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NU's Friend
When one is in the pro
cess of carrying out a duty,
especially one where policy
decisions must be made,
there is very little praise
of his wort. So it has been
with Regents Richard E.
Adtins, retiring president of
the Board of Regents. Hav
ing served a one-year term,
he is now retiring, but will
continue on the Board.
Typical of Adtrn's forward-looking
viewpoints, the
Board of Regents, under
his leadership, has looked
to the future of the Univer
sity more this year than in
the past
It has arranged for a Uni
versity planner to project
into the future and buDd a
Master Plan for the institu
tion. It was under his adminis
tration that the compulsory
ROTC plan was abolished
and the new program was
set up. It was during h i s
year that the room and
board fees were raised in
order to provide for better
facilities for the resident
students. It was during his
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Honorary Nomination
Dear Editor :
This letter serves as an
honorary nomination for an
Outstanding ebraskan who
merits this award but is in
eligible to receive it. That
person is Susan Smith
berger, the editor of the
Daily Nebraskan.
Miss Smithberger not
only serves as a represen
tative of one of the out
standing journalism depart
ments in the nation. Hers
will be remembered as the
paper which made the most
constructive stride toward
influencing the Administra
tive opinion.
The issue of December 7
was an eloquent summary
of both principles and prag
matism. The Nebraskan's
need for funds was made
the subject of a series of
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year that the Regents cour
ageously submitted the
large budget to the Legisla
ture, and then compiled
the facts to prove that the
amount was needed.
In Adtins the University
had a man to whom politics
and political finagling were
minor in importance; to
whom keeping a friend may
be more important than
winning an election. This is
not to imply that Adtins is
politically naive. t is only
to say that he prefers to
use other methods to win his
point. This was good for the
University.
In Val Peterson, the new
president the University
has a man who has built
his career around politic?.
This, too, is good for the
University. What Adtins
could not accomplish by
friendship, possibly Peter
son can accomplish by a
politician's abilities.
To Adtins. the University
owes a big thank you. both
for his job as president and
for his continued service on
the Board of Resents.
SUSAN SMITHBERGER
articles by Miss Smith
berser's entire staff that
fairly presented one of the
most crucial problems in
their University careers.
If students continue to
enjoy a fine collegiate pa
per if other journalism
classes bring fame to the
University and if state
ments of student problems
remain on this high plane,
a great deal of credit must
kan's finest edtiors, Susan
Smithberger.
Sincerely,
Dave Kittams
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Democratic
By LARRY ROGERS
From 1900 until 1309 the
Democratic party can hard
ly be said to have existed.
By the end of this period,
however, the incipient split
within the Republican par
ty between its emerging
progressive wing and its
entrenched conserva
live wing was becoming
an open one.
Republican leaders such
as Spooner. Piatt and Al
drieh in the Senate and
"Uncle Joe" Cannon,
Speaker of the House,
were being challenged by
such progressives as La
Follette, Beveridge and
Xorris. Theodore Roose
velt, although sympathetic
to progressive demands for
reform, cleared his first
term decisions with the con
servative faction know
ing that opposition Jo it
would mean political sui
cide. This conservative re
sistance was to strengthen
during his second term and
Roosevelt in an effort Jo
keep the party united, was
unable to pass significant
legislation.
When Woodrow Wilson
emerged in 1912 to lead the
Democratic party, this Re
publican split had badly
fragmented the party to
the point where T.R. ran
as a third party candidate
against his own successor,
William Howard Tail Un
der the impact of progres
sivism. Wilson had moved
1'iom a conservative Grover
Cleveland "democratism"
to a growing progressive
position. His early reputa
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tion, in fact, had been made
while progressive governor
of New Jersey.
The " New Freedom" had
as its basic objectives: tar
iff reform, trust reform,
banting reform and a bet
tering of the position of
American labor (primarily
the exemption of the labor
union from prosecution as
an illegal trust under the
Sherman Act). While T.R.S
new nationalism repre
sented the desires of a re
bellious element within so
ciety, the program of Wil
son did not represent a re
pudiation of the past and
did not threaten party
unity,
Wilson's emphasis as
president was upon strong
executive leadership as
has been the case with all
of our great presidents. He
was also characterired by
his loyalty to the Demo
cratic party. While many
contemporary writers la
ment the prevalence of po
licial partisanship, it is
quite clear that all of our
presidents of the first rant
have been intensely parti
san as politiciars.
Wilson's partisan spirit
took the form of devotion
to party because he 'quite
rightly 'placed his empha
sis upon the political par
ty as an instrument of so
cial progress.
This Wilsonian spirit al
lowed him to accomplish
something almost without
precedent in the American
experience the fulfillment
of all of his campaign
promises.
V I n J t KS i P f I I f 1 I i I iv m
LOWER LEVEL OF NEBRASKA UNION
By GEORGE DIHAXSKE
No one can question the
validity of the statement
that the presidential elec
tion of 1964 will have to be
considered one of the most
significant happenings of
the past year. Now that the
air has been cleared of the
emotionalism of the election,
perhaps a second glance
should be taken of the
ideas and suggestions
emerging from the smote
that surrounded the first
week in November.
One of the first con
clusions that can and
should be drawn is that the
United States is in sorry
need of a system of nomi
nations which reflects the
iews of the people, and not
merely that segment of the
electorate with enough am
bition to attend party
meetings or. perhaps, those
persons who have not waited
for the press to release a
barrage of information to
aid them in their selection '
of a man best suited for the
job.
One proposal which
emerges from these prob
lems and is supported by a .
small group of people is the '
national nominating prima
ry in which all potential
candidates for the presiden
cy would be entered in par- 1
ty races which would deter- j
mine the nominee of each "
of the major political par- -ties.
The advantages are ob- i
vious. The primary arrange- ;!
ment would allow all per- ,
sons who care to affili
ate themselves with the par
ty to participate in the se- 1
lection of a presidential
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nominee. Unfortunately this
method has many wrin
kles which have not yet
been ironed out. Not the
least of which is the lack
of uniformity from state to
state on nominating systems
and selection of delegates
to the national convention.
All of these laws and me
thods would have to be
made uniform.
Also the problem would
develop of perhaps too
many candidates on the bal
lot and no one person ob
taining a majority. In that
case, the parry would then
either have to take the
person with the most votes,
which might be only ten
per cent, or a run-off pri
mary would have to be con
ducted. These disadvantages
coupled with the expense of
the program which would
have to be assumed by the
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the program unfeasible at
this time.
The second point of inter
est to emerge from the elec
tion was the rather jumbled
state of the Republican par
ty whieh now seems to be
reforming continuity of
thought. No longer are there
great shouts for the hides of
those who failed to produce
a victory in 1964. There
seems to be the rather
quiet claiming of those
hides in somewhat unpub
lieized meetings and reor
ganization conventions. The
moderates seem to be gain
ing a stronger foothold oa
the GOP.
The future of the Repub
lican party is once again
emerging from the clouds
of despair and the loyal op
position will be prepared to
issue a strong challenge in
1966.
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