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1 4 V- 3 I s '.4 5 Mariyn Hoegemeyer, editor t, . Alfee Jeffrey, business manager Page 2 Guest Editorial eed To By Ed Schwartz ! Students are often urged to "adjust." ,.. . WITH THE COLLAPSE last year of the educational philosophy of an entire decade at Berkeley and elsewhere, -college administrators are going to have a few adiustment problems of their own. Higher education has changed. It is no longer a savored luxury of the elite, as it may have been 25 years ago. Nor is it the protracted guidebook for technocrats encouraged in the 50's. v. The numerous popular attacks on specialization have succeeded sufficiently that even students are beginning to value liberal arts in the classroom and open discussion 'outside of it. This has come as a shock to those accustomed -to the complacence of the "ivory tower intellectual" for whom a university was little more than a lab, a library, a classroom, and a bunk. It's time they recovered. -.. IN THE DAYS of elite education, there would have been some merit to the administrative contention that powerful student governments or vocal undergraduate political or ganizations were not an essential part of a campus. Learn ing was pursued either "for its own sake" or for a job. Even today, Dean Griswold of Harvard Law School could fcoast to a group of Oberlin alumni that "our students are loo busy worrying about torts to get concerned about 'their role in the decision-making process." GRISWOLD, however, presides over one of the last strongholds of the elite. The relationship between the law student and the university is vertical. He has no social rules. He is not expected to "develop as a whole man," although he might. Chances are that he has his own apart ment and lives independent of university facilities, except those which relate to his study of law. His concern with university decision-making merely reflects the university's unwillingness to make any decisions for him. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS do not benefit from such laissez-faire policies. They boast large programs of extra curricular activities to develop qualities of citizenship. They strive to uphold the moral standards of those enrolled. They may require that a student live in a college dorm, eat in a college dining hall, and obey a long list of college rules reprinted in a college handbook or tacked on a col lege wall. They may hire psychologists, special counselors, administrators of extra-curricular activities, even social directors. By their own admission, classrrom education is only one part of their relationship to the student. WHEN AN UNDERGRADUATE accept this premise, however, that student's involvement in policy is equally Jiecessary to develop "qualities of citizenship" and that -student action in local communities is a desirable adjunct to courses in the social sciences, the same administrators will revert to the elitist argument that "education should be confined to the classroom you have no business doing any of these things." IF I WERE a rabid leftist, I would brand such sophis try as a glaring example of Establishment hypocrisy. So as not to impugn motives, I would suggest that it repre sents an unwitting contradiction. I DO NOT OBJECT to a university which seeks to provide extra-curricular as well as classroom programs jfor its students. Indeed, as higher education is made avail able to large numbers and as course material replaces vocational training with "broad development," opportun ities for action will be necessary lor students to test con flicting theories through participation. ; But a university cannot confuse development with in doctrination, participation with manipulation, and expect a person trained in critical thought to accept. The student need only examine Napoleon's system of non-represented governments to evaluate the political position of his stu dent government. A quick intake of Socrates' "Apology" should provide him an incentive for honest expression. And then there's that messy business of civil rights. THEREFORE, the administrator must adjust. If he wants the American campus to become a laboratory for the "leaders of tomorrow," he must create a campus com munity in which qualities of leadership can be developed one which guarantees that a student opinion has some chance of implementation and which enables a student pol itico to work in the "real world" with the university's blessings. Otherwise, the administrator will discover that the student has learned his lessons too well. (Schwartz, a graduate of Oberlin College, is a grad uate student in communications at New York University.) . The Collegiate Press Service Daily Nebraskan TELEPHONE: 477-8711, Extensions 2588, 2589 and 2500. Member Associated Collegiate Press, National Ad vertising Service, Incorporated. Published at Room 51, Nebraska Union, Lincoln, Nebraska. Entrrrd ai aeonm) cla matter at the pout afflre In Llnoolm Nebraska, ndrr the an nf AuKu.t 4, 1U The ftafl? NphrttNknn I DUhllhftd Monday. Wi'dnradav. rnunidiiy and Friday during the ar-honl year, evernt during varatlnna and exam period, by atudentfl fll the llnrveralty of Nebrafika under Ihe JurMifHIfln nt (be Faculty i4nbenmmltte nn Ktudent Puhlleatlnni. PublU'tHinm Khali he free from eenenmhlo by (he Mnbeommlttea or any Demon ouutde the Dnlvemlty. Membera nt (ha Nebra.aan art) ranpunelbla for what they ratine to be printed. ship shApE shiRT... THE cpo It's the ranking fashion Idea for fall , . . a hale and hearty shirt of full-bodied wool melton Woolrlch-tallored with twin pockets, authentic anchor buttons, neatly finished long tail to wear tucked In or out, Solid Navy, Burgundy or colorful plaids. Sizes XS,S,M,L,XL, About $9.95. Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1965 Adjust fp rf ' ' N I 1 I J j Campus Opinion Student Qc-Explairas Theory Of Communist China Expansion Dear Editor: It is my pleasure to re ceive Mr. F. S. La Croix's response concerning my last letter in the Daily Ne braskan. Answers provided here are designed only to serve the purpose of clar ifying the truth. First, Mr. La Croix seemingly agrees that there was no implication in Article, Author Said Not Representative Dear Editor: Since I feel that you have expressed some very intel ligent and reasonable opinions on a variety of issues. I will assume that your "Editor's Note" before the quote from the Nov ember issue of RAMPARTS simply stems from a lack of knowledge of the nature of that publication. Anything written in this magazine should be given about the same weight as an article published by the K.K.K., the John Birch Society, or any other extremist group along these lines. Ignoring the nature of the publication, the author sounds like a typical mem ber of the S.D.S., whose thinking is based only on emotion and is totally obliv ious to the political exigen cies of the situation. There School Spirit Same As '63? Dear Editor: Jim Swartz's comments last week about Missouri students and their school spirit may be true, but they also hit home in reference to Nebraska students and their spirit during the Nebraska-Oklahoma game of, 1963. That game also left a bad taste in the mouth; Nebras ka hosts, too, were savages ; and the dignity and respect of our school was lowered on that day. President Kennedy had died the day before, but the game was not post poned, fans quietly filed into the stadium, and stood in a moment of silent tribute. Nebraska dominated t h e game from the start, a thrilling, high-scoring af fair, and evervene was jus tifiably excited. There was no excuse, how ever, for the savage exhibi tion that began even before the end of the game. From high in the stands fanatics showed their Orange Bowl enthusiasm bv neltin? play ers on the field with or anges. Even with pads and helmets. Oklahoma players must have been a little shocked when someone's aim was true. Of course, anyone throwing from the top rows only hit other, less fortunate fans. Will there be a repeat per formance of savagery this year against Oklahoma, on Thanksgiving Day, before a national television audi ence? Will someone show their school spirit by selling oranges, cotton balls, or sugar cubes before t h e game? I hope not! Milton Gustafson Messrs. Trask and Sakai's speech that there is a "con tinuity of culture and relig ion from olden times into the Chinese communist re gime." Then it seems that Mr. La Croix is suggesting that the "imperialistic com parison" made by Dr. Trask and Dr. Sakai be tween historical China and Communist China, as they are entirely too many people in our own State Department who do not know what decis ions to make without every Tom, Dick, and Harry from other government agencies trying to tell them what to do. Your error was to blindly accept the report of a man who happened to visit South Viet Nam this past summer as the opinion of the Viet namese people. You said that this article should be read by all who are con cerned with the "realities of our foreign policy." I should like to submit the enclosed open letter from the General Associat'on of Saigon Stu dents as published in the November 8. 1965, issue of U.S. News & World Report as being much more rational reasonable, and above all, more representative of the feelings of intelligent, in fofmed Vietnamese. Sincerely. David E. Neal P.S. I think your views as expressed on the IFC's con cern with drinking are 100 right. It is about time that poeple in Nebraska grow up and learn to live in 1965. ,But it looks as though the prohibition views still pre vail, even in some corners of our campus. Editor's Note: The letter from the Saigon students published in the U.S .News and World Report was re printed in the Daily Nebras kan on Monday the day Mr. Neal's letter arrived in our office. The two articles con cerning differing opinions were printed in an effort to confront our readers with they many sides of the Vict Nam situation, so that they could judge intelligently for themselves the most real istic, representative view. Dine in the Relaxing Atmosphere of the cpLoniL Dininc) boom Luncheon Monday thru Friday 11:30 to 1:00 $.75 to $1.23 Dinner Monday thru Friday 5:30 to 7:30 $1.75 and up Steaks, Roast and oilier Charcoal Broiled Items Sunday . . Noon to 2 p.m. 5:00 to 7:30 Reservations at Ext. 2181 for parties up to 12 SauMaf LULUDltiL I First Floor are different cultural enti ties, is superficial. A better exemplification of the Communist Chinese expansionism would have been the occupation of the three Baltic nations by Rus sia in 1940; since these two countries are both commu nistic. It is due to commu nism that Communist China is expansionistic, not due to Chinese history. China was not a nation until this idea was imported from the West. China was a Culture. Documentations of this ar gument can be found every where in Chinese history, or especially in Professor Li ang Shu-Ming's "The Es sentials of Chinese Culture" 1949. That is the reason why the great empire of Rome is gone, but the vast land of China still exists. Just be cause China was not a na tion, she did not undergo the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Secondly, Mr. La Croix asserts that the Mongolian and Manchurian histories merged into Chinese history. But Chinese history did not merge into Mongolian and Manchurian histories. What the Mongols and Manchur ians did is not representa tive of the main stream of Chinese history. Under the Mongol reign from 1279 to 1368, in China, the long-respected intellectuals in Chi nese society were placed to the ninth class in Mon gol rules, just below the eighth class, prostitutes, and barely above the tenth, beg gars. Nothing could be more un-Chinese than this. In 1937 the Mongols prohibited the Chinese from possessing arms; even the knife for kitchen use was under su pervision of the Tartars. And Mr. La Croix says that "those invaders made a great contribution to t h e growth of China as a na tion." Thirdly, I do not d e n y that there are some com munist compassionates among overseas Chinese. But I deny that all over seas Chinese are commu nistic. This is a logical dis tinction between the univer sal statement and the par ticular statement. With the aid of this distinction, we are able to recognize that not all Chinese are Red. Thank you. Lloyd L. Lee .v. Viet Nam Article Demands Rebuttal Dear Editor: The article by Richard Browne concerning the "true feeling" of the people of Viet Nam in last Wednes day's paper demands re buttal because of its dis crepancies, poor logic and disregard of facts. Mr. Browne states that he has just returned from a brief revisit of South Viet Nam, and that he was com missioned by the people of Viet Nam to convey a mess age ... a message which contradicts the official view on Viet Nam that Washing ton "propagates." Quite ob viously then, these views are also "propagated" by the governments of Eng land, Canada, West Ger many, Australia, New Zea land, Korea, Thailand, Ja pan, the Phillippines, For mosa, etc., etc., and South Viet Nam herself. He further indicates that he found the popular spokes men for virtually all ele ments of the population, except for the military and the refugees, voicing vigor ous opposition to American policy in Viet Nam. And yet who but the military and the refugees have been the most directly affected by the war which in turn is influenced by our policy? But do they protest? No. It appears Mr. Browne has not bothered to obtain the opinions of the essential elements. Furthermore he states that his knowledge of the peasant's opinion was gathered from secondary sources. ARE WE TO BE LIEVE THAT THIS MAN IS TRUTHFULLY SPEAK ING FOR THE VIETNA MESE PEOPLE? If the Vietnamese are so vigor ously opposed to our policy why are they not demon strating against it? The fact is there have been and are demonstrations for U.S. policy. His message continues further by stating that the U.S. should permit the Viet namese to work out their own "internal" disputes free from the unsettling ef fects of foreign interfer ence. Mr. Browne seems de gonial iom I : 1 1 v J 4 """""" i "'1, , ' 1 1 BWaWaa1aaa(fUa1 M aMMMUNMUMalMtallMMa -.&cNk LH1H1 K4 lOOtM Nebraska Union termined to avoid the facts. it is rather puzzling to think that he does not con sider the 101st, 308th, and 324th regiments of the regu lar North Vietnamese army now in the South to consti tute outside interference; or that he considers t h e 45.000 North Vietnamese in filtrated into the South since 1959 an internal problem. And this infiltration contin ues at the rate of 1000 men a month. As for our pres ence there, we were invited by a sovereign and indepen dent nation to help in sup porting, supplying and advising its forces to re sist armed aggression from without. Mr. Browne states that most Vietnamese do not share the view that stopping China is an objective which justifies unlimited sacrifice. But then he says it is more alarming to see themselves pushed towards China than it is to see us pushing them towards communism. First he indicates that the Viet namese do not think it is vital to stop China, and THEN he says that they are afraid of falling into the clutches of China. Now we ask you, what kind of sense does this make? The whole thing reeks of incon sistency. He concludes by saying that the Vietnamese wish we would go and fight "our" quarrels elsewhere. He has previously stated that the war is an internal conflict and now he is saying that it is our quarrel. We fail to comprehend this man's Uni que mode of reasoning and representation of nations. x Anybody for a freshman course in logic? Our summary might best be presented by what Mr. Sisouk, the Laotian Minis ter of Finance has said: "For the Americans to pull out of Southeast Asia would not only be a tragedy but a disaster." We cannot de sert the people of Viet Nam now. TO SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS IS TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF WHAT THIS NATION BE LIEVES IN. AND STANDS FOR. Respectfully, Brett Ratcliffe Dave Meyer Bob Gleisberg Charles Lofton H i v 1 T