h dear, oh dear, what can the mater
by George Kaufman
Nebraskan Staff Writer
A child in search of it's mater.
That's what the University of
Nebraska is, just a poor orphan
without an alma mater. A search of
campus departments failed to turn
up an official alma mater song for
the University despite the fact that
there are four or five official songs
plus an official chant and a yell.
FOUR SOXGS. -
"Hail
Nebraska," "Hail, Varsity,
" TV.o
Old Nebraska U.' and "The Cor
nhusker" march are all seem
ingly recognized as official school
songs. But "Dear Old Nebraska
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,
'Give a Damn9
Party not dead
by John Dvorak
Xebraskan Staff Writer
The New Party and its con
gressional candidate H. Bruce Ha
milton technically were defeated in
Tuesday's election, but in some
ways the New Party philosophy will
live on.
"We may keep the headquarters
open continually as -a permanent
"Give a Damn' center," Hamilton
said late Wednesday.
It would be a place where groups
of concerned individuals could
always go to discuss the problems
confronting the city, state or coun
try, he continued.
THE IDEA has "real potential."
Hamilton said, in keeping the
issues and problems dramatized in
the campaign alive.
Possibly, the "Give a Damn"
center could lobby for open house
legislation in next year's legisla-
air, ur work with the city concern
ing problems in the Maione area,
Hamilton suggested.
Perhaps, the Nebraska Free
University could hold classes there.
Above all, it would be a permanent
meeting center where anyone could
sit and talk.
Numerous problems exist though,
he said, such as the rent and utility
expenses. A meeting at tie head
quarters for all interested students
is scheduled Thursday evening at 5
p.m. to discuss the idea.
IS TUESDAY'S election returns,
Hamilton did not receive five per
cent of the total vote, so the New
Party may no longer run a can
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Paul Simon and Art Garfun
kel will perform at Pershing
Auditorium, 8:30 pjn., Satur
day, November 9.
The group came to national
fame in late 19C5 with their
first hit, "The Sounds of Si
lence" Since that time they
have had a cumber of other hits
including "At the Zoo", "A
Hazy Shade of Winter", "Fa
kin It", "I Am a Rock", and
several others.
FOUR OF THEIR albums
have cold over a million copies;
"Sounds of Silence", "Parsley,
Sage, Rosemary, and Tbvme",
"Tn Graduate", and "Book
esis '.
Simon and Garf untie began
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U." is the only one being currently
used at all, by the student body at
football games.
George T. Bastian, director of the
Alumni Association, said that
"The Cornhusker" is still played
"at the conclusion of the games
when the fans are filing out of the
stadium." The march, written by
Robert W. Stevens, is called the
official field song and it was the
custom many years ago to stand
and sing the song before each
game.
"Dear Old Nebraska U." serves
the purpose of unofficial "school
song" now, sung at all the football
and basketball games.
1968
Hamilton was not sure if the
party would be reorganized, nor is
he certain about his own f uture.
"I have no idea if I will rua
again. But I will be busy in some
form of public service. Several law
and poverty programs funded
under the Office of Economic Op
portunity do appeal to me." hp
said.
If the New Part' is to again ap
pear on the ballot, it must
reorganize. Hamilton knows of no
such plans, although he
acknowledged that a movement
may already be underway that he
does not know of.
"'WE NEVER were really con
cerned about votes; we ac
complished our principle goals of
bringing the issues before the peo
ple," Hamilton said.
Of course, with more money, ex
perience, time and a better
organization, the New Party would .
have fared better, Hamilton noted.
Hamilton pointed out that for
every dollar spent, he 'received
more votes than either former
Congressmen Clair Callan or Congressmen-elect
Robert Denney. The
New Party, which spent less than
$1,000, received about five votes for
every campaign dollar spent.
Overall, the election went about
as Hamilton expected.
He fell the most discouraging
result of the election was the defeat
of Amendment One, which would
have permitted 19-year-old voting.
lie also was discouraged by the
failure of the Lincoln Community
College issue.
singing together when they
were about thirteen, la college
the two took up separate in
terests. Simon studied English
at Queens College and Garfun
kel studied math at Columbia.
He Is currently working for Ms
PhD.
FOLLOWING GRADUA
s
i
TION, they became quite well
known in England, but it took
the release of "The Sounds of
Silence" to make them popular
in their own country.
fLnon and Garfunkel sing
ballads of the city and modern
life. Their songs are tinged with
American folk tradition and
lean toward personal, more
than group experience.
In addition to the songs there is a
Yell (U . . . U . . . U . . ji . . . i Ver
. . ver. . .ver s-i-ti!) and a Chant,
with words by R.D. Scott (U Rah,
N Rah, U-N I, U Varsity).
"THERE ARE four pieces that
are official university songs," says
music professor Jack Snider, "but
I've been here for quite a while and
I don't know of any that's
designated as an alma mater."
He says the chant used to be sung
at games, but that students just
stopped doing the "slow, funeral
like chant."
NU Public Relations Director
George Round says, "The song
O
ftOUUJ
LINCOLN,
El
ection brings joy,
by Julie Morris
Xebraskan Staff Writer
The rain fell all day Wednesday
turning the campus into blotches of
yellow leaves and sloughes of gray
mud.
After a night of national
handwringing, Tuesday Richard
In Lincoln for the United States premiere of her first motion picture. Two A Penny, Nov.
14 at the Xebraskan Theater, Ann Holloway encourages a University student to attend the
first showing.
ASUN action postponed
on organization approval
ASUN Senate Wednesday tabled
resolutions on campus undercover
agents and approval of new organ
izations following lengthy
discussion.
Sen. Mary McGymont introduced
the resolution which would allow
the Student Senate to approve
organizations under a temporary
plan, effective until March 31, 1969,
during which time a committee
would investigate approval of
organizations procedures.
Under this resolution, students
desiring to organize on a short-term
basis must file a letter of intent
with the Student Activities Office. A
representative of the students is
then interviewed by the
Coordinator of Student Activities
who submits the results of the in
terview to the ASUN Committee on
Constitutions.
The Committee oa Constitutions
may recommend to the Senate that
the organization be approved. The
Senate then may approve, the
organization.
For new organizations, three
constitutions must be submitted "
and judged on form and clarity. In
addition the organization must be
approved by the Faculty Subcom
mittee on Student Organizations as
well as Senate.
Sen. Bob Zucker presented the
resolution on campus undercover
agents.
The resolution read that:
Whereas, an atmosphere of free
inquiry ii essential to the survival
of an academic community . . . the
ASUN Senate condemns the hiring
of students to act as undercover
agents and requests that a
University policy be established
stating that any student acting as a
hired undercover agent be subject
to suspension from the University.
"Any student who It an un
dercover agent expects the right of
free inquiry to apply to himself, but
is denying that right to other
students," Zucker said.
"So what if the administration or
chiefly thought of as the school
song is 'The Cornhusker,' which
used to be sung at football games."
But he reported he did not know of
any official alma mater adopted by
the school.
Most of the older songs have the
word "Nebraska" ending with an
"i" instead of an "a" for rhyming
purposes, which may be one reason
their popularity has ebbed.
SO, WHETHER you want to sing,
chant or yell the university has
something for you. But there seems
to be no alma mater for the alums
to hum on Homecoming Day.
NEBRASKA
Nixon was declared president-elect
of the United States, but voting
returns showed the Democrats had
kept control of Congress.
Nebraskans rejected a constitu
tional amendment to lower the
voting age to 19, but strongly en
dorsed the state income tax.
police know what students are
doing?" Sen. Bruce Cochrane ask
ed. "As long as they are doing
nothing illegal, they have nothing to
fear."
There is a difference between
free speech and an illegal act. Sen
Tom Wiese said. This resolution is
highly nebulous, he added.
l in V 'xKV.-lk:'
Piester optimistic
of A
Leaders of the Nebraskans for
Young Adult Suffrage expressed
optimism along with disap
pointment Wednesday about the
defeat of Amendment 1 in
Tuesday's election.
"I thought it would be a lot
closer, even though I wasn't sure
we would win," said Dave Piester.
chairman of the group, "but it was
certainly not an overwhelming
defeat."
With 94 per cent of the ballots in,
opponents of the Amendment held a
10.000 vote lead, about 223,000 to
223,000.
Another attempt will be made to
put the issue on the ballot, Piester
predicted. It will have a better
chance then, because people will
know more about it.
A NATIONWIDE attempt is be
ing planned to propose a constitu
tional amendment in the next con
gress to lower the voting age to 18,
Piester reported.
A cumber of interest groups,
such as the AFL-CIO, the National
Education Association and the Na
tional Young Republicans and
Democrats are behind the move, be
said.
These interest groups looked to
Nebraska as sort of an indicator on
the amendment's chances, Piester
said. Now Nebraska, in defeatis;
mendm
LINCOLN VOTERS turned down
a plan to open a community junior
college, but approved flouridation
of the city's water.
Wednesday morning knots of
students gathered around the
television in the Nebraska Union
lounge and election was the word
The University can't be exempt
from law enforcement, according to
Sen. Tom Morgan.
'"This resolution would relate to
drug use as well as free inquiry,"
he added. "I can't justify the
University suspending a student for
reporting an illegal use f drugs to
the Lincoln Police."
ent 1
the amendment, has hindered that
effort.
Not knowing the makeup of the
new congress, Piester declined to
comment on the chances of success
of a nationwide movement to lower
the voting age.
REASONS FOR Amendment l's
defeat are many and varied, ac
cording to another Nebraskans for
Young Adult Suffrage leader, John
Schrekinger.
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Vol. 92, No. 33
gloom
on many lips, but in some groups of
students and in many classrooms it
was only business as usual.
One professor greeted Ms
students with "Let's talk about
Othello today." Another launched
into a lecture on 15th century
Italian society.
In the Union, students jostled for
a place in a line to vote for
Homecoming Queen and workers
hawked tickets to the weekend
dance.
THERE SEEMED to be an extra
load of daily papers on the
newsracks, but students weren't
buying.
"I suppose you're still expecting
a McCarthy landslide," one student
hollered at another who was wear
ing a blue-and-white medal of the
Eugene McCarthy campaign.
Students were alternately serious
;nd joking about the election.
"We've been talking about
assassinations." Mike Wylie com
jnented. "I GUESS the whole day jester
day was a point-by-point reawake
ning of things I'd always known
and thought were changing," he
said.
"Its shown me perhaps maybe I
ought to become a political activist
and see if maybe we can change
Nebraska opinion. I'll work here
for the next four years and then
probably will be through with
Nebraska for the rest of my life."
Wylie said.
"I think everyone should get
behind whoever is elected presi
dent." one coed said, "but it's
really hard to say "President Nix
on." Mile Nelson, a University junior
who was state chairman of College
Students for Nixon, said "I'm
jubiliant over the victory', but I
wouldn't wish these next four years
in the White House on anyone."
NELSON SAID be thinks the
defeat of the 19 Voting Amendment
and the Nebraska Nixon victory
may reflect a combination of con
servative votes.
Continued an page 3
in spite
defeat
Scottsbluff Senator Terry
Carpenter, who pioneered and
signed the amendment in the
legislature, changed bis mind just
days before the election and
declared that he hai enough of 13-years-olds
and now opposed the
bill. Carpenter purchased three,
one -half-hour television programs
to put forth his views on Amend
ment 1 and other issues.
Schrekinger said that Carpenter
may have had an effect, although
be could not officially evaluate the
Senator's influence. .
Schrekinger pointed out that
Carpenter proposed lowering the
voting age back in the 1950's, but
was not successful.
ASUX'S TIME OUT" program
on October 29, just 7 days before
the election also adversely affected
the amendment's chances, Schrek
inger said.
"In many ways it was a good
idea, but it was ill considered, hur
ried and an irresponsible exercise
of the ASUN," be said.
Not only was "Time Out" oa the
voters' minds, but the ASUN sup
ported, student march on city hall
was also, he said. The voters
remembered Chicago, and the ac
tions of student radicals there too,
he added.
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