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By Norm Beatty
As a four-year member of the Nebraskan staff, I
have experienced what this newspaper has been trying to
see for as long as I can recall. Naturally, I am speaking
of the action taken against the two members of a sub
rosa fraternity.
I am not a sadist (as some may tttlnk) in this re
iimL Nor are the members of this
media out to help persecute any indi
vidual or individuals for a pure satisfac
tion of twisted desire. The Nebraskan has
made its ease quite clear in the past and
It is my hope that succeeding editorial
staffs continue to take similar stands.
It is my personal observation that
sub rosa organizations are faltering. Cer
tainly these groups are not what they
-were when I entered the University as a
freshman. Why? Mainly because these
ornimc hava Vioati vnncprl for what thev
a. at W 1WV vm,rvmv a.
are for the general public to view. Students for the most
part will not go out of the way to jeopardize their edu
cation pursuit Pi Xi, TNE, and Red Dot all require their
members to take a chance. Rational people, being what
they are, will not gamble with something as valuable as
a college degree without some assurance of a compensat
ing return. Sub rosas cannot even offer a decent return,
say little of guaranteed return. Naturally, I do not expect
these individuals affiliated in subversive organizations to
admit either that they are withering away or that they
have nothing to offer. Facts are facts, however. Look
around.
In the near future the two students suspended from
the University wifl appeal the Student Tribunal and Dean
of Student Affairs decision. To me it is inconceivable to
think that they have any ground to stand on. There is,
of course, the possibility of pleading for mercy. They
might come cleaa and beg that they -be aDowed to stay in
school. If they attempt to pesuade faculty members that
they are not affiliated with Pi Xi they would have been
better off accepting the original rutyng.
Sub rosa fraternities are not unknown to faculty
members and they certainly do not accept living as a
valid defense. In either case (pleading for mercy or
denying the charges) I cannot help but feel that these "two
individuals are representing the whole system of sub
versive groups. They have been cornered and now they
are showing their nobility by resorting to pitiful con
fession or indecent lying.
There must be no reversed decision for these two
individuals. To grant them anything less than what they
have already received is to give all subrosas a shot in
' the arm. If these students can show that they are actu
ally rejecting their association then they already have
all the mercy they deserve since they may re-enter the
University after June 7, 1962. Anything less is a miscar
riage of moral justice.
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Student Satirizes
Graduation
Occasionally -there
arises an issue in the Dai
ly Nebraskan which is so
utterly ludicrous, written
' by such utterly stupid
people who are so utterly
Ivcical Nebraskans. that
it causes even the most
listless of beasts to take
up the one-quilled-bandit
and express its biased
opinions on the subject.
Floating around in the
air are such term as
gradaation, tradition,
Mueller Tower, fceH bole,
coliseum, and Pershing
Auditorium. Ti the un
tralaed ear Pershing
would probably be associ
ated w ith World War I, or
spook, or rifle; gradua
tion would be associated
with drinking, or drink
tag, r drinking, or pass
ing military science 21;
tradition would be associ
ated with the football
team's record or with the
Grill or with Dean Col
lert; Mneller Tawer
would be associated with
bells, hangovers, Ralph,
or God: the Coliseum
'would be associated with
handball, or K-U-, or
Bash; Asditorram would
he associated with KK, or
CF, or MB, or FH X
IIS; HeB bole would be
associated with English,
or Burn. B-Zl, or the
Crib. However, to the few
important people around
campus, who have noth
ing better to think about
except where graduation
w ill be held, these terms
ave an entirely different
association: Mueller Tow-,
er mi Coliseum are asso
ciated with graduation,
PersMng associated
1lk Auditorinm, and to
rther the? are associat
ed with graduation. Also
t people who fcave grad
uated, or attended grada
atioa ia Jstne, the Colise
m Is ' associated with
EcH Ult (ixapljing best).
lt seems tot the main
argamerst cf the uegative
wiii respect to moving
fradaation to Pershing is;
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mlrni them, malalng tha
of Nebraskassy for 23
years and for 22 of these
years except Ml when
graduation was held in.
Casey's) graduation has
been held in the Coliseum
with the traditional walk
from Muellr Tower,
Note in '41 the tradition
al walk was from the
D. B. & G.) Now the
Negative, It seems, .ex
presses the belief that the
main reason one attends
this eleemosynary insti
tute is to walk from
Mueller Tower to the
Coliseum some fine June
while every realist knows
that one attends this in
stitute either to dodge the
draft, keep from working,
or catch a husband. Note
this disregards complete
ly the utterly absurd view
of the administration, that
one. attends . J3ie . Univex;
sity to gain knowledge.
Ob the other hand, the
Affirmative believes that
there might possibly be
a deeper reason for at
tending t b e University
than walking from the
Tower to the Coliseum
some Jane. It might be
in order to point ont that
one can walk to tbe Coli
seum from Mueller Tow
er without even graduat
ing! Now the Affirmative
states that the primary
purpose of graduation is
to receive that coveted
degree which will enable
them to secure a fine job,
as a filling station attend
ant, or a con maa. Also
tbe primary thought f
tbe affirmative that
fine June morn is to get
their hands on that scrap
of paper and ran over to
the administration and
pick up tbe real thing.
Tbe Affirmative also con
tends that one should try
to be as comfortable as
possible auring this last
little Inconvenience that
tbe University imposes en
bim.
After looking over the
cases presented by both
sides, 1 am forced to ex-.
press my belief, that the
tradition of '41 should be
rejuvenated.
George Knauss
Staff VietcM
Out
Just what is a tribunal?
By definition it is an of
ficial body whose specific
function is to protect tbe
individual plebeian citizen
from the arbitrary action
of the patrician magistry;
hence, any defender of the
Ppk- . r.
- The University "has"-such, ;
a defender of people, or
students, the Student Tri
bunal, which was given ex
istence some four years
ago to hear and make rec
ommendations to the office
of the dean of Student Af- ,
fairs on '"all student viol
tions except those involv
ing sexual morality."
The Student Tribunal
was set up and still oper
ates on principles that are
founded In the Constitu
tional rights of this coun
try to fair' trial and emm-
seL Tbe same principles
on which tbe nation's judi
cial system was framed.
In fact, the Student Tri
bunal Is to the student at
the Supreme Court is to
tbe citizens of this country
as a whole.
Therefore, the court on
the student level at this
University should show the
same regard in respect to
other segments of the out
side world which have also
.been reduced and appSed "
at the student leveL The
relation in point Is that
between the courts and
the press-press freedom.
It cannot be disputed
that tbe right to a fair
trial and the right to a
free press is not only de
sirable but essential to the
existence of a democratic
society such as we have
in this country. In such a
society the courts and the
press have responsibilities.
Tbe courts have a duty
to assure fair and impar
tial trials; the press has
a duty, less vital, to
Inform tbe public. This al
so applies to the student
government, judiciary and
press at this University.
The public being tbe stu
dent. This week it was an
nounced that two Univer
sity students had been sus
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IT'S SETTER TRM4 NO HoRSt.
of the Woods
pended by the dean of Stu
; dent .Affairs after accept
ing the recommendation of
the Student Tribunal. THIS
CAME AS A SURPRISE TO
the campus and with good
reason. No names were
included in the announce
ment which appeared in
the campus newspaper.;
The campus press had
been barred from the court
room during the hearing
4 Dec. 7) as well as the
student spectators at the
" "request of the defend
ants" in accordance with
Tribunal rules; The two
students were arrested on
Dec. 1 and again the press
was not allowed to print
the news.
Through the entire pro
cess of deciding the fate
of the two students the
operation "of student jus
tice was hidden which re
sulted in an uninformed
public ( students) because
the rights of a free press
had been violated. I can
not help hut to think of
the' Court f Star Cham
ber of 1587.- The horrors
of this Court, whose opera
tion was secret, were fresh
in the minds of those who
wrote the First Amend
ment to tie Constitution.
-The New;Jeisrtei,Dic
.tionary defines the 'Star.
Chamber as an .ancient
high court exercising wide
civil and criminal juris-
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diction; "hence, any se
cret or irresponsible tri
bunal" .
True, in the Student
Tribunal rules defendants
are given the right to
have a closed bearing and
the general practice of the
student jurisprudence is to
. keep all actions of tbe Tri
bunal secret until tbe de
cision of the dean of Stu
dent Affairs has been an
nounced "since our (Tri
bunal) decision is only a
recommendation, says one
Tribunal judge.
' Rules or laws do not
necessarily make that
which has been enacted
proper. If such a rule as
this was justified, every
court in the nation would
adopt such a one to close
tbe doors of the court
room, barring the press.
But this our Constituion
will not let them do; in
fact, verdicts have been
ruled invalid by appellate
courts because they were
sot a public trial In sev
eral opinions "public" tri-
- al means that the news '
media must be present.
In "Nieman Reports" of
January, 1956, a case is
mentioned where the
Court of Appeals of New
York invalidated thr'con-
vidbioiiof a socially-prom-
' ant young man charged
with profiting from tbe
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RAD Pro-ram St
Rural Areas Development,
a".self.-lielp programln-hich has
stimulated a Eood deal of in-
Iterest over Nebraska in re
cent weeks," will be one of the
key topics at the 46th annual
conference of the University
of Nebraska. Agricultural Ex-
i tension Sendee .."staff this
VISIT THE
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St Paul's Methodist Church
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Dr. Frank Court Sermon This Sunday
THE SONG THE SHEPHERDS HEARD
' Services of 9:30 & 11:00
' " Music Director Richard Grace
University of Nebraska School of Music
AT STEVEN'S
TAKE ANY PURCHASE WITH YOU
10 OlSGOlirJT
To All Students
On Any Merchandise
In The Store
Diamonds Cameras
Watches Portable TV
Watch Bands Shavers
Transistors Watch Repairing
Men's Rings Appliances
Record Players Tape Recorders
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD!
No, Money Down-Take
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Make Steven' i Your
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Open Erery Night Till Christmes
Or'POrtTUNITIES
FOR EE, ME, PHYSICS
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hot potitiom ovoibble lor Electrical Engineer, Mechanical
Engineer, f hyt'tci and Math mojor to work os Field
Service Engineer on motile system. You wifl work on AC
oll-irtertiol guidance syttem vtilizing digital computer for
th TITAN II mittile.
When you ola s yoe will be sivn a three-month
training course thai include these interesting subjectc
WEAPONS JY ITEMS THEORY Of GYKOS TKEOET
Ot OrEKATION Of CrtOI IN A STABILIZED PtATFOkM
STABiUZATION AND MEASUREMENT LOOfS Of A
, flATFORM THEOtY Of OPERATION Of ESfCTlON
tOOfS THEORY Of A1RSOKNE DIGIT Al COMPUTEIS
0 OyUAU SYSTEM CONCEfTS
Following this training period you will be mpentible far
insiaflatio". and cKx:k-out of the guidance fjrstem for the
TJTAN 11. Asignmntt will include petition at military
installations er in Milwaukee.
Contact your College Placement Office regarding a General
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Friday, December 15, 1961
imiilates Talk
Some 275 county and state
extension personnel agents,
specialists and administrators
will hear a discussion of
the Rural Areas Development
(RAD) program Wednesday
morning by E. W. Aiton, as
sistant administrator of the
Federal Extension Service,
Washington, D C.
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