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Frank Partsch, Editor
Mike Jeffrey, business manager
Page 2 Monday, March 22, 1965
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By Frank l'artsch
1 had two alternatives for this small space left on the
page after the campus had expressed its opinion; being not
renowned for my typing speed and a little more serious
than usual, I decided to leave the editorial until Wednesday
and concentrate on a Closet Case today.
Closet Cases are the reward I get for writing edi
torials; it is like allowing yourself a leisurely stroll after
driving all day.
But, with no further ado. I will proceed to relay to
you my few memories from that great Nebraska institu
tion. Boy's State.
Yes, it was a big deal in those days to spend a whole
week in Lincoln. We arrived and checked in on a Satur
day afternoon. As I remember it now, the first person I
met was a chap known as Jim Sanderson. I looked
around my "town;" yes, they were all there. Manila
Bay was ready for action.
Across from my bunk was Brent Scott, and down
the row a ways were Stuart Wiley, Jr., and Mick Sum
nick. Old Mick, as I recall, was the house expert at deck
tennis, and Stu. I think played on the volleyball team.
And then there was David Knaak. whom we ran for
lieutenant governor. The night of the election we agreed
to support a tall one from neighboring Belleau Wood (I
think his name was Buzz Madson) for attorney general
if they would vote for our boy.
I still remember our chant: "We want Madson, we
want Morey, we want Knaak." I don't remember much
about Morey.
At the helm of my political party (I don't remember
if it was the Nationalist or the Federalist) were Bill
Marshall and Jim Beltzer. Our governor was a football
player from Nebraska City who later became Ron Pogge
meyer. In the afternoons, we attended discussions on the
Nebraska tax base and heard a tall stooped debater
named Larry Frolik waving his hands about broadening
the base.
During the week we learned to wake up to the sweet
strains of "Love is a Many Splendered Thing," by a
wrestler from Bellevue named Roger Lott, to the ' ac
companiment of a shower. Bill Wood was running for
commissioner of education.
After falling on the old face twice, I managed to get
myself elected to the Manila Bay City Council. (That
was to put matters in their proper rerspective.)
And then we adjourned to go Mck to our American
Legion sponsors and tell them what great guys we met.
Yes, we parted, never to meet again. . . .
Aumt (Mlttuj
"Draws Mark Anthony out of the way:" (Elizabeth
Taylor. )
"Have immediate freedom
tion)
"Good Grief, it's Daddy:"
"0 piteous spectacle:" la
Not Worth Paper
Dear editor,
Last semester I rarely
saw a Nebraskan, and hence
was not interested in its
contents. But I get the pa
per more or less regularly
this semester, and would
like to note that I have yet
to see one item worth the
paper it was printed on.
Numerous pieces have
prompted me to write, but
1 have stubbornly resisted.
These articles included such
gems as Militzer's folly, the
Students Not Concerned
With College, and the drival
by Trask and Beech, the
difference between whom is
that Trask knows exactly
what he is doing.
No, I could resist without
writing about those. But the
recent column by Black
sheep (whose nom-de-plume
is admirably well chosen)
lias finally pushed me to
write yon missive.
Since we must have a
democratic University in or
der to avoid all suspicion of
discrimination; and since
student elections are cur
rently the rage; and since
women's hours are causing,
if nothing else, the waste of
valuable Nebraskan column
space, why not have a free,
equal, and democratic elec
tion on whether to extend
women's hours?
Why not? You know darn
well why not. Student elec
tions are only allowed when
the outcome doesn't really
matter anyway. And the
outcome of this election
would be entirely predicta
ble. In a closely related vein,
Closet
c
ase
of repeal:" (the old constitu-
(Little Orphan Annie.
broken pair of glasses.)
whatever happened to t h e
drinking problem last year?
There was a big stink about
it until the students unani
mously (I'm sure it must
have been unanimously)
voted to recommend a reso
lation to the legislature that
minimum legal drinking age
be reduced to 18.
Then the matter was sud
denly dropped. I don't re
call any such resolution ever
being presented to the legis
lature; and nary a mention
of booze was made until
Spring Day.
As can be seen, Those
That Be learn from experi
ence: never ask for public
opinion if the results may
be uncomfortable or embar
rassing. Witness the new
Constitution. Those who
wrote it, and those who are
bribed, will vote for it. No
one cares enough to vote
against it. And approxi
mately 90 per cent of the
student body, bless their
apathetic little hearts, will
not bother to vote at all.
Of course, the editor will
quote statistics to prove me
wrong, and if very far off,
1 will have to crawl back
into my anonymous hole
dragging my words behind
me. However I suspect I
speak with a certain degree
of validity.
Student apathy is bad?
Not at all. It tends to indi
cate that other students, in
fact, a goodly number of
them, may, surprisingly
enough, actually be here for
the purpose of getting an
education.
D. F. Hood
MARCH 25-28
University Theatre
'Never Happen To Me'
Dear editor,
The common statement
expressed by many univer
sity co-eds, "It will never
happen to me," is more
dangerous than anyone
could possibly realize until
"it" actually does happen.
The "it" I am referring to
Is RAPE, and it almost hap
pened to me.
The Friday morning pa
per treated the incident
lightly; as a common,
everyday happening. It is
my wish to gu-e this inci
dent a more significant
meaning in an effort to pre
vent another girl from hav
in' the same horrifying ex
perience. I was grabbed from be
hind by a young male as 1
was returning from town
alone by way of 17th street.
He shoved a knife next -to
my throat, dragged me be
Smearing
Dear Editor:
The refusal of the author
of the letter in Friday's
Daily Nebraskan captioned
"Selma Leave" to sign his
name to his wretched pro
duction, or the refusal of
the editor to print it if it
was signed, seems to me
more a defense of the
smearing innuendo than
legitimate protection of the
author.
Is he afraid of persecu
tion? The right of citizens
to engage in political and
social activities while hold
ing jobs is fundamental to
a healthy society, and a rea
sonable amount of released
time for such activities is
also commonly accepted.
After all, the faculty is
supposed to excuse mem
bers of the baseball team
from classes merely to play
End Viet
Dear editor.
The following notice is to
inform you of action being
planned by the University of
Michigan faculty members
in an effort to achieve an
end to the war in Viet Nam,
including an immedi
ate cease-fire and an un
yielding e f f o r t to reach a
negotiated settlement.
Participating faculty
members will suspend
classes and other activities
on Wednesday and will, in
stead, conduct a day-1 o n g
school to discuss the moral
and logical necessity of the
policy adopted.
Civic and religious or
ganizations are being re
quested to hold one hour
sessions of prayer and dis
cussions for which a faculty
member will be made avail
vailable as a resource per
son. A large advertisement
analagous to one presented
by the faculty of Michigan
State University will be
Standing
Dear editor,
It is getting to be a stand
ing joke around this campus
to ask your friends "What
are you doing here? You
have a moral obligation to
be in Selma."
Risking the reprimandory
glare of all the friends of
SNCC and their brothers in
spirit, I would like to raise
a wee small voice for those
of us who feel no moral obli
gation to go to Selma, or, for
that matter, anywhere.
But if I am wrong, and I
do indeed have the univer
sal obligation to sally forth
on this holy crusade, then
let us get all the Americans
who share this callh.g with
me, and organize a real
trip to that Sodom of the
South wherein all racial
principles of our times are
concentrated.
Of course, there will be
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hind a deserted house near
by, and attempted to rape
mo. I won't elaborate on the
horrible details. He didn't
succeed. The fact is, he
could have succeeded. He
could have killed me or
maimed me for life.
It could have happened to
you. It still could. This
didn't happen in the slum
areas of New York. It hap
pened here at your univer
sity. Girls, please don't
take the chance. Never
walk anywhere alone at
night. Even two girls aren't
really safe. Go in a group
if possible. Better yet,
have your boy friend or any
male walk with you. If you
have to go alone, take a
taxi.
Fifty or sixty cents seems
a meager price to pay in
comparison to your own life
or sanity. T.L.J.
Innuendo
games. I would also re
mind Mr. Anonymous that
college professors are not
paid by the hour or by the
class, but by the academic
year; they are not paid for
one or two activities, but
for many.
What is missed at one
time is made up for, often
many times over, at an
other. It is also obvious
that the University lends no
official or unofficial sup
port to such activities mere
ly by paying the salary of
Messers Luke and Trask
for the two days that they
were gone.
Frederick M. Link
Editors note: The names
of all anonymous contribu
tors to the Campus Opinion
columns are on file in the
Daily Nebraskan office and
are released upon written
request.
Nam War
placed, prior to this date, in
appropriate newspapers.
A steering committee
will prepare an agenda of
activities are being made to
action adequate to the pro
test of a policy which kills
needlessly, threatens escala
tion into World War, and
violates international law.
Requests for similar
activities are being made to
colleagues at other Universi
ties, colleges and profession
al organizations.
The group will send a
faculty delegation to Wash
ington on April 8 and 9 to
join delegates from other
universities in a direct ap
peal to executive and con
gressional leaders. We also
pledge full support for the
student march to Washing
ton April 17.
We request your participa
tion and support. Contact:
Prof. William (lamson,
Department of Sociology,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Joke
the small problem of feed
ing and housing 195 million
people; but it is the moral
principle we are concerned
with, and "we shall over
come." And when we are through
with our Quixotic mission
there, we can pick up and
carry the whole thing over
to Viet Nam. where inno
cent men are being "beaten
for no reason" every day.
And then we can go repay
our moral debt to the poor
Hungarians, who called in
vain for our help when they
were fighting for "equal
rights."
Naturally, while everyone
is out overcoming, a few un
fortunate souls will have to
stay here behind to take
care of things and miss out
on all the fine deeds.
Anyone care to stay with
me?
George Kaufman
Nebraskan
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Ag Men
Dear editor,
In a recent meeting, a
member of Ag Men's Co-op
referred to one of his fellow
house members as a frater
nity brother. We would like
to cor'-t him on his state
ment. All social fraternities on
this campus are members of
the Interfraternity Council
UFO and participate in its
activities, This includes hav
ing a representative mem
ber at the meetings, shar
ing the financial responsibi
lity, and following the rules
set up by IFC such as or
ganized rush week.
In contrast, the Ag Men's
Co-op is not a member of
the IFC and does not follow
the rules set up by IFC. An
example of this is the pro
cedure they follow in obtain
Letter From
Dear editor,
After hearing Louis Lo
max speak, I went home
and found a letter from a
friend in Berlin, Germany.
I think parts of this letter
from a university student in
Europe would interest stu
dents here at Nebraska.
We have just renewed our
correspondence after a con
siderable lapse. Thus, Peter
Anhalt speaks of the assas
sination of Kennedy as well
as the events of the past
week :
"The murder of Kennedy
shocked me so deeply that
I could not work for three
days. He symbolized so
much for us Germans and
especially for us inhabitants
of Berlin. You have probab
ly seen the gay faces wel
coming him during the visit
in Berlin and everywhere.
"I saw him several times
from a very short distance
using my bicycle shortening
his way. And you have prob
ably seen the crying faces
of the people gathering on
the place in front of the
Scheineberger Rathaus or
Do Not Understand
Dear editor,
In reference to "Are You
Kidding" in Friday's Cam
pus Opinion: The author ad
mitted something that is al
most unbelievably true of
AT LEAST nine tenths of
the students on this compla
cent conformist campus
They "do not understand
the problems Selma repre
sents." Furthermore, I seriously
doubt that three fourths
care. Like Mr. Wiley, they
go on with clear consciences
thinking "Sure, no one
should be prejudiced. I'm
not. This campus isn't. May
be the South has a problem,
but that's no reason for me
to ruffle my feathers. Big
deal. Why go to Selma?"
I hope Mr. Wiley heard
Dr. Lomax Friday after
noon and evening. Or was he
one of the many who went
about their trivial "social"
formals, meetings, pledge
initiations, and other activi
ties which saved them from
being shocked out of their
conformist complacency?
They would have been
shocked to learn at last that
AMERICA, that THEY, not
just the South, have a very
BIG problem. That shock
would have come from
learning what "the prob
lems Selma represents" are,
and that they are problems
created no less by the com
placent northern white than
by prejudiced southern
white.
They would have realized
that they, as Dr. Lomax
said, "have been white too
long ... too long to know
what it's like to suffer . . ."
Most of all, they would
have learned WHY a hand
ful of people from this cam
pus went to Selma , a n d
would have wondered where
THEY were when their
brothers were being clubbed
for asking to actually HAVE
a right which was "given"
them in 1776.
Next Thursday will give
this campus a chance to de
cide "where they are." How
many will join the ranks of
those marching to the Capi
tol to show THEY CARE
how the Senators vote on the
Human Rights Bill which
comes out of committee
then?
Dick Goeller
Ail UU
Fraternity?
ing members. They can ob
tain members any time of
the year by a contract
with a student which is bind
ing upon the student's
signature.
We would like to inform
the students on this campus
that, although members of
Ag Men's Co-op would like
to misrepresent themselves
as members of a fraternity,
THEY ARE NOT.
We feel that Ag Men's Co
op should either join IFC
and accept the responsi
bility or quit misrepresent
ing themselves to the stu
dents and the public as a
fraternity.
Terry Francl
Doyle Kauk
Dennis Swanstrom
Galen Frenzen
Dan Knievel
Lec Grove
Germany
the silent demonstrations of
the students during the
night. Kennedy was one of
the great personalities of
history whose real import
ance is to be seen after their
death . . .
"I had the feeling that
Kennedy could not work
well enough with your Con
gress. I saw this with spe
cial regard to the civil
rights laws, a problem that
is much better dissolved or
better going to be dissolved
by President Johnson as far
as we may draw conclusions
from his last speech to the
Congress which I heard this
morning.
"And it is high time that
the land which has been the
idol for all our European
democracies abolishes the
problem of unequality of
people of one land and one
section.
"How shall we otherwise
convince Communists of
democracy as a better form
of living together?"
Indeed, fellow Americans,
how shall we?
JoEllen Williams
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Do You Recall?
Dear editor,
Remember the big hassel
during the constitutional con
vention where some of t h e
delegates changed the word
ing of the constitution so
that a student need only be
'in good standing' in order
to hold office? Then others
mounted a counterattack
and changed the wording
back to 'meet all university
requirements for extra-curricular
activities?'
I do
I also note that next year
we will use letter grades in
stead of numbers.
Those that wanted to low
er the grade point average
required for participation in
student government have
now had their final laugh. I
expect the university will
require a "C" average for
participation in extra-curricular
activities, and on the
old scale it would be the
same as allowing down to a
4.0. As I look back, the dif
ference between a 4 and a
5, that was argued for by
Terry Schaaf and company
so eloquently seems a b i t
ridiculous. It's all the same
now.
Because the adoption of an
ABC system of grading next
year will reduce the cate
gories one can place stu
dents into, grade-wise, from
nine to five, why not start
now getting used to this re
duction in categories?
In other words why not
only give a 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1
this year? Don't give any
8's, 6's, 4's or 2's this semes
ter. RBM
You've probably heard the "Lib
eral" professors expound on the
alleged evils of the John Birch
Society, but if you're interested
in finding out why it's feared
by the Communists more than
practically any other organiza
tion, write:
John Birch Society
P.O. Box 1541
Lincoln, Nebr.
Box Office
12th & R Streets
Phon Univ. Ext. 2072