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ii " ..1 s -I '8 I .1' 4 ',1 ' y ' ? V' ,' V'M' ' 'if 4 r. J 8 .1 1 ! K Page 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS: At It Again Student Council is at it again. That's wrong. Some Student Council members are at it again. Yesterday Student Council unanimously passed a reso lution expressing "strong disapproval" of the refusal of a Lincoln barber shop to serve a University student because he was a Negro. (It was the Capital Hotel barber shop, ac cording to a Lincoln JOURNAL report.) But, that's not bad. And the fact that it was unani mously passed is not bad. Supposedly, it is a commend able purpose to act in cases of this sort. But, it was a quick deal. Joann Stratemann was un sure whether she would introduce the resolution up until an hour or so before the Council met. Her statement: "If we are interested in the welfare of students, as I assume we are, we should take an interest in this issue." That's good, but why didn't she say she was interested in the issue because the student was a Negro and charge the Student Council to be interested to that effect? If it would have been a white student who could not get served, would there even have been an interest? Postponment Was A Good Idea ' During discussion Del Rasmussen asked the Council to postpone action until next week to enable the members to study the issue. That is something Student Council usu ally does, but in this case it was a good idea. Some Coun cil members apparently did not even know what went on at the barber shop and here they have passed a resolution disapproving of it. Then Mike Barton said there should be no hesitation on passage of the motion merely on the basis of (1) con fusion in the wording of the motion or (2) the state law to which it refers. A little confusion on those insignificant items, one would guess, doesn't hurt anything? Barton stated that a law had "clearly been broken." So, the Council passed a resolution about which there is some confusion and not very well defined positions a way in which probably no other governing body would attempt. Earlier, Tom Kort said that the Council was not try ing to involve Mr. Skeete (the concerned Negro) in any controversy, but that the Council could use this as evi dence that things of this type do happen in Lincoln. Everyone knows this type of thing happens in Lincoln. It is nice that Student Council is interested in this problem. But, in order to express that interest Wednes day, the Council bowed to not-too-well-thought-out state ments by several of its members and sacrificed a little of its proceedure. But most important, the Council sacri ficed its dignity. It should not do that. laiuiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiriaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiii,!;, ! Bad Seed II That rollicking hoard of high school merry-makers is here once more, com plete with maroon and yel low letter sweaters, un tamed cheerleaders with a r o v i n g eye for college freshmen, and hundreds of squealing, giggling, un combed, untidy pep club girls in ill-fitting, unbeliev able uniforms. I do not mind them set tling in large flocks in the Crib, wandering around campus with while buck shoes and a hot dog, or even care if they impreg nate the fraternity houses This is all natural. But as I stand in line for a coke, if just one of them, any species, but just one happens to pop his gum. poke me in the ribs, and asks me which team I'm for, I fully intend to remove my brown loafer, sharpen the buckle, and cut h i 8 throat. It's because my high school didn't make the tour naments, which is under standable. My class was the last good one they had, as I remember. One must shed a tear or two for these visitors; they just couldn't have the memories that we do. Thumbing through my year book last night, I came across several things which drew my simple mind back through the years, all four of them piiilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit- About Letters S The DAILY NKRRAKKAM Invitee! ss reaoVra to as it lor eitreanliins B l opinion on current login reaard- a less si viewpoint. Letter muni l S aimed, contain verifiable ad- 5 3 dresa, and be frro of llbeloua ma- 3 lerlal. Pea namta mar be In- 5 olndrd and will ba released p written raqueat. Brevltr and lrihl!lt humu s: Ifea chance of publican. Lanilhr 5 altera mar ba edited or omitted. S Abaelolelr boh will be returned. 3 RillilHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIlii i; RnRrrrinR nc-i?innnnpjiP :.-ooooot ,. , i-i, ni 1- -Ti w- e-n------fc---T---'-'----r Friday, March 13 1964 The first big thing was always Homecoming and crowning the Homecoming Queen. It's funny, but she's always the one that had to get married right after graduation. I suppose that's one of the risks of royalty. . Electing cheerleaders was another special treat. Now that I've been Out in the World, some of those yells we did were amazing. "We are the Smokey Bears and we Couldn't be Prouder. If you Can't hear us Now, we'll Yell a Little Loud er!" During these chants, the cheerleaders were do ing a splendid imitation of a mad pigeon in flight. One thing I do miss is cleaning out a locker twice a year. Some girls used theirs as hope chests. I used mine as a waste basket. There's something rather potent about a four m o n t h-old minced ham sandwich. Of course, my high school was the hardest, best, big gest, richest, oldest, and neatest school in town, and the principal was a large ogre who carried a cat-o'-nine-tails whip, and we all knew why-certain-girls-got-to-work-in-the-office. Too bad, the way that school has slipped since 1 graduated. But, neverthe less, I did want to warn our smallf visiting army of pink lipstick and combat boots that I was touchy about being bothered while buying a coke. Don't worry kids, you'll be able to spot me. I'm the tall one with the oudated pep club out fit on, the only one wear ing a sorority pin beside my school letter. A Smokey Bear never gives up. n.s. --ri in ri ei, r r-,rr n . -I i- f By Bob Weaver The traditional view of American education is that it should be public. This would apply to elementary secondary schooling. The Morrill Act, which created the basis for the great pro gram of land grant col leges, extended this princi ple to institutions of higher learning. Today, communi ties and school districts are beginning to assume a re sponsibility for education beyond twelve grades and are including junior college programs. These are only a few ex amples of the principle that society should provide for ' the education of its young. Regardless of whether they have any offspring which would benefit directly from this service or not, each member of society must re alize that he or she has this stake in the future. It is true that rising costs of education and rising en rollments in our schools w ill increase this burden on tax payers. It is also true that the number of tax payers will be increasing which, at least, will help pay for the increase in expenditures for governmental services, in cluding education. It has been proposed that tuition rates might be in creased at the University of Nebraska. The legislature has asked that the proced ure be followed in raising funds for the University's regular expenditures and fu ture growth needs. Tuition rates have already been raised for non-resident stu dents to $300 a semester. Other adjustments up "ran" I i ili BOAC shows you the Europe the European students know-from $1079 for 42 days. Inquiring minds and the fun-minded will both enjoy the 11 BOAC itineraries specially designed for students. You visit little-known Alpine and Yugoslav villages as well as the Grand Tour classics. Here's what your tour price includes. Serious cultural, economic and governmental briefings. Oxford and Cambridge graduate-student tour leaders. Shakespeare at Stratford, Salzburg marionettes, Edin burgh Military Tattoo. Evenings with European students atTivoli, Munich Hof brau, and the Left Bank. Independent leisure in the great cities. Most meals. All hotels, prices based on double occupancy of rooms. You get there by BOAC Rolls Royce 707 Fan-Jet. Travel in Europe by bus, train, steamer and air. See your Travel Agent or nearest BOAC office and send in the coupon. Including Economy Class round-trip jet air fare from New York, subject to change. mm, V 1 L.,..., ,l,.i.M...ii eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoe , e.- ". "f'-r- wards have been made to be effective next fall. It is con ceivable that this same pro cedure might be used in the future if a new request is made to increase the Uni versity budget. As has been pointed out recently, this ac tion would meet with the ap proval, if not at the request of the chairman of the Budg et Committee, state Senator Richard Marvel. In making the suggestion of raising the tuition rates and in making any future suggestions in this regard, the legislature has and would be abdicating its re sponsibility to provide tradi tional public education at nominal cost to the citizens of this state. The present unemploy ment rate indicates that to day's citizen needs as much education as possible, to get and retain viable employ ment. Skilled workers and college trained employees are in greater demand than those with only a high school education. Therefore, the in dividual and society benefits by a low cost, quality edu cation. As a' contributing member of society the stu--'-dent more than pays the "loan" which society pro vides for his education. This is true if he is a contribu ting member to the Nebras ka economy or any other state's economy. One of the most important products Nebraska provides herself and the nation, is an . -educated citizen, capahi? of a significant contribution to society. Let us neither deny the' student the traditional education he needs nor so ciety the contributing citizen. mi TOUR taOCHURC British OveniM Alrwayi Corporitlofl Dept. BE-17SC 530 Fifth Ave., New York 38 Pleati tend m your fret brochure on ITUDKNT Teur- NAME- ADDRESS. My Travel Agent In. -''"'. . V s Letter Examines Panama EDITOR'S NOTE The following letter was post marked Feb. 22, but due to the importance of the Panamanian issue and good background presented in the letter, it has been printed. Dear Editor: The stand Panama has taken in her "conflict with the U.S. must best be un derstood from the stand point of national pride. Panamanian nationalism, a historical phenomenon reaching back into the first decade of the nineteenth century, feels insulted by the colonial policies of the U.S. and the unfair treaty which gave the U.S. the right to build the Panama Canal. Panama, though cut off from Colombia by jungle and mountains, had volun tarily linked her destiny to " that nation in 1821, after gaining her independence from Spain. Already, by 1830, Panama was weary of the constant political disor ders in Colombia which, for Panama, meant a rapid shuffling of opposed politi cal leaders; and, she was weary of Colombia's indif ference to her economic and social - well-being. So, on Sept. 26, 1830, Simon Boli var, an exile in Barranquil la, Colombia, was invited by a Panamanian diplomatic mission to come to Pan ama to be her governor, and perhaps, from that post, to try to reunite the crum bling Confederation of States. But, Bolivar, sick and despondent, declined this honor and in the inter ests of the disintegrating federation, recommended to the envoys that they return the territory to Colombia. A complex barracks re volt of 1831 gave Panama its independence for thirty days. A more serious move ment which lasted for thir teen months, took place in 1840. Costa Rica gave diplo matic recognition to the new republic under the presiden cy of don Tomas Herrera and signed a peace treaty with its representatives. However, as in 1831, the nationalistic in o v ements were frustrated by military and political forces for Co lombia; as soon as order was temporarily restored in that country. Panama's insistence on WE NEVER CLOSE SEAMLESS LADIES NYLONS DIVIDEND BONDED GAS 16th & P Sts. Downtown uu obtaining some kind of in dependent political status which would better premit her well-being was re warded in 1855 when the Colombian senate allowed the creation of the Federal State of Panama. Not pos sessing all the attributes of national sovereignty, Pan ama also suffered from the repeated coups occurring in her own territory, many as a result of Colombian in trigues. The Federal State of Panama ended by consti tutional fiat in 1886. It is to this history of sen sitive nationalism that Roosevelt's assertion that he took Panama must be mea sured. It is a matter of his tory how U.S. troops pre vented Colombia from thwarting Panama's desire for independence. It is a historical fact that Roose velt's interest in Panama was centered on the build ing of an interoceanic ca nal. The record is also avail able of how Panama was forced into accepting an un fair treaty. The treaty is unfair because of the c i r cumstances surrounding its preparation, content and ratification. It is a fact that Amador and Boyd, the Pana manian delegation to the U.S.A. for the negotiation of the treaty were delayed in New York until the treaty which they had never seen was signed for Panama, by a Frenchman who repre sented French Canal inter ests and, in a very question able way, the Panamanian government. Articles II and III of the treaty, basically unchanged through the re visions of 1936 and 1955, em power the U.S. to act as if it were sovereign on t h e Canal Zone, forever. It is unfair to unborn genera tions for a nation to lease its territory and relinquish its sovereignity over nation al territory to another na tion, in perpetuity. These two Articles need to be chal lenged in the World Court. The treaty had to be rati fied by the new nation of Panama a Jiation busy with unfamiliar economic and political adjustments and threatened by an imminent invasion from Colombia, if the interests of the U.S. were not met. Any nation, given Panama's nationalis tic background and the un fairness of the present Ca nal treaty would demand GAS PURCHASE Lincoln ru "THE BEST" jrmk with Situation new treaty negotiations from the U.S. But there is more! Amer icans residing on the Canal Zone have come to regard this ten-mile strip of land which splits Panama in two as a nineteenth centry col. ony. In three areas alone, housing, education and job opportunities, non-w h i t e s have been viciously dis. criminated against in t h e Canal Zone. Pedro Miguel and Rainbow City are com pletely non-white Canal Zone communities. The ed ucational system of the non whites has been consistent ly inferior in facilities and quality to that offered white Americans living in the Ca nal Zone. Non-whites are paid less for the same work as their white American counterparts; many posi tions are not open to Pan amanians for 'security' rea sons; and, when vacancies occur on the non-security positions occupied by whites, these are filled by of the U.S. white citizens The Southerners who plan Canal Zone policy have transplanted all that is Americus, Georgia, to Pan ama. Panama's national pride forces it to demand from the United States anew treaty which will offer it some future in the - canal and an end to the discrim inatory practices still ram pant in the Canal Zone. Ivan D. Alphonse JOHN MORRIS, editor,! ARNIK OARSON, managing editor; Sl'SAN KMITHBERUKK. ne editor; FRANK PARTSCH, MICK ROOD, senior staff writers; JFRRI O'NKIL, MIKE KEKDV, AL BRANDT, KAY ROOD, junior staff writers; RICH ARD IIALHERT, DALE HA.IEK, CAY LEITSCHTCK, copy editors; DENNIS DrKRAIN, photographer; CHUCK SALEM, sports editor; PEG GY SPEECE. assistant sports editor; PRESTON LOVE, circulation man ager; JIM DICK, subscription man ager; JOHN ZEILINtiER, business manaer; BILL G1NLICKS. BOB CUNNINGHAM, PETE LAGE, busi ness assistants. Subscription rates $3 per semester or $5 per year. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Lincoln, Nebraska, under Ihe act of August 4, 1912. The Daily Nehraskan Is published at room 51, Student Union, on Mon day, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday by University of Nebraska students under the jurisdiction of the Faculty Subcommittee on Student Publication. Publications shall be free frpm cen sorship by the Subcommittee or any person outside the University. 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