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The recent action by t h e
University Regents, removing
all "white clauses" from con
stitutions of University or
ganizations, was the result of
a number of factors.
A study was conducted sec
ond semester, of the 1963-64
school year by several Daily
Nebraskan writers, concern
ing the racial problem on
campus. The study w as
spurred by an incident in
March, 1964, in which a Lin
coln barber refused to serve
a University student because
he was a Negro.
At that time the Student
Council unanimously passed
a resolution expressing
"strong disapproval" of the
barber's actions. A Council
member pointed out that ac
tion would be directed to
wards eliminating discrimi
nation in general rather than
atoning for the barber shop
incident. The chairman of
the Council's Public I ss s u e
committee said that the Coun
cil could "use this event as
evidence that things of this
type do happen in Lincoln."
A week later the Council
un-jiimouslv decided to in
vestigate discrimination
against University students
both on campus and in Lin
coln. Discrimination Subtle
The first Daily Nebraskan
article pointed out the fact
that discrimination at the
University is 'subtle.' One
Negro student interviewed
said that Negroes at Michi
gan know they are accepted
by the majority of the white
students. By contrast, Ne
groes in the South know they
are not accepted, but Negroes
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The 78-year-old structure, the
Discrimination
at Nebraska cannot be sure
of either action.
Another Negro student
agreed and observed that this
type of discrimination may
be attributed to a lack of
contact with and knowledge of
Negroes on the part of most
native Nebraskans.
Two Negroes interviewed
said that they would not rec
ommend thfl Ilnivprsitv tn an.
other Negro. One of these stu
dents told a Inend, who even
tually enrolled at Providence
College in Rhode Island, that
Nebraska was "socially
lousy."
Renting Difficult
The second story of the
series dealt with the fact that
it is difficult for Negroes to
rent in Lincoln. The writer
made ten telephone calls wtih
various queries, various
ly posing as a Negro, a friend
of a Negro, a Negro calling
for his girl friend, etc.
To all ten phone calls came
negative responses.
As the writer put it, "The
excuses vary and the methods
are devious."
The excuses varv so far as
to refuse to rent to a Negro
Decause ."We don't take bovs
who smoke."
One Negro student pointed
out that even in University
dormitories discrimination is
evident. Negroes are spread
mrougnout the dorms, but a
most invariably have another
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iNegro lor a roommate.
Equality In Classroom
The third story in the ser
ies pointed out that for the
most part Negroes find equali
ty in the classroom at the
University.
Many times, one Negro stu
dent said, the professors will
Navy Pilot
To Appear
The pilot of the navy's first
deep submersible, the Trieste,
Lt. Cmdr. Don Walsh will
speak at the University this
afternoon for the first of the
World Previews Series.
The deep sea researcher,
who made a dive to the deep
est known part of the ocean,
seven miles below the sur
face, will speak on the Chal
lenge of the Seven Seas. He
will appear at 1:30 in the
Union Ballroom.
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oldest building on campus,
even give a little extra atten
tion to a Negro student. "This
attention can work to the Ne
gro's advantage. If you do
well on an exam the instruc
tor thinks, 'Gee! This guy has
a brain! "It helps," the stu
dent added.
In some classes it becomes
evident that University pro
fessors are people, according
to this student, for in at
least two of the classes the
student was registered for, he
had been graded more severe
ly than other students.
Good Job
Opportunities
This same article said that
after graduation, whether a
Negro feels he is well
equipped or not, there is an
abundance of jobs available
to him with the same oppor
tunities for advancement as
his white contemporaries.
According to the article,
most large corporations in the
united states can t discrimi
nate in employment because
they are working under gov
ernment contract. These con
tracts all have anti-discrimination
clauses. The University
will not accept a company for
interviews if they discrimi
nate, according to Frank Hall
gren, director of the Univer
sity placement division.
Social Life Lackim
The fourth storv dealt with
the fact that Negroes feel a
lack of social life at the Uni
versity. In a survey taken for the
story, 11 of the 15 local chap
ters of sororities said they had
no membership restrictions.
Four houses, Alpha Xi Delta,
Delta Delta Delta, Kappa
Delta and Pi Beta Phi would
give no comment on such re
strictions, because of a Na
tional Panhellenic ruling for
bidding them to comment on
their constitutions.
One fraternity. Sterna Nu.
of 24 local chapters said tHat
its constitution had a "white
only" clause. Six other fra
ternities said they had mem-
Dersnm restriction, but t h e v
were religious, vocational or
"socially acceptable."
The discrimination nroblem.
although it is not evident on
the University campus, does
exist, according to last year's
survey.
A typical date for Neeroes.
it said, is limited to a show
and a coke at the Student
Editor's Note: This Is the
first in a series showing the
extent of expansion going on
at the University.
Creaking stairs, not enough
locker space for everyone,
not enough space for storage,
a creaking floor, this is Grant
Memorial Hall today.
But Grant Memorial is now
on its last leg. The 78-year
old oldest structure on the
University campus is going to
be replaced by a $1.8 mil
1 i o n women's gymnasium
during the coming biennium.
The new structure was
granted by the Legislature
last week after the doors to
Grant were officially bolted
by the State Fire Marshal,
Joe Divis.
Divis ordered the structure
vacated until many safety
improvements could be made.
The action by Divis was
nrnmnted hv Omaha Sonntnr
Richard Proud. Proud also
prompted the Legislature to
send himself and Senator
Fern Hubbard Orme of Lin
coln to the governor's office
to see to it that Divis' or
der was enforced.
Following the official clos
ing of the building, effective
June 15. the women's physi
c a 1 education department
packed up and moved to Ban
croft School for temporary
headquarters until the new
building was constructed.
Classes last week were held
Move
j Union. The Negroes lack
' places to hold parties and
I dances except at the Union or
j Selleck.
, Negro coeds said they
! would have liked to have gone
through Rush Week, but did
not know "If I did not get
taken, then would it be be
cause they did not know me
or because I am a Negro?"
The problem of a Negro
sorority at the University is
increased by the fact that
there are not enough Negro
coeds at the University to
allow for colonization, ac
cording to Negro coeds,
agreeing with Helen Snyder,
associate dean of Student Af
fairs. As one Negro put it, the
main problem with the Greek
system versus integration in
volves the purposes of t h e
houses. Houses enhance aca
demic atmosphere, leadership
and social poise so mem
bers can meet others, finally
ending in marriage. The
Negro fraternity member
would date someone of his
own race, he said.
In more recent action on the
discrimination problem at the
University, the Student Coun
cil Public Issues Committee
conducted a study first
semester of the 1964-65 school
year on the question of dis
crimination. Work For Abolition
After the report was sub
stantially finished, the com
mittee's chairman introduced
a resolution to the Council
urging student organizations
at the University to delete
and racial restrictions from
their constitutions.
The resolution, which was
passed, recommended that
any organizations with such
clauses, or which belong to
national organizations with
similar clauses, work for the
abolition of the clause.
In a roll-call vote, 27 Coun
cil members voted in favor
of the resolution, eight voted
against it and two members
abstained from voting.
Council reactions to the
resolution ranged from objec
tions on legal grounds to
favorable comments based on
moral considerations.
The introducer of the reso
lution pointed out to the Coun
cil that "the members of this
Council represent colleges,
not living units. We are not
here to use the Council as a
sounding board but to repre
sent all 13,000 students."
A representative of Sigma
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The Legislature authorized
$300,000 for a swimming pool
wing of the new gym. Pre
viously, the women had been
using the pool in the base-
ment of the Coliseum.
The new structure is sche
duled to be constructed near
14th and Vine Streets. The
$1.5 million for the remaining
part of the structure is set
to be appropriated by the
lacr Legislature.
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man Richard Marvel said if
the Regents want to go ahead
within the framework of the
total dollar grant to put up
the new building, they could
do this.
However, according to Mar
vel, that would require the
Regents to shift funds from
other capital improvements
projects. The Regents are
given this flexibility under
LB889, the central appropria
tions bill.
Following the construction
of the new music building
and a new dental structure,
the gymnasium headt the
list for University replace
ment in the present biennium.
The Budget Committee,
however, decided against do-
ing it right away, and left the
appropriation of all but the
swimming pool wing to next
j biennium's Legislature.
Nu, the only fraternity listed
in the discrimination report
having a "white clause," told
the Council, "Our fraternity
is working in this area, and
will continue to do so."
Quoting a Wall Street Jour
nal editorial, he said, "forced
association is the breeder of
dissention."
One fraternity member,
speaking against the resolu
tion, cited Negro apathy as a
justification for the Council's
not taking action.
He quoted one Negro in the
report as saying, "It doesn't
bother me if they don't like
me because of the color of
my skin, as long as they
don't say so to my face."
Two Negro students spoke
to the Council on behalf of
the resolution. One, a foreign
student from Nigeria, urged
the Council to pass the resolu
tion as "assurance to all stu
dents of other races that they
are wanted.
The other said that "Ne
braskans are the worst peo
pie in the world. They pass
the buck and are narrow
minded about racial discrimi
nation because they have so
little contact with upper
class Negroes.
After the resolution was
passed, Vice Chancellor G.
Robert Ross, dean of Student
Affairs, said, "I am pleased
the students have spoken on
this question."
He said that the Student Af
fairs office had been working
for the same objective. He
said he viewed the Council's
resolution as "encouraging,"
and termed it an "education
al kind of approach" to the
discrimination problem.
According to Ross, there
had been no public stand like
this taken in recent years.
The Panhellenic president
said that she felt the resolu
tion did not infringe on Pan
hellenic rights. "Student Coun
cil has a right to express
its view," she said.
The Interfraternity Council
president, newly elected on
the night the resolution was
passed, said that "The In
ter Fraternity Council (IFC)
does not and will not prac
tice racial discrimination in
carrying forward its program
as a University organization."
Editorial Campaign
The next step in the story
of the discrimination problem
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TWO GIRLS WIND THEIR WAY UP These narrow, steep
stairs are the "back way" to the main gymnasium floor
from the downstairs locker room at Grant Memorial.
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at the University was taken
by Daily Nebraskan editor,
Frank Partsch.'
Partsch, in his editorials
constantly pushed for some
real action from the Greek
system.
While he continued to urge
the Greeks to 'get the ball
rolling,' the Greeks did just
that. Unknown to the public,
except in the form of closed
"executive sessions" of Pan
hellenic and Interfraternity
Council, the Greeks were dis
cussing the problem among
themselves and trying to ar
rive at an answer.
Partsch. not knowin? exact
ly what was going on in these
executive sessions, wrote
editorials asainst the idea of
excluding the press (Dailv
Nebraskan reporter) from the
meetings.
Week after week, though.
the reporter was excluded
from the meeting after the
routine business was finished.
In the meantime, first sem
ester editor Susan Smith
berger wrote a column for
the Daily Nebraskan attack
ing the secret work of the
Panhallenic Council.
of the secret statement for
mulated by Panhellenic, she
said ". . . frankly, I'm embar
rassed. This little bit w ill nev
er serve the purpose for
which it was intended."
Miss Smithberger went on,
"It would be better that noth
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Index to Inside Pages
SUMMER SESSIONS GROW The University summer ses
sions have grown tremendously in the past ten years. For
a look at this growth a-nd the nature of the summer ses
sions, see
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HIGH SCHOOLERS STUDYING, TOO University High sum
mer classes are growing quickly, just as the University. En
rollment is now limited because of lack of space. To under
stand more of the nature of these courses, see
Page 2
HOW TO PUBLISH A BOOK Publishing a book at the Uni
versity involves long, hard work. For a look at the process, see
Page 3
GULFPORT REPORT A June graduate of the University de
scribes the happenings in Mississippi through her own eyes.
For a first-hand report of civil rights in the South, see
Page 4
ing be said at all than for
this gutless bit to be released.
Any m e m b e r of the press,
any member of the "Oppos
ing" side can tear this
apart so fast it would make a
lightening bug shudder."
Equal Opportunities
The next day the statements
were released to the Daily
Nebraskan. Both statements
in essence called for the
Board of Regents to "make
such rules and regulations it
seems appropriate to guar
antee that no student shall be
denied full and equal educa
tional opportunity by the Uni
versity as the result of his
race, religion, or country of
national origin."
The statements expressed
"belief that it is appropriate
for a University community to
champion the cause of civil
liberties for all individuals,"
and off ered "moral persuasion
. . . to assist the Board of Re
gents to implement" such
rules on the subject that the
Board chose to make.
Interfraternity Council pres
ident Buzz Madson said that
he was confident that local of
ficers of the national frater
nities involved were working
within their groups for the re
moval of the clauses.
Sigma Nu president Bill
Mowbray said the fraternity
would work within the guide
lines of the resolution.
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