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UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
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Thursday, October 20, 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Vol. 90, No. 22
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PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE STUDENTS . . . Dennis Bartels, Al Spangler, Dick Goel-
ler: political activism.
Study Of Philosophy: A Bridge
To Political Activism On Campus?
To many students, philo
sophy seems to be a bridge
to political activism, at least
on the University campus.
A look at some of the cam
pus leaders of the Left, re
veals that almost without
Pair Arrested On LSD
Charge Are Released
Two youths arrested Mon
day night on suspicion of
using LSD were released
Wednesday because of lack
of evidence after questioning
by Kansas (Sty members of
the Food and Drug Adminis
tration. Inspector Robert Sawdon
of the Lincoln Police said
that it could not be estab
lished if the drug used by the
suspects was LSD.
He said that even if it was
LSD that was used, there is
no Nebraska state law which
forbids the use of the drug.
The University student who
was apparently suffering
from the effects of LSD
showed no symptoms which
could be proven to be caused
by LSD to the exclusion of all
other substances.
Sawdon said that one of the
suspects said that he bought
the substance in San Francis
co, but there was no possible
way to prove that the sub
stance bought was LSD.
Lincoln Police arrived at
the North 18th street resi
dence at 8 p.m. Monday after
a call concerning sickness of
a 20-year-old Universt
ty youth.
B
udget Approval May Depend On Justification Of Needs
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
EDITOR'S NOTE: This
is the last story in a six
part series on the Univer
sity's 1967-69 $98 million bud
get request to the Nebras
ka Legislature.
How much dollar help the
University will get from the
state for the next biennium
may depend upon legislative
willingness to take a long,
hard look at the state's goals
and priorities, according to
State Sen. Richard Marvel
of Hastings.
The University's budget
hopes "depend entirely upon
the justification presented and
on whether the state is ready
to sit down and seriously de
termine the goals and pri
orities of the state," said
Marvel, who is the chairman
of the Legislature's interim
Bndget Study Committee and
three-term budget committee
chairman.
Marvel said he feels it is
"abtiJlutely necessary" that
state senators and offlcals of
state agencies take a look at
the goals of the state and de
termine the important prior
ities in making up the state's
budget for the next two years.
"Most state agencies bud
gets are up," Marvel said
Indicating that the budget
committee will have a big
job In cutting and fitting the
requests to a total state bud
get figure that the Board of
exception they are philosophy
majors and graduate s t u
dents. According to Dr. R. L. Hurl
butt, acting chairman of the
philosophy department, it is
coincidental, but is perhaps,
The youth was taken by
ambulance to Lincoln Gener
al Hospital. Police reports
said that he was in "semi
conscious condition and going
through hallucinations."
Hospital authorities stated
Wednesday that the youth
was released after spending
the night there.
The youth's companion, a
20-year-old Lincoln man, was
arrested in connection with
dispensing drugs. He was re
leased Wednesday after ques
tioning by FDA authorities.
Sawdon said that the inci
dent was the first suspected
use of LSD in Lincoln.
Both men were held on
suspicion of violating a fed
eral law which limits the
usage of LSD to laboratory
experiments and psychologi
cal therapy.
An amendment to the 1965
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
makes it illegal to distribute
abusive drugs. LSD was in
cluded in the list in May 1966.
Sawdon said there is no
state law regulating the use
of LSD.
Several states presently
have such legislation, Saw
don said, but they are in the
minority.
Equalization will figure a tax
rate on.
The senator said he would
not comment specifically on
the University request for
$67 million in tax funds for
the biennium because he has
not seen the budget in detail.
"I haven't analysed it, and
I'll make no comment until
I've gone over it," Marvel
said.
Marvel said he has "no
idea at this stage of the
game" how the budget re
quest will fare In the Legisla
ture. Other members of the Bud
get Study Committee who
were interviewed generally
indicated that they would be
amenable to the University
request if the requests can
be justified by University of
ficals. All of the senators inter
viewed will probably be re
turning to serve on the Bud
get Committee. The actual
. members of the committee
are chose by the Legislature's
Committee on Committees in
the first days of the session,
which begins Jan. 3. Histor
ically, those who have served
on the powerful committee
stay on it if they want to.
One of the nine seats on
the committee definitely will
be filled by a new senator,
because Sen. Richard Ly
singer of Ravenna will not
be returning to the Unicameral.
due to the nature of the study
of philosophy.
Hurlbutt noted that the Uni
versity philosophy depart
ment has one of the oldest
graduate programs and
ranks well in the Big Eight.
According to one graduate
student, the University's de
partment has an excellent
reputation because of such
past directors as Dr. 0. K.
Bouwsma.
"Philosophy has become a
subject of attractiveness with
in the last ten or fifteen
years," Hurlbutt stated.
He noted the change in
American life, from a rural
to an urban society, that has
caused people to question ul
timate human goals.
Good and evil, right and
wrong, these are all ques
tions of an anxious pressur
ized society that no specific
science can settle, said Hurl
butt. These moral and ethical
questions are tossed into the
laps of philosophers, he add
ed. Hurlbutt offered no an
swer as to whether the kind
of people who become philo
sophy students are those who
question society, or whether
the study of philosophy leads
a student to question his so
ciety. It is evident, however, that
philosophy students do ques
tion their society. In many
cases it leads to an involve
ment in some sort of social
action, such as civil rights
and an attempt to change society.
All of the senators inter
viewed emphasized that they
have not seen the budget
document and spoke only
from the general impressions
of the University budget re
quests that they have now.
'Evaluate Closely'
Sen. W. H. Hasebroock of
West Point said the law
makers will "evalute it (bud
get request) pretty closely."
Hasebroock said he feels
there is "some justification"
for the 91.48 percent in
crease in tax funds sought
by the University, but added
"I wouldn't want to make a
positive statement" on the
matter.
The University definitely
"needs more money," Hase
broock said. Legislators will
be "pretty realistic" about
the University's appropria
tions, he added.
"They realize we need to
improve the University; we
cant afford a second class
University," Hasebroock said.
"It seems to me that it
is a tremendous budget, bas
ing it on the enormous in
creases asked," Sen. George
Flemming of Sidney com
mented. Flemming said he is
"doubtful that it (budget re
quest) will be cut very much,"
and that the "Legislature us
ually goes along" with Uni
versity request.
Three-time Budget Commit
tee member Sen. Harold Stry-
'Too Many
Facts Indicate Sub-Rosa
By Bruce Giles
Sub-rosas are active on the
University campus in vary
ing degrees, Gary Lar
sen, Interfraternity Council
president, told members of
the ' group Wednesday night.
Lars en said the Corn
husker yearbook copy last
year hinted at the return of
sub-rosas on the campus. Lat
er, Jim DeMars, copy editor
of the 1986 Corjihusker said
he "wasn't hinting but say
ing it out loud."
Sub-rosas are .organizations
such as Theta $Nu Epsilon,
Pi Xi, both male organiza
tions, I and RhoJ Delta, a
women's organization. Lar
sen noted that Jhe secret
organizations, when strong,
try to manage student gov
ernment and other campus
organizations and elections.
Larsen then told the IFC
some facts regarding the
sub-rosas current activity. He
noted that Buzz Madsen, for
mer IFC president, was con
t acted by the Theta Nu
Epsilon sub-rosa but did not
return their invitation to join.
"At Homecoming last year,
a plane flew over the sta
dium carrying a banner say
ing, 'Welcome TNE alums,' "
Larsen said.
"Last year, another person
whose nam I will not men
tions, was contacted and
asked to join with the prom
ise of securing for him a
title of royalty for which he
was a finalist," Larsen said.
Before finals last semester,
two men associated with IFC
received a letter from TNE,
Larsen stated. The letter
told them to go to a particu
lar phone booth and look up
a certain name in the tele
phone book.
The two individuals, who
did not know the other had
been contacted, went to Lar
sen, telling him of the letter.
Larsen noted that it was de
cided to get them into the
organization where they
could "gain information about
strength, ritual and plans of
TNE."
The two individuals went to
the telephone booth and found
a note there reading:
"Theta Nu Epsilon has
been watching your college
career with considerable in
terest. You are among the
privileged few who have been
selected for possible spring
initiation. To. signify your
consent, you will place the
following classified ad in the
Tuesday Lincoln Star:
'The . . . rest home has a
vacancy for man or woman.'
Disclose this to no one."
He said that since that
time nothing has happened.
"I think there are too many
rumors and incidents for all
ker of Rising City, said "I'm
sure the University will be
needing more money." Stry
ker said he . couldn't predict
how much the University
would be appropriated.
Sen. Clifton Batchelder of
Omaha, who is up for re
election, said of the Univer
sity's budget requet, "I
think it's more than the state
could afford." The Univer
sity's budget for the coming
biennium should be "the
same" as the budget for the
current 1965-67 biennium, Bat
chelder said.
Sen. Fern Hubbard Orme,
a three-time member of the
Budget Committee, said "I
think senators are inclined to
be extremely fair when the
need is made very clear and
the facts are weighed" in ap
propiating funds for the Un
iversity. "Some things included iu
the University budget now we
probably should have taken
care of years ago," the Lin
colnite said.
If the University does not
receive the increase re
quested, funds that adminis
trators have said the school
"must have to operate as an
institution of higher educa
tion should," the University
may be forced to tell the
Legislature and the state that
the University is operating
the best way possible under
the circumstances and point
out to the state that this
Rumors
of this to be a joke," Lar
sen said.
Larsen said the Pi Xi is
leading a "semi-active life
at this time."
Later John Kenagy, IFC
vice-president, termed t h e
group "an inmature drinking
club." He said that member
ship is usually gained through
friendship with one of t h e
members.
Larsen said that Rho Delta
is also rumored to be active
and that as far as he knows
at least one coed has been
contacted about membership.
Larsen cited several con
sequences of being detected
as a member of a sub-rosa:
A student may be ex
pelled from school.
The membership becomes
a part of the person's individ
ual record.
Jobs and commissions in
the armed forces may not be
made available to members
of sub-rosas.
The FBI lists sub-rosas as
subversive organizations.
DeMars noted that sub-
Senate Requests Quiz Bowl
Eligibility Of Grad Students
By Randy Irev
Senior Staff Writer
Student Senate voted
Wednesday afternoon to re
quest that Quiz Bowl change
its rules concerning qualifica
tions for participation in its
program.
Last week, Sen. Mike Jess
presented a motion that the
Student Senate request Quiz
Bowl to change the qualifica
tions for students participat
ing from that of excluding
students with more than eight
semesters of credit to one al
lowing any undergraduate to
participate.
John Metzger, president of
Quiz Bowl, stated the reason
ing behind the rule is that it
was thought by Quiz Bowl
that it is unfair for students
to compete with individuals
in their fifth year of school.
"We feel that this gives an
unfair advantage to students
with more than eight semes
ters of credit, especially when
competing against sopho
mores," Metzger declared.
"Also this gives us a work
able number of teams which
we can physically accommo
date." "The eight-semester rule
sets a limit; the line must be
drawn somewhere. Besides, I
feel that it is up to Quiz Bowl
to decide how many teams
we can work with easily," he
concluded.
In the discussion that fol
lowed Metzger's presentation,
would seem to be what the
slate and the Legislature
want,, Mrs. Orme.
Gov. Frank Morrison, who
will be preparing an execu
tive recommendation on the
University's budget and the
budgets for other state agen
cies, said the Legislature has
"basically been doing pretty
well" in providing the Uni
versity with needed funds.
Morrison said he could not
comment specifically on the
University's present budget
request as yet and that he
could not predict what the
Legislature will do with the
request and his recommenda
tion. "My budget recommenda
tions is advice and they (sen
ators) don't have to use it at
all if they don't want to,"
Morrison said. He added that
the Legislators usualy do
pay some heed to the gov
ernor's recommendations as
a "practical matter" since
the governor studies the bud
gets in detail.
Morrison discounted sugges
tions that the University's
budget hopes would be aided
by a change in the state's
tax base.
Batchelder said earlier,
"My opinion is that the ex
orbitant budget they (Univer
sity) asked for was occasioned
by the opportunity to get
more money through a broad
ened tax base."
University offlcals have
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rosas do not only pick sopho
mores for membership, but
may also contact dissatisfied
seniors, offering to put them
in an important position for
joining.
"The IFC does not want to
become a branch of FBI, but
it doesn't want to sit back
and watch the sub-rosas ruin
the fraternity system," Lar
sen said.
Theta Nu Epsilon was
founded in 1870 at Wesleyan
College in Middletown, Conn.,
as an honorary fraternity to
supplement and exemplify
the ideals of the fraternity
system.
Lambda Lambda chapter
of the TNE was founded at
Nebraska in 1895. The respec
table chapters of TNE went
out about 1924, leaving TNE
as solely illegal, Larsen said.
The groups insignia is the
skull and crossbone with a
right eye of red, signifying
blood, and a left eye of green,
signifying the envy with
which members guard their
secrets.
it was brought out that Quiz
Bowl has obtained more
equipment and that possibly
a league of fifth year and
graduate students could be or-,
ganized.
The motion was then voted
upon and passed by a vote
of 21 to 8.
'Adopt Fellow'
In other action, Sen. Bob
Strayer moved that the Sen
ate adopt the Faculty Fel
low's organization, operation,
and finances. He stated that
the program was presently
under the supervision of the
Activities Office and that Bob
Scott, of that office, had
agreed to the change.
"In addition, Mrs. Jean
Reegester, who organized the
program last year, wished
that ASUN take over the pro
gram once it got on its feet,
which it has done as repre
sented by the five living units
that presently have a Facul
ty Fellows program," Stray
er noted.
The program, as explained
by' Strayer, provides for a
living unit to invite a faculty
member to share an informal
relationship with them. He
stated that possibly, if they
choose, the Senate could alter
the program and supplement
it by providing a program
where the faculty member
would spend only one evening
with the living unit. The mo
tion passed by a 27 to 2 vote.
privately admitted the pos
sibiity that the state property
taxes and the state income
tax being axed in the Nov. 8
election might brighten Un
versity hopes for large fund
increases, because the Leg
islature would then need to
write a new tax base for
the state.
Morrison said a change in
the state's tax base wouldn't
"make any difference" to
University hopes.
The state property tax
mill levy is fixed each year
by the Board of Equalization
in accord with the amount of
funds that state needs for the
year, Morrison said. The levy
is adjusted up or down each
particular year, so that
taxes on the same property'
could concevievably be dif
ferent each year.
Figuring the state's pro
perty taxes each year is a
case of "L times V equals
B," Morrison said.
"V 'is the assessed value
of a piece of proporty, or
35 per cent of its actual
value- "B" is the budget of
the state and "L" is the mill
levy.
" 'L' is the unknown quant
ity," Morrison said. T h e
"L" is set each year by the
Board of Equalization.
The income tax law that
was passed by the 1965 Leg
islature and that is on the
ballot as a referendum peti
Activity
TNE has been primarilly
a political organization while
on the campus during later
years.
Shortly after TNE was
supposedly dissolved by its
membership in 1951, Pi Xi
was founded at the Univer
sity of Nebraska. From here,
it spread to other Big Eight
schools.
The group's password is
"What is it?" and the return
is "Strikes me funny." The
pin is worn of on the inside
of the lapel pocket of the
suit coat.
"The organization thrives
on publishing slander about
the Greek system, against
their own fraternity and
against the University," Lar
sen said.
Larsen noted that both
groups were active during the
middle and late 1950's but
during the early 1960's "the
sub-rosas were again, sup
posedly, driven off the cam
pus through the work of men
like Don Ferguson and John
Nolan, former IFC presidents.
Sen. Liz Aitken moved that
the Student Senate support a
debate between Frank Mor
rison and Rev. Tom Rehorn
on Oct. 24. Miss Aitken stated
that Rehorn is a write-in can
didate for the U.S. Senate in
the November election.
"He should be allowed to
speak on this campus and his
ideas heard. It is the . same
rationale as the motion we
passed last week supporting
the debate between Curtis
and Morrison. Rehorn is not
a member of a major party,,
but he does support a stand
on a major issue," Miss Ait
ken explained.
To clarify why Curtis, who
had been invited to debate
with Morrison on Oct. 24, was
not included in the motion,
Miss Aitken stated that he had
not yet consented to debate.
This fact was agreed upon by
Terry Schaaf, president of
ASUN, who stated that Cur
tis had not yet made a deci
sion whether or not to attend!
Sen. Gene Hohehsee then
moved that the motion be
amended to include Curtis.
The motion to amend was
passed and the amended mo
tion, itself, was approved by
a 19 to 10 vote.
Schaaf then informed the
Senate that he would consid
er vetoing the motion. Later
in the meeting, it was moved
that the Senate reconsider the
Cont. On Tg. 4, Col. 1
tion, Morrison continued, was
written to provide that taxes
be levied on the same L
time V equals B formula un
der which the property tax
system works.
If the Income tax law is
defeated on the ballot, Mor
rison said, the Legislature will
probably write a new tax
base that would incorporate
a combination income-sales
tax that would work on the
same formula already es
tablished for the property
tax and the income tax laws.
With this type of a tax
system, Morrison said, tax
payers could not expect tax
relief and state agencies could
not expect larger budgets be
cause the taxes would be as
sessed in the same way, ex
cept that the proportion of
those paying taxes would be
evened out.
The senators interviewed
expressed varying opinions on
Morrison's statements.
Marvel said he didn't feel
a broadened tax base would
make much difference for
the University's budget hopes.
Flemming commented that
change "might make some
difference." Hasebroock said
the change "might be advan
tageous" and Stryker said
there is "no doubt that it
will" make a diffvUce la
the appropriation C.4 school
"could get
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