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o IdJ eiiraslratn) I MONDAY, MAY 5, 1969 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL 92, NO. 101 'A m Innocents, Mortar Boards choose members f . IV - - s: ...... lli 11011 -I.vu i - t JV ' ;LV; i A 111 In the merry merry month of May, came the court of the Ivy Day. Clialoupka student life as major issue The ASUN Senate will not be the real battling ground next fall, accord ing to president-elect Bill Chaloupka. The real ground for negotiation will be the Council for Student Life and the Housing Committee, he said. Chaloupka continued that his first pri ority lor action next fall will be change of visitation and social regulations. An individual should be able to control his own living environment, he said. "The smallest possible living unit should be able to regulate Its own affairs," he said. "We may not he able to achieve this goal quickly, but we'll be working on it." Another top priority will be setting up the Council on Student Life as soon as it is approved, Chaloupka con tinued. He said that he would spend the summer working on programs for' next year. Both Chaloupka and first vice-president-elect Diane Theisen Paper by Professor John Roche presentation in Montgomery Conference By Sue Schlichlenilpr Nebraskan Staff Writer The first of a series of lecture discussion sessions constituting the Montgomery Centennial Conference transpired Friday evening at the Nebraska Center. The program con cerned a paper by Professor John Roche, entitled "The Rebellion of the Clerks," which dealt with the conse quences of student unrest. Roche, who was originally schedul ed to present his own work was unable to attend due to an attack of asthma. C. Peter Magrath, dean of faculties, made the presentation. Roche is a specialist in. American constitutional history for the Supreme Court, author of a number of books and papers in cluding The Quest for the Dream,, publicist for the Now Under, chair man of A D A,, and is presently teach ing at Brandels University. In "Rebellion of the Clerks," Roche referred to students as having achieved the status of clerks in the 14th century. He suggested that Americans are perhaps experience a "new medievalism." lie covered three major points: (1) Why have acts of student violence happened? (2) What are students doing? and (3) Where are they leading us? UK STRKSSKD that when people speak of the 120,000 "S.D.S.-type" in America, they are dealing with a "statistically trivial minority" of about two per cent. Roche compared Leon Trotsky, ar rested in the Revolution of 1805, to Dr. Benjamin Spock, arrested f o r "stimulating resistance to the draft." And he convinued that "happy. In telligent young people are attacking the most defenseless institution colleges and universities." Roche suggested that a watering down of educational whiskey is ex emplified in short circuit televisions and tupe recorders who often act as substitute teachers. He labelled student-taught classes as the "facile leading the docile." "Tiie university is a sitting duck for 'id discharge.' Americans are not Ivudj to finance six and one half 11 If I 1 will be working with the University freshmen orientation program this summer. "I hope that several senators will be in Lincoln," he said. The new ad ministration wants to talk possible programs over with new senators and committee chairmen. ' Perhaps it will be possible to get National Student Association help in researching new programs, he con tinued. The new administration plans to conduct a senate retreat in mid summer, if possible. Chaloupka continued that he felt he would be able to work well with the new senate. The President-elect said he expected and got a diverse senate. We should have a very interesting year, he commented. There will be many different viewpoints. For in stance, two members of the SIP exec Hive slate were elected as senators, le said. million kids doing 'their thing,' " Roche said. "Students have learned, "Roche continued, "that the 'Emporer has no clothes'; that professors and ad ministration are out on a very shakey limb," he said. "And the trouble with most professors is that they never publish or perish. Few people are willing to whole-heartedly defend universities." He remarked that the activists are not interested in reforms. "If you negotiate their first ten demands, they will Invent ten more!" he emphasized. Negro students are not satisfied to become 'alleviated clerks', they want a ticket to the Ameristocracy. And the S.D.S. syndrome has no right to make demands, Roche charged. "The func tion of a university is education, not service; though service will hopefully be a by-product of education." ROCHE NEXT. discussed the im pact of disorder. "The university," he said, "cannot become an armed camp without sapping efficiency." He said that institutions have about thre alternatives: (1) call the police, (2). effect counter-insurgency actions among the faculty and ad ministration, (3) close down. After speaking of the Harvard situation, he commented, "I'm not playing Monday morning quarterback at Harvard Their president did all he could except abdicate!" About closing down, Roche said "It is a strike by the establishment 1 And universities exist to be open." Commenting on student violence, Roche said, that it will create a catastrophe which will not only engulf them, but will result in a drying up of philanthropic contributions to higher education, cuts in state aid and other unfortunate measures. In closing, Roche said, "If w do not police our own era, someone will do It for us, and we'll have no one to blame but our selves!" Following the speech was a panel discussion by Miss Merrill Harris, repesenting "Black", a student organization at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; Dave Bunnell, Dave Buntain was tackled as the new president of Innocents Society, senior men's honorary, at the 80th Ivy Day Saturday. Linda Jeffrey was tapped as the new president of the Black Masque Chapter of Mortar Board. Twenty one other coeds were masked as members of the senior women's honorary. The other new of ficers of Mortar Board are Mary Lund, vice president; Christi Schwartzkopf , secretary ; Susan Jenkins, treasurer; and Barbara Ramsey, historian. Other new members include Cricket Black, Susie Borgens, Suone Cotner, Susan Deitemeyer, Lynn Gottschalk, Susan Helgeson, Marilyn Jackson, Janet Nelson, Mary Lynn Nelson, Brenda Nicholson, Kathy Ross, Diane Theisen, Sue Thompson, Linda Varvel and Sue Vosik. Twleve other new Ianocents were chosen to mem bership. In addition, Acting Chan cellor Merk Hobson was named an honorary member of the society. New officers of Innocents are John Heil, vice president; Gregory Griffin, secretary; Dan Goodenberger, treasurer; and Randy Reeves, sergeant - at-arms. Other new members include Terry Cameron, Bill Chaloupka, Jim Evinger, Loren Faaborg, Larry Kubicek, Bill Mobley, gniiiiiiHiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!inniiiiiiii On campus I today 1 'SThe college life speaker, Ed Mar ray, will lead a discussion at the Phi Gamma Delta house at 9 p.m., May 5. Dr. Ivan Volgyes of the political science department will address Young Democrats May 6 at 7:30 in the Nebraska Union. Volgyes' topic will be the role of the U.S. in world politics. NU Vets will hold elections May 7 at 7 p.m. In Ag Hall, room 110. Dr. Long, DVM, will speak on "Veterin ary Technologists Philosophy and Future." The Nebraska Union Contemporary Arts committee will sponsor its an nual student art sale May 8 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and on May 9 from 9 am 5 p.m. Two members from the art department will judge the entries be fore the sale to assure uniform qual ity. Items for sale will be on exhibi tion in the north and south confer ence rooms In the Union. student activist; G. Robert Ross, vice chancellor for student affairs; Bruce Cochrane, representing a conservative point of view; and Logan Wilson, who lectured Saturday. "WE WANT TO. BE treated as human beings," Miss Harris said. "We went to be able to determine our own destiny. We want a degree, not as a passport to live in white com munities, not to compete with white people for jobs. We want a degree to show we were victims of your schools!" "We're going to school to learn as much as we can, so we can go. back to our own communities and start our own universities," she continued. "We want our demands met as we see fit not as you see fit," she said. She defined the black philosophy as "any means to see our demands met to get what we want." As a point of clarification. Miss Harris explained that there are no 'militant Negroes' anywhere In the world. There are 'militant blacks'. The Negro, according to Miss Harris, . .A The 1959 Cornhusker Joe Voboril and Tom Wiese. Maggi Evenson was crowned Queen of the May. Joleen Phillips was revealed as her Maid of honor. Master of ceremonies was T. E. Beck, assistant professor of English. Music was provided by the University of Nebraska Band. Eight coeds were chosen as leaders ;S'S:i.;;:rt- ' . ." : J - ''.lite, " f;K r . . f" mrmm I ( 'Yin v if SgL 111 .i i'V ill V" m ...Sjik., . .. uJkmk&&A jb-iMgAf.tei;1 Isn't that him over there?" 'Government must shift emphasis from science 9 "The federal government must shift from being a patron of the sciences to a patron of the whole University," Dr. Charles Kidd, head of the Council on Federal Relations of the American Association of Universities, said May 3. In an address during t h e Montgomery lectureship program. Kidd discussed the history, present implications and future of federal in- is the first is willing to compromise and degrade himself. He wishes to De uite me white. He doesn't value black characteristics, the broad nose, the wooly hair. Blacks don't want to Integrate if they are going to be degraded in the process. The black recognizes that his broad nose and wooly hair are beautiful, and he recognizes that black history needs to be taught. Dave Bunnell said that he didn't feel it necessary to talk about student behavior, the number of students on campus who take part in demonstra tions; but that it was most important to discuss the issues. According to Bunnell, these issues center on four problems: racism, military, student power and educational reform. ROSS COMMENTED that he was a little surprised at John Roche's paper his experience and involve ment of the liberal segment of society, especially since he thought Roche was going to talk from an objective rather than an emotional point of view. Continued on page 3 ... on sale May 12. V; - rr v of the Ivy and Daisy chains. Ivy chain leaders included Cindy Cherry, Sally Leonard, Sue Cooper, Jana Miller. Daisy Chain leaders were Barbara Doerr, Marcia Kominsky, Barbara Robbie, and Linda Sugano. Two students were cited as the top scholars in the senior class. Ellen Helms was cited for having the Proud relatives seen snapping pictures of Ivy Day festivities. volvement in higher education, and drew some conclusions concerning the direction this involvement should take. "The beginning of extensive federal support of research came during World War II," Kidd said. He later added that federal support of colleges and universities is so pervasive that "serious if not catastrophic" results would follow if funds were withdrawn. KIDD SAID THAT the federal government financially supports higher education in two ways la supporting research and in supporting "the university as a whole." "Now, 60 per cent of federal support to universities is non-research sup port," he said, "including 17 per cent for construction, 18 per cent for stu dent aid, and 13 per cent for general institutional support." "Research supported by the Department of Defense is an im mediate political question only because of the Vietnam War," Kidd said. "I don't believe it is a major issue in the long run." "I BELIEVE THAT classified research supported by the Depart ment of Defense should be removed completely from the universities," he added. "If a university Is offered funds from the DOD to do non classified research, they should have the option of whether or not to accept them." In evaluating the effect of governmental aid to higher education, Kidd said "the university, students and faculty are better off because of it." But Kidd added that federal aid has "added another force to others ten ding to pull the university apart." Kidd said that the federal govern ment, through its emphasis on research, has diverted the University's attention from i t s teaching function, having an "adverse effect" on undergraduate educa tion. IN PREFACING HIS remarks on the future of Federal involvement in the university, Kidd said that the Federal government - now provides one-third of all the financial support for higher education, and, "no matter what the power structure within the university is," it will continue to exert a heavy influence by determining who gets the funds and how they are spent. "To sustain their freedom in the face of Involvement with the govern ment, universities must accept funds on their own terms," Kidd said. "The first step is to attain a consensus by all elements in the university on the purpose of the university. The Idea of a government universiy partnership it fatuous t& highest women's average. Philip Regier was cited for having the highest men's average. The first Dean Helen Snyder Scholarship award of $400 was presented to Kathy Riesselman. The Innocents Society's scholarship award for the outstanding freshman male student went to Gary Ensz. university must set its own goals, da. fend them against all comers, and know and cherish what Is being defended." AFTER KIDD CONCLUDED his one-hour address, members of an 8 member panel, consisting of pro minent educational and governmental spokesmen, were asked to res pond. . "I would say to Dr. Kidd that I like his manifesto," Donald Bigelow of the U.S. Office of Education said. "But it may be argued by some that Dr. Kidd is for God, Motherhood, and the University of Nebraska." Bigelow continued, saying that It Is difficult for universities and for his bureau to set priorities, and, once set, it is difficult to get congressmen to appropriate funds "in the national Interest" without complaining if "their state doesn't get their share." IiOG.W WILSON, PRESIDENT ol the American Council on Education, compared the federal government's role In higher education with the situation in other countries. Unlike the USSR which decides how many new professionals are needed each year, the United States has relied on a stu dent "market mechanism," according to Wilson. "Manpower channeling is an avow ed goal of the draft," Philip Scribner, University of Nebraska professor of philosophy, said. "Many of the students on campuses are there simply to avoid a war they don't particularly like. The draft has been a tremendously disruptive factor in achieving the goals of the university." Scribner also said that the "market mechanism" wasn't completely func tional that a student's choice of universities is limited by his financial situation and the other schools he at. tended. "SOME OF THE research done In the name of defense may not be associated with things you abhore," Norman Cromwell. University of Nebraska professor of chemistry said. "During World War II, I was. in formed that I was doing research on nitrogen mustards for the chemical warfare division," Cromwell said. "I didn't feel well for several days af terward. But as it turned out, the compounds we were working on pro ved to be among the first agents ef fective against tumors." Cromwell said that Nebrasfri had received only $32,000 from the Department of Defense for research (none of which is classified research). COMMENTING ON THE apparent imbalance between the amount of money allotted to medicine and the sciences and the amount allotted to the humanities. Bigelow said, "Every Congressmen is worried sbou his ocack ft m I; 1 m v. h -" m r . -