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j- , -w- i- y ' J' li i PAGE THE DAILY NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 ifisji i'i, I g! 1 35 i' $ H . s. y i i 1 I : Ill 'A -VS. ; ;(;! I V i i i ROTC enrollments drop significantly Continued from page 1 wants out of his contract," Gist said. "There are several junior students who are thinking about not signing their contracts." . There are indeed a number of juniors who will not sign their con tracts, said one Army ROTC student who did not want to be identified. "Col. Gist went around to all the junior classes last week urging the I 'tys to sign their contracts, or at hast to rome in and talk to him about f em," the student said. Two juniors, who are now In the process of completing their contracts, d d go in to see the colonel, the stu dent said. They were thinking of not signing contracts, but the colonel "straightened them out." Most students who don't want to be officers simply drop out of the program before signing their con tracts. They need only to complete a drop and add form, as they would for any other class. T-One such student Is Chip Maly, a fiihlor from Lincoln who was formerly in NROTC. "I was patient with it for two years," he remarked. "I didn't like It; ' I didn't want to serve in the military for three years. I just couldn't live with it." A fourth reason was that ROTC took up important hours of Maly's time. After switching colleges, he said he desperately needed all the time available. Another student from Lincoln drop ped Army ROTC last year. "I'm glad I took it," said the student, who didn't want his name used. "I found out what a bunch of Mickey Mouse ROTC and the military really is." "I didn't like the marching, I didn't like the saluting, I didn't like saying 'sir' and I didn't want to be an of fleer," the student said. Jim Evinger, a student in teachers college, took two years of Army ROTC, but Is now considering apply ing for conscienscious objector status. IUs reasons for leaving the program are many. "One of the major reasons for dropping was that I didn't like the authoritarian aspects of the military," he commented. "I would look around at the other people in my class and I knew these were not the caliber of men that I could look up to as leaders," Evinger said. Academically, ROTC was very lacking, he commented. In addition, it just did not fit in with his future plans,. "I hope to enter the Peace Corps following graduation." he said. "I feel I can serve my country far better in there, in the Peace Corps, than I can in the military." While ROTC enrollment Is off, the Army continues to depend on the pro gram for new officers, Gist noted. Approximately one-third of the generals in the, Army today are pro-ducts-of ROTC. About half of the cur rent production of officers in the Army and Air Force are ROTC graduates. Approximately one-half of the officers from lieutenants to colon els are products of ROTC. To help provide the needed officers the three military leaders said they and their departments are constantly revising and evaluating the program a. hopes of making It more at tractive. Puhl, particularly, is making changes since he has more authority with the curriculum than the other iu umwrs. course substitution and BLOW YOURSELF UP V :0 : K, ft. Black and Whit 2ft.x3ftPosteronly)0 $4.93vtlut) m with rlsittt frwn $4 (V.S Mint) tP4 any blurt 4 arhit r tvtor shot upmft 10" (nviwfMitxt) antfun nma swmgtint" m rrm try Swmglinff ttaptor sr tut rfM H ftatw Mart O Boa IKS. cnJuM. N. V. 1137 tneten eatk, hcR or mwi ordf IntCOD'l) m tf (mown) 0( 1 1 00 w Mril ktow-K 4 00 Iw kh (nana aa ia i, kM lalaa Ma aar aceMcatN) Onf mat atial xtunw) ufManaal, SatNfaa. ftan (uwantaatf. AM 4Q n tar aaiiwa. wimiUNt : IW iV: tartMt ealtiM is t fL m.1 m ait loot rm ttwmi If 1 is mm iraauM em?tMaark. W! 10! tttstat nntl.N tat. a de-emphasis of marching and other things which smack of training are two examples of recent changes in the NROTC program. The enrollment drop in ROTC is by no means unique to Nebraska. For instance, at the University of Soutn Dakota, freshmen enrolees were down 73 per cest; at South Dakota State, freshmen Army ROTC students are down 48 per cent. The schools have abolished compulsory ROTC for the first time. At Creighton University in Omaha, enrollment totals in Army ROTC arc down to 307 from 845 that were enrolled last year. "There is no doubt that the Vietnam situation and the draft are un popular," Gist admitted. "But there will always be wars and there will always be a need for the army. Students who have not made plans for their service committment are just gambling." Campus YD's will host urban affairs symposium An urban affairs symposium spons ored by the University of Nebraska Young Democrats (YD's) is expected to stir controversy on race relations, according to Mick Moriarty, public relations director of YD's. Omaha Mayor Eugene Leahy, Ernie Chambers, black militant leader from Omaha; Art May, director of the Lin coln Action Program and Rev. Velton Randall of the Quinn Chapel in Lin coln are members of the symposium to be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Union. Moriarty explained that each speaker will talk for 15 to 20 minutes to be followed by a panel discussion among the members with questions coming from the audience and from other panel members. Chambers, who is very much op posed to anything Mayor Leahy has attempted in dealing with racial pro blems in Omaha, answered the re quest to speak at the symposium with an eight-page letter, said Moriarty. The letter was entitled "The Art of Political Lying or Leahy As Another Way to Spell Liar," according to Moriarty. Chambers attended Creighton University Law School, but quit the last semester before graduation, lie is barber on the Near North Side in Omaha and in addition receives in- YMCA Involvement group organizes Wednesday eve A new group on campus, SI-Y or Student Involvement Through the YMCA, will hold an organizational meeting Wednesday in the Union at 7 p.m., according to Darrell Stock, coordinator of YMCA activity for the University. Stock and another student, Jessie Payne, became Interested in the idea of starting a campus YMCA after at tending the national YMCA convention in St. Louis this summer. The national meeting Inspired concern for current problems, beginning with an anti-war demonstration and climaxed by a black power rally. The organization Is being set up primarily to direct volunteer ac tivities, either by Individuals or groups. Programs are being organized ut the State Hospital and at the Malone Center, but Stock emphasized that complete formulation of pluiTs would be up to members. SI-Y needs students to work as volunteers, to help set up the VI : ... If, i-J jll ! x a BRENDA VACCARO JOHN McGIVER BARNARD HUGHES COLOR fcDcLuxe W1NNH Or TMI "iwr urt n urn rwpTto i r Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1969 Nebraska Union 8 a.m. Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship 9 a.m. AWS Activities Mart Noon UAAD 3:30 p.m. American Marketing Club 4 p.m. ASUN 5:30 p.m. Toastmasters 6:30 p.m. Red Cross 7 p.m. Bowling Organizational Meeting 1FC Alpha Kappa Psi Builders SI-Y 7:30 p.m. Business and Economics Roundtable Math Counselors East Union Mech., Ag Engineers Student-Facuity Get-together NU-Vet Club - 7:00 come from his numerous speaking engagements and writing. Mayor Leahy was elected Omaha mayor last spring. He was graduated from Creighton University Law School and has previously served as a deputy Douglas County attorney and as a municipal court judge. May, director of the Lincoln Action Program, has a master's degree in sociology and has worked nine years as a social worker. He is interested in urban affairs and has spent the last four years in urban planning and redevelopment. Itev. Randall is pastor of the Quinn Chapel, located in southwest Lincoln. He is active in the black community and has devoted considerable time to working with youth. Moriarty noted there is great lack of communication between Mayor Leahy and Chambers. He foresees a heated discussion in race relations because Chambers doesn't like the Idea of going before a group of white people to speak. He therefore will probably take ad vantage of the situation to ask many questions of the audience, rather than wait to have the audience ask him questions. Tlie symposium is open to the public. The meeting room will be en nounced Thursday. organization, and to staff the office. "Most of all," added Stock, "we are Interested in finding people interested In confronting problems in the Lincoln community. We will involve anyone as much as they want to be Involved." A YMCA was active on the University campus before World War II, but the organization disintegrated during the war years and has not been revived until this year. East campus has a coed YMCA branch whose program centers on work for State Hospital. Stock attributed the lack of a cam pus YMCA to the fact that there are so few YMCA's In the state and not many students are familiar with their activities, He lamented the stereotype of YMCA events as strictly "gym-swim" activities. "We want to concern oursleves with more urgent, more current pro blems," he said. "We want to present a new image of the YMCA, so It can relate to college students." RUTH WHITE SYLVIA MILES ! 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