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By JOEL LUNDAK .
If ever there has been a
single week filled with
campus activities, dealing
with non-campus prob
lems, this is certainly it.
i .
The People-to-PeopIe
registration is meeting
considerable success. Stu
dents are responding ad
mirably to the challenge!
The People-to-People pro
gram is perhaps the most
constructive single under
taking'in extra-curricular
activities a student can
Earticipate in. Its value
es in its emphasis upon
personal relationships,
avoiding the traditional
stance usually taken to
ward activities:
'
People-to-People is an
opportunity for each indi
. vidual to become ac
quainted with another in
dividual from an entirely
different culture. It rep
resents a chance for an
honest exchange of ideas,
and hopes not necessarily
for agreement, but under
standing. ,
For the American, Peo-ple-to-People
is an oppor
tunity to show an interna
tional student many as
pects of our way of life
which he would not other
wise experience. It is an
opportunity for an Ameri
can student to show the
newcomer how to survive
in our different and fast
moving world decreas
ing his sense of apartness
and helping to overcome
the loneliness he must feel
in being so far away from
his own home.
There is also a chal
lenge for the international
student: to accept our ef
forts, and to open his
mind to our ideas and way
1 of life just as we are try
tag to understand him.
There are many aspects
of the People-to-People
program , which offer a
wide selection in ways of
contributing to it.
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The second major step
this week will be the in
troductory organizational
meeting of the Collegiate
Council of the United Na
tions. The group will draft
a letter of intent to be
DECLARATION
OF FAITH . . .
By BEN HIBBS ancient enough or foolish Fourth of July orators
Editor, Saturday Evening enough to' wish vainly for called America "the land
POST ' the return of an era that of opportunity" and "the
(Ben Hibbs, who relin-" P"fc I think it is ur- , greatest country on
quished his position as ' gent that we recapture earth," and we believed
Fditor of The Saturday some tne national forti- them. In our schools and
Evenine Post on January tude tne ebullience of churches and our homes
1 wrote the following spirit, that were so evi- we were 4aught pride in
auditorial We reprint it by dent in tne time of our country, and on holidays
special permission of The fathers and our grand- the bands played and the
Saturday Evening Post, tethers. flags waved. It never oc-
copyright 1961, by the Cur- As H kid growing up on curred to anyone that all
tis Publishing Company. the Kansas prairies of fif- this was unsophisticated
Hibbs calls his article "a ty years ago, I often lis- or corny. Although t,h e
declaration of faith in a tened to the yarns of the prairie country of my
country that I love deep- old sodbusters as they sat , youth was closer to the
,) . around the stove in my pioneer days than most of
rrwrc t mra last issue fathers hardware store on America, the same spirit
Christmas and a winter evening. These of pride and belief in our
KShamS. this should were the leathery old pio- destiny pervaded the na-
U ttS editorial neers who had lived tion as a whole during the
I wllnot be! It ttTC through drought and bliz- early years of this cen-
pens that this is the last zard and the devastation . tury -
tame of the Saturday Eve- of the grasshopper years, This was the atmos-
Tiiner Post in which my wno had subsisted on very phere in which I and mil-
Eame will appear as edi- little and who in the end lons of other young
tori and there are some nad taiken tnis gray plains Americans, who are now
thines I want to say. I country by the scruff of past middle age, grew up.
rame to the editorship of its neck and turned it into It was an atmosphere, a
The Post in a time of na- a gracious and smiling state of -mind, which gave
tional crisis in the black land. meaning to life, put some
early months of World Among them were men - purpose into toil and
War II and now, twenty. of foreign extraction. struggle, fired the soul of
years later, I am leaving Some were veterans of many a young man with
the editorship in another the Civil War, which was a consuming desire to
era of crisis and doubt. still recent enough to.be "be somebody.",
I suppose you might, call green in the memories of Now America is no
this editorial, if indeed it our elders, and some had longer an 'insular country,
is an editorial, a. declara- fought, even later, m the . b . . . .. cpnt.irv
tion of my faith in a final Indian wars of the In bnevf J18" cntury
country that I love Western prairies. we have had to grow up
deeply. ' Doubtless there was an and take our place among
There was a time when element of fiction in the the nations of the world,
our way of life in America tales- they told, but there as has a inful
was-fiimnler and easier, was also a deep and justi- - . , .
Th e n: human values fiablp pride in what they and often confusing, ex-
seemed to be more nearly had . accomplished. And perience. We have made
Mack and white, when the above all, they possessed ' some mistakes and have
currents of national pride an abiding faith In the fu- learned that" we have
ran more strongly than ture of America and a some national fault. We
thev do now. The young- profound gratitude to the have become indisput-
r generation cannot re- country that had given ably the leaders of t h e
rnber those times. I them their chance. . Western World,, and we
do end while 1 am not In those days thte. have found that such
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EDITORIAL
As I See It
filed wjth the Student
Council Judkiary Commit
tee. Dr. Robert Hough, the
CCUN's faculty advisor,
gave a brief explanation
of related organizations
which have existed in the
past. A representative of
the Lincoln adult group
having similar pnrposes
for the support of the UN
suggested possible ways
in - w h i c h the ' campus
chapter might work in co-,
' operation with the city
group.
Bob Salisbury, transfer
student from McCook who
served as president of Mc
Cook's c h a t e r of the
CCUN, will explain the
programs of their chap
ter. In addition, possible
areas of action which the
'national organization sug-
gests will be considered.
We do not expect . the
CCUN to overlap and
'compete with any of the
other related organzations
on campus such as NIA
or People-to-People.
,
There will be opportune ,
ittes for the CCUN to work
in co-operation with other
groups, but its function
will be strictly its own.
We -are depending upon
interested students to take
the initiative and come to
consider the alternative
programs available for us.
We will have to set pre
liminary goals before we
can take action.
The third major action
occunng this week will be
the appearance on the NU
campus today of Michael
Neff, one of two program
ming vice-presidents for
the USNSA. Mr. Neff
will be here to advise and
help the student govern
ment leaders; to encour
age an analysis of cam
pus values and to pinpoint
the effect a value pattern
has in determining the
success of student govern
ment programming and
the effectiveness of the
' curricular policy of the
school.
Mr. Neff will also be
explaining the USNSA and
encouraging students to
Friday, February 23, I962
consider the educational
and political issues which
are now part of the work
and policy of the Associa
tion. ,
It is important that stu
dents take advantage of
this chance to hear from
one so closely connected
with the NSA the Associa
tion's own attitude toward
the controversies which it
is involved in.
The NSA resolution, to "
affilitate Nebraska with
that organization, could
well become the central
issue of the spring Student
Council elections, and it
is in the best interests of
everyone to follow the de
bates which will be taking
place during the next six
weeks. Mr. Neff's appear
ance, and his explanation
of how the programming
resources of the NSA ben
efits individual members
will be the starting point.'
He will be talking with
students between 1:00 and
4:00 on Friday afternoon
in the Union, and will de
liver an address at 4:00 .
at a convocation.
The People-to-People
program, CCUN, and the
ensuing NSA debates all
offer to the student body
an opp6rtunity to support
campus political activity
based on actual issues and
problems not related to
our campus social system,
'
Student leaders have
worked for a long time to
achieve such a political
atmosphere. -Now it de
pends upon . the interest
and support of students in
, general to prevent falling
back to what existed before.
Liquor by Drink
Topic of Discussion
i "Shall Lincoln have liquor
by the drink?" will be the
topic of discussion on the FM
radio program "Equal Time"
Sunday.
"Equal Time" is jointly
sponsored by the YWCA pub
lic affairs committee and
KFMQ-FM radio and is broad
cast live by KFMQ every
Sunday night from 8 to 9.
The public is invited to
come and participate in the
live discussion.
'Let 's Stand Up And Be A
ble conclusion to these
five statements?
1. No kitten that loves
, fish is unteachable.
2. No kitten' without a tail
, will play with a gorilla.
3. Kittens with whiskers
always love fish.
4. No teachable kitten has
green eyes.
5. No kittens have tails
f unless they haye
whiskers.
Bring or send answers
to 210 Burnett.
Answer to last week's
problem: 18,596 sq. ft. Cor
rect answers were sub
mitted by Ronald Cutts,
Roger Dingerman, Nor
man Langemach, and
Robert Werner.
HOLt OM TrVR,
leadership involves some
awesome responsibilities.
We also have learned
that a leader is always the
target for eriticism-of all
kinds, much of it captious
and unreasonable.
The heads of neutralist
nations come to this
country and lecture us on
our faults, at the same
time asking for financial
assistance. The press of
many so-called friendly v
countries carries on a
constant drumfire of criti
cism of America and its
actions and even some
times of its motives. We
are told by people who
don't really know us, who
don't know what America
is like, that we are all
materialists, with but lit
tle desire or capacity for
the finer things of life;
that we are brash and
cocksure; that we are
psychopathic about the
threat of world commu
nism; and so on and on
down the list of our sins
personal, national and
international.
We of course, can live
through this senseless
sort of caring. It is also .
true that in some cases
we deserve the censure
that is leveled at us. The
bungled Cuban invasion of
last spring is a sad ex
ample. What worries me,
however, is that this bar
rage of niggling criticism
from abroad, this posture
of superiority on the part
of our friends, is having
its effect on our own na
tional attitude of mind.
The seeds of doubt
doubt of ourselves are
become too strong within
us.
It is right, of course,
that we should examine
our faults, and I honor
our American writers who
do this chore fairly and
honestly. I have published
much of their work in
The Post. R was in The
Post, for example, that
the provocative book,
"The Ugly American,"
was the first given to the
public. For it is only by
a free discussion of our
Did the student, council
defeat the motion placing
CCUN under its jurisdic
tion because there was a
lack of student interest? '
where - was Mr. 1 when
this motion was defeated?
it would be interesting to
know, because "as I see ,
it", the conservative ele
ment of three people in
cidently not a majority
number of council mem
bers for those of you who
don't know) proposed that
CCUN should be outside
the council for the main
reason that there were in
terested students in the
MEN AH HAVE A
errors that we can correct
those errors.
But throughout all this,
in the name of heaven let
us remember that we still
have a great deal to be
proud of. We Americans
have become so sensitive
' about . what the rest of
the world .thinks of us
that we are now inclined
vto lie down and roll over
whenever the finger of
criticism is pointed our
way. Yet there is no rea
son to be apologetic about
America. Other nations
have also made their mis
takes, and it would be
hard for any one of them
to match the decent
idealism which we have
brought to our role in
world affairs.
IN WORLD WAR II we
did more than any other
nation to destroy the evil
forces which were deter
mined to dominate the
earth. After the war it
was our Marshall Plan
which helped restore
Western Europe and kept
Communism at bay in
that vital part of the
world. We have continued
to pour out our wealth and
v our manpower in an at
tempt to shore up free
dom and human decency
in other parts of the
earth sometimes with
out success, but we keep
trying. We are now at
tempting, Insofar as our
resources permit, to assist
the undeveloped countries
and the emerging nations,
and we know that the end
is not in sight.
We do tbsse things be
cause we believe they
-are right, not for territory
or trade or the love of
power. We have demon
strated that on the nation
al scene we are an un
selfish people, and we all
know, .even it if doesn't
occur to our foreign cri
tics, that the wherewithal
for all this comes right
out of our burdensome
and that in many fami
lies there is hardship
be'eause of our national
generosity. Foreign leg
end to the contrary, wt
a conservative mop speaks
campus "mop" and that
as an 'independent body,
CCUN could thrive on this
student interest and re
plenish itself as an inde
pendent body.' Mr.
1 should be grateful to
the nasty conservatives in
defeating the motion for
now he is responsible for
CCUN and it has been
lifted ffom their unclean
and tainted hands
Isn't it interesting that
the three conservatives
alone could not defeat the
motion? yet, it was de
feated by a majority vote
perhaps Mr. 1 would
FEW QUESTIONS.
merwans
are not a nation of mil
lionaires. Back in 1948 that wise
old statesman, Bernard
Baruch, wrote an article
for The Saturday Evening
Post which he titled A
FEW KIND WORDS FOR
UNCLE SAM. It was a re
sounding pronouncement
of his pride in his coun
try. I think it is high
time that we all start
saying a few kind words
for Uncle Sam whenever
the occasion arises, and
perhaps even when there
is no obvious occasion.
Somehow we must revive
in the hearts of our young
people the deep pride
that all Americans must
have in their heritage.
Elsewhere in this issue
of The Post there is a
fascinating survey of the
attitudes of some 3000
typical young Americans,
boys and girls of high
school1 and college age,
on a variety of matters,
made with scrupulous
care by the Gallup or
ganization, and it was
done on such a broad and
scientifically b a 1 n c e d
base that Its results can
hardly be challenged.
The thl..a' that emerges
most clearly from this
study is that far too many
of our boys and girls
these days have a curious
ly flabby and uninformed
attitude of mind about
our country, its history
and its future, and abbut
their own lives and their
own futures. To many
are interested chiefly in
security, an eight-h our
day and a relatively easy
way of life. If the spark
of ambition is there, it is
buried pretty deep, in
some of them.
Now, this may be noth
ing more serious than evi
dence that the first stir
rings of maturity are
slower in coming these,
days. But I am afraid it
is a bit more than that.
I am afraid that some
how we have lost the
ability, or perhaps ,the
will, to fire our boys and
girls with the human
suscribe to the diagnosis
1 of "mopism" recently
mentioned as a prominent
illness , found often in stu
dent council members?
This talk about student
apathy is becoming more
interesting every day
" and more ironic every
student council session,
April 11 the big day
FOR STUDENT COUNCIL
MEMBERS not for the
student body. NSA, Mr. 1
says, will be defeated
students show no inter
est. But doesn't he really
mean that NSA will be
defeated if the students
do show Interest Per
. haps this is why- the
council has assumed
the responsibility and
closed the vote to the
campus so the apa
thetic student body won't
hinder affiliation with
NSA. OK LEADERS you
want student interest, you
want the mass of uninter
ested Nebraska students
to take part in campus
issues and to express how
,they wish to be represent
ed on the student council
-then WHY NOT OPEN
THE ISSUE OF NSA TO
A CAMPUS VOTE? WHY
NOT? Why NOT? why
not?
a conservative mop.
What's the Holler
Dear Forum Editor:
What's the holler about
campus apathy? Maybe
students who don't pay at
tention to what's going on
wouldn't play follow-the-leader
with The Council
even if they had known
what's going on.
What makes our campus
leadership think they can
lead us better than we can
lead ourselves?
What makes them think
they know where we want
to go?
Bob Ray
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spark of pride in self
and country, with the
urge to accomplish some
thing and to be somebody
in this land of opportun
ity. And if this is ture,
we must not make the
mistake of laying the
blame entirely on the
schools. The place where
these things are best
taught is right in the
home by examples as
well as by word.
These are bewildering
times, fearful times. The
shadow of atomic destruc
tion hangs constantly over
us. I am not one of those
who believe the shadow
will become reality, but I
cannot deny the possibi
lity. In any event our
only safeguard is to re
main strong, strong in
heart and fiber as well as
in arms. This I believe we
shall find a way to do.
This is the basic faith I
have in America. Perhaps
it is too simple, but there
it is.
Last June my old
friend, MacKinlay Kant
or, famed novelist who
writes of the Civil War
era and pioneer days in
the West, was given an
honorary degree by Iowa
Wesleyan College, and I
have before me a copy of
his address. He dis
cussed, in far more elo
quent language that I can
command, some of the
same things I have dealt
with in this editorial: His
tone was one of firmness
and hope.
At the end of his speech
he addressed his remarks
to the spirit of old Abe
Lincoln, and his final
paragraph was this:
"The dreams are ever
around us, Mr. Lincoln.
There is medicine in the
breeze and an enzyme be
neath the sad; and we
still have a yearing and
a gallantry, sir."
I lik, that high trumpet
note from Mac Kantor. I
echo it. I think we still
have it in us to dream
and to achieve, to be gal
lant and proud, to stand
up on our hind legs and
be Americans.