The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, December 8, 1966
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Students cannot really understand the complexities
or issues of the University's budget.
- Nor is it possible for them to have a complete and
accurate picture of what part personalities, politics, state
economics and other issues play in deciding the budget.
All students can know for sure is what type of edu
cation they are receiving and all they can do is to con
tinue as sincerely as possible to let the school and state
know the many things they find unsatisfactory about their
education.
If a citizen in the state or a member of the Legis
lature want to know why the University is asking for
more money, all they need to do is read the students'
comments in one week's publication of the Daily Nebras
kan. In past years the school has often been in some sort
of turmoil or excitement at the time of the budget hear
ings and the Legislature's sessions. These turmoils have
included mostl yextra-curricular activities such as "panty
raids" and "water riots."
" But today University students have matured greatly
and they are no longer concerned with "panty raids"
but rather with their education. The people of Nebraska
will see no riots on campus, but they will find plenty of
turmoil about the sort of education students feel they are
receiving at this University.
Plans for a "free university" to supplement the
school's classrooms, constant complaints about the "spoon
fed" and often inappropriate courses and many other ex
amples of the students' sincere concern for the educa
tional level and quality of this school are not just ways
of passing time.
The students are sincerely concerned about the Uni
versity and hopefully so are the rest of the people in
Nebraska.
When Chancellor Hardin says that the school Is in a
"crisis period" or that the school could "slip rapidly"
he is not just talking politics, but expressing the unfor
tunate truth. When Curt Bromm described the University's
many faculty and classroom problems at the governor's
hearing, he was not speaking for himself but for thousands
of students.
Students really don't know if all the research pro
grams and other important parts of an educational in
stitution need the money, but they do know that many
of their favorite and most respected instructors seem anx
ious to leave for a better school and that it constantly be
comes more difficult to even be enrolled in the classes
they need.
Furthermore students really don't know who Is to
blame for this situation only that it is hurting them and
their future.
Nebraska's best students will not tolerate a halfway
education much longer. In future yearsw8if the state really
cant support a high quality or even above average in
stitutionthe "best" students simply won't be here nor
will they be Nebraskans.
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A Black Christmas
Dear Editor:
During the "Black Power" teach-in, I was reminded
of the enormous distance that must be covered before we
can in any way speak of progress in dialogue between
the black and white community.
We fail to understand that any judgment concerning
progress has to come from the black man and I have
yet to hear any truly black man speak optimistically
about progress.
It Is distressing that the Christmas season in many
ways widens the gulf with Its show window style of Christ
tianity that displays to the poor, goods that they cannot
afford, to the broken in heart, a jocularity that cannot
be shared, to the lonely, a togetherness that they cannot
realize.
The opulence of white power Is never so much In evi
dence as at Christmas when everything Is white and love
is channeled through white charities.
This is why I am dreaming of a black Christmas
and why I am contributing to a black charity (Stokely
Carmicbael, SNCC, Room 803, 100 Fifth Ave., N.Y., N.Y.
10011
Hudaon Phillip
United Campus
Christian Fellowship
Colleges Disappoint Mortar Boards
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Dear Editor:
Last Wednesday, Nor. 90, a front page article in the
Dally Nebraskan Informed students of the partial failure
of the pass-fail grading system for elective courses. The
negative stand which many departments have taken on
the system is both surprising and extremely disturbing to
many concerned University students.
Because of the approval of the system that was given
by the Faculty Senate last spring, It wag understood that
all departments, even (he ones most hesitant about accept
ing the system's philosophy, would at least be wMUng to
try the system for a semester and then basa lot ore deci
sions ob the reactions of the instructors who had past-fall
students in their elassroom.
It seems Cat refusals were mala without considering
such an experimental situation.
Also, comments made in this article indicated that
some departments are equating grades with educational
Interest. Ideally many students should choose as elective
course because of an interest to learn about that field,
but this situation does not exist because of frequent con
cem about grade competition in an unfamiliar field
this is true of the A student as well as the D student.
Should a high degree of interest in subject matter or grades
be promoted in education?
As for the limited classroom space argument, bow can
a department predict the increased enrollment in their
classes when discussing the pass-fail system? Statistics are
not available, since the program is new to all depart
ments. Black Masque Chapter
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COLUMNIST'S NOTE:
This is the first part of a
one-part application found
In a Daily Nebraskan
waste basket. Only the
name has been changed to
protect the guilty.
NAME: Rosie Palms
CLASS: Ain't got much.
TELEPHONE: Removed
OVERALL AVERAGE:
Overall, I'd say it's not too
good.
AVERAGE EXPECTED
AT THE END OF THIS
SEMESTER: I'm average
in everything.
MAJOR: Animal Husban
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(By SKarea (Jo (Bennet
. . Tis the season to be
jolly, fa la la la la la la
la la . . ."
Behold two musical ways
to be Jolly during this jolly
season:
1. listen to other people
singing and playing the
seasonal songs.
2. Play and sing them
yourself.
You can't escape the first
one music is all around
you now; and unless you're
a stone-hearted, h a r d-
haaded, humbugging
the songs of ceie-
bratlon are bound to miect
a bit of joy into your sys
tem before the holidays are
ushered out by joyless exam
cram.
The second joUy method
for making the most of the
bolldaze is being where the
action Is and contributing
your personal toot or war
ble. If you've hesitated be
fore, here is your chance
to make up for time and
opportunities lost. People
are much more uninhibited
at special times like these;
therefore, you may not
Shock as many people as
you think if yon suddenly
start exercising the oT vo
cal chords to swing with
tbe season.
If you could use a little
boost in your self confi
dence, try giving yourself a
singing lesson with a little
fisychology between the
ines. Take a look at some
of those old traditionals
that you've been barreling
through every December.
There is no statute
against practicing the
hymns and carols of your
holiday heritage. Such
music by the nature of its
sacred history deserves
some special treatment
Examine the one you like
to sing best . . . perhaps
the one you can sing best.
If you are familiar with
the keys of the piano, play
the melody but slowly
please.
Give yourself time to
think. Turn on both ears
full force. Pay particular
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forces of corruption, evil
and Administration. Three
cheers and a beer!
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disclose this on paper as
my publisher has instructed
me not to. Call evenings af
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be a Mortar Board. I want
to fight for truth, justice
and the American Way
attention to the pitches. Re
peat the spots yon know
give you extra trouble.
Then sing with the piano,
testing and tasting one note
at a time and seasoning
each with care and rever
ence. Concentrate on not
letting your pitch waver
from the one the piano Is
producing.
Once you've approached
the entire carol in this an
alytical, scientific manner,
look deep into the words
and let them guide you in
connecting those now accur
ate pitches and in reflect
ing the general spirit of the
song.
The keys to pleasant sing
ing are quite simply, ease
and accuracy. Singing nat
urally (easily) comes from
good posture, good health,
a relaxed attitude toward
the sounds you make, en
Joying what you're sing
ing. Accuracy is a result of
concentration, patience, de
termination, practice and
experience. Nature gave
you a flexible voice and
sensitive ears: used care
fully and naturally they
make if not a winning at
least a bearable even
pleasant combination.
Naturally your season
will be brightened by filling
your calendar with special
listening events. The Uni
versity Singers have a tre
mendous program coming
up this Sunday, and on De
cember 18th all the choirs
will be Joining forces in the
"Messiah". Churches and
synagogues offer tremen
dous musical meditation.
Television and radio will be
(If not already) soon boom
ing with popular perform
ances of sacred and secu
lar favorites.
But the holidays will
never mean so much as
when your music is part of
them. This year, give your
self a gift to remember
a new awareness of the po
tential pleasure In the world
of personal song. Welcome!
The Season's finest
greetings to alllU
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(like the Apian Way).
Which brings us to the
second important topic of
the day: Does the chancel
lor really exist? Rumor has
it that he never returned
from the last trip to Co
lumbia and is hiding in Ar
gentina. Fof background, we take
you to a scene in the office
of the Dean of Men and
Boys (DOMB), also known
as Dean Boss or the Great
White Whale. The dialogue
takes place between Dean
Boss and Virgil Pilezer, an
apartment dwelling senior
majoring in pharmacy.
BOSS: You are quite
aware, I'm sure, of the cur
rent controversy, er, dis
cussion, between students
and administration over
our policy of assigning off
campus housing.
VIRGIE: Yes, I am, and
I must say that I think . . .
BOSS: Think? Students
don't often think around
here and I'm glad to know
that at least one does. Since
you're a thinking man, I'm
sure you'll agree that ev
eryone should be treated
equally, regardless of race,
creed, color or sex.
VIRGIE: That's true.
However, if it means coerc
ing . . .
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Our Man Hoppe
The Unfair Life
Dallas
"Life," President Kennedy once said,
"is unfair."
a a a
It's been three years now. In the wa
tery autumn sunshine the winter rye is
forcing up tender shoots, creating patch
es of light green on the grassy knolL The
dead leaves from the scattered oak trees
crunch underfoot.
There towers the Texas School Book
Depository, square, solid and unchanged.
How close it is. How easy a shot. Three
girl clerks in bouffant hairdos skitter np
tbe steps, laughing.
There stands tbe wooden picket fence
where some swore they saw puffs of
smoke. There is the railroad overpass,
where some say they saw more assassins.
And here the three-lane highway dips.
Here is where it happened.
The trucks, the buses, the cars roar
over the spot heading for Fort Worth and
out across the Texas pla'ns.
At tbe entrance to the little plaza
through which tbe highway dips, near a
huge statue of some pioneer and on a low
wall behind an old historical obelisk, they
have finally erected a plaque. It briefly
tells tbe story. A bronze map adjacent
shows the parade route and the location
of a "John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza"
a block away.
Tbe memorial plaza is a weed-filled
lot an Allrlte auto park. "They're talk
ing about putting a two-story underground
garuge there with a little park on top,"
says an old man. "But seeing it took
them three years to get that plaque up,
it'll take them six years to get the park."
Behind the plaque is a row of 14
flora oXferingi. One a bouquet of wilting
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BOSS: Coercing? Virgie,
we don't coerce, we just
suggest. Now if you want
to stay in school, we strong
ly suggest that you move
into Selleck Quad tomor
row. Fair enough?
VIRGIE: Since you put it
that way . '. .
BOSS: We knew you'd see
things our way, Virgie.
Dean Spider and I have
spent many hours working
on this policy and we think
it is best for all coerced, I
mean concerned. After all,
men should be protected
just as much as women,
right? Not to mention the
"total education" advant
ages of group living. We'll
expect you tomorrow by
5:30.
VIRGIE: What . . .
BOSS: What about your
room? Well, a janitor quit
this morning and there will
be room for you as soon as
we relocate the brooms and
mops.
VIRGIE: But I have the
chancellor's permission to
live off-campus. I talked to
him three days ago on the
phone.
BOSS: No, Virgie, you
didn't talk to the chancel
lor, you talked to his programmer.
Hill
During the past few
weeks, more attention than
usual has been paid to a
particular campus issue
the Negro "problem."
Questions ranging from
dating to academics have
been batted about with lit
tle change, or, as far as I
can see, actually little in
tention of making any
changes.
The arguments thrown
out in conversations or col
umns seem to revolve
around the rather nebulous
idea that, In a multitude of
watys, "Negroes aren't ac
cepted at the University."
If appearances were cor
rect it would seem that
there were many, many
Negro students at the Uni
versity attempting desper
ately to be "accepted" in
to a campus community in
which they will undoubted
ly be a minority group for
many years.
As the over-used argu
ments of "Negro accept
ance" settle into rather bor
ing redundancy, two choices
seems to be apparent: Ne
groes can either accept
their position as an out
numbered group on campus
' and propagate the status
quo, or they could make a
rather active effort to take
some of the steps in being
members of a campus com
munity. Considering recent grum
blings from Negro and
white students alike, it
could be reasonably as
sumed that the first alter
native is less than satisfac
tory. So on to the second.
How is it that some stu
dents are involved in cam
pus concerns to the extent
that they may be consid
ered an "accepted" part of
the University? If, indeed,
this Is th goal of a sizeable
percentage of Negro stu
dents, how is such a status
attained?
It would seem that the
quickest, most effective
way to be included in the
activities of the University
would be to become in
volved, in some respect, in
the activities and interests
of the campus.
I have noticed in person
al conversations with Negro
students and in Daily Ne
braskan columns, a recur
rent feeling among Negro
students that they are not
"welcome," "encouraged,"
or "asked" to be in cam
pus activities.
Activities are certainly
not a cure-all for problems
of the Negro students, but,
as some of these students
have commented, activities
are at least an attempt to
become involved in the Uni
versity. If this be the case,
why is it that Negroes are
hardly represented, if at
all, in NU organizations?
The reason Is, primarily,
that an organization would
Arthur Hoppe
yellow chrysanthemums, carries a faded
note: "In loving memory from a Chris
tian patriot." Most of the rest are plastic
roses on styrofoam wreaths, advertising
'The James Haynes Gar," "The Demo
cratic Council of Clubs" and the like.
On the grassy knoll right next to
where it happened two workmen are ly
ing in the sun and a gardener Is moving
sprinklers. The gardener was there when
it happened. He doesn't mind telling about
It. But be doesn't want to give his name.
1 heard the shots all right. Sounded
to me like they all come from the same
direction. But I couldn't swear to it,
though." And then he went on to grum
ble about the long dry spell and how
"we haven't had but one little spurt of
rain for months."
Five tourists are now studying t h e
map next to the plaque frowning and
pointing like amateur detectives as they
argue about where the shots could have
come from. Downtown you can still buy
picture postcards of the scene.
"But one thing we don't want," Dal
las businessman said uneasily, "Is to
make a tourist altructlon out of it."
And as I stood there amid the gas
fumes and traffic noise of where it hap
pened, I was suddenly and briefly filled
with a great ra;e.
It wasn't a rags at plastic flowers or
secret guilts or crass commercialism or
that the world goes on as it has always
gone on. Nor was it that the scene of
what wt think of as "a noble martyrdom"
seems, on visiting it, simply a lousy
place to die. What enraged me, I think
was the full, shocking realization that life
is so damned unfair.
be foolish to award a posi
tion to any person who has
not proved himself caprMe,
in some way, in that parti- '
cular activity. Since organi
zations choose their officers
from the ranks of the work
ers, It is difficult to give
consideration to a Negro
student if no Negroes, are
on the committee. Likewise,
if a Negro, or any student,
does not make the initial
effort of joining a particu
lar organization, little can
be done by the organization
itself.
So Perhaps NU activi
ties are not the answer at
all. Furthermore, perhaps
the comments about Ne
groes and organizations are
not representative of a gen-
uine interest on the part of . , ,
these students. If however,
these statements are at all
true, the first step begins
with, "I am interested in
your committee and, if "
you need some help. I -would
be more than
happy ..."
Campus Opinion .
Negroes Play
Campi
ius Role
Dear Editor:
I am writing to you in
reference to your Nov. 30
column, "The Other Sheep."
The writer felt that she was
qualified to state her own
opinions, so I am stating
mine as equally.
First of all, I disagree
with the statements con
cerning "the lack of unity
among Negroes" because
I am a Negro and don't
find a lack as a whole but
as a fraction, which is on
a stray's part. The Ne
groes seem to be united in
a sense that they are a mi
nority. But it is the one
who segregates herself
(himself) from her (his)
own race by superior feel
ings of wanting to be the
attended one who isn't unit
ed. Leaving parties, a n o n
friendly attitude of primary
jealousy, and simple re
marks to or about other
students on campus are
Just a few descriptions of a
stray sheep in my opinion.
When these descriptions are
ignored by others, the sheep
feels unwanted and strays
to a secluded place to eat
its own feelings or faults.
In other words, I am say
ing that you can't get sym
pathy for an ignorant, un
sympathetic act.
Secondly, I feel that the
Negroes' role or part of
campus life is not rationed
wholly. The Negroes, Jews
white, Chinese, Africans,
and any other race are just
as equal and will always be
treated equal as a student
at the University. If t h i s
school was meant to be all
white, there wouldn't be
any polkadot, purple, strip
ped or blue people admit
ted. Some Negroes have tak
en advantage of these equal
opportunities and hold po
sitions in many organiza
tions. Just to mention a
few, Sandoz Hall has two
Negro vice presidents, and
AWS workers is headed by
a Negro. Our bowl-b o u n d
football team, In which
there is a great represen
tation of different races,
has many Negro athletes.
So you see the Negroes are
not ignored completely.
Last of all, interracial
dating is inevitable at Ne
braska, Wyoming, Viet
Nam, or tin-buck4oo. Ihave
nothing against interracial
dating because the ties be
tween one race and anoth
er are brought closer
through understanding. Aft
er talking with a few stu
dents who engage in inter
racial dating, 1 find that,
because of "position on
campus," the white girls
trail the Negro athletes.
The Negro girls get the
same opportunity to date
the same athletes, but the
girls attitudes towards the
boys' personal lives are
what cause so much con
flict. In other words, it is
"a nose In everybody's bus
iness" that hinders the
girls' chances of dating a
Negro guy. Just sit back, be
cool, and drink your pepsi
because arguing this point
would only bring hurt feel
ings. Catherine Keith
EDITOR'S NOTE: The
Dally Nebraskan has re
ceived many letters both
agreeing and disagreeing
with tbe comments made
by Brenda Lyle In ber "The
Other Sheep."
