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Thursday November 30, 1967
University of Nebraska
Vol. 91, No. 43
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DR. ALLEN PICKERING . . . Tuesday evening at the
RAM speakers program advises young people to be
better prepared "to face the experience of growing
up."
Students Must
Face Dilemma
Pickering Challenges
Youth To Adulthood
Dr. Allan Pickering, direc
tor of the United Ministries
in Higher Education, told stu
dents Tuesday night that it is
time for the University to
stop playing games and start
providing and maintaining ed
ucation ;that will "better pre
pare our young people to face
the experience of growing
up."
Pickering was the second
guest in a series of speaker
programs at Selleck Quad
rangle sponsored by the RAM
Faculty-Student Coordination
Committee.
He challenged about 125
students to face a dilemma
involving what he termed
the rites of passage from
youth to adulthood.
He said that the present
rites are not structured to
point out the risks involved
for a young person making
the transition. Consequently,
he said that youth enter into
these rites haphazardly.
Pickering specifically point
ed to the dangers of pre
marital sex, over-drinking
and the use of LSD and oth
er hallucinogenic drugs. He
said when a youth seeks to
experience the effects and
sensations of such rites of
passage that he is trying to
effect some degree of authori
ty for himself in order to
make himself appear more
adult.
Pickering pointed out four
rites of passage prevalent in
today's society. He said that
if a young person is going
to make the transition from
youth to adulthood, he must
own or have access to an
automobile that he can con
trol completely.
Youth secondly must be
able to drink in company with
his or her friends, even if it
is done with an I.D. card
that is illegal or forged, he
said.
Pickering said the third
rite of passage is associated
with sleeping with one of the
opposite sex whether it is
with affection or not, prefer
ably with so you can tell
your friends about the ex
perience. Pickering said higher edu
cation must be more atten
tive to these rites of passage.
He added that a university is
relevant to society only when
it is a leader in society by
trying to shape sociological
trends, including the transi
tions youth choose to undergo
to become adults.
He added that if a univer
sity feels it can change an in
dividual for the betterment of
that individual and his society,
then the university has the re
sponsibility for effecting that
change.
Pickering said he wanted
real sex education in schools
and colleges; mors research.
on drugs, since, he said, our
society has become drug ori
ented; and more education on
the effects of alcohol.
He said he would tend to
define marriage today as a
contract based on two per
sons' relationship with one an
other. Previously it was a
legal committment, he said,
and now it is a psychologi
cal committment where the
ceremony has become secon
dary. "It is no longer important
for a young person contem
plating marriage to have
grandma's approval; and it
has become less important to
that person whether his reli
gious or ethnic background
coincides with that of his fu
ture partner," Pickering said.
The campus minister said
there are definite risks when
encountering these rites of
passage and "more education
is needed to point out these
risks and understand the real
consequences."
"In the process," he con
tinued, "we can look for bet
ter substitutes as well as so
lutions to existing problems
and better prepare our young
people to face this experience
of growing up."
Pickering said that once so
lutions are found to existing
problems in the r i t e s of pas
sage now adopted, new prob
lems would continually be
discovered with the rise of
new rites adopted by future
generations.
"I don't see any absolute
solutions," he said, "but I do
see a university that can
maintain education that is
relevant to the rites of pas
sage that are accepted at any
point in time."
Indiana Prof
Lectures Today
On Revolution
Prof. Bernard S. Morris
of Indiana University will
lecture at a symposium on
the Bolshevik Revolution
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in
the Nebraska Union Audito
rium. The symposium is spon
sored by the University
Political Science Dept. and
the Nebraska Career Schol
ars Program.
Morris received his for
mal education at Clark Uni
versity and Yale. He has
been a political analyst in
the Organization and Propa
ganda Analysis Unit of the
U.S. Department of Justice.
For 15 years he was an
intelligence specialist in the
U.S. Department of State,
where he headed a Com
mittee on world Com
vaivuhvn.
Twelpe Colleges and Universities
Seek Solutions to Joint Problems
Student government repre
sentatives from 12 Nebraska
universities and colleges will
seek solutions to common
problems on the state cam
puses in a meeting at the
University this weekend.
Nebraska Student Govern
m e n t Association (NSGA)
President Rich Thompson
said Wednesday that 54 dele
gates are expected to attend
the two-day conference.
"The purpose of the whole
organization," Thompson, a
University of Nebraska se
nior, said, "is to give the in
dividual student governments
a chance to have an inter
change of ideas with other
student governments.
"And this conference," he
added, "is the primary means
of enabling the governments
to do this."
Represented at the confer
ence, which starts Friday
morning, will be the Univer
sity of Nebraska, Omaha Uni
versity, Doane College, Hi
ram Scott College, Dana Col
lege, Hastings College, Persh
ing College, McCook Junior
College, Norfolk Junior Col
lege and Wayne, Chadron and
Five Groups
May Back
Freedoms
Advocates of a clearer
statement of student rights
may soon get strong support
from five of the nation's lead
ing professional groups con
cerned with higher education,
according to Lawrence Pos
ton, a member of the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors (AAUP).
The five groups the AAUP,
the Association of American
Colleges, the National Asso
ciation of Student Personnel
Administrators, the National
Student Association and the
National Association of Wom
en Deans and Counselors
are presently considering the
adoption of a "Joint State
ment on Rights and Free
doms of Students."
The statement, proposed by
a committee representing the
five groups, includes sections
dealing with a student's free
dom of access, student rec
ords, student affairs, off-campus
freedom and discipline.
If the various groups en
dorse the statement it will
become their policy position,
G. Robert Ross, dean of stu
dent affairs, explained.
This policy position would
be of use to "anyone who is
interested in the thinking of
professional people in high
er education" concerning stu
dent rights, Ross said.
He indicated the National
Association of Student Per
sonnel Administrators, to
which the University belongs,
will probably act on the poli
cy statement later this year.
Poston said the AAUP is
submitting the statement to
its membership for ratifica
tion. The other groups are ex
pected to follow a similar
procedure in endorsing the
statement.
The student rights state
ment is reprinted in full on
page 2.
PTP Will
Sponsor
Program
People to People in con
junction with the University
Office of Foreign Students is
sponsoring a program where
by students may host a for
eign student during the
Cbristmas holidays, accord
ing to Pam Kot. president of
Peonle to People.
The program, which has
been carried on for the past
few years is designed to pro
vide foreign students with a
home over Christmas,
days during the vacation
should contact Linda Baum
burger in People to People or
the Foreign Student Office.
At
Peru State Colleges.
The number of schools rep
resented will be the largest
ever, according to Thompson.
Highlighting the conference
will be speeches by Dr. Rob
ert Manley of Hiram Scott
College and Gov. Norbert Tie
mann. Manley will speak Fri
day evening at the NSGA ban
quet and Tiemann will ad
dress the group at a Saturday
luncheon.
Both will probably speak on
the role of the college student
in government, Thompson
said.
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THE NEW FOLK . . . singers will present a concert at Pershing Auditorium Saturday.
Professional Folk Singing Group
New Folk To Appear In Concert
Saturday Evening At Pershing
The New Folk will appear
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9,
at Pershing Municipal Audi
torium for a two hour con
cert sponsored by the Campus
Crusade for Christ.
Alan Wibbels, a member of
the Campus Crusade, said the
New Folk will present unique
sounds of currently popular
and traditional folk songs.
The New Folk, a profes
sional folk singing group, has
performed throughout the
United States and Canada,
according to Wibbels. He
Schulze
By DAVE BUNTAIN
Senior Staff Writer
Student Senate President
Richard Schulze told ASUN
Wednesday he has appointed
a committee to "evaluate the
various means of electing stu
dent senators."
Schulze said he was prompt
ed to appoint the group "be
cause several students have
expressed concern about the
present basis of representa
tion." The committee, headed by
Bruce Bailey, will evaluate
and contrast the present sys
tem of representation by col
lege with a "district-based"
election system, Schulze said.
CLOSER CONTACT
He suggested that electing
student senators from living
unit districts might place the
senators in closer contact
with their constituency.
"The question has been
asked: 'do you really identify
with the people in your col
lege or are you more likely
to identify with the people
from where you live?'"
On S
NSGA Conference
The representatives will
also be able to attend discus
sion groups and consider res
olutions that may come out of
the discussions, he said.
TOPICS
Thompson said the discus
sion topics will be:
Student evaluation of fac
ulty. Possibility of a state-wide
selection committee for enter
tainment and speakers.
State higher education
commission.
Joint effort proposals to
the legislature.
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added that the eight member
group formed in 1966 at the
University of Minnesota.
Tickets are on sale for
$1.50, $2.25, and $2.75 in the
Nebraska Union and at Persh
ing Auditorium. They may
also be purchased at the door
De. 9. Wibbels said that two
record albums by the New
Folk are on sale in the Union.
The New Folk will appear
in Nebraska at Kearney State
College, the University of
Omaha and Nebraska Wesley-
Appoints Committee
tiident Senators Election
Schulze said.
The group will probably be
gin by studying the report
of the 1964-65 convention
which created the present
Senate arrangement, he ex
plained. COMMITTEE
Four Senators were ap
pointed to the committee in
addition to Bailey John Hall,
Bill Mobley, Bob Peterson
and Loren Schulze.
In other Senate activity
Sen. Tom Morgan presented
his final report on the Faculty-Evaluation
booklet.
IMPROVEMENTS
Morgan outlined the activi- t
ties of the past year, point
ing to the major improve
ments in this year's book:
the numbr of instructors
who volunteered to be evalu
ated almost doubled;
a revised questionnaire
enabled the booklet writers
to examine more aspects of a
teacher's presentation;
the book was profession
ally printed to allow faster
publication.
Drugs on campus.
Regulation of student con
duct. , Student government pow
er. F r e s h m a n orienta
tion programs.
Campus judicial systems.
Student - administration
communications.
Financing higher educa
tion. Role of student govern
ment in educational reform.
RESOLUTIONS
The discussion topic com
mittees will conduct investi
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an this week, according to
Wibbels.
The Campus Crusade for
Christ is an international or
ganization which was formed
in 1951 at U.C.L.A., Wibbels
said. He noted that it is active
on over 500 major college cam
puses in the United States
and in 40 foreign countries.
The Crusade functions to
present the claims of Christ
to college students in a clear
way, according to Wibbels.
Over 30,000 college students
Morgan said 400 booklets
have been sold since they
were released, adding that an
additional 400 must be sold
if the Senate is to keep its
Faculty-Evaluation expenses
below the 500 dollars budget
ed for the program.
Several senators wanted the
evaluation program to be ex
panded to include evaluations
of all faculty members. Mor
gan said such a system is
feasible but would entail much
greater administrative loads
for the committee and would
require stronger student sup
port. Sen. Phil Boardman sug
gested that future evaluations
be made on a departmental
basis and utilize the gradu
ate students in these depart
ments. NEW CHAIRMAN
A chairman for next year's
faculty-evaluation committee
will be chosen in the next'
week to ten days, according
to Vice President Gene Po
korny. In other business, Sen.
gations into their respective
areas, Thompson indicated,
with resolutions probably re
sulting from them.
The NSGA will also elect
new officers at the confer
ence. Thompson felt the NSGA
was successful this past year
because "the organization has
been made a more first-rate
representative of student
opinion."
The results of the confer
ence will reflect this with sig
nificant accomplishments, ha
predicted
are actively involved in the
work of the organization, he
said.
The Crusade was organized
on campus last year, Wibbels
said. He noted that the or
ganization plans to sponsor
various programs and speak
ers throughout the year as
the group expands.
Ed Murray, a University
student, is state director of the
Campus Crusade for Christ,
according to Wibbels. Over
200 students in Nebraska par
ticipate. Cheryl Adams announced the
schedule for the Model United
Nations session to be con
ducted Dec. 8 and 9 at the
Nebraska Center for Contin
uing Education. She said that
the Model UN activities will
begin Dec. 3 with the start of
Model UN Week across Ne
braska. Student senators passed a
government bill creating a
Faculty Senate Liason com
mittee to improve communi
cations between ASUN and
the faculty group.
FORM COMMITTEE
President Schulze an
nounced that the Ad Hoc Com
mittee on Military and Busi
ness Recruiting has recom
mended the formation of an
all-University committee ,
to study the problem.
The committee has learned
that "the University does not
have a definite policy on cam
pus recruiting," he said.
Schulze is in the process of
contacting people to partici
pate in the ail-University In
vestigatory croup,
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