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EDITORIAL
FHF SUSPENSION ?
University Issues
In an effort to clarify the questions
posed in the Campus Forum column today
and others, the University Administra
tionfrom the Chancellor's office on down
to the Division of Student Affairs has
compiled an answer.
The policy statement gives seven rea
son why the University feels that the sub
rosa organizations are a malignancy that
must be removed and why suspension is
automatic once a student has been identi
fied as a member.
Many people, especially those who
are outside the University community,
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
CONCERNING SUB-ROSAS
Any group or society which refuses to stand the light of inquiry and denies permis
sion for responsible evaluation of its purposes and actions is not compatible with the
academic mission and will not be sanctioned by the University of Nebraska.
The University in its efforts to eliminate this malignancy has experienced be
havior and actions of these groups in the following areas:
1. Creation of suspicion among students and faculty.
2. Division of student groups precipitating the loss of student leadership
3. Acts of dishonesty
4. Acts of vandalism
5. Unlawful consumption of alcoholic beverages
6. Failure to assume responsibility for acts or statements
7. libelous Acts
The opposition of the University to such groups is based upon their violation of
the fundamental American concept of democracy and their incompatibility with the
methods the University employs in its search for truth and knowledge and in its ef
forts to support the maximum development of personal integrity and responsibility
In its students.
The guarantees which the American system extends to its people are based on the
belief that the individual is endowed with certain rights, including the right to in
quire and know. This concept is violated by any group or society which seeks to hide
its leadership, its identity, and its purposes and which also refuses to accept re
sponsibility for its actions.
In the long pursuit of learning certain basic principles have won acceptance by
virtue of the beneficial results they have helped to produce. Among these is the princi
ple of free and responsible inquiry. The right to investigate the unknown, to study it,
and to evaluate it in the impartial light of truth is one which the academic community
insists upon preserving. Indeed, the very symbol of higher education is a lamp to light
the way.
The permanent elimination of these groups depends upon the full cooperation and
active support of students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the University.
Writer Questions:
'What's Wrong
With Sub-Rosas?9
To the Editor:
I wish that someone
would explain what is so
bad about these "sub
rosa" organizations. All
that I can learn from the
Daily Nebraskan is that
students shouldn't belong
to them because that
would be against the
rules and they might get
caught. Nowhere have I
found an explanation of
why such membership is
against the rules, or why
the penalty for getting
caught is so extreme.
Granted, these or
ganizations are downright
silly in concept, and in
practice they sometimes
sponsor minor property
damage. The same can
be said for many legal
organizations. But don't
we aO have a right to be
silly at times? And should
minor property damage
be punishment able by
WILLIAM TELLS
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The October issue of Esquire contains in the term students use to describe the
a provocative article on football by John football player "the animals."
Keats entitled "Kickoff . . . and Kick- We are all aware of the problem.
back." In the article, Mr. Keats thoroughly Now, what can be done, or is something
airs the deplorable state of football. He already being done? The first step is to
not only discusses college ball, but also put the fun back into football. Teams I
high school, Junior high, and grade school should have good equipment and coaches,
balL Although many articles have been but as amateurs they should play for fun.
written on the subject, this one comes Professionals play for loot. This means I
the closest to exacting the blame for the the end of athletic scholarships and all i
situation. Mr. Keats puts most of the bur- other niceties. No matter how one may i
den on the schools themselves. I'm in- try to talk around it, an athletic scholar-
dined to agree, but I also feel that it goes WP is payment for playing ball. How
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suspension and a perma
nent blot on the record?
If the punishment is to fit
the crime, then it should
be shown that a crime is
extreme before punish
ment is applied. We are
all aware that the really
extreme crime, in an in
tellectual community, of
academic dishonesty
brings hardly any punish
ment at all by our ad
ministration. I have been at this
University a number of
years, and have heard
these organizations bitter
ly denounced not only by
the student newspaper,
but also by some of my
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have a difficult time rationalizing the
actions of the Adminstration in suspend
ing students for membership in a certain
organization which the University has out
lawed. It is difficult to understand unless
you are close to the problem of sub
rosas; and people, including students, will
continue to condemn these actions be
cause they do not understand. As Dean
Ross has said, this is a job of educating
and explaining to these people who at
tempt to oppose the University in this re
gard. It is hoped that this statement will
help.
close and trusted col
leagues. But I could nev
er find out why. What
have I overlooked?
Sincerely yours,
A Professor
Confusion, Doubt
Over Sub-Rosas
To the Editor:
I have been observing
over a period of time,
through your Daily Ne
braskan articles, a cam
pus faction very nearly
gone mad over what ap
pears to me, nothing.
I am not, as a rule,
very interested in these
events; but this one has
me highly interested. It
has an aspect of "much
ado . . . "
I would like to know
why these people are be
ing suspended, how they
are doing wrong and by
whose interpretation?
Just what is the (sub
rosa) problem?
Sincerely yours,
James K- Taylor, Jr.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.
The student body presi
dent and the presidents of
five student organiza
tions at Michigan State
University iiave been
placed on academic pro
bation for violating their
school's speaker policy.
The six students violated
the university's policy by
sponsoring three speakers
from the Student Non
Violent Coordinating Com
mittee without prior ap
proval from the Univer
sity Speaker Screening
Committee.
(Michigan State recent
ly adopted a new policy
under which no speaker
may advocate any illegal
action, and all speakers
must be approved by a
screening committee of
five students and five
faculty members.)
Michigan State student
government Pres i d e n t
Robert Howard refused to
sit on the committee in
protest against the "pre
censoring" body. He is an
ex-officio member of the
committee.
The Campus Club Con
ference, which Howard
formed with the presidents
of the local campus chap
ters of the Young Demo
crats, Young Socialists,
NAACP, the United Na
tions Club and the Human
ist Society, violated the
regulations.
The six students were
placed on disciplinary
probation of at least 90
davs by the Committee
of "Student Affairs. Dur
ing that time they may
not participate in student
activities.
The committee also re
primanded the five or
ganizations and said any
further violation of t h e
regulations by the organ
izations would result in
the loss of their charters.
Howard has refused to
resign his post officially
although he has not func
tioned as president since
he was placed on proba
tion. The Speaker of the
Student Congress, James
Barnes, has assumed the
duties of the presidency.
The Humanist Club an
nounced they would spon
sor tonight, without prior
approval, a speaker from
Protestants and Other
Americans United for Sep
aration of Church and
State the second vio
lation of the speaker pol
icy by that organization.
A petition in support of
Howard has about 1,600
signatures (Michigan State
University has an enroll
ment of 26,000) and dem
onstrations have been
held to support him.
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Take It Easy. . . But Take It
Ha, Ha, Ha, Bill Jen
nings. You got b e a t,
whomped is the word, by
your own boys.
One must remember that
all of the Husker squad
with the exception of Jim
Baffico and the student
manager were recruited by
Jennings. What did he do
with them? Three wins,
six losses and one tie. I
heard him on the radio in
an interview before Satur
day's game and he said,
"There isn't much differ
ence in the squad. The only
new players this year are
sophomore Kent McClough
an, and transfers Baffico
and Theisen. It's basically
the same squad as last
year."
After the
g a m e he
was quoted
as saying,
"Oh well,
it was just
one of
those days.
They just
beat us."
I s n ' t it
great to
hear h i m MacLean
say that in the Kansas
dressing room instead of
ours?
But, you were wrong
again in your estimation of
people, Bill. From what I
could perceive from cover
ing the team last year and
talking to the players, etc.
Jennings treated the play
ers like machines. He was
good to them but never
really realized that they
were people who occasion
ally needed a pep talk or a
slap on the back, or maybe
even, (heaven forbid!) a
joke! Jennings is a fine
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SB a elgmreUe should I
man and a good recruiter
but he never did under
stand the nature of the
players. Anyway, he left
Devaney a group of play
ers that had gone 3-6-1 and
who were used to hearing
"Oh well, another one of
those games, they just
beat us."
What did Rapid Robert
do? He brought with him
assistants who promulgated
his philosophy that the pur
pose of football is to win;
it takes alot of hard work
to be successful; and, it
can be fun. This philosophy
permeated spring practice.
When the players re
ported for the grueling fall
camp, he greeted each of
them with a handshake
and an inquiry as to their
family, summer job, etc.
He actually treated them
as people!
In short, Devaney does
realize that football play
ers are a bunch of young
men who are willing to try
hard to win. He treated
them as men, and corres
pondingly, gave them a
man's job to do WIN.
They've done it.
So, in a way it was the
same squad as last year.
The same men, a few posi
tion changes, they were go
ing to play in the same
stadium that the Huskers
lost 31-0 two years ago. But
was it the same squad?
40-16. That's the differ
ence. On the plane going
down on Friday were the
coaches, players, all the
equipment, a few officials,
and a desire and determin
ation to win. Would they
win? Nobody knew. But
they were going to give it
hell, that they were all
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up knowing why Winston is America's
in sales because it's first in flavor.
buy pleasure by the carton...Winston!
sure of. They hadn't heard,
"Oh well, it was just one of
those days" after the Mis
souri game, they didn't
think that way.
Kansas Coach Jack Mit
chell said in a post-game
radio interview that he
didn't understand what
happened, that the game
was a complete mystery to
him. He said that Nebraska
didn't do it, but that some
thing had happened to Kan
sas and he didn't know
what.
Jack, I suggest that what
happened is that your team
just got beat! It's as simple
as that. Don't feel bad,
Jack, they were beat by a
better team. Whether it
was man power (which you
denied) or just desire
(which it must be if it isn't
manpower, Jack) that made
it so is open to conjecture,
but Nebraska was the best
team. They wanted to win
more than your players, is
that such a mystery.
An example of what I
mean by the Husker's de
sire and hustle, Co-Captain
Dwain Carlson, told me aft
er the game, "The score
would have been 50-0 if we
hadn't have stopped for half
time, we had so much mo
mentum going. Nobody
could have stopped us."
Whether Oklahoma State
and Oklahoma will be able
to stop them remains to be
seen, but Kansas couldn't
Saturday and I really don't
see the mystery in it.
One thing for s u r e,
though, Nebraska will "slug
it out" in the next two
games. Again, I appeal to
the students to give them
all the support, they do
need it and deserve it.
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