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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.
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! 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
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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.
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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.
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pointed out recently, this ac
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proval, if not at the request
of the chairman of the Budg
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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
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college trained employees
are in greater demand than
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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
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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
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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
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