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sAs I Page 2 , A Editor"! note: The following let ter was submitted to the Nebras kan by one of the Nebraska Fra ternity Chapters. Hie letter which Accompanied it read as foUow... "There are fraternities on this campus who do not have personal hazing and personal servitude. Unfortunately, much of the student body is unaware of this fact. Also, the fraternity system in general knows little of the way In which they have hell week sisd discipline their pledges. I believe that a gen eral understanding of hell week in these houses mivnt prove to be a food fuide to the fraternity system lor any changes that ttley might make in the future. For tt appears that circumstances may lead to a chance in fraternity heU weeks. " . . Therefore we have decided to let as much be known about our hell week as we can. Our hell week is direcby tied with initiation so there is much that can not be aid.) There have been nu merous articles printed in this paper condemning the fraternity system for its hell week. These articles have criticised, but gave no advise. It is the pur pose pf this article to out line another, system of pledge training and hell week that is being used. Several fraternities on this campus have banned such pledge training tech niques as physical hazing and personal servitude. In such a system pledges are disciplined and in structed using other tech niques. It is easy to dis cipline pledges with a pledge paddle or by hav ing him' do a series of push ups. It is more diffi cult to discipline him oth erwise. He may be given extra duties, but only if these extra duties benefit the fraternity. More likely, he is disciplined verbally. Thus, the system' is based on therespect the pledge has for the active. If the active cannot com mand this respect, the system is not c? effective. It is the challenge to every active to be the type of individual who commands respect. Those who have the opportunity to develop this ability while they are in college and in a fra ternity are much better equiped for life. This sys tem provides for much personal development. The pledge learns how to get along well with superiors and to accept their ad vise and criticism; the active learns to handle people and to make them do things because of their respect for him and for the organization. HeU week is a period of strenuous learning, and close observation and strict enforcement of the rules and ideals of the' fraternity. It is direct training for the assump tion of the duties' and ob PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S HEALTH PLAN: Family Goals By Abraham Ribicoff Secretary of Health, Education, and Welf an People all over the country young end old-are writing to their Congressmen these days urging passage of the Presi dent's Health Insurance Plan for the Aged through Social Security. My own office is swamped with letters. A registered nurse wrote: "I strongly endorse the President's plan for health care through Social Security." A doctor wrote: "Health care under Social Security for the aged is the answer." A young wage earner pleaded : Please do everything you can to push the President's health plan. My mother's hospital bills take every penny I have." A retired man wrote: "It is eosting me $260 a year for stealth insurance. This takes too big a slice out of my small in come." In short, the President's health plan has a strong appeal for all age groups, and a move ment to gethis proposal passed by Congress is sweeping the country. What these people want (and I've personally talked with many of them from coast to coast) is passage of the King Anderson bill which is now before Congress and which car ries out the President's health insurance plan. Here's what this bill will do for you: If you are eligible for retire- . Bient under the Social Security or Railroad Retirement Acts at g 65. you would be entitled to health benefits under this proposal The plan covers 95 per cent of today's wage earn In addition, your parents and ethers over 65 will receive im mediate health benefits if they are eligible. Nearly 16 million persons aged 65 ar.d over will be entitled to these benefits When the plan goes into effect. Your children, when they be- 7 EDITORIAL CONSTRUCTIVE HELL ligations of an active. Therefore, only the men eligible for initiation are permitted to participate. Hell week is very serious and greatly effects the in dividual. There is no phy sical punishment and no personal servitude, al though the pledge does miss some sleep while staying up studying. His school work does not suf fer, for he is allowed to spend as much time on it as he needs. He must also learn a tremendous amount about the frater nity system, the local chapter and the national fraternity. The pledge knows that he will be closely observed during this period and that his actions will determine whether he is to be initi ated at the end of the week. Thus, he is under much mental strain, for he knows that he m u s t either perform well dur ing the week, or he loses his membership. Without degradation, the pledge is humbled and through his learning, he is led to re evaluate himself, and his relationship to his frater nity and the men he wants to be his brothers. For a man who is to become an active, this is true learn ing of the most construc tive nature. If the pledge fails at any time during the week, he is depledged. If he proves to the active chapter that he is a man worthy of being a brother, he is initiated at the end of the week. I The knowledge he at-1 tains during the week is necessary for him to un derstand the initiation ceremony. It is at t h i s time that he learns the se crets of the fraternity. It is a ceremony which im presses upon' him how much his fraternity means to him. The initiation ritu al marks the end of the strenuous learning period and fits everything he has learned into its proper place. The new active can look back upon hell week and his pledge training realizing their purpose. This type of hell week has one major advantage over the type which is mainly physical. Tt is con structive: it sei . iis as a pledge to active and pro viding much training which .will be necessary to the new active. It is not especially easier. It can be just as difficult as the fraternity makes it. come wage earners, will auto matically come under this plan and will get the same benefits when they reach 65. The King-Anderson bill pro vides : (1) Payment of all the costs of hospital care up" to 90 days for a single illness, except for a deductible of $10 a day for the first nine days, which the patient would have to pay. Thus, your bill would be no more than $90 for those 90 days. (Free choice of hospital guar anteed by law.) (2) Payment of up to 180 days of nursing homef cere after transfer from a hospital. (8) Payment for home health care for 240 visits per year for intermittent services from a registered nur.se, a practical nurse or therapist. V- L , 4 k a. , ,,-J Secretary Ribicoff (4) Payment of all costs above the first $20 for diagnostic services at a hospital outpatient clinic. This encourages older people to seek an early diag nosis of their ills. ' What all this means is that if your doctor decides you need hospital care, outpatient diag nostic services, nursing home care or the services of nurses or therapists in your own home, he can order it for you without concern for your finances. Your Friday, March 23, 1962 3 IVfT , WEEK Within limitations, the more that is expected of the pledge during this week, the better active he will be. Coupled with ar effective pledge training program, the system is I highly efficient in produc- ing high quality, dedicated I actives. On paper this sounds very easy, but in practice it is very diffi- 1 cult for a fraternity to adopt a program such as this one. If an individual fratern- ity adopts such a program, it should determine the details itself to reduce the possibility of standardiza- tion. There are many dif- I ficulties in perfecting the method. The system should remain flexible to auow any changes. It would take a period of at least several years with 1 many revisions before a good proeram could evolve. The Greek system has I always adapted to chang- ing times. I think that most fraternity men have 1 known the need for change for some time, but they I do not know what to do. As soon as they knew, they will do it. Criticism of the nature that the I Greek system has been receiving will do no good, Only suggestions of what is to be done will help. An NU Chapter On ROTC To the readers of the I Daily Nebraskan: In the March 19 issue, 1 a writer speaks out on the logical conclusions which may be drawn from the Powers' case. He asks several questions trying to discover the rea- sons Powers did as he did. I would like to re- fer to one paragraph of that' article. I quote: 1 "But the disquieting evidence, for Americans and f j ' whole world was that little p r e s- 1 sure was needed to make this man appear as he did as a mercenary, f rather than a free citi- I zen serving with affec- 1 tion and honor. The epi- sode was crimsonly em- barrassing." I would like to agree with the author in prin- ciple, but I wonder what cause for astonishment we have when incidents occur about which such 1 statements may be made. Continued on page 3 own prepaid health insurance s through Social Security will pay the major cost. E Your relationship to your own doctor will not change. You will continue to pay his bill yourself. The fact is that it is not the bill of the family doc- tor in routine medical care that terrifies older people and their E children who are confronted with these bills. It is the hospi- E tal and nursing costs for the E elderly. There is no better h;- ' pi tal or medical care in the E world than that which Aineri- cans get, and this type of care j is bound to be vxpensive. S Since you wi.'l choose your own doctor and w.'ll continue to E pay his bills, there-is nothing in the Presidents plan which even remotely resembles "so- E cialized medicine," the charge E which has become the campaign - slogan of the American Medi- j cal Association. E Now, what is this plan going to cost you? It will be very nom- E inal-about $1 a month for the 5 average wage earner and an equal amount from his em- ployer. Each employed person i would pay one-fourth of one- percent on the first $5,200 of his earnings. His employer will match this. A self-employed E person will pay three-eighths S .of one-percent. At the age of j 65 benefits become available. In the next article I will tell - you why n welfare plan now in operation can't meet the health 1 needs of the aged. Your Congressman wants to know how you stand on the Kennedy Program for Health Insurance through Social Se curity. Write to him.Also.for further information about President Kennedy's proposal for health care for the aged, write to the National Council of Senior Citizens,200"C"St., SB, Washington 3.D.C. By Joel Lundak The past decade has witnessed a rise in inter est in the humanities which is not wholly ex plained by the total in crease in college enroll ment. Dr. Robert Dewey, of the Philosophy Depart ment at the University of Nebraska, pointed out Dartmouth as an exam ple: about seven years ago, while the annual in crease in enrollment did . not exceed expectations, there was a nse in en rollment in ,the Philos ophy and English Litera ture Departments. Dr. Dewey said, "With no apparent reason, stu dents who ten years ear lier would probably have gone into the natural or social sciences are turn ing more often now to the humanities." He suggested it might ' stem from the fact that a greater competence on the high school level of teaching is now bringing students to the realm of ideas sooner. Related to this total shift is the shift in interest within the field of philosophy from social problems to those of a more personal nature. Dr. Dewey explained,' "Fifteen years ago, so cialism was the primary center of interest. Stu dents debated the theo retical aspects of govern mental planning and the welfare state. Today, on the other hand, more top students are showing an interest in the philosophy of religion. They seem to be more concerned with immediate, personal ques tions of philosophy." He suggested that this might be related to the compar ative solution of the social problem this country has 'achieved by avoiding both extremes, taking a mid dle of the road position. I would suggest that an " increase in activity in the humanities and arts is, first of all, made possible by the wealth of our so ciety. We are spending more money to reward scholarship and creativity in the academic subjects and the arts. Evidence of this can be seen on any of the departmental b u 1 letin boards on campus which post . scholarship announcements. The American people seem to at last be aware of the fact that some of our wealth can be em ployed to produce other than greater wealth with out destroying the free enterprise system. The widespread concern that our civilization was pro ducing nothing endurable seems to have sparked new support for the things which have traditionally been the measure of civ ilizations. We seem to be remembering that t h e power of man lies in his capacity to. produce, but his nobility lies in his ability to create. I would also suggest that perhaps students are searching for something more personal and en durable, even if intangi ble, because of the com plexity, the constant and rapid change, the mas sive size of everything in the twentieth-c e n t u r y world. We are swamped with big government, big business, big rockets, and , big bombs. It is difficult to draw hope for the fu ture from technology when the misuse of tech nology has not only failed to solve the problems of mankind, but has in creased and intensified them. I submit that it will require at least a little altruism, generosity, and . love coupled with intelli gence to prevent the prob lems we face from de stroying the human race. I should hope that t h e humanities might offer this. Daily Nebraskan Subscription rates ara $S per se mester sr tt for lbs scsdemlc resr. 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February t, 1S5S. -OIV OTHER CAMPUSES Need More Than Idealism For USNSA Affiliation From the CRUSADER HOLY CROSS COLLEGE The Holy Crdss Student Congress voted 24 to 11 to -affiliate the College with the National Student As sociation. In spite of in controvertible proof that the Congress cannot pay $400 of student money to join the NSA, in spite of deflation of the idealistic notion that Holy Cross will push the NSA into the path of righteousness, the Student Congress voted to join. The NSA is a radical, left-wing group of college "representatives" whose principal purpose and , duty is to attend a mam moth convention during the summer and exchange ideas about problems fac ing American Student hood. Not ' content with harmless vocal solving of world problems, the NSA insists on publishing "mandates" which are the expressed msh of the majority of delegates of the 400 member colleges and universities attending the summer convention. These mandates are in no way binding on dissenting delegates, but they re-, quire the officers of the NSA to publicize and in struct the colleges of America on .these deci sions and suggest the im plementation of them on all-campuses. The man dates cover all areas ex c e p t partisan politics, from simple segregation issues, to letters of com mendation to individuals. But In the case of more controversial issues, as when the NSA condemned the loyalty oath provi sions of the National De f e n s e Education Act, newspapers through out the country print the resolution as representa tive of American students. No list of dissenting' Col leges is included, and oft en the newspaper will print the names of the local metnber colleges. Here is the problem: Holy Cross should , not) howjver implicitly, join its name to mandates of definitely fellow-travelling sentiments as when the , NSA says that the avid ness of the House Com mittee on Un-American Activities to prosecute ' Communists is an abridge ment of freedom. Holy Cross should not link its name, with an organiza tion that specifically con demns U.S. postal regu lations that restrict the flood of Communist prop aganda from overseas, or , suggests that professors ( who refuse to answer I questions about past Com READ NEBRASKAN W ANT ADS munist ties shoulc'. not be . censured, and mandates that professors should not take loyalty oath. Holy Cross should re coil from an organization that suggests the estab lishment of "allegedly subversive organizations" on campus in the interests of academic freedom. All this was explained to the Congress in detail during the last meeting before the final vote. Yet 10 of the Congress was absent from the meeting. 15 of the voting mem bers sent proxies with in structions on how to vote and never heard the pro-Communist charges. This lack of discretion perhaps is one , reason that the Congress voted so overwhelmingly in fa vor of joining. The Congress voted by a two-thirds majority to join in face of an argu ment that almost made the debate superfluous. t The Congress has no pros pects of, and a perfect incapacity to rahse the $400 that joining will re quire. This sum includes dues and travelling fees for the delegates lucky enough to take a trip to the convention next sum mer. This sum, wh'ch the Congress does not have, will represent one-sixth the total budget of the Congress. What the Con gress has done, apparent ly on a "go-now, pay-later plan," is saddle the next Congress with a mandatory $400 debt that there are no prospects of paying without curtailing present Congress services or raising dues. However, it is foolish to E'liiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHii I About Letters The Dally Nebrasksn Invites S . . .... l. fM .mvnHIIU reaoera " T S of onlnlon on current toplca g lea' or viewpoint. sinned contain verifiable . add- s reas. and be free of libelous ma- trrisl Pen nsmes may be In- eluded and will bo released epoa written request. s Brevity and leflblllty Increase the ehsnce of publication. Lengthy letterk may be edited or omitted Absolutely none will he retained. ailllllHIIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIIIllllllllllllll'IIIHimillllllll THE WHOLE COUNTRY. IS BECOMING From Romeo andjuliet to Guvs and Dolls about 00,000 'p'ays a year are being put on by amateur actors. In this week's Post, you'll learn how housewives and businessmen get brow-beaten by brash young di rectors. How the acting bug wrecked one girl's engagement. And how top Broadway names are help ing out their amateur colleagues. Th Saturday Evening POST. VAIICH 34 latUR NOW ON SALS . mm think that the Student Congress at Holy Cross is anxious to coddle Com munists, or has such fis cal irresponsibility that they voted for the mem bership with no sound reasons. The reasons are these: the Catholic opin ion is ineptly represented in the NSA. There is no effective voice to chal lenge the admitted radi cal tendencies of the pres ent sentiments of the NSA. Holy Cross can pro vide this leadership and voice, because of the unique character of the Holy Cross student. This argument is spe cious flag waving. Where 50 Catholic colleges have failed, even when two presidents of the NSA were from Catholic schools, Holy Cross, like a shining knight, will guide the NSA into the path of reflective mature reasoning, and reverse the Communist-coddling policies of the NSA. It ii naive to think this way. Holy Cross' one vote and two voices will not sweep a convention from its con sistent path, and into truth. 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