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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
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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."
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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.
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