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Monday, Oct. 28, 1963
THE LEGISLATURE:
Embarrassed
The front page of yesterday's World-Herald greeted
us with the prospect that the legislature may reconvene
for the second time this biennium.
The reason for the third session is that a mistake was
made in passing LB 82.
lit passing the measure, the legislature left out the
penalty section in the Nebraska Motor Carrier Act when
it recodified the State Railroad Commission's laws.
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As the paper points out, the railroad commission, under
the recodified law, now has little authority for carriers on
Nebraska's highways.
This year has been an especially embarrassing one for
the legislature.
First, the Supreme Court ruled the 1959 and 1963 time
sales laws unconstitutional. These rulings put fear into
Nebraska's legislators, because they invalidated all time
sales contracts written under the now unconstitutional laws.
The legislature is presently introducing legislation to cor
rect the mess. According to Robert Skochdopole, an at
torney representing the finance industry, the invalidation
of contracts under the penalties applied by the Supreme
Court would bankrupt every small business and drive every
large finance company out of the state.
The legislature was embarrascd again when it found
that it had forgotten to appropriate enough money during
the last session to pay a New York artist $10,000 for a new
set of statehouse murals.
Then later in the summer, the legislature came under
the fire of the press for passing a law prohibiting the press
from printing factual accounts of juvenile offenses without
the expressed permission of the juvenile court judge.
Luckily, Nebraska has a good solid core of rational
judges. Most of them agreed at regional meetings that they
would open the record to the press.
As the blunders came to light during the summer peo
ple began wondering what kind of system the legislature
has for checking bills to see if all the provisions are legally
sound, and to check on inadvertent errors.
Hugo Srb has said that the problem of legislative errors is
partially due to the fact that the legislature is not com
posed of enough lawyers so that at least one can sit on each
committee. Thus, technical errors are bound to pop up
now and then.
Others have blamed Governor Morrison for not reading
legislation carefully enough.
Perhaps the Governor should establish a committee
under his control to read legislation for illegalities and in
advertent errors.
Gary Lacey
By Jim Moore
The National Student As
sociation calls it in loco pa
rentis, the University ad
ministrators call it "their
responsibility," I think it's
just plain meddling.
Anyone who's been a stu
dent at the University for
more than two months has
already bumped his head
against the ugly monster
that University Student Af
fairs Deans use continually
as their excuse to control
the student body "their re
sponsibility." Their responsibility to do
what? to whom?
The edicts that have re
cently come down from on
high lead me to believe
they feel they have a re
sponsibility to protect us
from ourselves. We students
are such a naughty bunch.
Take, for instance, Derby
Day. The rape and plunder
and immodesty connected
with painting a co-ed's der
riere! How awful! Obvious
ly, the University has a re
sponsibility to protect us
from ourselves. Thus came
the call, "Derby Day for the
Sigma Chis . . . only."
And what about College
Nights, sign carrying at Pep
Rallies, migration, etc. All
the edicts published against
these horrendous practices
have obviously been di
rected at freeing the stu
dents from their own wild,
stupid, and immoral past
times. Personally, I don't really
care about being saved
from myself:
But perhaps the adminis
tration feels it has a re
sponsibility to its students'
parents. Yes, indeed, this
must be the reason behind
the administration's atti
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tude. And it sounds good
on paper. But I have a little
story to tell.
Last year about this time,
the staff of the Daily Ne
braskan was invited to par
ticipate in the Big Eight
Editor's Conference held in
Columbia, Missouri. Wendy
Rogers, Sue Hovlk and I de
cided to attend.
To save money and to
avoid missing too many
classes, we planned to leave
the campus about one
o'clock at night on the day
the conference was to begin
thus arriving in Columbia
about nine in the morning.
The Pi Phi and Chi 0
housemothers had asked
Sue and Wendy to get an
OK from their parents. Both
called home, and both re
ceived permission.
But we had reckoned with
out Dean Snyder and "Uni
versity responsibility."
Four hours before we were
to leave, Helen called the
girls officially forbidding
them to leave until -six in
the morning. Wendy and
Sue pointed out the fact
that their parents had given
them permission.
But we still didn't leave
until six.
So I doubt the University
thinks it has much of a re
sponsibility to the parents.
But all of this points out
an obvious fact the Univer
sity is convinced it has a re
sponsibility ... to itself.
This responsibility is not
directed toward the stu
dents, or toward the stu
dents' parents. Rather this
responsibility is a method of
keeping everyone in line.
The administration never
wants us to forget that it
is the seat of power, that
Nebraskan
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Dear Editor:
I would like to ask you
where did you find such
evasive persons to staff our
paper as columnists, Steve
Sydow, and Lynn Corcoran.
Not only do they deny the
content of their article, "An
other Racial Blast," Oct.
18, Daily Nebraskan, in
their article "A Report On
Racial Issue," Oct. 23; but
they also made a futile at
tempt to undermine a sin
cere and mild article by
Jane Tenhulzen, "Racial
Blast' Labeled Elusive,"
Oct. 21.
only it has the authority to
direct our lives.
But just as the peasant
finally realized his import
ance in the feudal system
and rose up to fight for his
dignity, so the students will
someday rise up when they
realize that they, not some
dean in a paneled office, are
the seat of power. And that
they have the right to exer
cise this power.
In the meantime, the Uni
versity continues in its role
of "responsibility." The
deans will continue in their
quest for more and more
power over the student
body.
Someday, they'll push too
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It seems that the whole
problem was that of under
standing and expression.
To you, Steve Sydow and
Lynn Corcoran, since your
thoughts are so complicated
that it takes a computer to
analyze them, perhaps you
should take a course in
"Haw To Express Oneself
In The Everyday Language
Of The People." Maybe
then you would have been
able to say that you don't
think our paper should use
as much space as it did con
cerning the Greeks of t h e
Northwest and Miss Prath-
TWABRSL RACE
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Dear Editor,
On the 18th and 19th of
this month I attended a
conference on the Far
East at the Nebraska Cen
ter for Continuing Educa
tion. While in Lincoln I took
advantage of the oppor
tunity of visiting the main
campus of your university.
From the first I was im
pressed by the beauty of
the campus. However, this
in itself is insignificant be
cause, many universities
have lovely campuses.
What really overwhelmed
me was the behavior of
your student body. They
are warm, friendly, and
seem never to be too hur
ried to stop to give aid to
someone who appears in
need of it.
While in the library, I
was completely charmed
to have a young lady come
over and ask if I were in
need of help or information
about the workings of that
institution. She was not an
employee and acted solely
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ia Hall. However, since you
didn't say that (but wanted
to), I think someone should
enlighten your dull minds.
It appears from what
you've said in defense of
your article ("Another Rac
ial Blast") that it was all
whipcream and no cake,
which" is very poor journal
ism for someone who is a
reporter for a college paper.
Your article suggested
that we isolate ourselves
from the problems of other
areas. You even sarcastic-
through charitable motives.
As long as Nebraska
University maintains this
warmth and charm, it will
remain an enchai:trd and
enchanting, place in the
hearts and minds of those of
us who are fortunate
enough to visit there.
David R. Winkles
University of Oklahoma
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ally referred to President
Kennedy's foreign aid bill.
Every individual who is
true with himself realizes
that the Midwest takes this
attitude in general to prob
lems of the world and of
our nation. Do you deny
this?
Perhaps you are not fa
miliar with the recent at
tempts to stimulate the Mid- -west
to action in national
and international issues.
You seem to like it better
the ostrich way: see no evil,
hear no evil, do no evil, and
say no evil.
Unbury your heads from
the sand of content, self
glorification and complac
ency and open your eyes to
the light of truth.
Your approach to Prathia
Hall was most ridiculous.
However, one might find
gratitude in your state
ment, "We are sorry." I'm
sure many other people are
sorry, too.
Your statement was mur
derous, slanderous, and a
definite defamation of char
acter. Statements like yours
have not contributed to
the "delinquency of minors,'
but also developed the de
linquency of a nation; and
resistance to correct this
error has caused the blood
shed and sorrow of many.
I need not go into an
analysis of the situation in
Alabama prior to the riots
in comparison to other sec
tions of the country because
Miss Tenhulzen did an am
ple job. However, I might
make one addition. That is,
Wallace and others were at
least earnest in their ap
praisal of the situation.
As long as "their
Negroes" stayed in their
place and didn't do or want
the wrong things, they were
in harmony with the rest of
the people and there were
no problems.
For a long time, the Ne
groes didn't do anything
about their wants, nor did
they express concern over
them. But "the day" did
arrive and thoughts turned
into actions. Is this type of
situation developing at the
University of Nebraska?
If you would allow me to
quote you, your answer is
no, because "discrimination
here at the University is but
a word we encounter in the
newspaper."
Why did you think there
was a possibility of Miss
Hall's starting a racial riot
here if there is no discrim
ination. Can hate come
from love?
I purposely refrain
ed from discussing the
Greek situation because the
problem is too complex for
this discourse. On the other
hand, I question your qual-
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ifications to even consider
debating the competency of
any college president. It
might be more beneficial for
you to discuss your qualifi
cations and ability to write.
I commend you in your
final analysis that "we do
have problems here In Ne
braska, but they are . . .
not the same type of prob
lems confronting other
areas." After all, who would
say that Birmingham and
Oxford have the same type
of problems.
Be more coherent in your
next article and perhaps
you won't have to degrade
college presidents, patriotic
leaders, and "sincere" jour
nalists, and tell the editor
of the paper how to lay out
his copy.
Huey Rowe-Anderson
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