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page 2 daily nebraskan Wednesday, february 14, 1979 mm GUNNY'S COMPLEX 245 North 13th Street MOONLIGHT MADNESS jr Moonlight Madnesses. jr Hours Only! ..SAVE "10 ON ANY vyJ ITEM tT IN OUR C STORE! 3 All Sportswear All Dresses All Coats All Accessories Nothing Held Back! (Includes regular and sale priced merchandise) rHncflrnrirsEr uuu our hat's all vmn sweater's unravelled our parha leaks feathers. oujyg gloves are much travelled. fou'd lilte to replace them undone. ist your budget's JeU, donl sit there moping. hop ten until twelve-o - one. 3 1235 Que Gunny's 432-0090 J Private school rights debated By Randy Essex Members of the Legislature's Education Committee were warned Tuesday that the state could be left without any control of even public schools if a bill is not passed exempting private, denominational and parochial schools from that control LB4f 3, introduced by North Platte Sen. Myron 'turnery, would remove such private schools from restrictions regarding accred itation and certification of teachers. Representing Rumery, who was out of the state, was Mrs. Max Vanarsdall, who warned the committee that court history shows parents have the right to educate their children however they wish, and their right supercedes the state's right. "A group of Christian people have had to come before the Legislature to ask for something to get an explicitly stated con stitutional right," Vanarsdall said. Blair Sen. Walter George expressed con cern that the bill would allow cults to open schools in the state, and could not be regu lated. Risks with freedom "You have a problem when you begin to infringe on religious rights," Vanarsdall replied. "With freedom goes risk," Everett Sili van, a Louisville pastor told the senators. Silivan said weekday education programs of churches are an important part of "teaching the theistic lifestyle demanded by our God." He said the state could find itself with out control if it pursues six lawsuits it has filed against families wishing to educate their children in the ways of "their God." "Those of us who don't want money from the state, who don't want regulation, should be allowed our academic freedom," Silivan said. "I don't want you to think we protect our children," he said. "We teach them about communism, but we teach them what's wrong with it, not what's right about it like the public schools do." "Our heroes are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, not Martin Luther King, Jr. and some of the other civil rights lead ers," the Baptist pastor said. Book beefs Several proponents of the bill said they feel it is unfair to have to buy certain books in compliance with the State Depart- Take . stock m America ment of Education guidelines. But Stan Carlson, representing the de partment said there are no book lists published by the state which mandate what a school must have in its library. Silivan and Gilbert Neumann, a board member of the Temple Christian Academy in Omaha, said their schools are required to buy books that differ from what they want taught in their schools. Silivan said the books are marked off limits to pupils. Neumann said his school marks the books as not having been accept ed by the board as fact. All supporters of the bill argued that standardized tests show that students in private schools receive a "superior educa tion." "We're asking for a right that already exists," Neumann said. But Carlson said it is the traditional ob ligation of the state to assure education of all the children in the state. He said passage of the bill would interfere with the duties of truant officers. "A parent could simply say that a school has just been established in this home when the officer comes to check on the truant child," Carlson said. Carlson said the regulations imposed by the state are not strict. He said the state requires that certain courses be taught, but does not mandate the content or methodo logy of those courses. Also appearing in opposition to the bill was a representative of Nebraska Council of School Administrators. 7 gbrasEian USPS 144-080 Editor in chief: Pete Mason. Managing editor: George Wright. News editor: L. Kent Wolgamott. Associate news editors: Betsie Ammons, Amy Lenzen. Assistant news editor: Cindy Coglianese. Night news editor: Margaret Stafford. Assistant night news editor: Anne Carothers. Layout editor: John Minnick. Entertainment editor: Jill Denning. Sports editor: Rick Huls. Photography chief: Ted Kirk. Art director: Jack Raglin. Magazine editor: Deb Shanahan. Ombudsman: Jim Kay. Copy editors: Deb Emery, Mary Fastenau, Dave Ostdiek, Lynn Paustian, Sue Schaecher, Gail Stork, Jay Withrow. Business manager: Jerri Haussler. Production manager: Kitty Policky. Advertising manager. Denise Jordan. Assistant advertising manager: Pete Huestis. 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