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EDITORIAL
Wednesday, December 12, 1962
OVR UNIVERSITY . . .
Education Moves Ahead
DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON'S
budget hearing the Governor asked the
Chancellor a very pointed question. The
essence of the question was how has the
student graduated from NU today im
proved from those graduated several
years ago. To this question Chancellor
Hardin replied that it's very difficult to
evaluate the products of our state's high
er education and compare them with stu
dents graduated earlier. This is true.
How do you evaluate a graduating sen
ior? The Chancellor did say two things
which have relevance to this question.
The first is that the University is getting
a better quality of student from the
state's high schools. This gives credit
where it belongs to the hard working
and constantly seeking to improve edu
cators on the secondary and grade school
levels throughout the state.
It was only two years ago that the
University dropped its "bonehead," non
credit, English course, which had been
offered for years to bring students up
to freshman standards of our English de
partment There was no longer any need
for such a course any longer because
high schools improved and up-graded
their own standards.
THE OTHER COMMENT made by the
Chancellor Friday was that University
students work harder today and are more
serious about their education than ten
years ago. This any student can vouch
for. A forward moving university means
constant upgrading of its standards for
admission as well as graduation. This
means more responsibility on students
and an increasing study load.
With better prepared candidates for
admission, our University can consider,
tightening up their admission require
ments, or, at least, a tightening of re-,
quirements on freshmen. A tightening
that would insure that the "surviving"
freshmen now sophomores are of the
caliber which the University demands for
its graduates.
Many universities are re-examining
their whole course and credit structure
in belief that the better prepared student
should be able to handle broader course
offerings along with more difficult spe
cialized training. The modern doctor,
lawyer or engineer needs to know more
about the world, its people and its history
as well as more about medicine, law and
machines.
The 3,500 courses offered at the Uni
..versity of Southern California are to be
reduced by almost half. The remaining
..courses will be more comprehensive in
scope. Rules on class attendance will be
more permissive. More emphasis will be
put on individual student contacts with
faculty, and on independent study.
. . . "an increase of University standards
means more responsibility on students
and an increasing work load.")
AMERICAN EDUCATION is moving
forward, despite real faults here and
there College of Medicine, library facil
ities, faculty salaries, agriculture pro
grams, and building and maintenance.
Besides not being given adequate
money to continue moving forward even
with existing faults the greatest mistake
would be to discourage experiment and
change in the educational process of a
university. This does not mean experi
ment in the sense of graduate, faculty
and undergraduate projects, but in the
sense of course structure, semester di
visions, class attendance, examination
and testing, and others.
THE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE
of father's university, like his texts and
teachers, are not the best The college
father attended would be a pretty poor
excuse today even if he graduated ten
years ago. The clamor of critics of
American education after Sputnik caused
the caliber of those applying for college
entrance today to be better prepared than
those before. This also brought an auto
maticeither voluntary or involuntary
lift in the preparedness of college and uni
versity graduates.
We can be thankful for educational
leadership that keeps looking ahead, and
tearing up old blueprints that were once
the best we had.
The Chancellor, when asked by the
Governor, could have asked what he thought
of Nebraska's ability to support higher
education?
Masons, Sub Rosas;
1 Cannot be Compared
To the Editor . . .
I am replying to the ar-
tide published on "S u b
Rosas equal Masons"
I which was submitted by
James K. Taylor.
1 Taylor forgot to submit
1 the facts preceding and
I following the excerpt from
I the "American Republic,"
I a History 091 textbook.
Taylor should re-read the
I article and I would sug-
gest that everyone take
the time to read the ar-
tide to get the true facts.
I The caption is found on
I pages 408-410 of the His-
tory 091 textbook.
I When an article is sub-
I mitted for publication it
would be best to tell the
whole story instead of just
I part of it.
Does Taylor know what
I the Masonic lodge is and
I what it stands for? Are
f Masons to be labeled as
I members of a sub rosa
group? Taylor's compari-
1 son seems to imply this
form of a statement.
I What about the follow
I ing Masons: George
Washington, Thomas Jef-
f ferson, Andrew Jackson,
Harry Truman, J. Edgar
I Hoover, General Douglas
MacArthur, and Will Rog-
ers? These important
1 men are a few of the long
I list of great Americans
that are Masons.
You, the reader, must
I decide if Taylor's compar-
I ison was justifiable,
i Sincerely yours,
Stanley N. Xavrude
(Editor's "Note: Yon
bring out an important
fact concerning sub rosas:
Though they have similar
aspects to many other or-
I ganizations, they cannot
I be justifiably or seriously
I compared with any
group.)
HOUSE UX-A3IERICA2V ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE . . .
Political Contras
REPUBLICAN
ts
by mark anderson
The House Un-American Activities Committee
CHLAC) is one of nineteen regular ("standing") com
mittees that are given routine approval and appropria
tions at the beginning of each Congress. However, con
troversy is almost synonymous with HUAC. Civil liber
tarians, the Americans for Democratic Action, the
American Civil Liberties Union, and many intellectual
liberals regularly denounce HUAC as un-American and
damaging, to our free democratic structure.
Criticism consists of charges of malignment of civil
liberties through improper investigative procedures, lack
of legislation drafted, repression of unpopular ideas,
lack of a definition of un-American, and even denial
of the right of Congress to investigate.
Obviously, some arm of the federal government
must investigate and evaluate soeh questions as the
current strength of the Communists in the waterfront
nnknts m Hawaii the connect ioa of Communists with
organized gambling ia Miami, and current changes fa
toe Party line.
These are questions a university political science
department does not have the power or scope to thor
oughly investigate. The FBI could do the work, but no
one would want a semi-secret extension of the police
arm of the state to hold bearings on, evaluate, and
recommend legislation to the House; interrogate wit
nesses on internal security; and maintain widely avail
able files on pro-Communist activities. Clearly, HUAC
fills an informational, investigative, evaluative, and leg
islating function indispensable to the U.S.
Tbe charge is advanced that un-American could be
construed to meaa aH beliefs at variance with the com
mittee's particular bias. Ii practice only Communism,
Nazism, Fascism, and a few other bate erupt, e. g.,
toe Ka Hnx Klan are ever involved ia iavestfgatioBS.
The most, serious criticism used against HUAC is
in regard to tbe loss of civil liberties. In 1953 a set
of formal procedural rules was adopted which help pro
itect the witnesses' constitutional rights. A majority of
the committee of nine is needed to initiate any investi
gation or to give a recommendation for a contempt of
Congress citation. Any witness cited as a member of
a subversive organization is sent a registered letter
.giving the name of the organization to which be al
legedly belongs, the date and place of the bearing at
.which be was named, and the name of the person who
.testified. The person accused then has fifteen days to
communicate with the counsel of toe committee and-or
request an appearance before the committee to give
denial or affirmation. Also a complete record of all
testimony is kept witnesses have their own counsel,
and subcommittees have at least one member of the
minority party. These procedures and the watchful eye
of Congress placate the worries of aU but the most ex
treme civil libertarian.
Because of the subversive nature of Communism,
toere is a strong seed for special legislation to vphold
national security. Tbe committee can asd does previse
this. HUACs basic legislative enactments include tbe
Smita Act of 1941, toe Internal Security Act of 1151,
previsions of toe Immigration and Nationality Act of
JS5Z, the Coram nuist Control Act of 1954, and. toe Es
pionage a&d Sabotage act of 1S54. Other narrower laws
deal wito sack matters as revocation of lateralization
by fraud.
Affirmation of toe usefulness and legality of the
committee has been given many times by the Supreme
Court and Congress. In March, 1361 the House approved
HUAC' appropriation by a vote of 4124. In short,
HUACs role ia national security far outweighs the con
troversies surrounding it
DEMOCRAT
by philip kelly, Jr.
The objective of the House Committee on Un-American
Activities is to "unearth" elements which danger
America's security. This objective is good and neces
sary. We must guard against sabotage, Communist in
filtration, and disloyalty. But it is the contention of
many, including members of Congress, that this com
mittee has grown too powerful in its ability of des
truction. Alan Earth, in his book, Loyalty of Free Men,
states that "the government of a free people most take
certain chances for toe sake of maintaining freedom
which tbe government of a police state avoids because
it holds freedom to be of no value." One of these "cer
tain chances" is a free Judiciary system. Tbe defendant
is tried by an impartial judge, a judge who is impartial
by his professional training, tbe ingrained tradition of
the bench, and toe customary safeguards of courtroom
procedure.
An individual coming before the Committee can
only lose. The publicity of his appearance stains his
record. In the recent San Francisco trials, many teach
ers could not return to their former occupation, even
after being found innocent
There can be no impartial judge because of the
political make-up of Congress. Congressmen are free
to make unproven accusations or slander because of
the Constitutional provision that "for any speech or de
bate ia either House, tbey shall not be questioned in
any other place.
Congress was not designed to determine the guilt or
innocence of an individual. In various cases investi
gated before the committee, the individuals on trial
were not accorded just hearings. In the Supreme Court
case of Watitins vs. U.S. (354U.S.178, the Court held
that the Committee had not accorded the defendant a
fair opportimity in realizing his rights.
Tbe reform of the Committee should be made on
toe floor of Congress. Only Congress can limit itself
and put an end to tbe abuses and unfairness en tbe part
of its own committees.
After reform, the Committee should limit itself to
look at the complete loyalty program and report to Con
gress and the public with a set of general conclusions
as to the administration of the program.
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