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PROTEGE PROGRAM:
A Good Education
The Innocents Society began several, years ago a Pro
tege program which should have by now, manifested it
self in other phases of the University's educational , proc
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Some businessmen contacted Chancllor Hardin with
the idea and, after thought, the Innocents were asked to
take it over, according to a present member of the so
ciety. . - - - ,
The Protege program grew to include 33 seniors this
year, as well as 33 corresponding businessmen. It is de
signed to inform the University senior about the field he
is planning to enter, give him some insight into what kind
of person does well in his field, acquaint the businessmen
of Lincoln with the type of person the University is turn
ing out and draw them closer to NU, give the Senior an
idea of what Nebraska offers him plus contacts in his
field.
The Innocents get seniors' names from Administration
and the various colleges. This year's program began yes
terday at a kick-off breakfast. They stay with it after the
beginning by setting up subsequent meetings between the
seniors and their respective colleagues from the outside
world. In addition, they get evaluations of the seniors from
the businessmen in order to provide the participating stu
dent with an idea of what his professional counterpart
thinks of him. '
. The most important thing is, however, that many of
these businessmen, professional men, of whatever voca
tion, take these students with them on the job to the
courthouse for a trial,, for example giving the student
what he sometimes hears about, but rarely obtains, some
practical education.
It is significant that this type of activity is the neces
sary ingredient in the future of the University. It (1) forces
the student to draw out, investigate and discover what he
is doing here and (2) gives the University that kind of
public relations that nobody but students can give it the
kind of public relations that could possibly determine the
course of this institution in the all too near future, good
practical evidence of the school's product.
It should be remembered that the businessman gains
from this type of contact also, but it is more significant
that most of the effort is left to the individual student.
He must want to schedule other meetings and move to do
so. It is indeed encouraging that so far students partici
pating in the Protege program, under the "direction of the '
Innocents, have followed their opportunity up after the
kick-off breakfast
But, it is also significant and not too encouraging that
tbe general tone of education here has not taken the hint
There is not enough practical education at tbe University.
Many colleges and departments have labs and field trips
and guest speakers, but even these fall short, of actually,,
observing a professional counterpart on the job and maybe
even helping him. It could be done as a scheduled part
f the regular class semester.
Some students do not, in their four or five years here,
gain any practical experience at all in their field. They
should be encouraged, as the school of journalism does in
its summer internship program, to take summer jobs in
their chosen field.
Every part of the University should lake the example
set by the Innocents with the Protege program, and form
its own, thus enabling students to rapidly adjust on the
job which would benefit both employer and employee.
The responsibility for the program came to the Inno
cents from Administration. It is a valid suggestion that the
Innocents now return the letters of evaluation they re
ceive from employers to Administration thus showing the
University where it may be failing. That would place the
responsibility for this new aspect of education on the
administrative level and possibly get this important ball
rolling.
'Overkill and Megalove:'
A Book For All Kinds
By Arnie Garson
Overkill: "And all would
be well if it (the atom) were
not so resentful in the ag
gregate, and poisonous
when provoked. "t
And Megalove: "Each of
us was ordained by an act
of love ... for megalove
is flood tide, thousands of
millions of . clasping em
braces in a single night . .
OVERKILL AM) MEGA
LOVE encompasses' every
imaginable level of human
experience and ties it the
matically in a personally
identifiable way. Norman
Cn ill's 190 page book,
which is quite sparsely but
powerfully populated with
print, was given to me by
an instructor-friend (of
whom I have few).
For those who like vivid
imagery: "Fire . . warms
the baby's bottle, but cre
mates the nursery." -
For the philosophers : "He
(man) knows he is born
without his consent and dies
against his wUl;" 1 ,
For t h e romanticists
"And in spite of what job '
bear, more units of fellow-"
ship are moved each day
than oil drums or iron in
gots." For the sadists: "A fun
ny thing happened to me on
the way to the crematori
um. 'There was this radi
ated corpse, see . . ."
Or for those who just ap
preciate good gore:
"All I could: see from
where I stood
Was three deep craters
and some mud
I turned and looked an
other way
paan
Wednesday, February 26, 1 964
And saw a city dripping
blood."
And if you like cold sar
casm :"A thing of beauty is
a joy for as long as will be
permitted by the interna
tional situation."
For tbe Carl Sandburg
fans:
"The bomb comes
On little cat feet.
It obliterates
harbor and city
and raises a cloud
which then moves on."
But aside from its sensu
ous imagery, powerful wit
and subtle humor, OVER
KILL AND " MEGALOVE
caries a message of social;
protest so superbly written
that by the time the reader
finishes the first 20 pages,
he starts to worry that there
are only 80 pages left.
OVERKILL carries a va
lid message for both scien
tist and laymaa. In an age
when the touch of a but
ton can 15 minutes later
. destroy the lives and homes
- of 100 million people, Cor
win's word! cannot be light
ly taken or easily, laughed
off as overly pacifistic.
The1 author's vocabulary
is both challenging (afflat
us, untradable, carcinoma)
and creative (infinitesticle)!
He masterfully captures
the sympathy of the reader
as early in the book as the
introduction, which reads,
"For Dianne, who wrote
during an edge-of-waf cri
sis in 1962: Dear Dad,-,
Please answer my question
. because 1 am worried. Are
we going to be bombed? .
Will you write to Kennedy
if we are? Tell him I'm a
girl of nine and I don't want
to . . . you know what."
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Scrip Review Attempted Irony
Dear Editor:
The "English Grad Stu
dent's" winter SCRIP re
V i t w, appearing in last
Wednesday's edition of the
DAILY NEBRASKAN is a
refreshing attempt at irony.
However, it seems to me
that the ironic flashes are
not sufficiently sustained.
Too., often the. author, de-.
Scends into prosaic journal
ese, so that many of the ex
pressions tend to lose then
biting edge.
But the clue that the wri
ter is attempting irony ap
pears when he deliberately
lapses into trite and preci
ous expressions: "a real
collector's item," "Satur
day Evening Post hacks,"
the folksy "it ain't artsy-
Goldwater Meet Lacked
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
sends staff writers to report
on speeches given by Sen
ator Douglas of Illinois,
Gov. Morrison of Nebraska,
Gary K. of Lincoln, and
Joe Blow from Hanibal Mo.
But where was the reporter
Thursday night when Mr.
Peter Taurins came to
peak to the Nebraska
Youth for Goldwater?
Mr. Taurins is the vice
chairman of the Midwest
Captive Nations Associa
tion, and president of the
Nebraska Latvian Associa
tion. He has lived through
the Communist take-over of
his country; he has lived
through a stay at a Soviet
slave-1 a b 6 r camp. But
where was your reporter?
I
Mr. Taurini presented a 1
State Department-approved
film depicting tbe Commu
nist take-over of Lativa. It
showed the farced treaties
in' which many countries
lost their Independence. It ;
showed the results those i
wba gave their live in a i
vain - attempt to preserve i
freedom in their country. It j
showed methods of dealing j
with political prisoners. It ;
showed criminals house- j
breakers, thieves, murder- ;
erg who took over tbe
police department and se-
cret police. It showed a free :
country being taken over by j
the Communists. '
i
Mr. Taurins gave h i s J
views of current United
. States policy. He disagreed j
wth the present soft for
jeign policy, but also dis- !
agreed with the extremist
-methods of the John Birch
Society.- He exploded tiie
myth that FDR was uni
versally liked. (When he
WNtUMfr
craftsy-stuffsy," "a student
literary tome," and "is a
wow." These and many like
remarks are barbed indeed.
The assumption that poetry-writing
is the exclusive
right of English students
(He's a freshman physics
major, of all things!") is al
so a delightful but of whim
sey. But the crowning irony is
that the idea "so if you
don't like it, it's your own
fault," is obviously false.
The gestapo tactics of the
SCRIP staff, headed by Su
san Stanley Wolk. effectual
ly prevent a healthy partici
pation by the best writers.
"My "City View" should
not have been printed, as I
died, the Latvians only
prayed that the next presi
dent would not sell them
out as FDR had.)
Mr. Taurins believes that
if a commercial, run once,
asked for volunteers soley
displaced persons that
there would be enough to
present a very formidable
espionage force in eastern
Europe. He feels that the
result would be a chain-reaction
of uprisings against
the Communist masters. He
knows this, for he has spok
en to recent refugees, and
he feels what the people of
eastern Europe feet
Mr. Taurins explained the
facts of life of Communism.
. i
Through his speech one
could not help feeling that
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protested before its release.
In another instance, a poem,
written by a member of the
SCRIP editorial staff, was
quickly rejected by Mrs.
Wolk and others until it was
discovered by whom it had
been written; it was subse
quently printed. To the in
sider, "so of you don't like
it, it's your own fault," at
tains delicious iron', in view
of the author's undoubted
familiarity with SCRIP edi
torial methods.
t
Some clarification seemed
to be in order so that, for
the general reader, the de
liberate irony of the author's
last sentence would not ap
pear to be accidental ob
scurity. Michael Keedy
Reporter
those who favor soft for
eign policy are living in the
past and are not able to face
up to reality.
Many pseudo-intellectuals,
who call themselves lib
eralafter all, how else can
they get brownies with their
liberal professors? are so
bogged down by their pet
theories that they have com
pletely lost themselves in
the mire of their own
ideology. I looked for the
DAILY NEBRASKAN re
porter, but he was not there.
Come off it. Daily Nebras
kan. You are no more un
biased than the NEW RE
PUBLIC. On the other hand,
if you really are unbiased,
you suffer from apathy.
Evidently you don't really
care, for where was your
reporter?
Stone-Age Statesman No. 2
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By Dick Recker
. Senator Goldwater's can
didacy has evoked mi ny
varied responses, re Con
servatives have their firs
entry in the Presidential
Sweepstakes in 12 years.
The nation is treated to a
campaign in which' clear
and meaningful differences
of policy will be debated by
the candidates.
The election has already
seen the rise of one of its
major issues. Sen. Gold
water raises the issue of
missile reliability. It's ap
parent that this issue in
volves the safety of all that
we cherish. This is an issue
that should transcend parti
sanship but one doubts if it
will. When Sen. Goldwater
first raised the issue the po
litical pundits, it recalled the
then Sen. Kennedy's attack
on the alledged missle gap.
Fewer people recall Secre
tary MacNarma's denial of
any missle gap few months
after the election. Sen. Gold
water has raised this issue
with political courge. Should
his charges be proven reck
less or irresponsible you will
see his numerous and vor
acious critics attempt to
turn him into a political
corspe.
Before we fall prey to
emotional attacks like Sec.
MacXamra who questioned
Sen. Goldwater's patriotism,
let us study the issue objec
tively. There is too much at
stake for anyone to do oth
erwise. The main area of concern
for Sen. Goldwater, Gener
al LeMay, Admiral Ander
son, and many others is
missle reliability under bat
tle conditions. It is not. as
some allege, a question of
bombers versus missies.
Nor a question of accuracy
but rather reliability. The
last moon shot demonstrated
this when the shot hit its
point exactly, but some sys
tems failed to work.
. The issue is whether we
Should have a mixed variant
of bombers and missiles.
Sen. Goldwater states it j
simply "Should we place all i
our nuclear eggs in one bas
ket." Many authorities have had
serious misgivings about
this but until a Presidential
candidate risked his neck
the public hasn't been
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The Right
aware of this issue.
These critics contend that
in face of unanswered ques
tions the U.S.A. cannot risk
over-reliance on missies.
What are some of these
questions?
The critics contend that no
complete test has been
made of our missle system.
They ask when has the U.S.
fired one missle with a nu
clear warhead at test tar
gets? Have we ever con
ducted a test in other than
perfect weather conditions
in Florida or Vanderburg?
Do we really know if our
missle-silos are adequate to
protect the missies during
the first enemy strike?
What about the recent test
firings of the Polaris sub
Nathen Hale in which two
out the three fired failed?
Many authorities are
gravely concerned over
what is known as E.M.P.
or electromantic pulse. This
is a powerful surge that
accompanies a nuclear
blast.. If a enemy lauches a
sneak attack we have no
knowledge of what the
E.M.P. of the bombs would
do to the control systems of
our missies.
These and many other
questions plague our mili
tary defense experts. Sen.
Goldwater wants a Senate
investigation to determine
the facts. This would give us
a chance to see what ques
tions can be answered and
which questions will still
need answers.
In the absence of any dif-
f e r e n t facts many feel
America should keep a com
bined deterent system of
missies and bombers. They
also wonder why, after Mac
Namara ruthlessely ended
Skybolt Dinasoar and partly
ended the RS 70 program he
has not, since taking office,
begun research on any new
weapons sysiems.
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