Marilyn Hoegemeyer, editor
Mike Jeffrey, business manager
Page 2 Monday, Nov. 8, 1965
Highlight Of Day
The highlight of Parents' Day Saturday was the per
formance of the highstepping. smooth playing University
Marching Band.
Band members and their director. Jack Snider, deserve
the plaudits of the day. The crowd, expecting the marching
music typical ol a football halftime show, was treated to a
symphonic production ot i l-eft My Heart . . .". "New
York. New York," and "Chicago."
The Dixie Land Band blew and beat a lot of music for a
small group battling a Nebraska wind. We even heawj -the
clarinets! The Daily Nebraskan salutes the University
marching band for an outstanding performance.
Other members of the University community added
color to the perfect-weather Parents'' Day. Pom-pom girls
presented another first-rate show of peppy chorus line
routines.
The snake-dance rows of Tassels and .Corn Cobs added
splotches of red and white, and white and red oh the Husk
er gridiron. " .
Football dads stretched down the Husker sideline and
stood obligingly for the crowd's eager applause.
Saturday's game emphasized the point: students, their
parents, professors, alums, fans, love to watch the Huskers
and the colorful spectacle that accompanies a football
game in Memorial Stadium. There is no place . . .
MARILYN HOEGEMEYER
On Life
Life is like a beautiful and
winding lane, on either side
bright flowers, beautiful but
terflies, and tempting fruits,
which we scarcely pause to
admire and taste, so eager
are we to hasten to an open
ing which we imagine will
Campus Opinion-
Those With Beards
Abused; Not Unbathed
Dear Editor:
Several of the letters to
the editor which have ap
peared in the Daily Nebras
kan have illustrated a ten
dency to illogic not befitting
any citizen of a democracy,
much less anyone connected
with a university. Among
the most flagrant abuses of
reason have been the propo
sitions that all those with
beards are unbathed, dem
onstrative (about Viet
Nam), and communistic,
and that all student demon
strators are cowards or are
protesting to beat the draft.
While we all wish that
those who pose a threat to
us might be identified by
whether or not they effec
tively hide their secondary
sex 'characteristics, surely
we must realize the tenuous
ness of such a connection.
Furthermore, it is far more
necessary for a bearded per
son to bathe regularly, if for
no other reason than to keep
his dandruff out of his food.
More important, however,
is the lapse of thought re
quired to accuse a student
demonstrator of being a
coward. The most outspoken
critics of the Viet Nam pro
tests often have advocated
Update Sports Section
Dear Editor:
I would like to question
the article that Jim Pearse
wrote on Nov. 4, concerning
"What is a champion made
of?"
I am speaking. I think, not
only from my opinion, but
the entire student body that
reads the sports section.
Why on earth do you write
an article like this, in which
the event has happened five
days prior? I am not down
grading the fine efforts of
the University of Nebraska
football team, but it seems
to me that you should have
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be more beautiful still. But
by degrees, as we advance,
the trees grow bleak, t h e
flowers and butterflies fail,
the fruits disappear, and we
find that we have arrived
to reach a desert waste.
-Sala
a universal draft, hence rec
ognizing the existence of the
1I-S student deferment.
These students are not liable
to the draft, yet they c e r
tainly increase the likeli
hood of having their defer
ment removed and being
forced to serve by their pro
tests. Indeed, it" would be
the coward's choice to s i t
hack and rely on his classi
fication to keep him out of
the army rather than putting
that classification in jeopar
dy. As far as conscientious
objection is concerned, it
seems to take a great deal
more courage to bear t h e
ridicule and possible im
prisonment f o r obeying
one's principles than to fly a
jet carrying 500 lb. bombs
against t h e rifle-bearing
Viet Cong in South Viet
Nam. But the ultimate ques
tion here is not a ranking ac
cording to courage, and my
comments must not serve as
a stereotype of either those
who fly or those who march.
1 can only urge an end to the
name-calling which has re
sulted from disagreement
about policy, name-calling
based on hatred and group
solidarity.
John Rosenberg
written an article like this
on Monday, when everyone
was still buzzing and trying
to cure their heart tremor.
Also, since I am on this
subject Of bringing your
sports section up to date, I
see that you finally heard
about the bird crash that in
volved several prominent
Nebraska sport figures.
Well, you, might take this
and throw it in your out
going paper-rack, but I
think more students will
read your section if you
bring it up to date.
Carroll Dolson
'ti s'. 1 illl;
IT FOLLOW t
Point Missed
,n Fire Satire
Door Vrlif Ar
Dear Editor :
You seem to have missed
entirely the point of George
Kaufman's satire on the
Abel Hall fires. Your edito
rial equating Mr. Kaufman's
satirizing with the booing of
firemen by Abel Hall res
idents painfully reveals your
complete lack of understand
ing of the satire.
Knowing Mr. Kaufman as
I do, and understanding the
nature and purpose of sat
ire. I believe that he was
simply using the satirical
form to ridicule a ludicrous
and dangerous situation, and
quite effectively, too.
It seems that the editor of
any newspaper should have
a better understanding of
literary forms.
Sincerely .
Kathleen Costello
Editor's Note: Mr. Kauf
man's satire did ridicule the
situation quite effectively as
you noted. Our point was
and is that ridiculing the sit
uation, the men of Abel Flail
is no help at all. Nor is
standing on the street boo
ing the firemen.
Do
Editor's Note: The following poem was
given to the Nebraskan by a student who
received it in a letter from a friend now
serving in Vict Nam.
At the bottom of the poem this mes
sage was written in a hurried scrawl:
"Maybe you would like to show this around
to your friends or the school newspaper."
You sit at home and watch TV,
You're sipping a refreshing cold ice
tea.
The news comes on and then you hear.
The All-Star game is drawing near.
Then you see a far off land.
Where men are dying in the sand.
A frown appears across your face,
You're tired of hearing about that
place. ,,-
"Who cares about Viet Nam across
the sea?
It's far away and doesn't concern me."
You'd rather hear the Beatles play,
Than learn about the world today.
But .stop and think for a moment or
two.
And ask yourself "Does this concern
you"?
It's great to be alive and free.
But what about the guy across the
sea ?
He's far away lighting a war,
Instead of fighting at my front door.
Pie's giving up his life for me.
So that I can live under liberty.
He's about my age so why should he
care,
About a war someone else should
share?
This guy who lives in filth and slime,
How can he do it all the time?
You call him vile names and make
fun of his cause,
Yet he is always first to win your war.
You lucky guy, you laugh and snear,
Because you've never really known
fear.
This young man faces death each day,
1AE SOME. CAM I
Campus Letter From
Students in Saigon, South Vietnam, made a reply on
October 19 to the student demonstrations in America which
demanded that the U.. get out of Vict Nam. Following are
excerpts from an English translation of an open letter from
the General Association of Saigon Students to all U.S. stu
dents. It appeared in the Nov. 8 issue of the U.S. News and
World Report.
-The Editor
As representatives of Vietnamese students, we would
like to present some aspects of the problem and contribute
some ideas to your discussions in the U.S. Vietnamese stu
dents ask the honor of participating.
WE WOULD like to present two aspects of the problems
involved:
The true nature of the war in Vietnam.
The fate of American and Vietnamese vouth.
The Vietnamese people have fought for over 1,000 vears
to shake off the yoke of Chinese domination imposed "from
the North. The Vietnamese people waged a resistance war
of over 80 years against French colonialism, and realized
independence.
OUR WAR of resistance to gain independence was tak
en advantage of by the Communist Party of Vietnam unde
Ho Chi Minh. He took credit for it. On the other hand, na
tionalists fought only for the purpose of driving off the
French. Patriotism and nationalism forced Vietnamese of
all convictions to rally as one. It was the only way to effi
ciently fight aggression from the outside . . .
THOSE NATIONALISTS had to fight both the French
and Communists. As a result, they became weak or were
shattered. Fine nationalist leaders were either liquidated
by the Communists or killed or imprisoned by the French.
THE DANGEROUS THING about the Communists is
that they always try to hide their true face. And the lead-
Men In Viet
They Concern
KEEP IT?
Nam
But that's what makes him hard and
to say.
No mail again, a thing of sorrow,
Oh what the Hell there's always tomor
row. The morale is low. the tension is high.
Some men even break down and cry.
He works all day and stands guard all
night,
He's tired and sick but he continues to
fight.
The college crowd thinks he's a fool,
But that's waht makes him hard and
cruel.
You don't appreciate what he will do,
Like giving up his life for you.
He sacrifices much, yet he asks noth
ing in return,
Just so that you can stay in school and
learn.
He wants to go "home and see loved
ones or wife.
But he believes in freedom and the
American life.
No parties and dances for this young
man.
Until he comes home again.
The days are hot and the nights are
too,
What wonders a cold can of beer can
do.
He dreams of cold beer and a thick
juicy steak,
When someone shouts ''We've got a
hill to take".
Some will be heroes because they are
brave,
And some will get a wreath upon their
grave.
You'll recognize him as he walks by,
There's a saddened look In his eye.
He walks so proud, yet looks so mean.
He's called the worlds greatest fight
ing machine.
No wonder he's proud.
He's a United States Marine.
Written by a Marine,
in Viet Nam
U ) U lialilllli-i
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Campus Opinion
AWS Week Features
Womanhood Theme
Dear Editor:
AWS Board, the pro
gram area in particular,
has planned an outstanding
Standards Week program.
The theme of this year's
program is "Mirror, Mirror
on the Wall" and has been
designed to emphasize all
aspects of womanhood.
Take note of the display,
"Reflections," on Tuesday
and of "The Challenge of
Creativity" on Thursday.
These are new programs
and prove to be especially
rewarding. In addition to these all
campus events, housemoth
ers, presidents, residence
directors, AWS representa
tives and workers have
been contacted and have
planned additional pro
grams suited to their indi
vidual living units.
BASE-r
Our own private public
opinion poll reports that
many of the male students
at the University are against
the AWS Standards W e e k,
claiming that it "sets back
the program a couple of
months."
According to Vice Chan
cellor Ross, trash chutes at
Abel Hall are now going to
be locked, and while the fire
problem is now probably
solved, we still fear for stu
dent's lives, now from . . .
asphyxiation.
ers of the ''liberation front" even deny that they have close
relations with the Central Committee of the ' Communist
Party of Vietnam.
Vietnam is a battlefield. It is a place of conflict between
two blocs. The burden of the fight weighs heavily on t h e
shoulders of Vietnamese youth.
But you young men live in a properous countrv. You
have a guaranteed, promising future. Then why do you
have to cross a vast ocean and risk vour lives in Vietnam?
WHEN PEOPLE ENJOY a bountiful life, thev natural
ly abhor and fear war. But we think that the peace and
freedom which you enjoy will not last if you do not fight
positively to preserve them.
If you do not fight in Vietnam, you will become more
terribly concerned about the expansion of Communism in
other places like Greece, India, Burma, Thailand. Laos, Af
rica. Latin America and Cuba . . .
VAST AMERICA in which you live, and little Vietnam
in which we still struggle to win the right to live free, are
already soaked with the blood of our ancestors. It seems,
however, that those who live in happiness now and enjoy
unbounded freedom do not realize what it takes to maintain
freedom. Freedom can be obtained only through hard
fighting.
ONLY THOSE who are threatened with loss of freedom
and those who live a prison life realize the precious value
of freedom.
The students of Vietnam know the value of freedom.
They can still say what they like, denounce those they do
not like, and even that minority which thirsts for personal
gain and power can disturb the minimum level of order ne
cessary for a nation at war . . .
BECAUSE WE ARE EREE, we can meet and discuss
carefully facts and evidence which leads to truth and sup
ports human justice. And we are determined to fight to safe
guard the road to truth and justice.
We and perhaps yourselves rarely hear of similar ac
tivities, similar struggles, of people" under Communist,
autocratic or militarist regimes. Yet, do you really believe
that Communist and autocratic leaders do not make mis
takes? Or is it clear to you that there is no protest because,
under such regimes, citizens do not have the right or the
opportunity to question their leaders' actions?
ONLY PATIENT and gallant struggle will heighten the
ideal of freedom. When you endure terrorism, then false
ness becomes limited and the belief in freedom becomes
indestructible.
Sincerely yours.
General Association of Saigon Students
PIZZA HUT
PIZZA HUT ITALIAN PIZZAS
Are just like the one's Mom used
to moke!
THE
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These excellent programs
are before you. It is up to
YOU. to all university
women, to take advantage
of the opportunities offered
to make the week a per
sonal as well as a campus
success.
Associated Women Students
Jan Whitney, President
Scrip Follows
Barbaric Line
Dear Editor:
The other day 1 eagerly
purchased one of the SCRIP
Magazines, expecting t o
read some fine examples of
high grade college lit
erature. After finishing
SCRIP I was amazed. Never
in my life have I read such
a collection of morbidity.
These selections didn't fol
low the "eerie theme o f
October" but instead fol
lowed the barbaric lines of
the English witch hunts.
If this is the type of lit
erature of the future, I hope
to God that I can raise my
children to see it for what
it js: rot! To paraphrase
Janet Hodges on page four
of SCRIP:
Today
The happiest
Words of all
Are
Wordless.
Respectfully,
Jean Reynolds
Saigon
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