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Page 2 Thursday, May 13, 1965
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from the student body. Of course, the
promise of a new form of government
undoubtedly encouraged many candidates,
but in order to trust the constitution, we
must have trusted the people who organ
ized and wrote it. The Daily Nebraskan
at this time expresses sincere appreciation
to the members of Student Council and
the Constitutional Convention for their
service to the students.
Not Forgotten
As Student Council fades into the im
mediate distance and into and out of the
memories those remarkly short-lived in
stitutionsof the student body, we are
sorry to see the passing of a leader that
most students consider head and shoul
ders above the rest of us. The work and
contributions, the constant fairness and
honor, the humor and humanity of John
Lydick are well known to his associates
at this point, and we would only serve
to labor an obvious point if we repeated
them here.
We honored him last semester as
Outstanding Nebraskan; he is an outstand
ing student of the University, both in
terms of his service to this year's student
body as president of Student Council and
in terms of his service to thousands of
students in the years to come as presi
dent of the constitutional convention. Our
early fear that the name of John Lydick
would be lost in the transient society of
this University was relieved yesterday
with the creation of the John E. Lydick
Award, to be presented to superior Stu
dent Senate members each year for years
to come.
For John Lydick is not a name that
should be easily forgotten by the students
of this University. "In a general honest
thought and common good to all," John
did what he did out of his great dream
for student government and the welfare
and participation of the students of the
future. Personally and editorially, we
thank John Lydick for being there when
we, the students, needed him.
To The Last Man
Although most of the critics of Stu
dent Council postponed comment on this
year's government to wait until the new
constitution went into effect, the work of
John Lydick and a suburb executive
council helped to make this last year one
of the best years ever known under the
old system. Laboring under a constitu
tion that must have surely been written
before the fall of the Alamo, this year's
group expanded the discount card pro
gram to be a working benefit, extended
some financial aid to foreign students,
continued the Council probe into discrim
ination on campus and served as a lead
ing and unifying element in the recent
tuition-raise uproar. These and others are
projects well done projects and could not
have been done without good leadership
and a good Council almost to the last
man.
Interest in student government is
growing, too. As Lyds"k mentioned at yes
terday's meeting, 26 per cent of the stu
dents voted in last week's election, com
pared with 19 percent one year ago. Eighty
eight candidates filed for student offices,
compared with 36 one year ago. A weak,
ineffective Student Council simply does
not draw enthusiasm of that magnitude
What Is It?
"Student leadership" is a cliche flung
around to such extent that we hardly
know what definition to tack onto it. It is
very difficult for any student to compare
leaders from year to year, because each
individual's outlook on the men around
him and leading him changes so much
between each academic year that he can-'
not fairly compare student leaders.
After three years of wrestling with the
cliche, we have evolved the following de
finition for "student leader."
"A student leader, first of all. must
be academically sound and probably car
ries a grade average that is well above
the all-University average. For he re
alizes that his real reason for attending
the University is to educate himself.
"It is the realization of the necessity
of self-education that in reality prompts
him to take on 'leadership.' Becoming
aware of the issues or problems on cam
pus, he conceptualizes himself working
for the solution.
"With thoughts of eventual honor
aside, he works with high effort with a du
al purpose: helping his fellow students and
educating himself." This, we think, is a
student leader. It applies to several stu
dents on this campus today.
Disappointed
Additional news on the governor's dis
appointment: Lancaster County Republi
can Chairman Jesse Poison said "Univer
sity students are apparently more im
pressed with political leadership than po
litical speeches."
An editorial in the Lincoln Journal
said "Students who do not look beyond
their classes to the great opportunities
offered by speakers who come to campus
are not making the most of their educa
tion." And 3,500 students turned out to hear
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William 0.
Douglas speak yesterday.
We do not think the governor's dis
appointment a worthy subject for emerg
ing this newspaper in a partisan battle.
To Poison, we would say that we doubt
if a personal boycott of Morrison was in
volved, in spite of the fact that the dif
ference between 60 and 3,500 is notice
able. To the Journal, we say that 3,500
students heard Douglas when classes were
called off. We still consider it our first
duty to attend classes when we have them.
FRANK PARTSCH
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Dear editor,
Our governor visited our
campus last Monday to give
an address on politics as a
career. His audience num
bered about 50 students.
This upset the governor. He
was shocked by such in
difference. He called it "a
dangerous apathy" and
said that it was "a reflec
tion on our University and
our state "
Well I, for one, agree with
the governor that such
apathy exists. Nonetheless,
I don't find it shocking. I
would be shocked if it were
otherwise. For whether the
governor knows it or not,
this is not a political gen
eration. It's a generation
that has been unable to find
a room at the political inn.
I'll try to explain.
Like every generation of
students, this generation
learned the meaning of pol
itics at college. And who
did they learn it from?
Their professors? No, that's
academic! Their student
professors? No, that's aca
demic! Their national, state
and local political leaders?
Yes, and that's a shame!
For what did they learn?
I'll give you a sample.
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Childish Tirade
Dear Editor
I found Gov. Morrison's
tirade against University
students last Monday to be
a childish outburst on the
part of a person who is sup
posed to be a leader.
I feel that while his re
marks may have been ac
curate, he could have with
held a blanket judgment.
Anyone who schedules a
speaker for 10:30 on a Mon
day morning should have
their head examined. And
anyone speaking at 10:30
on a Monday morning
should be forewarned. Many
of the students, if not most,
who are Interested in poli
tics have classes at that
hour check the most com
mon hour for history, politi
cal science, economics and
other social science courses.
So, with most of the in
terested students occupied
in the mundane chore of
receiving an education, it is
no wonder so few showed
up for the talk.
Gov. Morrison is probab
ly right, however, when he
indicated that all students
should be interested in poli
tics. I would agree that all
should take an interest in
their government but I dis
agree that the Governor of
a state should deliver an im
promptu "sermon" to a
group who was obviously in
terested. PJS
BB Shot Down
Dear BB.
The past Innocents Soci
ety was this year respon
sible for:
Ivy Day arrangements
The Frosh Hop
the Innocents Pro
tege Program.
Innocents alumni round
up Homecoming arrange
ments Parents' Day arrange
ments preparation and presen
tation of the Innocents
Scholarship Activities tro
phy sale of all freshman
beanies
new student week pre
parations the Missouri Victory
Bell exchange
the Innocents Memorial
Scholarship
an alumni publication
selection of new mem
bers (requiring about two
and a half months of meet
ings.) Remember, BB, all past
Innocents were leaders in
their own right, responsible
to their own living units and
several other organizations.
Remember, BB, the past
Society was concerned with
maintaining their 7.3 ac
cumulative average.
And remember, BB, we
are an honorary, not an ac
tivity. I hope this note of ex
planation assuages your
grief.
Mike Barton
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Live And Let Cry: Politics
Over three months ago, a
politically-concerned s t u -dent
organization sent a
letter to our governor sin
cerely urging him to ex
press his concern over the
lack of federal control in
the voter registration pro
cess in Marion and Selma,
Ala., by communicating
with the attorney general
in Washington. That organ
ization was honored with
this reply:
"Thank you for inform
ing me of the activities of
the University Friends of
the Student Non-Violent Co
ordinating Committee. I am
sure you know that I feel
quite strongly that no citi
zen of the United States
should be denied in any
way the rights guranteed
by our constitution."
The trouble with the gov
ernor's feelings was that, as
sincere and benevolent as
they may have been, they
couldn't be felt in Alabama
. or in Washington. The
rest, of course, is history.
Black Sunday in Selma has
taken its place in the an
nals of "man's inhumanity
to man." Jimmie Lee Jack
son, James Reeb and Viola
Liuzzo have joined those
who "gave the last full mea
sure , of devotion" so that
"this nation, under God
(might) have a new birth
of freedom."
And our governor still,
I'm sure, felt "quite strong
ly that no citizen of the
United States should be de
nied in any way the rights
guaranteed by our constitu
tion." Of course, he didn't feel
any need to do any more
than feel it. He didn't find
it necessary to say anyting
or to do anything. But
that's politics. You have to
live and let die.
Oh, I know that the
moving of a 28-day-old Ne
gro baby from its "white"
grave upset the governor. It
bothered him so much that
he even said he was sor
ry. He, of course, assured
everyone that it was all
done in good faith. That's
politics, too. Live and let
cry (and don't forget to as
sure them that it won't hap
pen again.)
Well, governor, the stu
dents aren't interested in
politics. They've visited that
house and found it wanting.
And so they've gone else
where. But that's the es
sence of politics. "He that
troubleth his own house
shall inherit the wind."
John P. Murphy
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Fred Carstens of Beatrice, speaking for the tuition in
crease before the legislature, said "it's wrong for these
young people to believe that we owe them an education."
Of course the students won't owe the state anything
either as we graduate and leave it will we Mr. Carstens.
Ron Psota feels that the first Engineering Senate
elections are valid and his opponent's charges hold no wa
ter, even though his one vote victory was psota close.
Looking behind the scenes of President Johnson's An
tipoverty Program initial allocations, West Virginia, of the
Appalachia area, received a much-publicized $423,811.
Scarcely noted was the fact that booming, well-heeled Tex
as received 19,776,483. 1 wonder why'
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