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i i ? 1 M 'I'M 1 3 Page 2 The Daily Nebraskan Monday, October 10, 1966 Faculty To Consider Change Faculty Senate will consider the pos sibility of changing the Christmas Vaca tion return dates at its meeting Tuesday. Many students in recent weeks have pointed out in both letters to the editor and in personal conversation that they are con cerned about the vacation ending the day after New Years on Monday, Jan. 2. These students have noted, and the Daily Nebraskan agrees, that asking stu ents and faculty to return on Jan. 2 will cause many people to drive back to school during the worst traffic season of the year and that the Jan. 2 date will cut many New Years family celebrations to a quick breakfast. The Student Senate has passed a mo tion asking that Faculty Senate change the dates and James G. Porter, chairman cf the Faculty Senate calendars commit tee, has said that he would support some type of change. Most professors have agreed with the students and Porter that the return date creates a definite safety hazard. On the other hand, it has been ex plained by Prof. Edward Megay and other faculty members that the Jan. 2 date is unavoidable because there is only one, week between New Years Day and Dead Week followed by semester examinations. In addition to this, some faculty mem bers have said that it is important that Monday, Jan. 2, be used as a school day because of quiz sections, labs and other special study groups which meet on Monday. The Dally Nebraskan can understand both sides of the argument .Students and faculty members do need every possible day especially toward the end of the se mester for lectures, reviewing and sum marizing of courses. On the other hand, if the school re sumes on the day following New Years, it will be disregarding requests made each year by the governor and the President of the United States, not to mention all the safety councils in the U.S., that people try not to drive on New Years Day unless absolutely necessary. The school in a manner of speaking will be asking every student and faculty member to disregard this safety precaution and to possibly add to the critical fatality and accident total during the New Years weekend. Although the Nebraskan feels very sympathetic to Prof. Megay's intelligent explanation of the problem and why the situation cannot be avoided, we are still not sure that one day of study is so im portant that the school should take the chance of risking even one student or faculty member's life. The Daily Nebraskan hopes that the Faculty Senate meeting will be well at tended Thursday and the faculty will def initely try to find some type of compro mise that will satisfy the educational goals of the University and yet not surround the, return trip to school with hazard and dis regard for safety precautions. Wayne Kreuscher Faculty Investigation Requested In Friday's paper it was announced that no all-University convocations have been scheduled for this year. The Daily Nebraskan editorially ex plained at that time what a critical and discouraging situation this is for the stu dents and for the University as an educa tional institution. We feel sure that many faculty mem bers will agree with the paper that a . university needs many prominent speak ers each semester representing all kinds of ideas and viewpoints. The Nebraskan would like to request and encourage some faculty member to ask for an explanation at Tuesday's Fac ulty Senate meeting about the failure of the convocations committee to schedule any speakers in the ten months it has had to be working. The paper would also like to suggest to Faculty Senate that it consider a com plete investigation of the speaker situa tion on this campus. TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Most students would agree with Chan cellor Hardin's statement, made before ASUN last week, that "there is an air of excitement accompanying the rapid growth and development of the University of Ne braska." This air of excitement is always present in any environment that is under going rapid change. It is the prevalent feeling at the University and is also an appropriate description of the prevalent feeling in our world and nation today. We feel excitement today because we are increasingly aware of our roles in the outgoing process of Creation, which is as good a description of life as any other. Being in this process of Creation has al ways been the state of man. And man has always been aware to varying degrees cf this unique human stance where he is be tween the No Longer and the Not Yet. Man alone is the one who must decide what the Not Yet will be like. In this situation, which is life, man is given complete freedom to make decisions. It is an often-used cliche that with freedom goes responsibility, yet few of us f u 1 1 y realize the implications of that especially in the range of cosmic freedom and abso lute, historical responsibility. With his freedom man can responsibly build a future which will enhance life and make life more meaningful for all, or with his freedom man can, just as easily, ir responsibly destroy all life a fact which burst abruptly into the world's conscience in August, 1945. A criticism of this view of life and its urgency for vi can be expressed, "But hasn't it always been so?" "What makes living today so much different from living at any other time in history?" - The answer to these questions lies in the fact that history, or this ongoing pro cess of Creation, no longer operates ac cording to the laws of an arithmetic pro gression. It operates according to the laws of a geometric progression. Our power to destroy, our store of emplracal knowledge, even the world's population is growing geo metrically, not arithmetically. IN THIS FACT LIES THE CAUSE OF OUR URGENCY. In this fact lies the ground for our ambivalent feeling of an "air of ex citement". Given this situation of life today the crucial question upon which the future of humanity rests is, "Is our awareness of morality, is our ethical sense also increas ingly geometrically?" "Is our ability to make the "right" decisions for humanity keeping pace with the sheer number of decisions that have to be made, and with the increased tools, in the form of know ledge and power, that science has placed at man's disposal?" THE UNIVERSITY'S TASK In the light, then, of our particular situation today with its urgent demand for responsible action, Chancellor Hardin's re marks about an "air of excitement" takes on deeper meaning. It is an exciting time to be at the University for we, as students, faculty and administration, are creating the University of the future. But we must constantly keep In mind the responsibility that goes with this job of Creation, for the type of University we create will determine the quality of human rights that are sent out into the world. These human beings are going to be the ones who, along with the graduates of every other educational institution in the world, will make the little and big de cisions alike that will determine whether 'humanity lives or dies in the next fifty years. Are we creating a University that will produce these men? Are we creating a University that develops In its students the ethical sense needed to make the "right" decisions pertaining to the world's prob lems? The University of Nebraska of yester day and even today has not been this type of University in enough ways. Granted it has done some of this, but not nearly as much as is necessary. And where it has done it, it is usually a secondary result of the task of training people to do a particu lar job. Though most administrators and fac ulty members agree that the central role of education in society is to make life more meaningful and make a better world, far too many of these people have avoided studying and clarifying their explicit, or implicit, educational goals. This is an un fortunate situation for the educational goals will determine to what extent the central role of education is fulfilled. Many administrators and faculty mem bers think that the role of the educator is passively to present knowledge to students and society, but not to make value judg ments about that knowledge. That job is left totally in the student's or society's hands. Quite often this action is justified by saying that to do otherwise would be to indoctrinate. This justification, however, fails to make the distinction between in doctrination and the e x e r c 1 s e of lead ership. For if we concede that education is a positive good which makes on a bet ter individual, docs it not follow that the educator has a responsibility to society to use his knowledge? One of the ironic things about this passive conception of educational goals is that the administrator or teacher who be lieves in this thinks he is being impartial. Nothing could be farther from the truth, for to avoid taking a clearcut negative or positive decision is really to make one of the strongest decisions possible in favor of the present situation. Not making an inten tional decision, then, is really making what is in fact a negative decision in regard to change and progress. The University we should be creating is one that uses its total facilities to lead society toward a better world. It should be at the cutting edge of society some where between the No Longer and the Not Yet. It should actively be communicating to the bulk of society what the structures and models of the future should be. It should continue to produce new tools of knowledge, but should just as seriously promote the best uses of those tools. This job of leadership should not be a secon dary, or periphery, activity that may or may not come In the course of events, but should be a vital part of the intentional goals of a university. The University of the future can no longer avoid facing questions like these "Can schools promote economic growth or change local prejudices?" "Can schools by injecting cosmopolitan values into a parochial setting upgrade a com munity?" Can the University of Nebraska 'help lead the state of Nebraska back into a social and economic position which is closer to the rest of the country?" These questions have got to be given more con sideration in the future. We can no longer say these questions, and the challenges they pose, do not exist. It will take responsi ble men tc answer these questions, men who realize the answers are not simple. I believe these questions in the future increasingly have to be answered in the affirmative. The "Impossible Dream" of a truly "human" world is too important a goal for any educational Institution to do less than assume its proper role of pro viding leadership for its students and for the society at large. ( ) BHjpB8 Our Man Hoppe- Politics In California ... BY GENE POKORNY Governor Brown and Mr. Reagen have reached a statesmanlike agreement not to discuss race riots including what causes them, how to handle them and what should be done to prevent them. And you certainly have to hand it to both candidates for their high degree of statesmanship in declining to debate an issue that, no matter which side they took, could only cost them votes. Of course, Governor Brown, a more experienced statesman, feels the same way about crime, the courts, fair housing and pot smoking at the University of California. Such issues, he says, should not be in jected into politics. Mr. Reagan, who's learn ing, says that even elemen tal statesmanship forbids discussing such extraneous topics of little interest. Like the John Birch Society. Or experience. And each, of course, has made It clear time and again that he will never stoop to engaging in per sonalities with his no-good . mud-sllnging opponent. Well, with those matters disposed of, let us ima gine a Great Television De bate. "Hi, there, Ron, and my fellow Californians out there in the television audience. It's certainly good to be here today to discuss in statesmanlike fashion the issues we face." "Gosh, Governor, I feel the same way and I'm glad you made it." "Excuse me, Ron, you're not implying I was afraid to come or that I might bumble around and not find the studio or something? "Golly, no, Governor. I think of you as a courage ous, intelligent and decisive leader." "Golly-gee, thanks, Ron. You know I feel the same way about you. In my ex perience . . ." "In your what?" "Whoops, sorry, Ron. No offense. I certainly wasn't going to bring that subject up. Just a figure of speech." "That's all right, Gover nor. But I think we should begin our debate. What would you like to talk about?" "Well ... No, I suppose we shouldn't get into that." "Well, how about ... No, there's no telling where that might lead." "I know what, Ron. I could talk about my rec ord." "Do you think that's fair, Governor?" "Oh, I guess not, seeing you don't have a ... I mean, I suppose you're right. That is, accurate, not right in the sense of . . . Well. Why don't you talk first, Ron?" "Well. All right. I'll come right out and say flatly I'm for good government. No offense, Governor." "No offense taken, Ron. And I'll answer you spirit edly by saying I'm for good government, too. Moreover, I'm against bad govern ment." "Yes, me, too." "Well . . ." But let's have faith. Let's have faith that as the cam paign waxes hot both men will rise above statesmen ship and achieve the heights of true partisan politics including smears, charact er assassinations and vici ous counter charges. They're the lifeblood of democracy. Besides, there's always the off chance a candidate will get so riled up that when an issue comes along he'll forget to duck. giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii intf tiiitiiiiifiiitififf iiiiiiiiMiiitiittiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiii:iiiisiiitf irTiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiittiiitii in iiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiriiiu ini iiiniiiiiitim Bill Minier s INNOCENCE? E Today your erstwhile col umnist has the task of re viewing a film which he saw last Thursday. The title of the film is "What's Up Tiger Lily?" and I received a complimentary pass in order to go see it and write this review, good or bad. I spent all day Thursday trying to find a date, be cause the puss was good for two people. I finally decided that every coed on campus either has tests on Friday or is a member of AUF. I even offered to take one of the brothers from the house, but they insisted they had to work on homecoming displays. Maybe I have bad breath. Well, I finally ran down to the theater about 7:00 (the show was supposed to start at 6:45), and was just in time to catch the begins ning of the show. Sitting down, however, I found myself entranced by the passionate love scene being enacted right before my eyes. 1 could hardly tear myself away. Then I decided I had better watch the movie. The movie Itself is an ac- (In-No-Sense) I tual Japanese film, on the order of James Bond or per haps more like Our Man Flint. Only instead of the Japanese sound track with voices in Japanese, Ameri can sound track and voices have been substituted. The only difference is that the dubbed In voices are not an actual translation of t h e Japanese words, but rather dialogue which Woody Al len, the producer, has thought up. The result is a constant ly hilarious exchange among the actors whose words sel dom match the mock ser iousness of t h e 1 r actions. The show begins with our two heros fighting approxi mately fifty henchmen in an effort to save a female co hort who is about to be sawed in half. Our hero shouts exple tives at his evil" attackers, "You Turkish dog! You Ro man cowl You Spanish fly I" Needless to say, our two secret agents per severe, and the Japanese police force arrives just in time to clean up those for tunates who our heros have spared. The whole story centers around the secret agents' attempts to recover the Egg Salad Recipe, which has been stolen by Shepherd Wong. In addition, there is the constant interference of Wong Fat who wants to steal the Recipe from the evil Shepherd Wong and then sell it back to him. Our hero reminds him, though, that two Wongs don't make a wight. The show constantly shifts from one narrow es cape to another hair-raising episode (with side trips of our hero to various bed rooms). The final result is one of the funniest shows which you will see in a long time. Its only faults seem to be that many lines are missed, because of the laughter of the audience, and some parts fall down by compar ison because so much of the movie is extremely comical and satirical. The movie has a negligible plot, no moral purpose (except perhaps as a satire on spies and spy movies), but it is one of the most enjoyable two hours you can spend for (1.25. 3 giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii imiiitiiiifi iiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: Campus I Opinion I Editorial Endorsed Dear Editor: As a one-time, long-time newspaper reporter, I heartily endorse your editorial, "Apology to Reporter Needed." Robert J. Cranford School of Journalism. Pound Signatures Ridiculous Dear Editor: Re: the article on page 5 of the Oct. 6 Daily Nebraskan on "Election Policies Cleared" concerning the recent elec tions in Pound Hall. According to Miss Fran Holman, residence director of the unit, the girls were required to sign their ballots in order to keep tabs on who had voted. This is ridiculous. In the first place, if the ballots were put into a locked container, it would be impossible during the balloting for anyone to see who had voted. Furthermore, even if the signatures were cut off before the votes were counted, the judges still could possibly have seen who had voted for whom and we seriously question the constitutionally of anything like this. By contrast, in Gather Hall elections, the judges have a roster of the hall in front of them. When a resident votes, his name is simply checked off the list. The system has always worked fine in Cather. We are proud of the liberal and democratic form of self-government that we have in Cather Hall. We feel that is due to the free hand our residence directors, Wayne Kuncl last year and Jim Pequette this year, have given to the Cather Hall political system. It is unfortunate that our neighbor Pound Hall has not enjoyed the same political autonomy as we have, but we believe that under Elaine Kallos, new president of Pound Hall, that leadership will come from the elected officers in Pound Hall. Harry Argue Bill Kyser Russ Montgomery Insult To Conscience Arthur Hoppe Dear Editor: I think that Gale Pokorny's column "Fox's Facts" is an insult to the humanitarian conscience. Other countries need our help, but do not deserve to have their appeals to us labeled "Palms across the Sea" as Mr. Pokorny puts it. I believe sending marshmallows to the hungry people of Viet Nam is a fitting example of the concern for their plight that actually does exist here on campus. R. B. Einwand The Next War Dear Editor: A Thought for today: The long war had ended. Tts miseries had grown faded. Deaf men became difficult to talk to. Heroes became bores. Those alchemists Who had converted blood Into gold Had grown elderly. But they held a meeting. Saying, "We think perhaps we ought To put up tombs Or erect altars To those brave lads Who were so willingly burnt, Or blinded, Or maimed, Who lost all likeness to a living thing Or were blown to bleeding patches of flesh For our sakes. It would look well. Or we might educate the children." But the richest of these wizards Coughed gently; And he said, "I have always been to the front in private enterprise I yield in public spirit To no man. I think yours is a very good idea A capital idea And not too costly. But it seems to me That the cause for which we fought Is again endangered. What more fitting memorial for the fallen Than that their children Should fall for the same cause?" Rushing eagerly into the street The kindly old gentlemen cried To the young: "Will you sacrifice Through your lethargy What your fathers died to gain? Our cause is in peril. The world must be made safe for the youngl" And the children Went. Osbert Stllwell (in Argonaut and Juggernaut, about 1920) Daily Nebraskan Vol 90, No. 16 Oct. 10. 196 TELEPHONE: 477-8711, Extensions 2588, 2589 and 2590. Member Associated Collegiate Press, National Ad vertising Service, Incorporated. Published at Room 51, Nebraska Union, Lincoln, Nebraska. :rzT" .:.r' m- nJ'rlnl OfZUXZl !i uh,,"l""l Monday, Wednaaday, Tbar.dar and Elm '..,.hT hiH ,uhll'' PODllr.llon. .ball . Ire. "J"; Si. ""L "'""""imltlee or mat .rMn ouuide Ik. linlror.lt. Mamkera .1 Ik. Nekraetao an reeaaoalbla lot Ihey sauu to k. arlnl.d. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Wayne Kreuacher: Managing Editor Lola Qulnneti New. Editor Jan Itkloi Night Nr-wg Editor Mill Mlnler; Sporta Editor Bob Flannlrki Senior Stan Wrltere. 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