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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.
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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
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GREEK WEEK-4 p.m.
TASSELS 4:30 p.m.
UNION FILM COMMIT-
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DESERET CLUB 5 p.m.
TOWNE CLUB-6:30 p.m.
UNICORNS-7 p.m.
TOWNE CLUB MOTHERS
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MATHEMATICS COUN
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LAW REFORM SOCIETY
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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.
In addition there will be ex
cursions to Loveland and
Boulder, according to Gary
Granquist, spokesman for the
residence association govern
ment.
Since transportation will fol
low the Interstate west to
Loveland, students living out
side of Lincoln and Omaha
may be picked up at the In
terstate interchange closest to
their city, he said.
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served as Master of cere
monies. Dr. Robert Hall, former
University geography profes
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