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Page 2 EDITORIAL . Friday, March 16, 1962!
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Cvril Connollv. author of
The Unquiet Grave, uses
the German word, angst,
to represent "anxiety,
spleen, noia, guilt, fear,
remorse, cafard." Angst
is the twentieth-century
threat to happiness, which
. itself is no longer a posi
tive state. Connolly con
tinues, "Angst may take
the form of remorse about
the past, guilt about the
present, anxiety 'about the
future. Often it is due to
our acceptance of con
ventional habits habits of
living, through an imper
fect knowledge of our
elves." Angst would appear to
summarize the condition
of widespread neurotic
dissatisfaction so sadly
characteristic of the mod
ern world. UNESCO pub
lished, in 1953, a booklet
dealing with this problem,
entitled "The Community
Factor in Modern Tech
nology." The purpose of
this essay is to draw upon
the reportings of the
UNESCO publication, and
examine a little more
closely the phenomenon of
Angst.
The - authors of the
UNESCO publication, Jer
ome F. Scott and R. P.
Lynton, point out the two
fold need of human be
ings: commodities and
communities. They
showed how the two were
closely related in success
ful communities of the
past. Reviewing the medi
eval community, they
show how the various as
pects of life were inte
grated, and closely asso
ciated with the guild.
Men lived and worked
in village groups in which
they had status and en
joyed respect, Good
workmanship, nelghborli
ness, and honest dealing
were valued by codes
that were habitual to the
g r o a p s. Furthermore,
"The activities of the in
habitants promoted eco
nomic ends at the same
time that they sustained
spontaneous co-operation
and solidarity." The guild
s y s t e m of developing
trainees, apprentices, and
master craftsmen pro
vided a social as well as
an economic hierarchy in
which men could carry
out the tasks expected of
them and be assured of
receiving recogni
tion. They could learn
from their elders and
teach those younger than
themselves. "A unison of
outlook was also induced
by the paternal organiza
tion, in which they all
not only worked, but also
lived together in the same
house, ate the same food,
shared in the same pleas
ures and in the same sor
rows." The authors conclude
that there are four char
acteristics of established
communities: first, all as
pects of life are closely
integrated; secondly, so
cial "belonging" is auto
matic; thirdly, continuity
is sustained by attitudes,
customs, and institutions;
and lastly, the important
social groupings are
imalL . , ,
Communities before the
A Peak Worth Climbing
As I See It
industrial revolution,' in
other words, were an in
tegration of all aspects of
life and were closely in
terwoven with the eco
nomic system in a way
in which they are not
today. Men knew what
was expected of them,
and what they, in turn,
could expect at each
stage in their lives., Co
operation was trained
into them, so that they
grew into and with the
social structure.
The post-eighteenth-century
industrial-economic
system, on the other
hand, has changed this,
and destroyed most of the
bonds which in the past
tied men to each other
and their communities.
The factory system has
ended the close relation
ship between owner-manager
-and laborer. This
lack of relationship has
often degenerated into
hostility, especially as
ownership has been re
moved from the locality.
Working conditions are
now such as to inhibit
friendly association
among employees during
the working day.
Activities have become
specialized and distinct,
and are labeled "work,"
"leisure-time," etc. All
but material incentives
Questions and Thingsl
Why doesn't someone take
a stand on NSA so a
true, fact-giving argu-,
ment can take place?
Why do the Union's cold
sandwiches often cost
more than hot ones?
By what right or ordi
nance does AWS have
the obligation to watch
over women in activi
ties? Why not assume that Mid
Western farm girls
can make decisions for
themselves that they
can take care cf their
own health?
Why not establish, and
print, definite penalties
From My Angle
When an organization
. exists for the propagation
and therefore the accept
ance of its particular
ideas or doctrines, we can
term it a "propaganda"
organization.
Anyone who has looked
into NSA, as far as cam
pus information now al
lows him to, immediately
asks himself, "What goals
is NSA striving for?"
They are certainly not
being outlined to us in
i any definite sort of form.
How can we know
whether affiliating with
this organization will be
a benefit or a degrada
tion to the Nebraska cam
pus and the nation if we
do not know what goals
are to be sought?
When anyone conscien
tiously joins an organiza
tion, he makes an oath to
himself to support his or
ganization and further its
goals. He does not join if
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have been eliminated. Vil
lages have grown into
cities, and groups have
developed sub-g roups,
each with its own inter
ests. Communities now
experience s u b s t a n
tial flux.
All of these factors
diminish the sense of be
longing, of responsibility,
the sense of community.
Men can no longer ex
pect anything except
change. In all too many
cases, they do not even
understand what they are
changing from. In the
constant shifting and re
locating, human associa
tions are inadequate. In
dividuals are taught to
adapt not co-operate.
Under such circumstan
ces, they quite often ex
perience unhappi
ness, "emptiness," and
planlessness. They f eel
nostalgia for whatever
has been left behind.
The social sickness
which concerns the au
thors of ihc UNESCO
publication is strikingly
similar to Vhat seems to
be characteristic of Con
nolly. For people who
have nothing to live for,
to love, to belong to, or
believe in, life is truly,
as it is for Connolly, an
unquiet grave.
for definite violations of
the AWS rules? Why
not have uniform jus-'
tice?
Why not weigh the ac
tivity offices according
to the amount of time
required? Why not have
the activities themselves
submit this information?
Why not thank the library
for the new coat of
paint?
What has the IFC ac
complished since De
dember? Why not write Letterips?
What happened to the
good old-fashioned prac
tical joke? MAW
he does not know its
goals and what it is try
ing to influence people to
believe.
We do not know the
goals of NSA. Let us not
join until we know its
goals (and not just liberal-view
goals). When its
goals are stated clearly
to us, then let us decide
whether we can conscien
tiously spread these goals
and influence other peo
ple to the thinking of the
organization.
Everyone as a person
spreads his own propa
ganda each and every
minute of the day. Each
tries to influence others to
his way of thinking. We
do this ' without thinking
because we know our own
goals and want others to
believe them, just like I
am doing heretrying to
influence a few people to
at least view the subject
from my angle.
E. Eugene Baillie
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TO STUDENTS, FAC
ULTY AND ASSOCIATES
OF THE OMAHA SCHOOL
SCHOOL SYSTEM:
The Tech-Northeast
game last week brought
out some facts I'm sure
you have been quite
aware of in the past and
have done nothing about.
I personally know that
instructors, a d m i n i s
trators, superintendents,
and principals have en
couraged their best stu
dents and their best ath
letes to leave the state of
Nebraska to go to other
schools such as Iowa
State, Cornell, etc.
When an incident comes
up like last week, you
immediately say we'll not
help Nebraska University
in sending our best stu
dents because.
Nebraska University's
failure for big expansion
can be pointed to in the
fact that its biggest city
continually sends away its
top prospects to other
schools. Maybe Nebraska
University should start
thinking about taking
away some of the facili
ties that it offers to you
such as the medical
school, etc. x
I feel that it's time that ,
Omaha Public School Sys
tem become a slight bit
more friendly to the Uni
versity or the University
take actions of cutting off
benefits Omaha has,
Quit criticizing your
home school and start
supporting it, everytime
you hurt Nebraska Uni
versity, you in essence
hurt yourselves. You de
pend on Nebraska and its
output, continue down the
present line and the peo
ple of rural Nebraska,
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Gentlemen: . .
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