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are not imppxtng rapidly
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lengesof atomic-age de
mocracy, says Dean Ed
ward Barrett of Columbia
University's Graduate
School of Journalism.
."Let's face it," Dean1 Bar
rett told student editors
representing more than 100
college newspapers at t h e
fifth annual International
Affairs Conference for Col
lege Editors in New York
recently.
"Our normal media of
news communication, if we
look at them nationwide,
are not doing an outstand
ingly good job," said Bar
rett.
Dean Barrett, head of the
Graduate School of Jour
nalism since 1956 and a
former Washington corres
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"We're trying to sell Ne
braska to its youth, its citi
zens, and the United States,"
said Sue Plum, chairman of
the Nebraska Council of
Youth after its Sunday meet
ing. Miss Pium explained that
Prout Writes
Nude Animal
Fight Song
The national offices of the
Society for Indecency to
Naked Animals (SINA) has
sent a copy of its official
marching song to the Daily
Nebraskan.
The song was written by
President Clifford Prout Jr.
who again reminded the staff
that he will be on the Univer
sity campus this month to
promote his cause to clothe
all vital areas of animals.
The organization's official
marching song goes as fol
lows: "Wings of Decency"
"By G. Clifford Prout Jr.
(Introduction
muted trumpet far away . . .)
High on the wings of SINA
We fight for the future now
Let's clothe every pet and
animal
Whether dog, cat, horse orl
cow 1
G. Clifford Prout our presi
dent
He works for you and me
So clothe all your pets and
Join the march for world
wide decency
S-I-N-A that's our call
All for one and one for all
Hoist our flag for all to see
Waiving for morality
Onward we stride together
Stronger every way
All mankind and his animal
friends
For SINA, S-I-N-A
Prout asked Mrs. John F.
Kennedy and her daughter
Caroline yesterday to dress
their horses before riding in
public. '
. Accordirig to a SINA press
release about 250 members of
the group from the greater
Baltimore area have agreed
to march on Washington and
picket the White House.
Prout explained that this
demonstration would serve a
two-fold purpose:
Adherence to the Presi
dent's physical fitness pro
gram.
A protest against Mrs
Kennedy and her daughter
Caroline for riding nude
horses.
SINA has so far ignored
this situation because the
President's family has been
discreet enough to do most
of their riding in private,
however the continued prac
tice could be detrimental to
general public morality and
SINA will put the full weight
of its membership behind this
prote
the release said.
T
pondent and Newsweek edi
tor,.)5bke to the student
delegates on "The Age of
the Communicator." H i s
remarks were part of a
day-long program at Colum
bia, which included a panel
discussion on "Freedom
and Responsibility of t h e
Student Press."
Press freedom has been
a major issue on many cam
puses during the past year.
Student editors have been
particularly concerned since
a number of publications
were attacked by college
administrators and by leg
islators, were suspended or
closed and their editors
punished or dismissed on
campuses in New York,
Pennsylvania, Colorado,
Michigan, California and
Florida.
Several student editors
said that the campus news
paper Is the "last citadel of
-free expression" in the pub
lishing field.
The panel discussion,
The Daily
Globiroslco
the Council of Youth is at
tempting to do this in two
ways working with the youth
of the state and selling the
state to its citizens.
"Since the Nebraska Con
ference of Youth held in Au
gust, 1962, high school dele
gates have returned to their
hometowns and done a fan
tastic amount of work," Miss
Plum said.
She explained that youth
centers, conferences and em
ployment agencies for high
school students have resulted
from last summer's confer
ence. Each delegate to the con
ference discussed student
problems, both high school
and university, in the areas
of education, recreation, and
economic opportunity.
"However, University stn
dents did not do as much to
ward solving these prob
lems," Miss Plum said, "and
this resulted in the Sundav
meeting to determine the role
of the University student in
the Governor's Council on
Youth program."
As a consequence, Univer
sity students decided to go to
work in two fields the Sena
tors program and the Mass
Merchandizing' programs.
"Working with the Student
Council, the Daily Nebraskan
and the members of the Sena
tor's Program, we hope to in-
SINFONIA STARS Four of the performers in Friday's
Sinfonia Jazz Concert are, from left, Kary Kubert, chair
man; Nancy Dunker, featured vocalist; Jim Herbert,
Sinfonia president; and John Mills, jazz band leader. The
jazz concert, which is held each year to support the Phi
Mu Alpha-Sinfouia music honorary scholarships, will be
presented at the Student Union this Friday.
Governor's Wife Is
Speaker For NAACP
Mrs. Frank S. Morrison
will be the guest speaker to
morrow at the annual dinner
of the Lincoln branch of the
National Association for t h e
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP).
Master of Ceremonies Bill
"Thunder" Thornton, win in
troduce Nebraska's First
Lady.
A large percentage of the
membership of the Lincoln
branch of NAACP. are Uni
versity students and faculty
members.
moderated by Prof. J. Ben
Lieberman of Columbia cen
tered on the role of the col
lege newspaper and its re
lation to college administra
tors. One view taken by sev
eral of the four panel mem
bers and by some members
of the audience was that a
college newspaper should be
a "voice of gentle persua
sion and responsibility."
An opposite view taken
was that college papers
should "agitate and raise
hell."
Neal Johnston of the Uni
versity of Chicago, a panel
member, said students
should accept as inevitable
efforts by college adminis
trators to control campus
papers. Johnston, a former
editor of the university's
Maroon and director of the
academic freedom project
of the National Student As
sociation, said:
"Most college editors
Nebraskan
terest the students in more
than just how much money
the University will get," she
said
At the meeting, University
students emphasized that in
terest in the complete picture
of the state Legislature is
necessary in order for stu
dents to take an active part
in their state
"In what we like to call
our 'Mass Merchandizing pro
gram,' we are trying to sell
the state of Nebraska, as well
as the University, to students
and citizens," Miss Plum
said.
Camping, park and recrea
tional developments are being
planned, but the project most
neanng completion is the
Youth Hostel system.
According to Miss Plum,
last year University architec
ture students made a survey
of the state with an eye to
wards establishing a system
of youth hostels similar to
those in Europe.
"This system would permit
students to hike, or bike, and
possibly even horseback ride,
along prescribed trails which
would lead to the historical
and natural wonders of Ne
braska," Miss Plum said.
In addition, she explained,
youth hostels where students
could stay during the night
would make an extended trip
of this type more feasible.
V
Primary Is Today
For May Queen
Primary elections for May
Queen are in progress today
on both City and Ag campus,
according to Mortar Board
Cyn Holmquist.
The polls will remain open
from 9 a.m., to 6 p.m.-on City
Campus at the Union Main
Lounge. Polls will be open on
Ag Campus from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., in the Ag Union.
Only junior and senior wo
men are eligible to vote.
Ten finalists will be chosen
from the candidates and final
voting will take place on
Wednesday, March 13, as part
of the All Women's Election.
wouldn't know What to do
with complete freedom of
the press if they had it.
Further, if their paper's are
subsidized, they can't ex
pect complete freedom.
What college president is
going to pay to hear views
he doesn't want to hear?"
Johnston said one of the
great fears of student edi
tors, even those with con
siderable freedom of press,
is expulsion.
"I go all ovtr the coun
try investigating suppres
sion for them and defending
them," he added. "I defend
both the idiots and the ones
really being censored. But I
sure do get fed up with de
fending idiots and there
are plenty of idiots."
Sinda Brower of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, an
other panel member, said
student journalists should
be thought-provoking, "not
big Agitators."
Wednesday, March 6, 1963
Senators
if
Negate Bill
On Annex
ine legislature "as siuea
LB122, introduced by Sen
Terry Carpenter, which
would have allowed the Uni
versity to use the facilities
of the state's junior colleges
for the furtherance of its ac
ademic programs.
During legislative debate
on the bill,
Sen. Marvin
Stromer, of
Lincoln, said
that the Leg
i s 1 a t u r e
should first
4r-
chart the fu- f
ture course
of higher
ucation
Nebraska.
Comment- Stromer
ting on Stromer's statement,
Sen. Carpenter said that the
idea was a good one, but
that "it takes a long time to
get done
Carpenter said he thought
that the Legislature should
get started on the study, but
in the mean time, there
should be some type of in
terim program.
In criticizing Carpenter's
bill, Sen. Hal
B r l d e n-
baugh said f; , r
that the law- ' , i
makers nhsttJ
should take a V, -
eood look at t ','
higher educa-
?her educa- vt
in before
ey start i
o n s i d- m
ing more ktJ
tion
they
c
ermg
c o n s o 1 i- Bridenbaugh
dations.
According to Bridenbaugh,
we talk about taxes then turn
around and talk about anoth
er expansion
Carpenter said that the bill
would not necessarily have
cost more money. The bill
was simply "permissive leg
islation," he said.
In other words, if the
schools decided that they
could not afford to merge
their programs, then there
would have been no pressure
for them to do so. If, how
ever, they thought that a
merger would be advanta
geous and finally possible,
then this bill would allow for
the combination of the two.
In defense of his bill, Car
penter said
that it was
the state's
r e s p o n
sibility to
provide for
equal oppor
tunities in re
gard to high
er education
t h r o u g h
out the state.
Carpenter The Universi
ty should not "be centralized
in Lincoln, he said.
"We're paying twice in my
district," added Carpenter.
"We have to pay the entire levy
for the, junior College, and
then the additional levy for
the 6tate university. We don't
think it is fair to pay both
even though we originate
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Miss Brower, who won
praise during the University
of Mississippi race troubles
for her editorials in t h e
school's Mississipian, said,
"The trick is to use wise
judgment and to show a
sense of maturity and re
sponsibility. This will help
you obtain and maintain
and help others obtain
and maintain college
freedom of the press."
The third panel member,
John MacGregor, editor of
the University of New Mex
ico Lobo and national presi
dent of the U.S. Student
Press said college newspa
pers could remain free only
so long as administrators
resist the temptation to sup
press them.
' Most student editors, he
said, compromise on editor
ial policies to avoid censor
ship. The truth can only be
known if you are free to
tell it," said the fourth
panel member, Melvin Mey
Proposes
Off 'Libera
Hall, Copple:
'Repugnant'
Learning of Regent Peter
son's proposed study of the
Nebraskan, Dr. William E.
Hall, director of the School
of Journalism, and R. Neale
Copple, Daily Nebraskan fac
ulty adviser issued the follow
ing statement:
"The whole idea that it
might be necessary to con
duct a formal investigation
of the Daily Nebraskan on the
basis of such charges as those
made by Ray Simmons is re
pugnant to us. Mr. Simmons'
tactics are too well known
to merit such attention. If
the "charges had come from
responsible leadership of
either political party, the pro
posed study would be accept
ed without serious question.
"However, if such an in
vestigation as proposed by
Regent Peterson would end
once and for all Mr. Sim
mons' biennial forays on our
students then, perhaps, the
study would be worthwhile."
Thompson Fires
Retort At Charge
Carroll Thompson, active in
the Lancaster County Repub
lican organization and former
college journalism instructor,
has taken exception to the
charges of Ray Simmons, Fre
mont attorney, against the
Nebraskan.
"First, I know that Mr.
Simmons does not speak for
lots of Republicans," Thomp
son said in a statement.
"He may speak for some,
but the mere fact that he
chose to present his charges
at the recent Founders Day
meeting should not be accept
ed by the public as reason
to think that he represents the
Republican party.
"Secondly, his charges
against the Daily Nebraskan
are obvious attempts to for
bid the exercise of freedom
of the press in the place
where it is most dear to the
future of Nebraska."
Curpsnier Might Drop f W f,1e
Sen. Terry Carpenter said
earlier this week that he was
seriously considering d r o p-
ping his sponsorship and sup-
tort for the University Col
ege of Medicine building pro
posal in the Legislature, ac
cording to a report by Don
Shasteen.
The bill introduced by Car
penter was being held by the
Revenue Committee. It was
to increase the special tax
levy for College of Medicine
building purposes.
Carpenter has indicated
that he is disturbed by t h e
division, between doctors as to
the type of building program
needed.
"They put people like my
self in the ridiculous position
of advocating something that
half the doctors in the state
don't want for s e 1 f i s h rea
er, editor of the Crimson
and White of the University
of Alabama.
Meyer, whose editorials on
the Mississippi riot brought
threats on his life, said,
"Basically, a univer
sity newspaper must be re
sponsible like any other
paper. It must not become
the mouthpiece of an admin
istration or the mouthpiece
of a person. And it must
not be a public relations out
fit for its college.
With several of the stud
ents in the audience, Meyer
argued that the campus
newspaper was the last
truly free publication.
"Most newspapers," Mey
er said, "are writing edi
torials about Afghanistan
and ignoring the home is
sues. The college papers are
the only ones who dare,
touch some issues."
Many students said they
often had "connived" and
had learned to "get
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VAL PETERSON ... pro
poses committee to review
Nebraskan.
Stromer Asks
That Unicam
Look At Paper
In a recent report, Sen.
Marvin Stromer of Lincoln,
suggested that the state's
lawmakers would do well to
acquaint themselves with the
"journalistic endeavors of NU
students."
"I think," stated Stromer.
"that the only true way that
they can learn what Bill Hall
and his faculty associates are
doing in regard to training
outstanding journalists is by
reading their product.
"This is why I'm taking my
time to distribute copies of
the Daily Nebraskan to their
desks each day."
Sen. Stromer also said that
the senators should read Mon
day's edition, for it contained
a good account of the contro
versy between Ray Simmons
of Fremont and the paper,
and suggested that Friday's
articles concerning the work
ings of the Unicameral were
good attempt to educate the
students in regard to their
state government.
sons," the Scottsbluff senator
declared in the World Herald
account.
He a d d e d that, "If they
want to build onto an old out
moded building and jeopar
dize the lives of people in
it, that's fine, but they are
not going to do it "with any
bill that has my name on it."
Dr. William Nutzman an
nounced Sunday that ail fric
tion had been resolved. Nutz
man, speaker for the State
Medical Association's House
of Delegates, made that state
ment after the group's meet
ing at the Cornhusker Hotel.
One reported difference
among the doctors is whether
a new hospital is needed or
the present hospital can be
expanded on the College of
Medicine campus in Omaha.
The House of Delegates
around" potential censors.
"When the school wouldn't
let us take a stand on a
board of regents election,"
said one student, "we got
the candidates to say they
didn't care if we com
mented. That put the school
administration in a fix."
Other students said that
too often college editors
take up issues on which
they are completely wrong
or ignorant.
"It's such stands that I
consider idiotic," said John
ston. "They can't do any
thing but hurt. the fight
for freedom."
Columbia's participation
in the three-day conference
came as part of the jour- ,
nalism school's celebration
of its 59th anniversary. Oth
er sponsors were the New
York Chapter of the Over
seas Press Club of Amer
ica, the United States Na
tional Student Association
and Reader's Digest Foundation.
1 UuHe'
Regent Board
To Be Asked
Former Nebraska Governor
Val Peterson has countered
charges by Fremont attorney
Ray Simmons that the Daily
Nebraskan favors liberal poli
tical views while playing
down the conservative side.
Peterson said "Ray Sim
mon's' charges against the
Daily Nebraskan, its staff
and sponsors, faculty mem
bers and the administration
and the university are not
only serious but also hap
pily subject to determination.
They are in writing as are
the pages of the Daily Ne
braskan and can be either es
tablished or discarded by
competent judges.
"Accordingly I will propose
at the next meeting of the
Board of Regents that it re
quest the president of the Ne
braska Press Association to
appoint a committee of three
representative Nebraska edi
tors to weigh Simmons's
charges as set forth in the
booklet be circulated in Lin
coln, and make their find
ings public.
"Nebraska is fortunate in
having many fine, independ
ent and objective editors who
could render such a service.
As chairman I would suggest
either Hyde Sweet of Nebras
ka City or Earl Marvin of
Beatrice.
"Neither man 'wears any
man's collar.' Neither dis
torts decisions by wearing
the spectacles of extremeism
left or right.
"The public would have, I
think, complete confidence in
either.
"Intellectual ferment is not
only desirable, but absolutely
essential in a university com
munity. Such ferment is pos
sible only when all view
points are fairly presented.
Less than such presentation
makes an educational institu
tion a propaganda mill. This
surely would be abhorent to
all Nebraskans."
Sunday shied away from the
dispute. It was referred to
the standing committee of
Medical education for further
study which is necessary be
fore any definite plans are
made, Nutzman said.
Action on the buildlag bill
prior to Monday was the
adoption or an amendment
to provide an increase from
one-fourth of a mill to one
mill for two years after which
the levy would drop to one
half mill.
The Association has en
dorsed increased support for
all plans concerning develop
ment plans for the Univer
sity College of Medicine, but
no specific action for any def
inite plans has been taken,
Nutzman said.
The University is asking for
funds to build a new hospital.
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