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EDITORIAL
Wednesday, February 6, 19631
Charge to Greeks . . .
Must Defeat Critics, Defenders
AH
IT IS TIME the fraternities that want
a legitimate place in the academic com
munity do something about the hogwash
that is being fed the public by both the
tradition-bound defenders of the Greek
system and its uninformed critics.
The two the extreme critics and de
fendershave formed an unconscious
and unholy alliance not unlike that of
the uninformed churchman and the un
inhibited bootlegger in a dry state. Each
dislikes the other almost to the point of
hate. Each has almost opposite motives.
Yet, between them they paint a mottled
picture that hides the real facts from
the public.
AND ON the campus, just as well as
off, there is a third viewpoint intelli
gent, thoughtful and really constructive.
Proof of all three viewpoints can be
found within the next few weeks on the
University of Nebraska campus. Look in
on the following scene in one Nebraska
chapter house:
"OK, KIDDIES, let's hear you rev up
these engines ... do you smell smoke?
Now's your big chance to be a fireman
. . . strip down and head for the base
ment; come on, move . . . OK, pansy,
stick your mug in that pan and get a
mouthful of goodies . . . now, slide across
the floor and spit it on that fire . . .
come on . . . don't be playing the role
of the gagging baby . . . spit it out . . . "
Now, move across the campus to an
other scene:
"DURING THE semester, gentlemen,
you have been exposed to the history,
and the traditions of our fraternity. You
have been told about the things stressed
scholarship, character, culture, man
ners, comradeship, cooperation, citizen
ship, integrity to name only a few. To
night, as we begin our 'Fraternity Week,'
let's think together about the role that
each of you freshmen will play in this
chapter within the next few years. Eval
uate the programs which you have seen
this year; make the best plans that you
can for this spring, next year ..."
The first scene, the fire drill, repre
sents the bootlegger and the uninformed
churchman, better defined as the unin
formed critic and the traditionalism-advocating
Greek.
THE SECOND scene, however, rep
resents the side of fraternity which few
people have seen. It represents those who
are striving to keep the fraternity on a
high plane based upon its ideals and
keeping in step with the requirements of
the academic community. It represents a
concept of fraternity which is new when
compared with that of recent years.
The traditionalist, through his atti
tude of, "I had to do it and so should
you," has supplied the uninformed critic
with many news reports about the near
death of pledges, the lack of responsibil
ity in social affairs, the incompetence
and failures of scholarship programs.
THIS ALLIANCE of know nothing
and do nothing has lead many others
to ask if the Greek system deserves to
stay on campuses across the United
States.
The unfortunate situation is, however,
that their criticism is just, but incom
plete. IN MANY chapters there has been
an honest attempt to change pledge train
ing programs from the old fun-and-games-disintegration-of-i
n t e g r i t y ap
proach to one of a constructive nature.
These programs met severe opposi
tion from individual traditionalists with
in the chapter, and the programs re
verted back to push-ups, all-night work
sessions, fire drills, and other "character
building' activities.
BUT WHAT about the chapters that
have changed? Instead of requiring a 5.0
for initiation they have raised their in
dividual standards to a 5.2 or even as
high as a 5.5. Effective speaker programs
have been implemented to give the chap
ter "extraclass" education. Study halls
and tutor programs have been made
more effective and more men will be ini
tiated as a result.
Pledge training has centered around
ideals. Pledges have been treated like
human beings. An attitude of respect has
replaced the need for strict discipline.
THE TREND is established. The men
who are holding on to what they call
valuable tradition will soon be faced with
the alternative of adjusting to the rapidly
changing picture and role of the fratern
ity or becoming extinct like the dino
saur. Fraternities have a vital place on the
campus. They are turning out top lead
ership and men of strong character. It is
time that those chapters with good pro
grams take the offensive and batter
down the know-nothing critic.
AND IT would do Nebraska's do
nothing traditionalists good to look at the
Syracuse plan mentioned in the story on
page one. Students should realize there
is nothing wrong in an interest in cul
ture, supplementary speakers and semin
ars in the chapter house and turning the
bull-session into more than a discussion
about this weekend's date.
We would have a thinking Interfra
ternity Board of Control, a helpful Ad
ministration, and a strong IFC. AH that
is lacking now is a system which has a
strong, thinking, progressive individual
for each link.
SOME OF the fraternities at Nebras
ka ARE what they say they are others
are what the uninformed critics say they
are. The former will survive to become
contributing members to the academic
community. The sooner the latter join
the dinosaurs, the better.
don ferguson
ptudents Are Saluted
For Courtesies
To the Editor:
I About a week ago on a
bitter cold day as I was
I walking from Morrill Hall
to Andrews, I met a blond
I young man who was
hurrying along. Before I
even knew he saw me, he
started to take off his
gloves saying, "H ere,
I your hands must be cold.
Won't you take my
gloves?"
Though I declined his
1 offer, this bit of gallant-
ry warmed my heart the
rest of the day.
Then, this week at Bur-
nett, a philosophy student
insisted on taking time at
his exam break to escort
me over the ice to my
cab.
1 In the three years that I
1 have been attending the
Univeristy, as an older
student, I have been the
1 recipient of innumerable
courtesies. It is a great
pleasure to know that one
1 need not go to the Old
World universities of Ox-
ford and Eton to find
courtesy, kindness, and
1 charming manners.
So, I w o u 1 d like to
salute the young men at
the University of Ne-
raska ( and the many nice
I girls, as well) and say
thank you.
Sincerely,
1 Bess Eileen Day
Semester Policy . . .
Nebraskcm Shows New Look
A new staff usually doesn't change
the appearance of a college newspaper
in any sizeable manner. The front page
and the editorial columns look about the
same as they did the previous semester
and for all practical purposes, they are
the same.
However, this semester's staff has
chosen to make a major mechanical
change, in that they have chosen a new
family of headline type faces. We have
not done this merely to show that a new
staff has taken over the Daily Nebraskan,
but we have done so with the idea that
the headline change might lend a more
professional appearance to the paper.
MORE IMPORTANT, we hope that
our major improvements will be in the
general tone and spirit of the paper.
During the current semester we will
be looking for new ideas which will en
able us to advance from one of the bet
ter college newspapers to the best col
lege newspaper.
THE NEBRASKAN will not create is
sues, as such. This does not mean, how
ever, that controversy will be avoided.
Rather, we will report what we feel is
important to the campus community, and
if, because of some finding, we feel that
a further investigation needs to be made,
we will, in a sense, be creating an issue.
The Nebraskan will stand for what
ever it believes will benefit the Universi
ty, its faculty and its students. This does
not mean that we will accept any phrase,
"for the good of the University," as final
dictum on any matter, as not one of the
three groups which composes our Uni
versity body is always able to know what
is best for the other groups.
THE NEBRASKAN'S facilities will be
available to any official University or
ganization for any legitimate news. Our
main goal is that of complete coverage of
the University community. Any concen
tration on national and world events will
be secondary to our purpose of being a
college newspaper which serves as the
printed voice of the campus.
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Safe to Say . . .
Not Just
For the first time, since '
Hector was a pup, which
I believe stems back to
the days of Diana Max- "
well, the Daily Nebras
kan will be steered by
the Iron Hand of the fair
er sex. Needless to say,
the old cynics on campus
are praying for something
other than "of more than
casual interest to campus
circles ..." to dot t h e
Page.
Well, speaking from the
standpoint of a long-time
reader of the Rag, it
would probably be safe
to say that the paper will
be of "more than casual
interest" to the student,
primarily because the
staff has promised to feed
on bhaos during the sem
ester. We trust that the gen
eral reader will have a
certain degree of patience
over the first few efforts,
because, to put it frank
ly, patience is one of the
cardinal virtues, and, in
these times of the seven
deadly sins, all would do
well to try to be a little
virtuous once in a while.
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per is one of the little un
derstood phenomenas of
our time. What a phen
omena! Would you like to
run down a story about
why Pound Hall has the
elevators stop on every
other floor, or why the
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Student Council is going
to put an escape hatch on
the roof of Burnett for
those people who can't de
cide which stairs are up?
The Daily Nebraskan
does this for you . . .
think how many hours we
save you each day. No
longer will you have to
beat the campus in order
to satisfy your curiosities.
Some rash promises are
being made for editorializ
ing on campus Issues . . .
Now, if someone would
only create some campus
issues!
All joking aside, as they
always say when the big
gest joke is about to
come, the Rag will make
no campaign promises ex
cept to print all the news,
providing that our staff
survives their first 'big
day at the office' and the
Cornhusker staff finally
realizes that the Daily Ne
braskan staff is a work
ing staff and not one that
is able to take coffee
breaks every fifteen min
utes. Now that the editor has
at least succeeded in writ
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article reflecting deep in
tellectual thought, we can
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