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J- ? fflffl i i FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1970 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL. 94, NO. 46 March against Elks lodge planned by GARY SEACREST Nebraskan Staff Writer Believing that racism is primarily the problem of whites, a University organiza tion is planning a demonstra tion march Friday afternoon apainst the Lincoln Elks Lodge No. 80 which excludes blacks from its membership. "Through peaceful protest it is hoped the people of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska can be made aware of the pre judice and discrimination" of the Elks club, according to a statement of the Human Rela tions Insight League which is planning the march. The march Is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Union and precede to Elks Lodge No. 80 on 15th St., where there will be a program of speakers and a request for a dialogue with Elk Lodge of ficials. The march will then continue to the black Elks Lodge on 9th St to demonstrate the unnecessary "dual nature" of the club, according to the League statement. NU English instructor Michael Willey, a member of the League, said the demonstration will be in sup port of a boycott of the white What's Inside Dirt Cheap groceries , page 2 Entertainment page 5 Editorial comment - pages 9 and 7 Sports page 11 Lincoln Elks Club began by the Lincoln Human Rights Com mission and the League of Women Voters. The Human Rights Com mission has written to a number of organizations urging them to consider their use of the Elks Club's facilities, ac cording to Human Rights of ficer Gerald Henderson. Henderson said the Com mission is trying to bring public pressure against the Elks to end their discrimina tion. Richard H. Blomgren, ex alted ruler of Elks Lodge No. 80, said he will meet with the demonstrators Friday "to listen and discuss and give our side." Blomgren said membership qualifications are not determined by the Lincoln lodge, but by the national Elks organization. He said that an an Elks national convention in July, 75 per cent of the delegates voted to retain the present membership qualifica tions. Although barred from Finals to end before Christmas in '71 This time next year many students will probably be asking Santa for good grades on their final exams. According to a calendar approved by the Faculty Senate last Spring, finals next year will be before Christmas vacation. First semester classes will begin September 1, and end Decmcber 17. Finals will end December 23. Second semester classes will begin January 19, and end May 10. Finals will end May 17. The schedule includes a four-day Thanksgiving vacation and a nine-day Easter vacation. There will be one-day holidays on Labor Day, Spring Day, and Ivy Day. Second semester com mencement will be May 20. The new schedule reflects a national trend to complete the first semester' before Christmas, according to Udo Jansen, associate professor of Secondary Education, who chairs the Faculty Senate's Calendar and Examination Committee. As a result of the schedule change, students will no longer have to "gear up" for finals after a lengthy vacation, Jansen said. His committee's main problem was "trying to get the same number of instructional days in fewer months," Jansen reported. This problem was resolved mainly by cutting the length of finals from three to two hours and shortening the final exam .period to five days. Peace fair is 'people oriented' To "foster discussion of other things having to do with other kinds of peace," Ncbraskans for Peace (NFP) will co sponsor a Peace Fair Saturday according to coordinator Nick Mcinhardt. The fair, from noon until 6 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, was initiated also by the Lin coln Draft Information Service. At least 24 organizations from the Lincoln area will have a booth at the Fair. "All the organizations are for peace," Meinhardt said. "They deeply feel the need for people to get rid of their prejudices and bias and open themselves up to life." The fair will draw together organizations interested in changing the present structures and attitudes of society so that these may give way to people oriented values, he added. The Lincoln Action Program, the City-wld e-Tenants Organization, the Lincoln Volunteer Bureau and Zero Population Growth will all participate. University groups at the fair will include the Women's Action Group, the Student Volunteers Council and the Human Relations Insight League. Meinhardt also noted that the groups at the fair do not necessarily endorse NFP nor NFP them. The fair was originally to be planned and run by high school students. But, Meinhardt said, the students decided they wanted to open it to everyone and make it a community-wide event. The idea to sponsor the Fair grew from NFP's realization that many people didn't realize others were working to change present attitudes and struc tures. "People are saying that other people really aren't doing things, Meinhardt said. "A lot of people are working very hard." The coordinator hopes the fair will also be an educational experience for visitors. "Someone may learn something about a whole area with which he is already sym pathetic, but really doesn't know much about," he said. Live music featuring both rock and folk singing will alternate with films about urban environment, the quality of life, the war and people. The Lincoln Draft Information Service will provide draft counseling throughout the six hours. membership, blacks can be . guests of members at the Lin coln lodge. One of the questions involved, Blomgren said, is whether a group can establish a private organization. The League statement noted, "A magnificent white building houses this club and the membership of it is also white, only white but not nearly as magnificent." Addressing the demonstrators at the Elks Lodge No. 80 will be Larry Doerr of the United Ministries in Higher Education and spokesmen from the League of Women Voters and the Free Speech Movement, according to Willey. Survey to study drugs A study of the attitudes of University students toward ding usage is being undertaken by the Student Health Center. A questionnaire designed to determine what students per ceive to be the most frequently used drugs and whether or not they use them is being mailed to a random sample of stu dents, said Dr. Gary Martin, epidemiologist at the center. Names for mailing the ques tionnaires were obtained from a random sample taken' from computerized enrollment records. Questionnaires include a pre addressed envelops which may be returned through campus mail. "We hope to use the results of the survey to determine how effective drug education programs are and what new ones are needed," said Dr. Martin. "The questionnaire is short, relatively easy to fill out and completely anonymous. There is no way to "check on any person who reports being a drug user." 6 if, I- a '-.ft..' frlday morning 4. a.m. (early in december) the wind is flouting an aubade to forsaken summers. the flies have come inside to die as dandelion lower their proud domes, weeping for Fallen brethren. frlday morning 4 a.m. talks of rays of white that begin to streak by my window, blinding the sightless dark. if I could learn from one snowflake how to float in mindless currents, t could rescue all the leaves impatient Fall has left behind. V i" I X L XS 1 f " v .t 4
