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Page 4 The Daily Nebraskan Monday, March 4, 1968 Accreditation endangered? Reed protests JFK College coup; objects to 'Communist takeover' by John Dvorak revoking their accreditation." Junior Staff Writer The protest letter came as Alan Reed, assistant profes- an aftermath to a Feb. 23 ex sor of political science, has periment in which 51 JFK Col- written a letter to the North Central Association of Colleges (NCA) protesting the "Com munist takeover" of Wahoo High School by John F. Ken nedy College students. Reed would not discuss the actual content of the letter, which was sent Friday to Dr. Glen Shafer, chairman of the NCS state committee. Reed, however, in an ear lier letter to a Lincoln news paper, said he "intended to! request that the NCA investi gate the educational standards of JFK College and consider -if. w Photo by Dan Udely University assistant po- litical science professor Alan Reed . . . seeks investigation of "Com munist takeover" of Wa hoo High School. Recall drive supporters solicit SDS Anti-Page group seks 500 names Supporters of a recall peti tion against Richard Page Abel-Sandoz president, will seek the support of Student.'" fo- a Democratic Societ (SDS) in their drive, Clark Snivey, the "e';tion's organiz er, said Sunday. He said he would attend Monday night's SDS meeting to seek the group's support in his campaign to obtain 500 si"natures in tne residence hall complex. Tf the 500 signatures are ob tained and the Abel-Sandoz cabinet approves the petition's validity, a recall election wou'd be held within t w o weeks. "We" will parallel the SDS support, if we get it. with a new round of action in the dormitory bnsed on more than one front," he said. A'though petition backers hace -obtained only 5 signa tures In the last weeks brin" int fo 285 the number o' mmes obtained thus far, h said the "roup has not exerte:' much effort the past t w n weeks. Soivey, an Abel Nine resi dent, and other supporters contend that the current head ! of the Abel-Sandoz Residence' Association (ASRA) has failed! to reflect the Abel-Sandoz residents feelings on the open housuig issue. Rather than trying to cen sure Page, the recall election would force him to withstand a vote of confidence, Spivey has said earlier. The petition reads: "We, the undersigned, petition the recall of Richard Page. ASRA President, because of the in adequacy in his leadership in this period of disquiet relat-, ing to open house policies." I lege students, under the direc tion of Associate Professor Robert L. Wiseman, staged a mock Communist coup in the Wahoo High School. The college students in vaded the school and estab lished a totalitarian, Commu nist regime. They dressed in green and white uniforms and carried billy-clubs. No physical or verbal abuse was used, just strict regimen tation. Smiling, backtalking and free discussion were not allowed Rule violators were sent to an interrogation room. For punishment boys did pushups and girls stood in corners. The ultimate punishment was li quidation being banished to the principal's office. The principal and teachers of Wahoo High School had agreed to take part in he ex periment. ' The controversy began later when seven University of Ne braska faculty members, in cluding Reed, wrote a letter to a Lincoln newspaper say ing that the experiment did not demonstrate the school system under Communism. The university faculty mem bers agreed on the objectives of the experiment, but said that such objectives could not be accomplished in the man ner attempted at Wahoo. The faculty members said the whole idea should be rele gated to the garbage can." "My objections to this ex periment fall under two cate gories," Reed said. "First, the experiment pro duced a distorted emotional impact on the students. Ac cording to the student news paper up there, one-fourth of the students thought the Com munists had really taken over." "The possibility of such a takeover is remote," Reed continued. "According to J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, there are only 6,200 Commu nists in the United States and they are scattered and weak. But the students were not told whether or not exercise was real." heconaly, sucn an experi ment must have a realistic setting, which is not possible here, Reed said. There is no way to duplicate a takeover. There would be shooting, burn ing and violence. "If they were trying to dup licate a takeover, this was not accurate or sufficient," Reed said. "Was it an educational exer cise or were Mr. Wiseman and his students just having fun and games?" Reed ques tioned. "If they were just hav ing fun, it certainly wasn't presented that way." Other study methods exist were doing in Wahoo," phasized Reed. env If students want to study communism, there are films, books, slides, newspapers and a thousand other sources available that accurately de pict the situation," Reed pointed out. "I doubt if this whole idea of simulating a takeover is useful at all," he sai. A political science technique known as "gaming" which in volves a small number of ad vanced, well read students at tempts to duplicate a situation as closely as possible. Thus, a Detter knowledge of the sub ject is gained. "This was not what they Wiseman claims tinfamiliarity Wiseman has said that Reed and the other six University faculty members are not fa miliar with what was at tempted and why it was at tempted. Reed denied this. "We have information from five newspapers including Wahoo High School student newspaper and the JFK Col lege paper," he said. "Wiseman's own students wrote the articles for the stu dent papers. They described what happened and quoted Mr. Wiseman at great length. If Mr. Wiseman was mis quoted, he should tell the pub lic," Reed said. , Although seven NU faculty members originally protested the experiment, Reed is car rying the matter to the NCA on his own. He feels the incident should be brought to the attention of the NCA, although the ac crediting agency will take ac tion only if they feel they should. "I am not confident they will do anything," Reed said. 1 g ij HW'jlM in miii f mm m MONDAY, MARCH 4 All events will be held in the Nebraska Union unless other wise noted. INTER-VARSITY a a.m. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION 8 a.m. PLACEMENT OFFICE LUNCHEON-12:30p.m. BUILDERS -SPECIAL EDITION-2:30p.m. PANIIELLENIC-3:30 p.m. BUILDERS - CALENDAR & DIRECTORY 3:30 p.m. GREEK WEEK-4 p.m. TASSELS 4:30 p.m. UNION FILM COMMIT- TEE 4:30 p.m. DESERET CLUB 5 p.m. TOWNE CLUB-6:30 p.m. UNICORNS-7 p.m. TOWNE CLUB MOTHERS 7:30 p.m. MATHEMATICS COUN SELORS 7:30 p.m. LAW REFORM SOCIETY 8 p.m. N.I.A. - CULTURES ON CAMPUS COMMITTEE 8 p.m. NFU courses conduct seances; try 'Black Arts', Kierkegaard Cont. -from page 1 If the interest of his stu dents w a r r a n t s it, Burdic noted he would like to con duct seances and apply the Black Art in other ways. Brueland, whose course is entitled "Some Nineteenth Century Writers: Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche," said that he organized the course to meet the interest of his students from an NFU course last year. A first-year graduate stu dent in philosophy, Brueland noted he will be using a philo sophical approach to guide his students, but the course will deal primarily with novels and theological writings. Commenting on his planned methodology, Brueland said that rather than study the three writers, he would like to examine some of the ideas they suggest to his students. "We can get off the subject and talk about certain philo sophical problems," he said. Abel-Sandoz schedules Spring Fling Apr. 18 GO BIG RED Abel-Sandoz is sponsoring a Spring Fling to Colorado, Apr.. 18-21, with transportation and lodging provided for $51. Open to all University stu dents, the Fling will be to a guest ranch near Loveland Colorado. Lodging, meals, transporta tion and facilities at the ranch are included for the price. Students can also make use of horseback riding and trails. 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