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WHY NOT?:
Stay Here
It seems that accenting the negative never leads to the
positive goal which may actually be thought to be the
end of the negative means. Two wrongs do not make a
right.
In more than a few classes at the University the prob
lem of why Nebraska's talented youth leave the state has
been discussed. The problem has been handled wrongly.
(1) Educators, while there may be some purpose in it.
have emphasized too much the negative qualities of the state
when they should have been accenting what is right with
Nebraska.
(2) Educators, while there may be some purpose in
It, have emphasized these negative aspects too much to
the student.
If educators feel that the student needs to be led to
conclusions on such issues, they should at least lead him
.Along the right path. When you come to the fork in the road
the path of negativism is not the one to take. That is, if
a desirable end is in mind. Taking the positive way should
lead to different and more useful conclusions.
And a hint here and there would suffice. The student
who has not considered the problem needs a hint, but that
is all he needs to make an intelligent conclusion. The stu
dent who has thought it over has made an intelligent con
clusion or a start of one.
Nebraska's youth, from a highly rural environment,
are aiming for the "Big Time." Their background and
their ambition lead them to be highly successful when they
make it. The problem is to show that Nebraska is, in its
own way, the "Big Time."
And the best place to start is right here. With the best
quality university in the Big Eight and one of the best in
the country, Nebraska, in its school, has reached the big
time. It can grow and spread with its people. A little
thought there is certainly something to work with.
Spare Parts
Sevareid Misquoted In Last Column
A typographical error resulted in a misquoting of Eric
Sevareid in his column which apears weekly in Monday's
DAILY NEBRASKAN.
In the March 9 issue Sevareid's comment was printed
as, "If there is a difference between them it is that when
the liberal wants to push a button he thinks it will automat
ically close something.
The full and correct quote is, "If there is a difference
between them it is that when the liberal wants to push a
button he thinks it will automatically open something; the
conservative, that it will automatically close something."
Sevareid was discussing Sen. Barry Goldwater as a
candidate of the Presidency and his mechanistic approach
to government and world affairs.
From 77ie GAP Vine
NU Needs A Tuition Hike;
Students Should Pay Way
By George A- Peterson
What this University
Deeds is higher tuition
rates.
In fact, it is the thought of
Oilman M. K. Smith, vice
chairman of Opinion Re
search Corp. in Princeton,
that all college students
should be paying much
more of the total cost of
their education. His view is
not too much different from
Nebraska's Sen. Marvel,
chairman of the budget
committee, who recommend
ed tuition increases. The
senator's idea has also been
found favorable to the Oma
ha World-Herald.
Smith's argument (Nation
al Observer, Jan. 20) runs
along the following lines:
He says that our Ameri
can colleges are deliberate
ly pricing their product, a
college education, at far
less that it costs to produce
it. He then asks bow it bap
pens that our colleges and
oniversities who are pro
ducting a superb product,
are failing to collect from
the principal beneficiaries
the students themselves.
Although he doesn't elab
orate upon students being the
principle beneficiaries, he
might concede that society
benefits indirectly, but that
this is no justification to
give every student in every
college a subsidy of any
where from 700 to $1,200
per year tiie out-of-pocket
loss by colleges in failure
to collect the total of their
annual operating expenses.
These estimates come from
the Charitable Research
Foundation of Wilmington,
DeL
To solve the problem
Smith says, "I believe that
the problem can be solved
by raising tuition to full cost
and offering loaa funds for
student to cover both the
present hidden scholarships
and their inability to pay."
Arrangements coald be
taa.de for students to repay
loans la later years. In one
well-known Midwestern col
lege, the costs for producing
the education are $2,000 per
Wednesday, March 11, 1964
year per student Present
tuition, exclusive of board
and room, is $1,400. This
means that $600 has to be
raised from endowment or
gift sources. $000 a year
times 4 years is $2,400.
"It is my contention that
the enrolling freshman bor
row these funds, to be re
paid, with low interest, be
ginning six years after
graduation. In 10 yearly
payments of $240, he will
have retired the loan. If
scholarship funds are avail
able to him, they can be
applied to his tuition as he
goes along."
Since most businessmen
are wary of giving corpor
ate funds to a cause vhere
the money just disappears
down a rat hole. Smith savs,
that such a financing plan
would have great appeal to
corporations (who are al
ready being called upon
more and more to contrib
ute to colleges) for they
would welcome the chance
to contribute to loan funds
that would be renewed year
after year as students re
pay their loans.
Smith also recognizes that
no college can institute such
a plan in any one year but
that any college that has
more applicants than it can
accommodate could make it
work over a five-year peri
od. It also would have to
begin with the 40 or so pres
tige colleges.
If this plan is introduced,
and let us hope that it is,
why will students continue
to pay the increased cost of
the educational product.
Smith explains the incentive
in these words:
"It seems to me that mer
chandise gets sold when
people who want the product
step up to the counter and
offer the price that the seD
er is asking. Today we are
on the eve of a gigantic
boom in college applica
tions. Millions of World War
II children are going to be
beating on the doors of col
leges. If they want what the
colleges have to offer, they
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FIRETRUCK:
Triangle Took A Lesson,
Adjusted And Succeeded
By Arnie Garson
When a new group conies
into existence, the mem
bers usually analyze the
successes and failures of
their predecessors. Then,
as the dictates of their own
common sense direct, they
establish their criteria and
guidelines accordingly.
The apparent success of
Triangle fraternity at Ne
braska it is only three
years old can possibly be
traced (at least partially)
to its stand on hell week.
Taking a valuable lesson
from the general opinions of
society, from the tradition
laden failure of existing
fraternities at the Universi
ty and from common logic,
Triangle did not institute a
hell week when they formu
lated their pledge pro
gram. Rather, they developed a
series of "help" or commu
nity service projects evenly
spaced throughout the ear
ly weeks of the second sem
ester. These are not a scho
lastic burden on their
pledges. These are consist
ent with the true philosophy
of a fraternity. These are
beneficial, not detrimental
to the development of the
pledge.
Triangle was the only fra
ternity with enough confi
dence in themselves and
their pledge program to ac
cept my open challenge to
all fraternities to observe
their hell or help weeks.
Specifically, I will not say
that Triangle is the only
fraternity on campus which
does have a constructive
help week program and
which has abandoned hu
man degradation as
a means for accomplishing
nothing. There certain
ly may be others. But if
so, they are keeping it to
themselves and in a sense
hurting the fraternity sys
tem at a time when they are
in a position to help it.
Delta Tau Delta, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Theta Xi claimed (as noted
in a recent DAILY NE
BRASKAN article) that
they have abandoned all
hell week procedures. And
Monday, Alpha Tau Omega
abolished all physical haz
ing. Other fraternities have
admittedly instituted partial
changes, noting that it is
difficult to break away
from tradition. Some are
doing nothing.
Perhaps more fraternities
could learn a lesson from
one of the "new comers"
Triangle. If they do not act
soop, there is a very good
chance that they may not
be around to act later. At
least there is a chance that
social and University pres
sures may step in on the
"do nothings" and "tradi
tion followers" and force
them into changes for
which they are not pre
pared, thereby severely
damaging their pledge pol
icy. It is not without purpose
and planning that changes
can be made; it is not
without awakening that
tbey will be made! Frater
nities which refuse change
are in a sense refusing ex
istence. And if you think
I'm just blabbering high
sounding ideals without
foundation, just look around
at other campuses where
"traditional" pledge poli
cies have forced the aboli
tion of the entire system.
This is especially true in
the East.
And cljser to home only
seven of the 24 fraternities
have seen fit to announce
significant changes in their
policies. Only one of these
seven has been bold enough
to invite inspection. But
help week projects in addi
tion to the traditional hell
week, as seems to be t h e
trend at Nebraska, is no
answer at all.
As far back as Febr. 27,
1952, the DAILY NEBRAS
KAN noted editorially that
all but four of the fraterni
ties at the University had
made plans for Help Weeks
or already carried them
out. But sadly, few, if any
had the sense to abolish
their Hell Weeks at the
same time.
Now we are making some
progress, but still not
enough. No, fraternities are
not obligated to publicize
their rituals, but as a part
of an educational institution
and society, they should be
conscientious enough to
place themselves and the
entire greek system in a
positive light that is if
they have truly done some
thing which makes them
worthy of public approval.
Rights Bill
EDITOR'S NOTE: The
following letter was written
March 4 and was sent to
the DAILY NEBRASKAN
from Jackson, Miss. Wheth
er Mr. Hyde was speaking
for some group was not in
dicated, but since it repre
sents a view not ordinarily
encountered here it has
been printed.
Dear Editor:
The Civil Rights Bill now
pending in the Senate is
the most terrifying threat
to individual liberties since
the American Revolution.
People all over the country
should rise up and demand
that their Senators vote
against this bill while there
is still time to defeat it.
What the average bus
inessman does not realize
is that if this bill becomes
law, he will no longer be
permitted to run his own
business. The Federal Gov
ernment will tell him whom
be must serve, whom he
must hi- and to whom
he must selL
The mere filing of a com
plaint with the government
will bring the Justice De
partment down upon the
businessman, w ho must hire
his own lawyers, while the
United States Attorney rep
resents his adversary, free
of charge. Investigators will
be forcing their way into
places of business to harass
the businessman, who ac
cording to this law does not
know how to run his bus
iness. After all. this Bill is
10 per cent "Rights" and
JW per cent Federal control.
Mr. Editor, the saddest
thing about this proposed
law is that it will destroy
freedom. The brotherhood
it claims to promote will
... . .".
A Threat
retreat before it and hatred
and bitterness will dig deep
er into the vitals of Amer
ican society.
John H. Hyde
5260 Andover Drive
Jackson, Mississippi
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