly seem unjustly deso
late next June.
(N.B.)i
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Lincoln Student Group
Needs United Support
An important question for many incoming freshmen
is often "Will I be left out of campus activities if I don't
pledge a sorority or fraternity?" For a large segment of
students who live in Lincoln, this problem is even more
acute because there is no direct connection with the cam
pus except for classes.
This does not have to be the case.
During the past few years many sincere individuals
who were not affiliated with, the Greek system have risen
' to prominence on the campus: Diana Maxwell, Gunel
Atasik, Nina Herndon, Judy Polenz, Don Witt, Tom
Eason, Fred Rickers to name a few.
These individuals have had one characteristic in
common. They have all been willing to participate in
activities and work for a better campus.
But the fact remains that the majority of independ
ents have left the work ef building the campus to the
more activity-minded Greeks. One if the more negligent
groups in this respect has been the Lincoln independents.
However, the picture may be changing.
One step in this direction was taken last week when
a group of Lincoln students met to outline an organiza
tion which 'would promote scholarship, social activities
and participation in campus actvities among Lincoln
tudents.
This is a worthwhile project, and if it is successful
should! tie Lincoln students in more closely with the rest
of the campus.
To be successful though, this organization must have
the support of the students it seeks to serve. Only a hand
ful of students showed up for the organizational meeting
but this handful was optimistic enough to begin work on
a constitution and publicity. -
Several of those at the meeting said they thought
there was more interest in this type of an organization
than the attendance indicated.
However, interest is not enough. Lincoln students can
not sit idly by hoping to reap the benefits of this new
organization without putting forth any effort, .
In short: Students on this campus are going to be
judged by what they contribute to the campus, not wheth
er they are ureeic or inoepenaeni.
JU$T HOltf MUCH STRIM& will THIS TAKE?
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Tells Vivid Story of Country
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aad eenunaaltr life. They are cater a
Svtelt 4-a aad elder reata ctabt, tana
serraaleatlees. eharchea vna soheole at
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Swtth the DTE prearam ef mteraatiaoal
Saadentaadlac. Btffrhw ll a UelventtT
satadeat whe hai iaat reloraei treia a
sli-onentk trip te Germaay aaaer the
Seponeereaip ef Nethaa Gold, a dewatewa
:Lmnela aailaeaamaa. BINraw plane te re
mra la anheel aext eemeater and crada.
Sate la Juae with decree la ac aatea.
suloa. horticulture and (eaeral a(. The
gfollewlac letter te hla Iaat reaert kef are
Sleavmc (term mat )
The rain-streaked windows
of the auto carrying me deep
into the heart of Boden-Wut-Itenberg
slowly dried. As
fclouds separated and the sun
shone through, the tree black
lened hills of towering pines
iseemed to say 'Welcome to
the Black Forest." This al
most fairyland paradise re
fmains distinguishably un
fchanged from past decades.
fPartially due to governing
flaws and partially because of
Ifamily pride and traditions,
the famous paints of the
gSchwarzwald still exist.
I I recall visiting an old-fash-lioned
stone kitchen only -one
land a half miles from my
host home near St. Georgen.
The ceiling was high and com
Ipletely blackened with smoke,
f Among this setting hung 20
70 pound slabs of pork back
Ifat. Seasoned from the smoke
fof the open fire which burned
lonly pine wood and boughs
this fat soon turns into the
gfamous "Schwarzwald Speck"
if Black Forest Bacon).
Lliamong the pines are the
f "Bauernhofs.' These are the
caretakers' homes of this rug
Iged terrain who plant today
Ifor their children's children
Ito reap tomorrow. These f arm
lers, who obtain a major
1 source of their income from
the woods, also cultivate the
f less steep slopes with sugar
and feed beets, potatoes and
Icereal grains. Native grass
I grows abundantly among the
Imarshy valleys rich with
Ismail creeks and artesian
fwells.
The home of my host fam
ily, Martin Wentz, was typi
cal of the Black Forest bund
ling style. Of unique wood and
-stone comDlnation tne House
The back door of the kitch
en led directly through
a wash kitchen and into the
stables of the swine and cows.
The smell of freshly dried
hay traveled entirely through
the home as the hay drying
fans finished the job uncom
pleted by the lack of sunny,
dry weather. Of a bit differ
ent flavor was the odor of the
cow stables located directly
below my second story win
dow. However, it served two
good purposes. The pounding
of the horses hoofs on their
wooden floor at night served
to keep my nightmares fright
ened away, and the sound of
bells surely but gently awak
ened me each morning. These
were the bells around the
necks of the cows which in
variably sounded with each
turn of their heads. Thus my
alarm clock was punctual and
self-winding as each morning
at 6:15 a.m. the cows would
stumble from the stable and
begin their tread toward the
pasture. Usually the cows
would pause before the house
to drink from the huge wood
en water trough always full
and running over from its
artesian welL The bells, us
ually of different tones, pro
vided music and harmony
throughout the day and the
farmer constantly knew the
location of his herd.
Though my skill with the
axe and bark skinner was
limited, the cool fresh still
ness of working m the woods
was unsurpassable within this
country where 53 million peo
ple were squeezed. My iavor
ite skilled practice was to
sneak off and eat wild blue
berries, the blue appearance
of my mouth and teeth gave
my secret away and soon ev
erybody was off to do the
same thing.
Unfortunately, my stay in
the Black Forest was less
than four weeks. Yet, it alone
gave me a wealth of experi
ences. As we were driving to
the train that would carry me
to Bayern, my host father
commented, "Yon have been
here such a short time and
yet it's like having a member
of the family gomg away
whom we know we shall not
see for a long while." To me
ibarn combination of five this indicates that it is pos-
Ifloors enabled the farmer to'sible to mold eneself into an
fdrive hay of grain into the, other's way of life and find
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Courteay of Omaha World Herald EtrailCfJS OH different levels of
the hilL At the other end of
Ithe structure was the home
containing three generations
of the Wentz family. A fourth
fgeneration, the children of the
Ifamily, Martin 12, Fredrich
8, and Regina 4. were soon
Ilearning the skills and arts
of Black Forest living. An
ienormous cuckoo clock, sym
Ibolic of the area, hung on
the living room wall. Preced
ing a series of melodies, the
clock's bells would toll and
fa wooden cuckoo peeped from
fits door to sound the hour. A
fhand hewn wooden floor
.Am Mime
- Dare wtmifarth fblended with similarity made
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Hue Hsvlk uuciui uu wuic, uic BVmDOl
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.Weadr Becera, Clfid
'T ""TSJEZ wbTiZ. lf -previous hunting skiU was
rai BeiMhv Efjisplayed in a modernistic
Bellow.. Tom Kotouo. Buut i.
understanding, joy and . love
in people previously known te
us as strangers.
With the able assistance of
my determined host father, I
visited the birthplace and
home of my deceased grand
mother before she ventured
from her little town of Eichs
tetten to immigrate to Ne
braska. In the fanners vil
lage of five thousand, sur
rounded by the vineyards of
white grapes for which it is
famous, we located the home
of a lady, now -married, but
known to us only by her
maiden name. Her mother's
mother was my grandmoth
er's best friend but through
the years contact was lost.
Upon arrival at the home,
inward emotion was naturally
sill sat the dusty, faded wed
ding picture of my mother
and father.
Black Forest farmers live
on their land, a practice un
common in most of southern
Germany. The government
has long realized the living
standard of the German farm
er was not keeping pace with
industry. Thus in 1956 the
"Green Plan" was introduced
with its principle objective te
re-unite the small scattered
pieces of land which com
prised a farm in southern
Germany. The old belief that
each son and daughter should
have an equal share of each
strip of land has resulted
in hundreds of thousands of
fields, many only ten feet
wide. It is yet common to
talk with young farmers
who have inherited six hec
tors of land (15 acres) and
yet learn that it is divided
into 120 ' strips scattered
throughout a five mile area.
When strips remain this
small, machine usage is im
possible. Instead the common
sight is men and women
harvesting the wheat by hand
under a row of fruit trees
which are planted down the
middle of the small strip.
This is quite picturesque to
see but the thought of using
the scythe or tying wheat
bundles by hand make my
back ache and my hands cal
loused. To enlarge these farms, the
government gives generous
loans to farmers who are will
ing to give up tradition and
begin a new life. This is ac
Continued on page four
Flowerpot
By Gretchen Shellberg
kMB
Pro-
Nowadays you follow one
of two philosophies about
the time when the 'Mega
ton' comes. Either you dig
a hole as deep as you can
go and buy
a fallout kit
for $199.95,
or you live
as big as
you can and
wait for
the end to
come. You
can, sit
around and
s w e a t it,
or you can
be SANE with Herb
basco.
There's an interesting lit
tle piece of literature on
this business of chicken
with - its - head -cut - off-in-a-fallout
shelterism. It's
341.672. (That's the call
number for those of you un
familiar with the Library of
Congress and Dewey Deci
mal wasn't he with the
Third Reich? . . .)
The name of this litera
ture, 341.672, is "In Place
of Folly." The author, Nor
man Cousins.
Mr. Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review, presents
some abashing ideas and
theories:
The amount of nuclear
power stockpiled in the
American arsenals is more
than enough to account for
20.000 pounds of TNT for
every human being now
alive, (for every American
citizen, there are 300,000
pounds of equivalent TNT
destructive power instantly
available.)
explosions, particularly
atomic ones, produce fire
storms. The average un
derground shelter could not
offer protection in a nuclear
firestorm. Ventilation sys
tems in fallout shelters
draw air from the outside
which, during a firestorm,
would convert the average
shelter into a hot air fur
nace up to 1,000 degrees.
shelters can't manu
facture oxygen. All the
oxygen supply manufac
tured in the United States
in 1960 wouldn't meet the
needs of a city population
totaling 100,000 in a shelter
for two weeks.
to afford protection
from craters made by a
megaton explosion, shelters
should be 400 feet deep.
shooting glass bullets
from shattered windows
travel 150 miles in a 10 meg
aton blast.
present dangers from
elements created by nuclear
testing and which are ever
increasing in the atmos
phere: 1. Strontium 90 re
places calcium in the hu
man body causing leukemia
and bone cancer.
2. Cesium 137 replaces
potassium in the human
body causing changes in
gene makeup.
3. Carbon causes gene
changes and malformations,
particularly in onbora ba
bies. if the U.S. were hit by
a large number of nuclear
bombs totaling 10,000 mega
tons, the blast, firestorms
and intense radiation would
doom perhaps 90 to 95 per
cent of the population cen
ters, instantly or eventual
ly. It is estimated that it
would also kill 60-70 per
cent of the people outside
the population centers
through high radiation.
an attack of 20,000 meg
tons would kill 95 per cent
of the total U.S. population.
Mr. Cousins makes h i s
point keen where are we
going? What can we do?
Total disarmament? Uni
lateral disarmament, as Ce
cil Hinshaw, regional peace
education director for the
American Friends Service
committee, mentioned at a
meeting of the University
committee for a Sane Nu-
Continued on page four
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