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2ri"HiVE The eternal alar clock breaks the
1 silence in a room atelleck Quadrangle.
2 A hand guided by groggy, sleep-laden eyes
fights and twists its way from the d i s-
heveled covers to flick it off.
f Another day is beginning for a stu-
dent at the University, but this lad is dif-
ferent because he is only one of about 50
i . of his kind at the school.
I Always short of time, he hastily grabs
a towel and a tattered shaving kit and
makes his way down the long corridor to
the lavatory.
I It's always crowded at this time in the
mor&'ng.
This morning was no different. H i s
1 body attracted the same stares. Not be-
I cause it was misshapen or distorted in any
I way. No, because the people are Nebras-
kans and they are not accustomed to see-
I ing a black body.
I This boy passes It off lightly, how-
ever. He dresses, has a glass of orange
i juice in the cafeteria and leaves for politi-
I cal science,
s
I It's here in class that the Negro
1 at the University achieves equality. He
labors through the same assignments, dis-
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Genial Jabs Cut
Info High Court,
Parochial Schools
Sidney Hook Brings Crowds
To Annual Montgomery Lectures
By Mick Rood.
Senior Staff Writer
Philosopher Sidney Hook,
while expounding his secular
and moralistic philosophy,
called the Supreme Court un
reliable in public matters and
labeled the parochial school
system "educationally un
sound." Hook delighted near-capacity
crowds Monday and
Wednesday in Love Library's
auditorium with genial slams
at what he calls the high
court's lack of logic. Hook, on
campus to give the annual
Montgomery lectureship, sug
gested the court have logic
consultants to gain compati
bility between its principles
and specific decisions.
"The court is mistaken . . .
reasons for democracy have
been empirical and not theo
logical," said Hook.
He said that apparently the
court justices have accepted
the statement of Justice Wil
liam 0. Douglas that "our in
stitutions pre-suppose the ex
istence of a Supreme Being."
Yet the Supreme Court's de
cisions do not always follow
this and other similar beliefs
according to Hook.
"Moral controversies cannot
be solved in a society of plural
religions unless they are
treated as ethical problems.
Democratic society must rec
ognize what is morally wrong,
but not legislate against sin,"
Hook said.
Hook hinted that the court's
Incompatibility resulted from
following a stare decisis pol
icy and a strict following ot
the Constitution. Stare decisis
is a practice of relying on pre
cedent, or arguing from sim
ilar past decisions. He noted
that what is wise and what is
constitutional are not always
the same in Supreme Court
decisions.
"Society cannot be neutral
in matters of morality, but
can be in matters of religion,"
Hook said. Although the court
has, on occasion, followed this
idea, it also has acted as an
"antiquated historical blund
erbuss" and been too depend
ent on theological explana
tions. The now-famous Bible read-
Miss Benda
Wins Grant
Janee Benda was awarded
the Mabel Lee Scholarship at
the Physical Education Ma
jor Club banquet Tuesday.
The scholarship is awarded
annually to the junior girl
who shows the greatest pro
fessional promise in the phys
ical education field.
The banquet was held in
honor of the seniors. Dr. Bar
bara Forker, chairman of the
physical education depart
ment at Iowa State, was the
guest speaker and spoke on
"Climb Every Mountain,"
Judy Erickson, president,
announced new officers of the
club. They are president Jean
Tilman, vice president Melta
McCartney, secretary Marty
Sic, and treasurer Jayne Sny
der. Each year Dr. Dudley Ash
ton, professor of physical edu
cation for w o m e n, presents
professional books to those
girls with the highest average
in the department. This years
recipients are Carol Moseke,
freshman; Ina Otte, soph
omore; Nancy Shaw, junior;
and Judy Flack, senior.
ing decision, complained
Hook, may lead to "an ex
tension of the parochial school
system, a system that ought
to be discouraged." He said
the court, in this case, should
have been concerned with
what was educational, not
necessarily with what was
strictly constitutional.
"The parochial school sys
tem is educationally unsound
. . . it causes, in my opinion,
a hostility between children in
their formative years," Hook
said.
Hook proposed that the court
attempt to read a democratic
sense of today in the Consti
tution and abandon faulty his
torical .reconstructions. He
noted that the founding
fathers took part in many
prayers and sacraments dur
ing governmental assem
blages. Hook stressed that neither a
secular or a theological ex
planation were sufficient in
today's society. "Plural sour
ces should be emphasized in
public matters, he said, be
cause the state is "a set of
processes that gain public pol
icy from conflicting public
opinions."
At times Hook, New York
University head of the philoso
phy department in the gradu
ate school of arts and sci
ences, engaged in a series of
jibes at the Supreme Court
that rippled the auditorium
with laughter. He said the so
lution of addressing a school
prayer "to whom it may con
cern" is not necessary and
will not solve the problem.
He noted that if our institu
tions "presuppose the exist
ence of a Supreme Being",
then heaven is anything but a
democracy. He asked that ev
eryone "witness the fate of
Lucifer and the lesser rebels."
Easter, the climax of the
Christian year, is accompan
ied by a wealth of traditions,
some directly stemming from
the religious significance of
symbolizing the ideas of res
urrection, and still others
having no connection with
Easter as it is celebrated to
day. The Easter Bunny, a char
acteristic symbol of modern
Easter, first made its appear
ance in pagan rituals wor
shipping the god of spring
time. These barbarian tribes
admired the rabbit for its
fertility and used it as a sym
bol of the awakening of na
ture following winter.
The use of decorated eggs
to celebrate Easter has reli
gious, superstitious and his
torical significance. E?gs have
been used for centuries as a
symbol of life, hope and res
urrectionfirst, by the Egyp
tians celebrating the repopu
latlon of the earth following
the Deluge, then by the He
brews observing the passage
out of Egyw and finally v
the early Christians to sym
bolize the resurrection of Jes
us Christ after three days in
the tomb.
King Edward I of England
ordered 400 eggs, had them
consecrated by a special
church ceremony, gilded them
and distributed them to mem
cusses the same issues, turns in similar
papers, and ultimately gets the grade he
deserves.
Negroes at the University are much
the same as their white counterparts in
academic endeavors.
The Negro community seems to be
split between the Negro athlete and the
Negro academic, who are those students
who are here primarily for an education
and who do not participate In varsity
athletics.
Gene Young, a senior fullback on the
University football team, made the point
simply and clearly. "A Negro athlete and
a Negro academic just don't hit it off as
well as do two Negro athletes."
Slim, bearded Huey Anderson, one of
the, academic Negroes, exemplifies the
academic faction of University Negroes.
A graduate student in chemistry from
Baton Rouge, La., Anderson is currently
attempting to determine the structure of
naphtha acids which are found in petrole
um compounds. He has found the com
pounds to be isometric which is new to
the chemistry field.
Anderson said that the trend in uni
versities now is to get the intelligent Ne
Vol. 77, No. 81
A proposed constitutional
amendment to add a Student
Council representative from
Cather Hall was passed yes
terday in a lengthy Student
Council meeting in which
the Council considered sever
al changes in the present sys
tem of representation.
The Council also postponed
the proposed addition of a del
egate from All University
Fund (AUF), the elimination
of the representative from
the Council on Religion, and
consideration of reorganizing
the Council constitution.
It was felt that members
should have time to study the
constitution and contact
members of the organizations
concerned.
They passed a motion by
Doug Thorn to recommend
that freshmen be seated in
the South Terrace during foot
ball games and upperclass
men occupy the center areas
of the East Stadium. These
changes in the present obso
lete seating plan were sug
gested to the Council last
week by James Pittenger,
athletic ticket manager.
Extensive discussion mark
ed all phases of the action on
the representation committee
report submitted by Jim
Baer. The rights of organiza
tions to be represented on
Council and the constitutional
basis of this representation
was considered from many
bers of the court in observ
ance of Easter.
Easter eggs, or pasche
eggs as the Eijlish called
them, became a national in
stitution. William Hone writ
ing on English customs in the
early 1800's, remarked th . t
the price of eggs always
seemed to rise three or four
weeks before the holiday.
Most of the English eggs
were decorated much as they
are today, by writing on them
with a candle and dipping
them in dye. Some were sub
merged in melted wax, and
elaborate designs were
scraped with a knife onto the
surface.
Hone said that the most
beautiful eggs, picturing land
scapes or mythological figur
es, were often preserved in
glasses of ale for generations.
The plainer eggs were tak
en by small boys, who chal
lenged each other over who
had the hardest egg. They
would tap the competing eggs
together, and by process of
elimination, the grand cham
pion egg was found.
An old English custom
which has vanished from the
modern Eastern scene is that
of "lifting." In many areas
of England and Ireland,
groups of people would go
about the streets of Easter
day, lifting any unsuspecting
Sfrydeinifl' CoyEncii Approves
lepreseoDtsif ove IFoir C
-Representation Changes
standpoints during the discus
sion. The question of whether
the Council on Religion is
powerful enough to merit a
seat on Student Council
brought about strong support
for removing it from the
Council. Ann Wahl defended
the Council on Religion, say
ing that it represents a num
ber of organizations each of
which carries on a strong pro
gram of its own.
Answering Buzz Brashear,
who expressed fear that the
Council would be dictating to
religion by opposing the Coun
cil on Religion representative,
Miss Wahl said that most
Sinfonia Names
Concert Vocalist
Karen Workman has been
selected as jazz vocalist by
the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
music fraternity for their Sin
fonic Jazz Concert to be held
April 10th at 7:30 p.m. in the
Union Ballroom.
Ten girls tried out last week
in a campus-wide audition.
Miss Workman was selected
to sing three numbers at the
concert.
Tickets are $1 and may be
purchased from members of
Sinfonia and at a booth in the
Student Union after Easter
vacation.
auies, usunny s ymooiize s aster
bystander high Into the a I r.
Once he had regained his
feet, the victim was expected
to provide each of the lifters
with a small contribution.
This practice can be traced
again to Edward I. It is said
that Edward celebrated the
holiday by allowing certain
maids to lift him out of bed on
Easter morning for which he
would pay them. Hone referred
to this act as a "vulgar"
symbolism of Christ's resur
rection. The lilies, greens, baby
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WHERE AM I GOING TO HIDE MY EGGS? The Easter bunny seems perplexed as
campus. Bunnies, eggs, bonnets, Ullicg and parades denote the Easter season.
groes to college. "They have excellent op
portunities," he said. Huey attended a
Seventh Day Adventist college in Louisi
ana for two years, spent two years at Un
ion College and from there decided to do
graduate work at the University.
Just as athletes are recruited for
sports, Anderson was academically re
cruited for graduate work in chemistry.
He said that Dr. E. Roger Washburn, then
chairman of the University chemistry de
partment, urged him to do his graduate
NEGROES AT NU:
academics
work at Nebraska and offered him an as
sistantship so that he could do so.
Anderson eventually plans a career
in either research or college teaching.
His motto: The more you learn the
more you earn.
A sophomore end on the football team,
said that most Negro athletes are in ele
mentary education majoring in physical
education. In addition to the football op
The Daily Nebraskan
moral issues, such as the dis
crimination study passed by
Student Council last week
could be handled just as well
by the Council on Religion, if
they so desired, if such mo
tions were defeated by Ctu
dent Council itself.
Miss Wahl then moved that
the motion be postponed un
til the next meeting, when the
present Council on Religion
representative, Joann Strate
mann, cdtild present her
views on appropriate action.
The motion to allow an AUF
representative to sit on the
Council was defeated 14-12
when presented by Baer, but
President Dennis Christie,
handing the gavel to Miss
Wahl, moved to reconsider
the motion again at the next
meeting. This action was ap
proved. Discussion on the AUF mo
tion centered around the
right of the organization to be
represented solely because it
effects so many students
through the annual AUF stu
dent charity drives. The ques
tions of whether Council dic
tates to AUF by defeating
their motions was raised by
Miss Wahl paralleling the sit
uation to the discussion of the
Council on Religion. Bra
shear maintained that AUF,
through the large amounts
of money that the organiza
tion handles, had a great ef
fect on the students.
Baer told Council that Cath
chicks and abundance of
white call attention to joy,
light and peace. Many of
these are inherited from pag
an rituals.
The name of the feast itself
comes from the teutonic name
for the goddess of spring,
Eostre. It may occur any
time between March 22 and
April S, and is defined as the
first Sunday after the full
moon following the vernal
equinox.
The early church was of two
opinions over whether the
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portunities, he chose the University be
cause of its academic rating and smaller
classes.
In defense of physical education as an
academic area, he said that physical edu
cation is not as easy as most students
make it out to be. He attributes the dif
ficulty to the amount of time a major
spends in class for one hour of credit.
Conversely, Ron Moore, a Negro ath
lete who switched his major from physical
education to journalism, and is quitting
school, questioned the department of phy
sical education for not offering enough
training to a man in his area of specialty.
He would like to have, for instance, "four
good years of pole vaulting," instead of
having to take one semester courses in
wrestling and other sports in which he is
not interested.
"With only a semester of wrestling,
are you equipped to teach it?" Moore
questioned.
Moore is a hurdler on the University
track team.
Moore said that Negroes get special
attention in classes from many professors.
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Considered
er Hall's request for a Stu
dent Council representative
was approved by the repre
sentation committee while
Pound, the other half of the
new Twin Towers dormitory
complex, was rejected. He
explained that the women res
idents of Pound are part of the
Independent Women's Assoc
iation (IWA) and the Assoc
iated Women Students (AWS)
and are represented through
these bodies.
Cather, he pointed out, is a
member of no other men's
organization, and thus has no
representation through living
unit.
Miss Wahl suggested that
Cather hall should be a part
of the Residence Association
for Men (RAM), the govern
ing body of Selleck Quad
rangle. Bobby Kotecha an
swered that Cather's residents
are and want to be Indepen
dents, and to stay independent
from RAM.
Mike Wiseman told Council
that he would vote for the
Cather proposal, but caution
ed them against setting a
precedent for living unit rep
resentation. Baer answered that repre
sentation will have to be limit
ed as all units and colleges
continue to grow.
The Council also defeated a
proposed constitutional
amendment by Mary Morrow
feast should be celebrated on
the first day of the week,
when the resurrection tradi
tionally occurred, or the
fourteenth day of the moon,
the Jewish passover. Jewish
influence in the church de
teriorated with successive
generations, and the Emperor
Constantine in 325 endorsed
the Gentile conception of hav
ing Easter always on a Sun
day. One of the most impressive
ceremonies of the Easter sea
son in the early church was
the lighting of the Paschall
t "
Thursday, March 26, 1964
which stated that the tabula
tions of organizational repre
sentative elections should not
be released to the press. Miss
Morrow said that, because the
elections in small organiza
tions must have two candi
dates, and one is usually
much stronger, a great deal
of embarassment results
when votes are published.
Ivy Singers' Lists
Due Tomorrow
Song leaders for the Inter
sorority Sing on Ivy Day, May
9, are to be turned in to Joan
Phipps, chairman, by tomor
row. Accompanying these
names are to be the names
of the singers, listed alpha
betically, and the name of the
song selected.
There will be a meeting
pnl 7 at 7 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union for an song lead
ers or their representatives.
At this time the entry fee of
$3 will be asked for.
Several rules have been set
up concerning the Sing. Not
more than 25 girls, including
the director, may represent
the group, nor less than eight.
All members must be carry
ing at least twelve hours this
semester with no failures in
the twelve hours.
A complete list of rules or
any other information may
be obtained from Miss Phipps.
Candle, representing Christ.
The large medieval cathed
rals sometimes exhibited im
mense brass stands, some as
tall as 35 feet, upon which
stood a candle that might
loom 40 feet above the stand
and weigh several hundred
pounds. The candle w a l
blessed with appropriate cere
monies on Holy Thursday and
burned throughout the Easter
season.
An abbreviated version of
the candle is connected with
the Roman Easter services
to this day.
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