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Call Us, Professor
Remarks from many quarters prompt
us today to discuss our distribution sys
temagain. These words are particularly directed
toward the professor who is occasionally
seen using fresh issues of the Daily Ne
braskan to stuff packages for MAILING!
As you know, professor, we can only
afford to print 6,000 copies of the paper
each day for 13,000 students WHO ARE
PAYING FOR IT. Last semester, the
staff decided that living unit distribution
would be more effective in getting the
papers to the people who financed it.
We felt that this system was unfair to
the 5,000 off-campus students who were
also paying for it and that, in order to
achieve maximum effectiveness as a cam
pus newspaper, we had to reach a cross
Moral Rearmament
Editor's note: Herb Pro
basco was editor of the Dai
ly Nebraskan in the fall
semester of 1960-61.
Herb A. Probasco
Moral Rearmament
iMRA) has been and gone,
and the ripples, if any, have
subsided. No mention was
made of the film shown by
MRA at Wednesday's Stu
dent Council meeting, so it
might be explained, briefly.
Moral Rearmament is a
movement that has run hot
and cold since the 1930s
when it was founded by an
American minister, Dr.
Frank Buchman.
Essentially, its philosophy
is (or was) based on first
century Christian principles
and an absolute commit
ment of its professors to
these principles. They are
summed up thusly: absolute
love, absolute honesty, ab
solute purity and absolute
unselfishness.
MRA expounded the fear
that the world is degenerat
ing rapidly, due to unabso
lute honest, unabsolute pur
ity, unabsolute love and un
absolute unselfishness. The
way out of this "un" pre
dicament is to undo these
unabsolutes and uncom
promisingly undertake a
new life. This life would be
based on the four absolutes.
Considerable numbers of
rather influential person
ages flocked to the fold of
Buchmanism. F. E. (as
Buchman was known to his
fellow un-un absolutes)
wasn't choosy about who
answered his call. He hoped
to draw the Germans to
his cause and in 1938 he
commented: "I thank heav
en for a man like Adolf Hit
ler, who built a front line of
defense against the Anti
Christ of Communism.
Think what it would mean
to the world if Hitler sur
rendered to the control of
God. Or Mussolini. Or any
dictator. Through such a
man God could control a na
tion overnight and solve
every last bewildering
problem." Curiously, der
Fuhrer had pretty much the
same thing in mind, he just
Inserted himself where
Buchman used God.
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In fairness to F. B., it
should be noted he expected
to change Hitler once he
converted. He also preferred
fascism to communism.
i Boston was MRA's jump
ing off point for their Ameri
can crusade. And in Madi
son Square Garden in New
York, even FDR was on the
platform calling for a total
surrender to the principles
of MRA. And he wasn't the
only one. Things were look
ing up for F. B.
A brief pause in the gath
ering storm occurred from
1939-1945, and by that time
both Hitler and FDR were
gone. Apparently, the
movement didn't hold up so
well after this, though F.
B. never let up. He died in
West Germany in 1961.
My fandlady at the time
was always coming in and
looking for communists un
der my bed, and I remem
ber that she cried for sev
eral minutes about the de
mise of F. B.)
Taking up his banner was
Peter Howard, a convert,
who had been a British
journalist and commenta
tor. And it was about Mr.
Howard that yesterday's
film was concerned. Unex
pectedly, he died last week
in Lima, Peru, while on a
mission for MRA. It was
the intention of the two
MRA representatives show
ing the film to present it as
a salute to Mr. Howard.
Clips of Mr. Howard's ap
pearance on campuses
around the country were
shown. "Tomorrow May Be
Too Late" was the theme
of the film. Howard chal
lenged students to respond
and revolutionize the world.
Just how he wanted us to
do this and what the results
should be, he didn't say.
He did mention the abso
lutes, and he told how he
had converted a few Com
munists. Following the film we
were invited to be among
the 10,000 young people in
attendance at an MRA con
clave next summer on Mac
kinac Island where the
group headquarters in not
exactly austere surround
ings through the generosi
ty of Mrs. Henry Ford Sr.
and numerous other wealthy
supporters.
My tone is that of a skep
tic. Facetious. Smug. Yes,
and in a sense I have been
unfair to MRA. To those
who sincerely feel the move
ment has changed their
lives and brought them
closer to an understanding
of their nature and their
world, I apologize. Serious,
continual soul-searching is
essential to anyone's educa
tion. And the life of devotion
to something greater than
the self is something t o o
many of us ridicule as
naive, or unsophisticated.
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section of the campus including the
faculty, although NOT ONE PENNY
comes from the faculty.
In doing this, we counted on the co
operation of the faculty in leaving as many
as possible issues for the students. We are
quite disappointed with rumors of the good
professor taking handfuls of issues from
the distribution box and stuffing them
unread around a FRAGILE item for the
post.
Professor, we have hundreds of issues
of outdated local papers, exchange pa
pers and wrapping paper here in the
Daily Nebraskan office. When you feel
the urge to deprive 50 students of their
Daily Nebraskans, call us, and we will
personally deliver to you all the paper you
need.
My fear is that most con
verts to MRA are attracted
by its mysticism without
looking beyond that mysti
cism to see or attempt to
see its depth, if it has any.
Mysticism can and has led
many giants of our civili
zation to tremendous levels
of creative thought and ex
pression. In suggesting that
MRA hasn't or isn't now
leading us into a great rev
olution of idealism, I cite
the following comment from
an October 16, 1961 MRA
press release:
"The more the failure of
the United Nations becomes
apparent, the more evident
is the superiority of MRA
and the more its effective
ness grows . . .Hammarsk
jold's death came at a time
when, through his initiative,
the United Nations was
torn with dissension. Al
though the UN's one aim is
to strive for peace, it un
leashed a war. No one
doubts Mr. Hammarskjold's
courage. But the origin of
such an error was that in
his heart he was not a man
of faith, but a skeptic lack
ing a great idea to guide
him at least lacking a
sense of man's responsibil
ity to God ... his death
comes as a shock but be
yond that there yawns a
great gulf. Contrast that to
the death of Frank Buch
man of whom one can say
he went to sleep in God . . .
His death is not an end but
a beginning."
As for me, I'm willing to
contrast Dag Hammarskjold
with Frank Buchman.
Student awareness of
movements like MRA and
the origins and appeal of
such groups is most desir
able. The Student Council
should be thanked for allot
ing time for Wednesday's
presentation.
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Obviously
Dearest editor,
C.L.O.D., whose letter ap
peared in Wednesday's
Daily Nebraskan, is obvi
ously unaware of the prob
lems created by Nebraska
land weather.
N.U.R.D., whose answer to
this charge appeared in
Thursday's Daily Nebraskan
is (a) obviously unaware of
the problems created by be
ing a serious student, (b)
obviously unaware of t h e
problems of driving five
miles in Nebraskaland
weather only to find the li
brary closed (c) obviously a
Greek and hence (d) obvi
ously unaware of anything.
N.U.R.D's reference to
C.L.O.D.'s failure to appre
ciate the value of social rec
reation in a university com
Swat Not
Dear editor,
As another reader who
has some part in editing the
Gadfly, I would like to know
what David Trask is talking
about.
We can, I trust, dismiss
his gratuitous swat at the
Gadfly as reflecting nothing
more serious than excess
gastric (and perhaps cere
bral) acidity. Gadfly has, in
past issues, proposed such
revolutionary activities as
removing discrimina
tion clauses from constitu
tions, re-evaluating Ameri
can participation in Viet
Nam, and supporting the
civil rights movement.
Mr. Trask, it appears, has
forgotten his own categories
of reform and revolution.
Second, I wonder if any
b o d y knows what Mr.
Trask's proposed solution
' is. Even if we grant h i s
questionable premise that
A Clarification
Dear editor,
The joint resolution
passed by Panhellenic and
the Interfraternity Council
in an effort to gain an inter
pretation of the new student
g o vernment Constitution,
was a purposeful document
demonstrating the concern
which a student organiza
tion has towards clarifying
the new powers given Stu
dent Government over cam
pus activities.
This resolution, as stated,
has in no way approved the
new Constitution to do so
before completion would be
definitely premature and
vacuous.
Due to misconception, or
perhaps ignorance, this res
olution has been interpreted
as a dictatorial ultimatum
(which seems in all good
sense to be a shot from the
hip) but nonetheless one
which should be clarified.
The Constitutional Con
vention discussed the pow
ers of the new Student Gov
ernment over campus or
ganizations during the ses
sions held first semester, at
Unaware
munity merely reflects his
own failure to appreciate
university scholastic activi
ties amid the frantic recrea
tional atmosphere created at
this institution by failing
minds of a similar bent.
Cultural ostracism may in
crease the incidence of
warped personalities, as
N.U.R.D. suggests, but the
real question is if we must
be ostracised, whose culture
should we prefer?
The library's or the Stu
dent Union's?
In view of the Friday and
Saturday night closed door
policy of the library, it
seems that the University
would be casting their vote
in favor of the Union-tone
live culture !
Cleombrotus Russell
Underwood Dink
Effective
everyone is frustrated, what
would he have to do about
it?
He rules out any form of
group activity and suggests
that one ought to search in
dividually for a "modus op
erandi." A little latinism and less
Greeks would no doubt be
good for this campus, but
Mr. Trask's polysyllabic ad
vice boiled down to s o m e
thing like this: If you want
to help, get out of t h o s e
groups and start worrying.
The professor protests too
much, methinks. I've wait
ed and hoped because peo
ple keep telling me how
bright he is and what good
intentions he has, but I'm
tired of waiting. Next time
Mr. Trask passes through,
please ask him, on behalf
of his readers, if he has any
thing to say.
Karl Briner
which time this portion of
the Constitution was draft
ed by the delegates. Would
not this have been the ap
propriate time for a lobby
or pressure group if this
had been the intentions
of Panhellenic and IFC?
In effect, the resolution
passed by Panhellenic and
IFC made an interpretation
of the purposed Constitution.
This interpretation was tak
en to the Constitutional Con
vention last Sunday to act
as a sounding board through
which these two organiza
tions, could interpret the con
sensus of opinion of the del
egate members.
From this presentation
and discussion it was found
that the interpretation giv
en by the resolution was in
agreement with the opinions
of the Constitutional dele
gates. The resolution was used
for the purpose in which it
was intended, and should
be considered as such,
nothing more and notfting
less.
Buzz Madson
9-Point Best
Dear editor:
As a person who has at
tended a university (Iowa
State University) which em
ploys a four-point grading
system, I wish to differ with
your editorial endorsing it.
After a semester at Ne
braska I was convinced the
nine-point system was more
fair than a four-point could
ever be. You admit there
must be an arbitrary cut
off point for each grade giv
en: on a four-point scale the
cut-off is even more arbi
trary. The difference be
tween a B and C may not be
very great for two indi
Open
Dear editor,
The book is not closed on
the Kerrey Case. It's not
"put out of our thoughts and
feelings" nor can the "rami
fications" he justifiably
glossed over merely because
it may be embarrassing.
The judiciary committee's
opinion may be final, but
the record should be open.
The paper might do a serv
ice to the student body by
printing the committee's re
port in full, including the
written statements submit
ted to that committee and
Mr. Lydick's "prepared
statement."
There would be less dis
respect for the Council and
the paper if the students '
were fully informed instead
of having to infer what has
happened from the editori
als and the personal col
umns. Margaret Herring
Carol Standlea
'Last
Dear editor.
My "last attempt" at
Sunday's Constitutional
Convention was to de
termine the origin of eligi
bility requirements.
The rather shallow pu r
pose of this question was to
find whether the Adminis
tration or the students have
previously decided on these
rules.
Appropriately enough,
neither does. These deci
1. Now lluit graduation's getting
close, have you given any
thought to the kind of work
you'd like to do?
I want to work lor
The Good of Mankind.
l-.it required
It helps. And I II certainly
tii ed a pair nf sandals,.
1
3. I'll be doing much llie same
thing, I've also lined up
a job (hat affects society in
a positive way. And If I do
good. I'll move up. and niv
decisions will be even more
important in the scheme of (hi
gs
But wbere's your heard?
What about Sandals?
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viduals involved but the dif
ference in how It looks on
the transcript is very great.
Thus, instead of working
for knowledge, a student is
working his tail off to make
sure he gets at least a B.
It is my personal belief
that the four-point system
has made ISU far too grade
conscious. It has been my
experience that students at
Nebraska are more inter
ested in learning than in
getting a grade and I think
it is the more, relaxed nine
point system that has en
couraged tlhis situation.
Peggy Speece
Book!
Editor's note: The print
ing of the committee's re
port and personal state
ments would have been a
physical and financial im
possibility for the Daily Ne
braskan. We tried, instead,
to report the case accurate,
ly and without emotion on
our news pages, and to ex
plain it as we saw the is
sues on our editorial page.
We understand that all
written information concern
ing the investigation and
hearing is available to any-,
one who is willing to take
the trouble to visit the Stu
dent Council office.
When wc said "the books
were closed," we meant that
we had no wish to continue
editorial examination of a
dead issue. We will, how
ever, never disqualify a let
ter to the Campus Opinion
columns merely on the ba
sis of subject matter.
Attempt'
sions are taken out of t h e
hands of us children and
Admini and are made by
the faculty.
I can only commend the
sudden reversal of the Con
vention on this matter. Cer
tainly we should respect the
dynamic Student Councils in
the past who have abided by
these requirements.
And most important, I am
sorry that my vote was in
the minority.
Dave Kittams
1 might have suspected.
I'll probably grow
a beard.
What do you expect to eamP
All I ask is the Ml.
faction of knowing
I'm helping to Build I
a Better World.
Wi don't need them in
Kquitable's development
program. All you need It
an uppetite for challenge
and responsibility, and
the desire to do the best
possible job. The pay is
tops, too.
You know, I'm afraid a
beard would itch-could
you get me an interview
with Equitable?