Monday, April 9, 1962
Page 6
The Daily Nebraskan
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Editor's note: The follow
ing story by Steve Lough
is a depth report on party
politics on college campus
es in the Big Eight. The
reporter interviewed lead
ers from every campus po
litical group; political sci
ence, economics and his
tory department heads; and
300 members of formal po
litical organizations on cam
puses. By STEVE LOUGH
National political leaders
all claim him. Party spokes
men woo him. It s the rage
to write about him.
Who?
The fledgling voter on the
nation's college campuses. In
the Midwest much attention
focuses on the Big Eight
Colorado, Oklahoma, Okla
homa State, Kansas, Kansas
and Iowa State. What is the
political profile of this future
voter of mid-America?
Interviews with his camp
us political group leaders, a
survey of the membership of
his organizations, and the op
inions of his instructors indi
cate: Conservatives Rise
1. ) Conservative activity is
on the rise with the organi
zation of at least five con
servative groups on Big Eight
campuses within the past
year.
2. ) There is increased poli
tical activity on the campus
es, but not necessarily an in
crease in numbers. As one
professor put it, "more
noise from the same people."
3. ) Students will accept a
political labrj Republican,
Democrat, Conservative, Lib
eral but most of them
won't accept all of the phil
osophies for which that label
is generally believed to
stand. For example, 30 out of
35 members of two conserva
tive groups were for low tar
iffs. 4. ) A majority of the stu
dents contacted seem to in
herit their politics, despite
the often-popular theory that
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But, though they may inherit
their party, most of them
don't inherit straight tickets.
National Affiliation
5.) Grown-up politicos at the
national level don't seem to
know much about their budd
ing counterparts at the cam
pus level. Young Republicans
on the campus are not even
organized nationally, and
Democrats at national head
quarters confess to lack of
such specific information as
names of campus Young
Democrat presidents.
These indications are the
result of:
Interviews of leaders (22
in all) of every Big Eight
that could be discovered and
contacted.
Interviews with most of
the heads of political science,
history, and economics de
partments on all eight cam
puses. Because of varying
departmental organization,
the total was 21. In some
instances the department
heads referred to other pro
fessors in their department
whom they felt were more
informed.
Survey
A survey of more than
300 students, most of whom
are enough interested in poli
tics to belong to a campus
political group.
The leaders and professors
were contacted in person or
by telephone. The survey
was conducted by mail with
student leaders passing out
questionnaires to their group
members.
These were the sources.
Their opinions could not add
up to answers in clear-cut
blacks and whites. But their
answers could provide indica
tions indications that help
answer questions being asked
about the future voter on Mid
western college campuses:
Is there an increase in poli
tical activity among the stu
dents? Increased Activity
Apparently, yes. A major
ity of the professors and stu
dent leaders indicated that
they felt there was an in
crease in political activity.
Most thought the increase
was slight at the present
time, but would pick up as the
elections move nearer.
However, those at Kansas
State University disagreed.
Both student leaders and pro
fessors feel there is a gen
eral air of apathy towards
politics. Philip M. Rice, chair
man of the department oi po
litical science and history,
said, "Students at Kansas
State are unpolitically
minded."
What is the cause of this
increased political activity?
Those who feel there is an
increase think that the stu
dents have a greater aware
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ness of the issues than theyj
have had in the past. They
attributed this awareness to
the gravity of the interna
tional situation.
Number Increase?
Is this increase in num
bers? Carl Schneider, acting
chairman of the department
of political science at the
University of Nebraska, an
swered the question this way:
"There is more discussion,
but I don't think that it in
volves more students."
A majority of the others in
terviewed echoed Schneider's
sentiments with the exception
of those at the University of
Colorado. All of the individ
uals interviewed there feel
that the increase is in num
bers as well as activity per
capita.
No Increase
Membership figures ob
tained from some of the 16
Young Democrat and Young
Republican organizations sup
port the view that there is
no increase in numbers. Of
the membership figures
available, only the Young
Republicans at the Univer
sity of Colorado show an in
crease. That organization had
169 members last year com
pared with 258 for this year.
The Young Democrats at the
University of Nebraska and
Oklahoma State have main
tained a steady membership
the last two years.
Most of these groups had
records that go back only for
a year which was a presi
dential election year. There
fore, observers point out that
membership would naturally
be greater last year than it
is this year.
Is there increased conser
vative activity?
Definitely, yes. Within the
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last vear. at least five con
servative groups have organ
ized on Big Eight campuses.
Iowa State, Kansas and Gan
sas State have organized
Young Americans for Free
dom (YAF) chapters. M i s
souri now has a Young Con
servative club. These clubs
have between 25 and 50 mem
bers. Bruce Vanderburg. one
of six students organizing a
YAF chapter at the Univer
sity of Oklahoma, says he
expects to get 1,000 members
in his organization.
Nearly all of the professors
and student leaders inter
viewed feel there is an in
crease in conservatism. They
feel that the presence of Sen
ator Barry Goldwater, the
recognized leader of the con
cprvative movement, was
largely responsible for t H e
activity and that opposition
to policies of the Kennedy
administration also added
coal to the fire.
Glenn B. Hawkins, chair
man of the department of
political science at UKianoma
State, said. "I think students
are far more liberal than
they were 10 or 20 years ago
on almost every issue." Haw
kins can find support at every
Big Eight university that
there is more liberal activity
but not in large proportions.
Liberal Increase
Most professors and s t u
dents feel that there is an in
crease in activity on both
the conservative and liberal
sides, but the liberals are
not as pronounced in their
actions and are becoming ac
tive only because they must
combat the rising tide of con
servatism. Two groups whose title in
cludes the word socialist were
reported. One was a Fabian
Socialist eroun at the Uni-
i versity of Missouri. The other
was a Young Peoples so
cialist League (YPSL) at the
University of Colorado. Tho
mas Milstein, president of
YPSL at Colorado said that
his chapter is the second
largest west of the Missis
sippi River. He estimated he
had 50 to 60 members.
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general stereotype of a lib
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Apparently not. In every
case a majority of the mem
bers of four conservative or
ganizations voted in favor of
low tariffs. Low tariffs are
generally recognized as a lib
eral approach.
YR's Favor Low Tariffs
In the Young Republican
organizations a greater num
ber of students favored low
tariffs over high ones Sever
al, were satisfied with the
present tariff or didn't give
an answer.
Equal numbers of Young
Republicans favored more
federal aid to education as
opposed federal aid. A few
were pleased with the pre
sent aid. A large share of the
conservative groups had no
objection to extended social
security provided it was
done on a voluntary basis.
In every case a majority of
the members of the Young
Democrat organization were
consistent with the policies of
the Kennedy administration.
However, there were - many
students among these organi
zations whose answers were
inconsistent with the label
they had given themselves
For example:
A Missouri Young Demo
crat tagged himself a liberal
Democrat but he wanted less
federal aid to education, less
power for the executive and
less coverage under social se
curity.
Liberal Democrats
Another liberal Democrat at
Missouri wanted high tariffs,
was against federal medical
care for the aged.
A liberal Democrat at Okla
homa State wanted less exe
cutive power, less social se
curity coverage and was
against federal medical care
for the aged.
A Young Democrat at Kan
sas State tagged herself a
conservative but voted
straight liberal ticket on ques
tions about tariffs, federal
aid to education, executive
powers, social security, and :
federal medical care for the
aged.
Many other students who;
tagged themselves as conser-;
vatives voiced liberal opin
ions on three or four of the J
issues.
Will students cross party
lines when they vote? J
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Big Eight
SAventv-seven Dercent of
the students interviewed in
all political groups combined
said that thev would split
their ballot in a general elec
tion if they did not like tneir
own candidate.
Do students inherit their
politics from their parents?
In everv nolitical group,
with the exception of the
Young Republicans at the
University of Nebraska, a
majority had the same poli
tical philosophy as their par
ents. Every professor and
student leader interviewed
agreed that students inherit
their politics.
Where do the campus poli
tical groups fit in with the
senior party?
Democrat Affiliation
The Younff Democrats on
the campus claim to be a
part of the national organiza
tion. But a telephone call to
the college director at Demo
cratic National Headquarters
in Washington, D.C. produced
the name of the president of
only one Young Democrat
club in the Big Eight. The
respective clubs on each
campus carried on no corres
pondence with each other.
The president of one club did
not know the names of any
of the presidents of the oth
er clubs. However, the Young
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the organization of the party
within each state.
The Young Republicans on
the campus don't even claim
organization on a national
level. They exiena omy 10 tne
ctato lpvel. As was the case
with the Young Democrats,
T-i i. 1 ;
the Young nepuuncan lead
ers did not know each other
and apparently carried on no
correspondence.
The only way campus lead
ers of any political faith
cculd be found was through
the campus newspaper at
each school.
What do these students feel
is the political philosophy of
their parents?
There were no surprises in
the answer to that one. It
made no difference what the
professed political faith of the
student. Oi tnose wno nad a
clear-cut opinion, they be
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