The New Guard
frank Part sett, Editor
Mike Jeffrey, business manager
Page 2 Monday, February 22, 1965
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Closed-Mouth Test?
In today's Campus Opinion, we print a letter complain
ing about professors' expressing their political views in
the classroom. The writer is disturbed because one of his
teachers evidently took a stand against Barry Goldwater
for the presidency.
We can understand his feelings. Susan Smilhberger,
in her editorial backing Goldwater for the presidency last
semester, said "Americans have always voted with emo
tion," and we agree that campaigns especially the last
one are very emotional affairs.
Many students were insulted last semester by instruc
tors who in so many words told them that the political
philosophy with which they had been indoctrinated through
out childhood and high school Was reactionary and ended
in the Year ONE (1932.) Some were dismayed when their
ministers urged them to vote for Johnson. Others were
crestfallen when their campus newspaper supported a can
didate other than their favorite.
But, in spite of the hurt feelings, a professor, guaranteed
his sacred right of academic freedom, must not be fet
tered. We know that several could not discuss the last
election in a fair manner, but why is that any different
than our previous indoctrination by little old white-haired
high school civics teachers? At that time we were not
aware that there were two sides to the question.
All but the most narrow college students should realize
that any question has two sides, and (although some would
disagree) this also holds for the last election. It should be
the duty of a student to question his teacher's political
teaching, and it should Le the duty of the teacher to answer
(without smirking) any political queries from his class, no
matter what the coloring, without effect on grade.
Our personal experience with teachers before the cam
paign was limited to one who would not comment on the
campaign or the issues. We respected him for doing what
he thought was right, but we were anxious to hear what a
more educated person than ourselves had to say about
some of the issues involved, especially since the class dis
cussed was one likely to be concerned with the issues.
Whatever. he said, however, would not have changed
our opinions or our votes.
This discussion brings to mind a constantly recurring
problem when writing a theme do you write what the in
structor wants to hear or do you write the way you really
feel? Certainly teachers are one-sided in subjects other
than politics. One will say that "Hamlet" is superior to
the "Tempest" and another would laugh at such an idea.
We do not question their academic freedom; we recognize
that this is their opinion, that we may certainly disagree,
and that we will not be penalized for our opinions if we
can prove them a logical manner.
Academic freedom is necessary and essential for the
preservation of "intellectual ferment," and we fear that
any kind of ban on the expression of political philosophy
would be a breach of the University's right to make its
students think. "
We sympathize with Mr. Rosenquist, but, again, we
feel that freedom of speech and freedom to teach must
prevail at all cost even if it be the taxpayers.
FRANK PARTSCH
By Frank Partsch
I had originally intended
to fill this space with an
other Bill Mauldin cartoon,
but, what with the Great
Typewriter in the Sky's low
Gying and the murmering of
the Jolly Green Grapevine
in my ear, I decided to re
visit the Closet.
First, I'd like to speak a
bit about the carrier of this
trivia, the Daily Nebraskan
itself. Upon assuming the
position, (stepping up to
THE CHAIR, so to speak)
I was filled with many good
plans, among them a list of
quotations from Shake
speare with local timely tie
ins. I consulted several
friends, whose evaluations
of the idea sounded like
Hubert's boss speaking of
the Great Society, so I bor
rowed my sister's English
235 text and spent several
days assimilating quotes
and tie-ins, which I t h e n
printed during our first
days of publication ... I
would appreciate anything
good that anyone has to say
about my idea; the other,
I have heard already.
One night, while sitting in
my lonely-Shack-by-the-rail-road
track, as I affection
ately dub my great w h i t e
concrete fright, I got to
thinking about Winston
Churchill. The thought pro
ceeded to a phone call and
from thence to a meeting
and finally precipated into
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Closet
c
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a discussion of who the ten
greatest men in history
might be.
After much argument and
elimination, we arrived at a
list of ten; we will reprint
it at a later date as an at
tempt to agitate some cam
pus discussion on the sub
ject. We invite anyone to
predict our findings.
Also on the subject of
Churchill, one of the men
for whom I serve as d e n
mother was quite disgusted
because he couldn't find
enough brave hearties to
take the two Shack televi
sion sets by force so he
could watch an hour review
of Churchill's life instead of
blood and thunder.
That reminded me of an
incident two weeks prior to
finals. I had also been dis
gusted that the two Shack
sets were always tuned to
"Outer Limits" with no con
sideration given to those of
us die-hard Jackie Gleason
fans who have not yet been
carried off.
On this particular Satur
day night I enlisted the
services of Tom Powell, a
good friend who happened
to (at the time) be rooming
with a 250 lb. hunk of foot
ball player.
The three of us captured
one of the sets during the
early stock returns and held
it until good old Craze be
gan to croon, during which
we growled at about 42
"Outer Limits" fans and
Editor's note: Tltc follow
ing editorial, expressing one
writer's view of the emo
tionalism sometimes ex
presscd in contempor
ary moral, intellectual and
political crusades, is re
printed from the Minnesota
Daily,
By Garrison Keillor
As I was reading the
January issue of the Min
nesota Gadfly (the inde
pendent journal of mimeo
graphed opinion on campus)
last week, I remembered
the old days when political
clubs used to hang out at
the YMCA. I was sergeant-at-arms
for the World
Peace Club then, when ev
eryone came to meetings
fresh from the shower and
a game of volleyball and
told them to go to the other
set.
About 7:15, when the
American Scene began to
get obnoxious, we retired to
our rooms. As we walked by
the other set, however, we
learned the fate of the 42
we had sent there to watch
outer limits Gleason
fans had captured that set,
too.
At the time I thought of
writing a Case about people
as animals I characterized
these TV watchers as
sheep; I called up an old
instructor and named him
Billy Goat and found several
coeds to be the minks.
Pausing a moment and
accidently looking in a mir
ror I tore up the column
and punted.
The cartoon I had planned
to use in this space showed
.a World War II dog face
waking up beneath a cow in
a shed somewhere in north
ern Italy. It was entitled
"Breakfast in Bed."
That was for those of you
who would have rather seen
the cartoon than read this
Case.
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THE 6ALLERY
Writer Says No To War
let Congress and the Admin
istration have it right where
you have to have it when
you don't have it in the
arm.
Campus politics was more
earnest then. The reporters
who covered our meetings
used only three verbs in
their stories: denounced,
blasted, and charged. If
they used "said" it meant
they hadn't heard the speak
er. Everything was conbrio
and hot mamas. We had
fellows like Irv Vivance who
could gavel in at five
o'clock, get through t h e
Old Business and burn
Washington down to its
bomb shelters in time for
us to get to the Paramount
before the admission went
up.
But I was reading the
Gadfly. According to an
editor's note, the writers in
this issue were attempting
"to stir something within
you." In other words, the
writing was pretty turbu
lent. The prize piece of ver
biage was entitled. "The
Passivist's Manifesto," a
misleading title for the pas
sion this passivist mani
fested. "Peoples of the world, the
time has come, the hour is
at hand, arise and take
hamlets, from your farms
and off the land. Rise up
your voices so they might
be heard in high places.
Arise you peoples of t h e
earth and cry out loud and
clear . . . Say this vou peo
ples of the earth: SAY NO
TO WAR. SAY NO TO
WAR."
I arose and took life with
his first sentence, and al
though I found it difficult to
come off the land, I said
no to war at the top of my
upper-case voice. It got
much better as it careened
along, and I only regret that
I cannot reproduce it here
in full. The motif was SAY
NO TO WAR. "Let this be
your greetings to every man
you meet . . . when you
leave him, say the same
. . . Start in to say it now,
on every occasion, in an
swer to every question . . .
Before any request be
granted, make he who
asks SAY NO TO WAR." v
The piece was heavily
populated with warlords
satanic old geezers who pre
pare for Armageddon and
who are arrayed against
Peace - makers and, of
course, the peoples of t h e
earth. Children were there,
there, too, for as the writer
asked, "Who among you
would burn his own child?
Who among you would set
fire to his wife and home?
Who among you would in
cinerate his sisters and
brothers?" (In answer to
those questions, one can
only say, SAY NO TO
WAR.)
No, t h e children and
wives and sisters and broth
ers came through this piece
insinged quite some trick
considering the purity of the
flame in the torch the wri
ter carried for us all. And
there were fires elsewhere
"The great fire awaits, it
is buried in the ground and
in your silence it shall rise
up to destroy the earth and
all of its people forever."
That, my brother, is the
real revival stuff, at which
the organist leans hard
on the tremolo button and
brings "Peace, Peace, Won
derful Peace" sobbing up
from the pipes below.
It is meant, I think, to be
read at top speed, top voice,
as one is kicking his legs,
lashed to a windmill-paddle.
And. I might add, it is a
welcome sound in these
parts. It's about time we got
this sort of stuff in campus
political life. How long has
it been since someone last
stood on the Northrop steps
and shouted, "Let's take
over the Daily!"? How long,
0 how long 0 Lord, has it
been since someone on this
campus addressed himself,
not to the Dean or to his
colleagues, but to the peo
ples of the world? SAY NO
TO WAR, you reply, and
you are right, it has been
just that long and not a min
ute longer.
I. for one, am done with
those pragmatists who write
letters to their Senators,
who organize Parking Com
mittees and study groups on
higher education. I propose
that we' go beyond the ad
vocacy of nudism, free love,
atheism and Jeffersonian
violence. Evidently, accord
ing to the Gadfly, there are
those who advocate the
burning of children, wives,
homes, sisters and broth
ers. I propose that we hear
from them, the Armaged-don-bringers-on-of,
the war
lord element.
Perhaps we can arrange
a debate between these red
devils and the spokesman
for the peoples of the world,
from which we shall
emerge with renewed vis
cera, our hearts beating
hard for peace, our livers
pumping for an end to war,
ready to meet every ques
tion, greet every man, and
every conversation with
magic words. Can we do
less? I think so.
osm
Workers Meeting
Tuesday
7:00 Student Union
By Bob Weaver
Lincoln's freshman State
Senator John Knight has re
cently introduced a meas
ure providing for the elimi
nation of capital punish
ment in Nebraska.
LB 4(jC, authorizes t li e
use of death penalty only
in cases involving treason.
In a copyrighted article in
the Lincoln Journal, last
Wednesday Knight stated
that the death penalty
"serves no useful purpose."
This is probably the most
important reason for the
elimination of the execution
of criminals. As it stands
today, criminal punishment
is used to punish the offen
der, protect society by act
ing as a deterrent and a
restrant, and to rehabili
tate offenders. Capital
punishment insures only
that the offender will be
punished and forecloses
any possibility of rehabili
tation. It is to be seriously
questioned whether or not
it does in fact act as an ef
fective deterrent to crimes
providing for this penalty.
To dale, nine states have
eliminated the death penal
ty fro m its criminal
statutes. The Iowa legisla
ture is presently consider
ing a similar proposal as it
meets in Des Moines-
A recent study, on t h e
basis of the eight previous
states, indicated that t h e
ratio of crimes of a capital
nature, in those states
which have eliminated the
death penalty to those
which retain it is 2.3 to 8.1
Naturally there are many
factors which contribute to
the reduction of crimes in
volving the death penalty:
educational and sociological
factors which are not to be
considered here. Although
one cannot conclude that
the elimination of the death
penalty brings a corres
ponding reduction in capi
tal crime one can conclude
that the retention of capital
punishment is not an effec-
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Deriding Choice
Dear editor,
During the recent cam
paign for the presidency of
the United States, I w a s
somewhat disturbed as I
listened in class to profes
sors and instructors deride
my personal choice for the
presidency Sen. Barry
Goldwater.
1 do not deny anyone his
right to opine. However,
when this opining is done in
the classrooms of a public
institution at the taxpayers'
expense, I do not think it is
fair.
An instructor or professor
is hired to teach the subject
matter, not to express poli
tical opinions one way or
the other. I resent having
my tax money used to pay
someone to deride and
slander my personal choice
of any man for public of
fice! How does a student pro
test without fear of having
a grade lowered? I ask for
suggestions and possible
solutions.
Steve Rosenquist
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Capital punishment is
most frequently linked
with the crimes of murder,
rape and kidnapping. Those
offenses are crimes of pas
sion, done in a fit of irra
tional behavior.
When this is not the case,
the offender usually at
tempts to perform the act
as a perfect, crime, consid
ering the possibilities of os
caping detection to be good.
In either case, it is doubt
ful whether the possible of
fender views the death
penally as a deterrent to his
intended or unintended act.
The above figures indicate
that the elimination of the
death penalty docs not re
sult in a rise in the num
ber of crimes of this nature.
In the light of these facts,
the protection of society
which capital punishment is
supposed to afford, be
comes more or less a myth.
What does the execution
of convicted individuals
prove? For one thing it
proves that in an era of
sociological and psycholog
ical advances and in a con
tinuing Christian tradition,
the state and society still
feels that it can exact "an
eye for an eye'"
Aside from moral consid
erations there is at least
one practical argument in
favor of the abolition of
this penalty: history indi
cates that, society has sent
innocent men to their
death.
So long as there exists
the possibility of this hap
pening to one suspect, the
death penalty should not
remain. Unlike a sentence
involving a prison term- an
eexcution cannot be re
voked and compensated.
'Obvious guilt' can occasion
ally and emotionally shroud
reasonable doubt.
Likewise, rehabilitation
and the return of useful
members to society is eli
minated. New methods in
criminology and rehabilita
tion are now being em
ployed at Nebraska's Pen
al Complex. These prac
tices should aide the in
dividual whether he is a
capital offender or , not.
Since 1901, only one individ
ual sentenced to life, has
returned to confinement
following his parole. This
one case involved a viola
tion of parole and not an
additional crime.
Knight is presently study
ing the effects of economic
status in cases involving
capital punishment. Per
sons who are financially
able can hire competent at
torneys and psychiatric ex
perts and can continue ap
peals. Here as in many
cases, the indigent defend
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