Homophile course
by BILL SMITIIERMAN
Nebraska Staff Writer
A unique course studying
homosexuality will be offered
at the University of Nebraska
for the first time next fall.
The course will be staffed by
several members of the
University faculty, according to
Louis Crompton, course
coordinator and professor of
English. It will consider the
homosexual not only from a
clinical viewpoint, but also as a
member of a minority group.
Homosexuality is now
discussed in general courses in
many colleges and others are
planning specialized programs,
Crompton said. But, none will
involve a number of diciplines
as does the Nebraska course.
THE CLASS will include
English, anthropology and
sociology studies, he said.
The course is aimed at pre
professional people to help
them understand the problems
of homosexuality, Crompton
said.
The course also may help
young homosexuals seek
guidance and counseling, he
added. "Most young homosex
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uals fear to approach
counselors, ministers or
friends with their problems for
fear of hostile reactions," he
added.
Lincoln is faced with a crisis
in it lack of people homosex
uals will trust, Crompton said.
Allan Pickering, former
minister of the United
Ministries to Higher Education,
had this trust while he was in
Lincoln, he said.
CROMPTON WILL be one of
the regular instructors. Also
included on the regular
teaching staff are James Cole,
director of the University
Clinical Training Program in
Psychology and Dr. Louis
Martin, psychiatrist of the
University Health Center.
"The 'Pro-Seminarin
Homophile Studies' is in line
with the report made by the
National Institute of Mental
Health Task Force on
Homosexuality last October,"
Crompton said. "The report
recommended setting up broad
interdepartmental courses on
homosexuality in colleges."
Crompton said the report also
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called for changes in Federal
Civil Service employment
practices, which now bar
homosexuals from government
jobs.
He explained the course will
be conducted with a number of
Prediction:
18-year-old vote
won't pass House
by FLOYD NORRIS
College Pmi Service
The voting age will not be
lowered by legislation in the
current session of Congress,
and chances for passing a con
stitutional amendment to allow
18 year olds to vote are con
sidered slim.
This is the view of most
observers here despite the
Senate passage of the
Mansfield amendment to the
Voting Rights Bill which would
allow 18-year-olds to vote in all
elections after January 1, 1971.
The bill now goes to the
House of Representatives. If
the House refuses to agree to
the Senate amendment, as ex.
pected, the question will be left
to a House-Senate Conference
Committee whose chairman,
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.)
has vowed to "fight like hell"
to kill the bill.
Since Celler, as House
JudiclaryCommittee
chairman, will appoint a ma
jority of the House conferees, it
can be expected they will not
be sympathetic to the idea of
lowering the voting age. Rep.
William McCulloch (R-Ohio),
the ranking Republican on the
Judiciary Committee, will ap
point Republican committee
members. He is believed to feel
the issue should not be decided
without hearings, which the
House has not held.
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offered
guest lecturers. These are
planned to include family
counsellors, probation officers,
law enforcement personnel and
others. The course will be cross
listed as Anthropology, English
and Sociology 27.
Although the Senate
overwhelmingly passed the
Mansfield amendment, its
conferees are not expected to
be much more disposed toward
the 18-year-old vote. Both
Senators James Eastland (D
Miss.), the Judiciary Com
mittee chairman, and Roman
Hruska (R-Neb.), the ranking
Republican, voted with the
minority on the motion to table,
and therefore kill, the
Mansfield amendment. The
motion lost by a vote of 21-62.
Senator Mansfield conceded
there would be "some dif
ficulty" in getting the bill past
the conference.
Opponents and proponents
both raised the specter of stu
dent riots in support of their
arguments. Supporters argued
that 18-year-olds need to be
given a "part of the action,"
and would be less likely to
resort to violence if they could
vote.
Senator Hugh Scott (R
Penn.), opposing the bill, asked
what would happen if the law
were declared unconstitutional
after 18-year-olds had voted in
the 1972 presidential election.
"No one can see what their
frustration might lead to," he
said. Senator James Allen (D.
Ala.), who leads the opposition,
thought he knew what would
happen. "You'd have a near
revolution In this country,"
said Allen.
Supporters pointed out that
over half the men who have
been killed in Vietnam were
under 21, and unable to vote.
Speaking of those who are
drafted at 18, Mansfield said,
"I think they have earned the
vote, and earned it far better
than any of us in this
chamber."
With the chances for lowering
the voting age almost zero,
some supporters questioned
whether It was that big a thing.
"After all," said one Senate
aide, "Eighteen-year-olds have
been voting for years la
Georgia, and they've got Lester
Maddox."
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Alpha Lambda Delta Pledging
Fund established
A memorial scholarship In
honor of a former Cornhusker
athlete, Willard "Dutch" A.
Witte, has been established in
the University of Nebraska
Foundation.
The donor is his brother,
Elmer F. Witte of Pawnee City,
who contributed $4,000 to the
Foundation for the endowed
Profs pick heads
The University of Nebraska
Chapter of the American
Association of University Pro
fessors has elected Desmond
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chemistry, as president.
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