THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Editorials
Commentary
Monday, October 9, 1967
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I Wilderness Voice I
Too often University students feel that
the fight for student rights is merely a
voice in the wilderness.
Yet this fight is not really just a voice
in the wilderness. For it is being heard and
heeded. The importance of student rights
is very aptly pointed out in a recent edi
torial in the Christian Science Monitor:
The controversy swirling around stu
dents' rights has led five responsible groups
representing college students, professors,
and administrators to appoint a commit
tee to pin down these rights. Sponsoring
groups include such well-known organiza
tions as the American Association of Uni
versity Professors and the National S t u
dent Association.
"The committee has come up with a
joint statement of principles amounting to
nothing less than a bill of rights for stu
dents. If ratified by the sponsoring organi
zations, the statement should help to clari
fy and protect student rights.
"The committee holds that students
should have the freedom to invite and hear
controversal guest speakers, to engage in
off-campus protest activities without uni
versity interference, "to examine and to
discuss all questions of interest ... and
to express opinions publicly," to establish
student newspapers as independent corpor
ations "financially and legally separate
from the University," to be subjected to
disciplinary proceedings "only for violations
of standards of conduct formulated with
significant student particpation and p u b
lished in advance," and to be protected
against improper disclosure of student rec
ords or of information on their political
beliefs or associations.
"Unqualified agreement with every
point recommended is not necessary to rec
ognize the value of spelling out student
rights. The tradition of academic freedom
in America is a strong and vital one. It
benefits not only the academic community
but the whole country as well. This 'Magna
Carta' of student rights should help to as
sure a continuation of that tradition in the
face of ill-conceived attempts to make
thought and action conform to this or that
person's notion of what is good or expedient.
"Rights, of course, are not unlimited.
And they do call forth corresponding re
sponsibilities. The more responsibly s t u
dents exercise their rights, the more like
ly they are to be able to maintain them."
An Open Letter to All Greeks
Dear Fellow Students,
I am just dropping you a line to tell
you that I hope that when and if the Re
gents pass deferred rush you do not all fall
on your knees wailing as if the greatest in
justice of mankind had just been perpe
trated upon you.
There are two very good reasons I
would hate to see you lose your famous
cool:
The Regents will be acting in the best
interests of the University of Nebraska. The
publicity they have gotten in the student
press has tended to make them seem en
emies, rather than friends, of the Univer
sity in the eyes of the students.
In perspective this is not true,
of course.
You may feel as if you really got the
shaft because you feel it is against your
best interests, and you are right. But they
are doing nothing more than laying a low
block from the blind side to protect their
quarterback or sliding spikes first into sec
ond to break up a double play. Both are
not really "cricket" but very much accord
ing to the rules of the game they have
the power, you do not
I'm sure you have become aware that
the University has put much money into
the building of new dorms and that this
investment is not paying off there are
many empty rooms. The Regents have over
reached themselves and deferred rush is
a logical way to help fill those rooms and
pay off the bonds.
The second reason is the real reason
I wrote to you. I would not wish you to
expose yourselves as what you really are.
Because the funny part about all this
is that the Regents are merely turning your
own tactics upon you. You feel that a de
ferred rush would be discrimination against
you and your best interests.
Well, my Greek friends, you practice
the crudest form of crass discrimination
merely by existing, and your decisions
against many young men and women have
been very much against their best inter
ests. Were it not for the kind of look-out-for-yourself
attitude the Regents are showing
in ignoring your baleful pleas for justice in
this matter, you yourself might very pos
sibly not be a Greek.
Had some active not liked your face,
your father, your car or your girl, you
would never have made it into the exclu
sive clubs you call fraternities and sorori
ties. And your refusal to admit Negroes,
Jews, etc., into your exclusive clubs has
spawned a reverse snobbery fraternities
and sororities admitting no one but Negroes,
Jews, etc.
Despite the fact that a Negro might
come before your club and plead for "jus
tice" in being admitted to your group, you
would ignore him and black-ball (white
ball?) him in the best interests of your
living unit.
Do not blame the Regents for doing the
same thing.
Your brother in spirit,
George S. Kaufman
P.S. It is easy to say of all these things
that I am just another bitter dormie talk
ing sour grapes because I didn't make it
into a club.
This answer to your weaknesses is too
old and so parochial that it betrays a cer
tain element of protest-too-much-ness and
rationalization.
So please do not raise a big ruckus
about whether rush is held before, during
or after classes are in session. This farce
of yours reminds me too much of herds of
galley slaves being paraded past your
throne to see whether your thumbs are up
or down.
It really isn't that important
By Dan Dickmeyer
Dear Editor:
It really freaks me out the way the old
er generation is behaving these days. What
happened to the good old days when peo
ple used to spend their time constructively?
Take my old man and old lady, for
instance what a waste of talent and en
ergy. They skipped six bridge parties,
three charity drives, five church meeting
and two school functions and deserted their
21-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter
last weekend to go to some happening of
the old man's fraternal organization.
They were so hoarse from talking to
their crowd they couldn't talk to us for a
day. When I finally got through to the old
lady she described this happening as a con
vention. "It was kind of like a big love-in,"
she giggled. I know what goes on in those
hotel rooms she didn't need to tell me
I've seen the type of crowd they run around
with and if they weren't over 21, I'd forbid
them to go to these things.
The old man gave me this phony ex
cuse that this club, or gang, is dedicated
to brotherhood and fraternity and doesn't
believe in bread but gives it all away to
hospitals and junk. I bet it's just a front for
a bunch of diry Communist Leftists and
queens and Alcholocis Anonymous and just
plain bums. I mean, in 1967 who really be
lieves any of this brotherly love bit.
I hate to think I have parents like this.
When the old lady signed in for his hap
pening, somebody even gave her a flower.
A couple of tunes they both got juiced up
in &is place called a hospitality room. They
freaked out the hotel manager by dressing
up in the bed sheets and lampshades and
parading in the lobby.
The old man acted like a' damn k i d.
He and these other creepy guys had all
these secret chants and Latin phrases like
straight out of Ginsberg. (You'd think,
they're all probably a bunch of atheists wor
shipping false gods, to hear some of those
handshake and hugged ea other like a
bunch of deviates.
Some of the stuff was straight from
Halloween, man. Like the last day they had
this parade. And all the guys dressed up
in this creepy head dress, like from Arabia,
and wore long coats and paraded down
Main Street (those that could still walk).
Then this motorcycle gang wearing brightly-colored
clothing came roaring down the
street and nearly ran O'-er some of the
spectators. A Corvette club followed.
By this time a lot of the younger, groov
ier kids were getting bored with the pa
rade. Rightly so. The newspapers reported
that the next day that they felt their rights
were violated because they were taxpayers
and had an equal right to the street and
didn't like it being messed up by the
horses in the parade.
Well, I just wanted to let you know
how I feel about the way the older genera
tion has gone to pot while we try to be
come productive citizens. Somebody's got
to figure a way to ban these "conventions"
and keep them off the streets before they
start inflicting their "new morality" on
straight parents.
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Our Man Hoppe
How to Deal With
The Spirit World
Arthur Hoppe
The recent interest in
psychic phenomena moves
me to recount an experi
ence I had with the occult
some time ago in hopes it
may prove of benefit to
others.
I had returned from a
particularly difficult day at
the office only to find my
tidy home something of a
shambles.
Thousands of Rice Krisp
ies were arranged in a pat
tern of indecipherable hie
roglyphics on the living
room rug. The potted plant
in the hall had been over
turned. And someone or
something had shifted
the bookmark in my un
abridged dictionary from
the page headed "zygotes"
to that headed "aardvarks."
I was about to call the
police when the telephone
rang. It was a Rev. Dell
fye, who identified himself
as a respected Anglican
medium and said my de
ceased aunt Agatha was
trying to get in touch with
me.
Immediately, it all be
came clear. For Aunt Aga
tha was one of the leading
aardvark fanciers of South
ern Illinois in ber later
years, her entries "Best of
Breed" in many shows. In
addition, she had an inor
dinate liking for Rice Kris
pies, eating them straight
from the box all her life.
Moreover, she was often
potted.
My initial reaction was to
ask Rev. Dellfye to tell
Aunt Agatha I was out.
Frankly she had always
been a bit of a bore and
I have little interest in
aardvarks, living or dead.
But fortunately I recon
sidered and made an ap
pointment for a person-to-person
call the following
evening.
The Rev. Dellfye, a dis
tinquished - looking clergy
man, responded warmly
when I congratulated him
and the Christian Church
on finally making contact
with heaven. After blind
folding himself, he went
to work quickly establish
ing contact with his long
distance operator, a 14th
Century Macao streetwalk
er. But it was five minutes
before we could get through
to Aunt Agatha. And the
connection was none too
good.
We opened with a polite
exchange of amenities. I
asked how things were up
there and she inquired
about several mutual rela
tives. Then she said:
"Would you like me to
tell you, dear, about the
problems we face here in
the afterlife?"
I said thank you, no, I
had enough problems in
here and now without
worrying about the after
life, which I would have to
face soon enough.
"Well, then, dear," she
said, "let me give you a
message cryptically hinting
how best the leaders of the
world can solve mankind's
problems."
I said they never listened
to me and gave her my
Congressman's name and
address, suggesting she
contact him herself. There
was a pause. Then, from
the way she cleared her
throat or, rather, Rev.
Dellfye's throat I could
tell she was about to em
bark on aardvarks. I has
tily cut her off.
"The reason I'm here to
night. Aunt A g a t h a," I
said, "Is that I have a
message for you."
"For me?" she said,
pleased.
"Yes," I said, striving to
keep the irritation out of
my voice. "Henceforth if
you wish to contact me,
kindly do so by writing a
request for an appointment
on my typewriter or by
some other socially accept
able means. But, for heav
en's sake, stop mucking up
my rug with Rice Kris
pies. I can't bear point'ess
practical jokes."
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As I say, I hope my ex
perience will prove of bene
fit to others dealing with
the occult. Of course, you
may feel that I was overly
stern in my treatment of
Aunt Agatha.
But she has not, I am
delighted to report, both
ered me since.
Laivyer Fighting 'Pot' Laws
Dear Editor:
The Daily Nebraskan is probably a good paper. I
say probably because we out in the Harper-Schram-Smitt
complex have no fair chance to judge or even read it.
Few copies are left by the time we reach campus.
Couldn't we be put on a Rural Free Delivery like Abel
Sandoz? Since a subcription to the Nebraskan is included in
our recently raised tution and fees we want to see the
paper now and again.
. Curt Donaldson
Editor's Note: Thank you for your cry from the wilder
ness. The Nebraskan circulation manager will look into
the matter.)
Dear Editor:
After following the recent accounts of the deferred
rush question it struck me as funny that the student body
failed to see what was actually happening. Since the
question is now almost completely decided in favor of
deferred rush it is no longer a debatable subject.
However the deferred rush debate did bring to light
two problems that seem to plague this campus. The
first, as was so evident in the rush debate is the admin
istration's complete lack of interest in student opinions
and recommendations. The IFC and Panhellenic reports
definitely favored keeping the present system of rush
and their recommendations were worded to make this
clearly obvious to the Board of Regents. So now a de
ferred rush system seems inevitable and many people
are left wondering if it was worth the trouble of making
the reports at all.
The second problem brought out is the black cloud
of apathy that lies over the entire student body. Most
people didn't care about the deferred rush question, so
they ignored it. In fact the important thing now is that
people realize exactly what did happen. The administra
tion obviously wants to change to a deferred rush sys
tem so they are, in effect, forcing their will upon the
Greek organizations.
As I said, deferred rush wasn't a big subject on cam
pus because it didn't involve that large a segment of the
campus, but perhaps someday the administration will
make an unfavorable . decision that affects everyone on
campus. Then people will wonder why they weren't con
sulted and the realization will come that they never really
had a hand in the running of their University.
This time it was the Greek system which is bowing
down quietly to the whims of a few men. Soon the Stu
dit Bill of Rights will be discussed and the cloud of
apathy will again reign supreme covering the area where
18.000 students in their Battle of Thermopylae lost their
rights through a shameful non-battle.
Dennis Snyder
Dear Editor:
In response to the letter "Human Angle" in last
Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan.
The writer's definition of a fraternity is both a poor
and a prejudiced one. I cannot think of any better place
for a freshman to "find" himself than in a fraternity. In
a fraternity a freshman will find more opportunities to
settle down, adjust, and find out what University life
is all about than he would in a dorm.
I challenge the writer to prove his insinuations that
fraternities only operate on a social basis and are not
concerned with the scholastic aspect. Although social ac
tivities are a part of fraternity life, as they should be
in any well-rounded program, I have found that the in
centive for a pledge to establish himself scholastically is
much more prevalent.
Belonging to a house gives one a better incentive to
make good than does independent life. As a fraternity
member, you are not your own, but are closely as
sociated with 50 to 90 others who are always willing to
take the time to advise, and help and not ask anything in
return.
If the gentleman is so concerned about the incom
ing freshman not having enough time to study because
of all the activities in the fraternities did he ever con
sider that with a deferred rush system, how much more
time these same people would lose going to these same
parties as a rushee, not to mention the numerous in
formal meetings he will have, not just with one house
but three, four or even more?
Tom Green,
Satisfied Freshman
(The Nebraskan reserves the right to condense letters.
Unsigned letters will not be printed.)
Daily Nebraskan
By Collegiate Press Service
Over the next few weeks,
Boston attorney Joseph S.
Oteri might become one of
the most admired and
maligned figures in the
American legal profession.
"Five years ago, I began
defending kids accused of
various . marijuana viola
tions. I've been singularly
impressed with these peo
pledecent kids, not crim
inals, not violent, full of life
and peace," Oteri says.
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into it and decided that the
next time we got a case,
we would challenge the
law."
The challenge is here. It
goes by the name of Com
monwealth vs. Leis and
Weiss, the pre-trial hear
ings, expected to last for
several weeks, have begun
in Suffolk Superior Court in
Boston.
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Messrs. Leis and Weiss,
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local hurdles are cleared.
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said he and his associates
have lines up 23 expert wit
nesses who will attest to the
unworkability and probably
unconstitutionality of cur
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