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Friday, November 16, 1962j
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Humors.
Superficial editorials or
member's views.
Impatience.
Statements.
shw the whole mess
.fA4 a jvumlft of weeks
hasn't been a rumorless day. students
eem to pride themselves on how much
carp they can produce about people on
campus. They seem to envy the positions
taken to label the administration as witch
hunters. And through it all is still a
trace of that terrible word, "apathy .
Let's panse, sit back and think for a
minute. What is going on, what has
happened, why are these organizations
bad, what is to be done, who's job is it.
First, four students have been
"kicked" out of school. These students
were caught and-or signed confessions of
involvement in Pi Xi activities. Then,
the rumors switched to Theta Nu Epsi
lon (TNE) and the fact that revitaliza
tion of that organization was obvious.
Speculation on individuals involved,
aught and-or suspended have f 1 o w n
rampant. The football team, the basket
ball team, the IFC, the other organiza
xations on campus none have been
Ift unmarred by rumor.
Some are true. Some students have
now taken the opportunity to admit their
ffilitatton to the University. The heat's
on, the time is right, get out. So, many
are making the treak to admini hall.
Dr. G. Robert Ross, dean of Stu
dent Affairs, has been working endless
hours to hear from these students. Well
trained in a field of psychology, he is
seeking to find the cause and type of
relationships involved. He is also work
ing with a swiftness that we as stu
dents find as a delightful surprise.
There is fear of a return to wishy
washyness in policy. In the past, words
have been strong, action weak. Now, we
have seen strong words, strong action.
Speculation is will the action con
tinue to be strong?
No one wants to see upwards to 40
students hooted for their affiliation. Yet,
not many people want to see these or
ganizations continued. Suspension is the
maximum, stiff probation should be the
minimum.
A faculty professor, who didn't pub
lically sign his name, doesn't see any
harm in these groups. Jim Moore, a Ne
braskan staff writer, editorialized on the
administrations statement in a rather
questionable manner. It is doubtful that
he bothered to discuss it with the ad
ministration or think into it, but rather
COU1NTRY OF CRISIS
by don ferguson
made literal interpreatation. Students
have written letters asking, why are
these groups had.
True, few people on campus today
have much information about these
groups. Maybe their present threat or
activity isn't tragic. But look, if you
will, fraternity men, and faculty and
alumni, at the past of these organiza
tions and the potential that they have.
Political power, rigged elections, on
campus and within houses. TNE and In
nocents used to hold joint initiations
with only 13 present. Those who became
Innocents DIDN'T, in most cases, earn
that oosition by ability alone. It's good
that this isn't the case today.
Houses have been split down the
middle with factions of the good guys,
the bad guys and the other guys that
cared less. Pledge training programs
have been prolonged in a harmful man
ner, not accomplishing the purposes for
which individual fraternity has been es
tablished. And dishonesty has prospered. Lying
is their favorite pasttime. They have be
trayed their fraternity in their member
ship, yet most deny it diligently claim
ing to be working for the glory and
honor of Alpha Alpha. But now, the
craze is to sign a statement. We have
confidence that, given time, a couple of
weeks, these organizations will be whipped
on our campus. Let's hope that these
statements are sincere. Many students
have signed them in recent years, only
to laugh about it and continue their ac
tivity. Administration is conducting an ex
tensive investigation. They are and have
been doing their part. Now, the bind is
on the fraternity system and sorority
svstem (Rho Delta can't he avoided).
Administration has had to act to clean
up a problem that fraternities and sor
orities have been afraid or too timid to
do.
True, internal alumni pressures
from the grads that were involved when
the clubs were legal in the eyes of the
National Interfraternity system, have not
cooperated and have discouraged action.
National fraternities, who have taken
strong stands, seem to set back and not
give a forceful assist to their chapters.
Ross has bounced the ball for two weeks,
and should have the score pretty well
settled in a week or so. But now, the
ball is in your hands. The ones who can
keep this from returning to campus after
it is gone are the individual fraternity
men. It isn't worth the black mark on
your record.
In 849 M.T. mthologi
cal time) Cupid gave a
rose to the god of silence,
Harpocrates, to keep him
from revealing the indes
cretions of Venus.
From this time forth the
custom of hanging a rose
over the council table to
indicate that all present
, were sworn to secrecy has
been established.
Now, in our midst, this
custom has fully flowered
as the sub rosa groups
threaten to destroy the
very existence of our
great University.
But precautions have
been taken. Every florist
in Lincoln and surround
ing area had been put on
stake out. Photographs of
all students who buy roses
(especially red roses) are
being taken and checked
out. Rose gardens
throughout the city are
being closely observed to
see if any roses are mys
teriou s I y disappearing.
Packages being delivered
to students by mail are
being X-rayed:
Oh, ye men of evil! Ye
cannot much longer es
cape! Ye shall be found
an! rooted out! Therefore
heed my advice, and:
"'Beware of the Jab- !
berwock, my son!
The jaws that bite,
the claws that catch! '
Beware the Jubjub
bird, and shun
The frumious Blander
snatch!" Sincerely,
Eldridge Foster
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Student Grateful for Aid
America Has Given India
(Editor's note: Dhar
am Godha is a University
junior in chemical engi
neering. He came to the
United States from Cal
cutta, India, just one year
ago. He spent some time
in California before en
tering the University this
fall.) .
by dharam godha
The first point I wish to
emphasize is the friend
ship and good will I have
noticed in the United
States towards the people
of India during the one
year of my stay.
There is a genuine
warmth in your feelings
toward us. True friend
ship does not require a
complete identity of
thought and ideas. What
is necessary is that dif
ferent views must be hon
estly held and frankly ex
pressed. To most of you India
Is a rather dim and dis
tant country. Many of you
think of it as a land of
mystery and romance
where bejewelled Mahara
jas walk abouf , where ti
gers and lions are still at
large and where fabulous
magic tricks can still be
seen. The India of reality
Is a very different coun
try and I want to em
phasize very briefly what
India has achieved dur
ing her fourteen years of
Independence and what
she is aspiring to achieve
in the future.
In order to understand
and appreciate India's do
mestic and foreign policy
it is necessary to call to
mind the philosophy on
which India's struggle for
emancipation was based.
England left India with
a colonial economy. All
years of British rule pro
duced was an extremely
poor country which ex
ported raw materials and
received manufactured ar
ticles in return.
Coupled with poverty,
there wen appalling illit
eracy and ignorance
about elementary facts of
fcygiene and sanitation.
We have today, not on
ly democracy in form, but
also in substance. And,
when we talk of democ
racy in substance, we
mean a government un
der which the individual
is free in mind, body and
spirit, free to think on
thoughts and give expres
sion to them, and free to
live according to his own
lights.
I have been told that we
are neutral and that we
don't wholeheartedly sup
port the side that sup
ports freedom and peace.
That sentiment, I think,
is based on a total mis
conception of India's for
eign policy.
At present, we are fac
ing with Red China on our
frontier. A few days back,
our prime minister made
it clear that there is no
doubt that the people of
India and government
like peace.
Today India is in the
state of emergency. This
country always stood for
nationalism. We will nev
er forget the support we
get from the people of
the United States.
Underlying our policy,
whether domestic or for
eign, is an intense desire
for p'-tee and total ac
ceptance of the concept of
the democratic life. We
desire peace not only for
practical consideration ,
because it is only peace
that can make it possible
to build up a prosperous
and progressive state
but also, because to us,
peace has a much deeper
significance.,
We waged a long and
ardous war against Brit
ish imperialism and ulti
mately triumphed. But the
weapons we used were
non-violent. There are few
revolutions in h i s t o r y
which have been won on
ly by sweat and tears and
without the shedding of
any blood.
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