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Friday, Sept. 27, 1963
Columnists:
Important Opinion
One of the most important functions of this page of
the Daily Nebraskan, in addition to offering the paper's
opinion on campus affairs, is to provide students with
the opportunity to voice their ideas on campus, state and
national affairs.
The Nebraskan is lucky this semester to have col
lected such an outstanding group of people to write. At
this point the Nebraskan has 11 columnists who will com
ment on everything from Student Council to politics in
Washington.
It is the columnist's perogative to decide whether he
should have his name signed to the column he writes,
and, consequently, some columns will go unsigned. How
ever, any student who desires to know the identity of
any of the authors for any reason at all is free to stop
In the Nebraskan office to inquire.
By way of introduction the columnists who will be
writing signed articles this year are Dick Weill, who
will comment on Student Council affiars; Gary Pokorny.
who heads RAM and will give his interpretations of
campus events with particular emphasis on independent
affairs.
Heading the political fortress of columnists are Bob
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Our Mistake
Dear Editor:
To an unobserving eye,
Monday's editorial and
Wednesday's article on
"bygone traditions"
were quite appropriate,
but actually were some
what off base, particular
ly concerning toe matter
of the pre-game rally
march. Wednesday's
article fairly and accu
rately set down why the
inarch was not held and
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TBS VAGABOND THE VAGABOND
A graduate student who
is in bis first year of law
school at the University of
Nebraska casually ob
served after being on
campus only a week that
the fraternity houses seem
to be separated by "brick
walls."
I argued that perhaps be
formed such an impres
sion during a pecular time
f the year when each fra
ternity is necessarily in
volved in it its own af
fairs, and that perhaps
after the school year got
underway, his opinion
would change. Of course it
will change. But reflecting
oa last year, my first ex
posure to the Nebraska
fraternity system, I won
dered whether it could
change to an extent which
would compliment the in
terfraternity aspect of
Greek life, or whether it
would remain more or less
a passing statement of
fact that most of the sys
tem's strength arises out
of the internal unity of the
Individual houses with lit
tle bolstering from a pos
sible interfraternity point
of view.
This article is not in
tended to degrade the ef
fectiveness of the IFC, for
in a way the IFC is exem
plary of a problem of its
own system. It is obvious
that its attitudes, func
tions, enthusiasm , and
overall high quality create
more than sufficient inter
fraternal feeling among
its members: the council,
the presidents of their re
spective councils, and the
junior representatives.
However, if the brick wall
exists and is as visible as
it is, the IFC is a good
place to illustrate an ex
ample of the type of at
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also gave Student Affairs'
views on the matter. How
ever, the headline, the
one thing every student
read, was completely off
base.
It was a lie. The person
who wrote the article did
a good job, but the head
line drafter is a disgrace
to good journalism.
If the Daily Nebraskan
wants to be censored, this
is the right route irre-
titude which contributes to
this impression.
The IFC, burdened with
the mechanism, structure,
and responsibility of any
organization has the addi
tional responsibility of ov
erstepping its intern
al character, reaching out
to each fraternity through
its representatives, and
recreating in each house
the most interfraternal at
titude possible.
Somewhere between the
inspired IFC associates and
the somewhat disinterested
average fraternity man is
a gap which seems to
hault this process. In this
way, the IFC exists as
perhaps the best frater
nity on campus, with just
another wall between it
self and the other houses.
There is nothing bad
with this situation, not the
way it is here anyway, but
it could be better. The sys
tem is merely failing to
take advantage of addi
tional ways to strengthen
itself. Fraternity men tend
to unite in defense of their
system when challenged
on some point of idealism,
but they rarely come to
gether in an outgoing
manner which shows
awareness and con
cern for the system as a
whole. Interfraternity
functions are uncommon,
intramurals are manda
tory, and a unifying pride
in the system's scholar
ship is almost invalid.
Complacency, should it
take the place of apathy,
takes over where frater
nity jewelry ceases to
bind fraternity men to
gether. Good fences make
good neighbors, but ap
parently not around here.
by rick spellman
Nebraskan
sponsfbility, false hood,
and unwarranted contro
versy. The statement in Mon
day's editorial on the
same subject was a logi
cal suspicion, but it was
without base, showed no
effort to find the facts,
and was ill-timed, when
the motive is considered.
I certainly hope that the
Daily Nebraskan staff will
tighten up shop and hold
itself above these "mis
takes" in the future.
William Ahlschwedc,
President, Corn Cobs
EDITORS NOTE: The
editors realize that the
headline on the rally story
was misleading, and will
make every attempt in
the future to see that such
mistakes to not occur. An
earlier headline which
was much more accurate
was changed by a staff
member at the print
shop because ft didn't fit
the column width. I hope
that Mr. Ahlschwede will
not c o n d e m n the Daily
Nebraskan to censorship
because of one such er
r o r. On checking Mon
day's editorial page, the
editor finds that the only
editorial written that day
was one beaded "Chris
tie ' s Crew: Organized,
But . . ." It had nothing
to do with rallies or col
lege night dances.
The Editor
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i The Bad Seed 1
The lesson for today is how to get a Ph.D from Ox
ford University, religious salvation, free board and room
at Hyannisport, meet the jolly green giant in person, and
serve your country's needs.
Copy word-for-word in your Builders. It could be a
conversation piece at all the open rush parties that have
to be held this semester.
1. Complain to Missouri University about poor treat
ment and lousy cherry cokes in the Crib, making sure
a carbon copy reaches one of the Innocents.
2. Fraught with worry, the Innocents here will start
a campaign to insure your stay at NU. Free board and
room, no tuition, and your choice of songs for the bells
at 9:00, MWF, is offered.
3. Missouri, alert to the publicity, wires a matching
offer, minus the bells, but with the added clause of a
colored T.V. in your room.
4. Mississippi, hearing the mention of a colored
T.V., telephones an offer of free tuition, three body
guards, and an interview with the jolly green giant, who
is trying to enroll as a student. (Shortly after this went
to press, the giant was suspended for carrying a con
cealed can-opener to class.)
5. Alabama's student body petitions that they dont
want you for a classmate, but they'd love to stage a
demonstration on your behalf.
6. Nebraska, not one to lose a student, offers all
finals in the College of ArW and Sciences, and promises
to help you pre-register every semester by decoding the
damn schedule book.
7. Immediately wire Harvard. A representative flies
out and suggests that they could finagle invitations to
Hyannisport functions, if you do not do imitations of any
sort at parties.
8. Oxford decides to fly you over to Britain to look
over the campus. Three recommendations must be filed
on your reputation and profession first. They've decided
to start checking these things before embarrassing
namby-pamby things are dredged up. They offer the last
part of the goal.
9. Deluged with offers, you will now be able to settle
back for a few days to make your choice.
10. Meanwhile, since you are not enrolled in school,
the draft board sends you their offer, with definite sug
gestions that you do not decline. '
11. Now, what you do is write the Navy
n.s.
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jrO School Year ...
Previous install
ments have made no at
tempt to establish the
goals of this corner. At
the beginning of a new
school year, one should
determine his general ed
ucational goals and ways
and reasons for accom
plishing them. So it is
with a newspaper column.
The "New Guard" will
be a comment on the
world by a college stu
dent mid-way through his
undergraduate career and
fresh from a summer In
the East.
That world will Include
everything from pledge
education at the Univer
sity of Nebraska to rati
fication of the test ban
treaty and Vietnam. Any
thing seen or heard may
be the subject of this
weekly contribution.
To emphasize a few
points: the University;
Nebraska, its past, pres
ent and future; Washing
ton, D.C.; the nation, and
this society of man.
Of particular interest
will be education, its
place in a University soci
ety and those things which
are associated with a
well rounded individual
art, music, literature, and
science. Finally, the col
umn will deal with peo
ple who come in contact
with and who make or
should make the afore
mentioned items part of
their everyday life.
Objectivity is probably
next. As a contributor to
this page, one is responsi-
ideas:
'The future depends on people with ideas."
This statement helps explain the work at IBM
today: seeking and finding new ways to handle
information, planning and building new
machinery for the task, exploring wholly new
methods.... I The demand for ideas has never
been greater. I
Check with your college placement officer and
make an appointment with the IBM repre
sentative who will be on campus interviewing.
I Ask for our brochures. I IBM is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. I
If you cannot attend the interview, write: I
Manager of College Relations, I IBM Corp.,
590 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. I
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By Bob Weaver
ble for what he causes to
be printed. These two
points ought to answer
the second question. One
cannot completely divorce
himself from his back
ground in order to be an
impartial judge. Nor
would such procedure
necessarily be desirable.
However, as the name
implies, a fresh new look
will be taken when it is
necessary.
Nebraska youth, and for
that matter, all youth are
constantly told their their
time is coming ... and
soon. This idea and prep
aration for it will certain
ly be kept in mind.
A final viewpoint would
be that of a more or
less confirmed Nebraskan
(who would first like to
see the world) eyeing oth
er societies and commu
nities for possible solu
tions to the problems
which confront us.
So what's tfie big deal?
Everyone has heard about
apathy and the great un
concerned masses. May
be that picture can be ex
ploded, at least this writ
er's part In those masses.
The right, and maybe
the obligation to be con
cerned, and in so being,
become involved, will be
uppermost in considera
tion. In being so involved,
maybe we can get some
thinking stimulated, a lit
tle work done and some
myths destroyed. Finally,
man must attempt to de-
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