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Wednesday, April 3, 1968
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Senator Eugene McCarthy told
to seek the
Nebraska
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by Kent Cockson
Senior Staff Writer
Although Reserve Officer's
Training Corps units around the
country have had their contro
versial moments, the ROTC pro
grams at the University seem to
fit in very well with the ways of
higher education.
Much of the national contro
versy stems from the compulsory
nature of ROTC at various uni
versities. At the University of
Newark, about 25 students marched
into the middle of an ROTC drill
session last fall shouting "S!eg HeU"
and "ROTC makes us men" to pro
test compulsory ROTC require
ments. At Stanford and Berkeley last
month, Navy ROTC buildings were
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On Campus Today
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A meeting for persop; latcrested
In organizing a campaign for
young adult sufferage on the Uni
versity campui will be held
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Room 103
of the H building. Election of of
ficers win be held and all Inter
ested students are urged to attend.
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The student branch of the ASAE
wOl meet Wednesday at 7:30 in
Room 206 of the Agriculture En
gineering HaU.
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Men's Ivy Day Sing Chairmen
will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in
the Union. Rules of the sing will
be discussed and the preliminary
tryout date will be announced. It
is not necessary that the living
units have their song selected by
this meeting, but the final elec
tion must be turned into Bill Strat
man no later than April
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The Mechanical Agriculture Club
will meet in the Agriculture Engi
neering building Wednesday at 7
p.m. A representative from the
John Deere Co. wiU flscuss prog
ress and distribution in his company.
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and Omaha audience Tuesday that it was a moral obligation
judgment of youth on political issues.
ROTC program
controversy, remains
set afire. And at Moorehead Uni
versity in Kentucky, three facul-
iy memuers wcic uj "-- "stuaenis wm no. lane auvoii
their contracts for next year will . 0f tj,e program to its fullest
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pulsory ROTC along with some of
the students.
Compulsory ROTC requirements
were abolished at all land-grant
colleges in Nebraska in 1963. This
included the University of Ne
braska. .
Bishop has mixed feelings
Col. James Bishop, professor of
military science and commander
of the University Army ROTC de
partment, said that he has "mixed
feelings as a taxpayer" about the
Angel Flight will sponsor a
"Blue Yonder Workshop" Wednes
day at 7 p.m. in the Union. The
workshop is designed to acquaint
wives or finaces of men In the
armed services with the problems
of military life.
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voluntary program currently of
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"Rut sneakinff as an officer. I
would say that the voluntary pro
gram enrollees are more inter
ested,, more dedicated and we
don't have as much trouble with
them as with those who would
be disgruntled if they had to par
ticipate in a compulsory pro
gram," he said.
: The average high school gradu
ate has something to learn from
the two-year basic course, he
added, in that there is a certain
amount to be said for the disci
pline the incoming student re
ceives. '
Cadet walks straighter
"The, ROTC cadet walks a little
straighter with a little more con
fidence than he ordinarily would,"
he said. , .
Bishop added that if all the op
portunities are available to the
University student and if it is
proven that these opportunities
do add to4 the student's develop
ment, then the University of Ne
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McCarthy
by youth
by John Dvorak
Junior Staff Writer
Omaha
Senator, Eugene McCarthy said
here Tuesday that it is a matter
of moral obligation to seek out
the judgment of the young people
of the United . States on political
issues..
McCarthy spoke to an audience
of about 2,000, the ; majority , of
them students and young people,
at the Civic Auditorium.
Interspersed in, the crowd were
approximately 55 McCarthy work
ers from the University of Colo
rado. McCarthy to speak .
Sen. McCarthy will speak in
Lincoln at Pershing Municipal Au
ditorium Wednesday, April 10, at
8 p.m.
"Supposedly the youth of this
McCarthy said. "But this has been
repudiated by what has happened
in the campaign."
"I want to give these young
people a chance to participate,"
McCarthy stated.
The Senator, seeming to enjoy
his brief association with the
young crowd, appeared relaxed
and did not appear tired from his
arduous months of campaigning.
McCarthy theorized that the
older generation does not want to
be separated from the younger
escapes most of
voluntary
braska is losing if it does not
adequately inform the incoming
student of the possibilities under
the voluntary ROTC programs.
"In other words," he said, "I
would not be an officer today,
and I have drawn a lot of per
sonal satisfaction from my last 30
years as an officer, if I had not
been required to take those first
two years of ROTC and after
wards make my own decision to
go on."
In the ROTC catalogue, which
is made available to incoming
students upon Tequest only, Chan
cellor Clifford Hardin commends
any one of the programs to the
incoming student.
Backgrounds essential to defense
"T h e diversified educational
backgrounds and leadership quali
ties of university . graduates are
essential to the defense posture
of the United States in the world
today. Future . duties as a junior
officer in a service of your choos
ing will challenge your abilities
to the fullest," he says.
But the most drastic develop
ment recently concerning ROTC
has been the initiation of a move
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seeks judgment
on
one. "The older generation is
positively delighted to have young
people talk with them about prob
lems and politics." ,
Reconciliation begun
"We have already begun to
have a reconciliation between the
older and younger generations of
this country," he said.
McCarthy gave a brief ftistory
of his campaign:
"At first my support came from
the academic . community and
from young people," he "said.
"Now we have supporters in ev
ery vocation."
"I thought that the people
should be able to say yes or no
on the issues at' the ballot box,"
McCarthy said. '
Johnson not candidate
McCarthy was all but discounted
from the running before the New
Hampshire Presidential primary.
But in that election, he received
41 per cent of the Democratic
vote, and, after Republican write
in votes were tabulated, the Sena
tor was only several hundred
votes short of the incumbent
President Johnson, who announced
Sunday that he would not be a
candidate for reelection.
"By the Nebraska primary, we
hope to have just one Democra
tic candidate," McCarthy said.
ment to deny academic credit for
ROTC courses.
Three schools Boston Univer
sity, .Northeastern University in
Boston and Bowdoin College in
Brunswick, Md. have already
voted to withdraw credit for ROTC
courses.
The services are aware that the
quality of their ROTC training is
coming under scrutiny, and most
university ROTC detachments are
making an effort to liberalize their
courses, make them similar to
other college courses.
There are some ROTC instruc
tors and personnel, however, who
are opposed to the demands for
liberalization, according to a mili
tary spokesman. They argue that
the employment of civilian teach-
. ers to administer .any of their
courses, even the basic ones, will
subtract from the quality , of the
courses in two ways.
Instructors say that civilian
teachers do not share a compar
able military background to the
' military instructors now teaching
and therefore are not as qualified
or interested in educating the stu
dent on strictly military subject
matter.
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political
issues
The. Senator defined the basic
issue of the campaign as how the
United States can best effect a
settlement in Vietnam and on
other old and new national issues.
Americans ready to judge
He said, "I think the American
people are prepared to pass jud
ment on Vietnam and domestic
issues at the polls."
Judgments of these needs, both
home and abroad, are now before
the American people. He said that
a decision must be made with
reference to the President of the
United States.
McCarthy, emphasizing his
viewpoint of the Presidency, said,
"Because of the way our govern
ment operates, we have a chance
to bring it down once every four
years. We call upon the people
to commit themselves with great
trust. The President has flreat
power over not only this nation
but in international affairs as
well."
"I feel that in my 20 years in
Congress, I know what the prob
lems are," he said.
"I feel that no one currently in
the running for the Presidency
today has been as clear on the
issues as I have," McCarthy
stated.
McCarthy's speech included
comments on specific, pertinent
issues. .
Riot report not surprising
"The President's report on
riots was excellent, but there was
nothing surprising in it," he said.
"It showed how inadequate our
present efforts in this area are."
The farmer seeks parity, he
continued. The farmer does not
deserve special privileges, just a
life as good as other Americans
have.
"The withdrawal of President
Johnson doesn't significantly in
fluence the issues facing the
United States," he said. "The
problems of the United States
still remain."
"The United States must cleanse
itself of moral uncertainty and
build on the tradition of hope,
confidence and sound judgment,
he entoned.
"If we do this in 1968, we won't
have to worry about it in 1984."
Hardin will
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document
Senate to meet
to take action
The final draft of the Student
Academic Freedom document will
be presented to the Chancellor on
Wednesday, according to Dick
Schulze, ASUN President and a
member of the committee which
drafted the document.
Schulze said a special session
of Student Senate will be called
this weekend to discuss the docu
ment and take appropriate action.
He said the statement would
then go on the ASUN general elec
tion ballot to be approved or re
jected by the student body in the
April 10 election.
The Chancellor's Student Aca
demic Freedom Committee was
formed last September to imple
ment the Bill of Rights into Uni
versity policy.
The Bill of Rights was approved
as 17 amendments to the ASUN
constitution in last year's ASUN
general election.
Schulze said he is hopeful the
Chancellor will . recommend the
document be adapted by Student
Senate, Faculty Senate and the
Boird of Regents.
..e added he knows of no oppo
sition by Student Senators to the
, document. The last available draft
of the , document was distributed
to living unit presidents two weeks
ago.
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