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THE DAILY NEBRASK AN The Daily Nebraskan tsrtisti A, Lbnh, Nebraska OFFICIAL PUBLICATION at ib UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA UaeW Dfc-Kttesi f ties Stuaeat Publkatlsa Beard MEMBER; JICMBERL I Association J9 2 5 Tats inj k miMiM Mr feaeral errsr mZTw iKarssfca AsseeUtssa. The College Press Paallaaad TeMsaar, Wednssdsy, Thursday, Friday ad Sunday BMHiait Qunn - e-.ul.l - 1 Inlvar.ltv Hall 10. Olttoe Hour Afternoons with tha sscep- Maa al rruay aaa auaaay. Talspfceaes Day. B-M91. No. 143 tint) Nlh, B-M82. (1 Baslnass OJHca University Hall 10 B Offlca Haara Afternoons with tha sscep- tloa al Friday and Sunday. TJhans Tsr B-68BI, Na. 143 (S riaa.) Nichl, B-6MJ Enters as sacona-ciass mautr a ui paatslflea in Uneaki, Nebraska, under act r . r . U L. CTO anil M ansM-ijll rats el aaaufa praxui w.. . act er October 3, 117, authorissd January 20, lvZa. SUBSCRIPTION RATE ej a vaar $1.25 a ssroestsr Slnfla Copy, B cants EDITORIAL STAFF Hush B. Cax .....Editor Philip O'Hanlon . Msnsirlnf Editor William Card ..... News Editor Julius Frandssn Victor HackKMT ..... Nsws Ed tor Edward Marrow News Editor AUca Thuman Nsws Ed tor Doris Trott .....News Ed tor Ruth Sched Asst. Nsws Editor John Charvat ...Asst. Nsws Editor BUSINESS STAFF FlrVhoff Business Manaaer Otta Skold Asst. Bus. Manager Simpson Morton Circulation Manacer Oscar Keshn .......Circulation Manafer CO-EDUCATION. A well known magazine carried some months ago an article in which it was argued that an educational in stitution which was attended by both men and women did not give its stu dents as thorough or complete an education as does one which is not coeducational. The question here raised is one which is settled as far as state uni versities are concerned. A state can not discriminate in providing for the education of its citizens. It must educate both men and women. The only way it can avoid discrimination and at the same time coeducation, is to establish two separate and distinct institutions one for the men and one for the women. The expense involved in the duplication of equip ment and faculties would be so great that it would outweigh, in the minds of the tax payers, any possible bene fits. To the young man or woman, however, who has the opportunity of deciding whether to attend a coedu cational school; and to the board of trustees of a private institution which must decide whether or not it will open its doors to both sexes, this problem is a vital one. It is generally agreed that the pur pose of an education is not so much to give the students a number of facts as it is to train him to think clearly and critically and to be inter ested in intellectual things. The problem raised by the magazine ar ticle is the practical one of deciding whether coeducation is effective in providing such training. The effectiveness of a school may be judged more by its undergraduate atmosphere than by any other one thing. Ample physical equipment, an excellent faculty, will not suffice if the students are not interested in the j things which the equipment and the faculty represent. The students must be interested in thought, they must be able to think, they must have an intellecutal curiosity which will cause them to want to think. To the ex tent to which this atmosphere pre vails the institution will be success ful. aaa An examination of the interests of the undergraduates in a coeducation al school will disclose the basis for the criticism made against the sys tem. The striking fact is that the atmosphere, by comparison with that of a non-coeducational school, is so cial rather than intellectual. The presence of both men and women leads to a development of a social life which often threatens to subor dinate the curriculum. The interest many of the students is not in intel lectual activity but in the multipli city of social activities which are open to them. The lecture room, the library, the laboratory, are overshad owed by the tea-dance, the movie theater, and the formal party. This statement may seem to some to be exaggeration but an examination of the atmosphere of coeducational in stitutions especially the larger state universities of the Middle West, hold good. The number of students whose attention and interest is di verted by the social life is alarmingly large. The nory-coeducational school does not completely eliminate this evil. In such a school, nevertheless, the at mosphere is essentially different for the reason that the social life char acteristic of a coeducational college cannot exist without the presence of numbers of young men and women. The absence of this distraction makes the atmosphere of the college more conducive to thought an intellectual activity. The student who has the opportun ity' to choose or reject coeducation should bear these facta in mind. The eoncept of young men ' and women absorbing wisdom at the feet of the same teacher is an education which lays too much stress on fox-trot and STORY OF AN IDEA. Amherst is a proud little college. For generations it has held a place among America's famous universi ties. Its pride arises neither from towering buildings nor imposing numbers. Knowledge That is the source of Amherst pride. It is a well of knowledge from which many have drunk and become famous. As celebrated as any who have tasted of its learning is Dr. Alexan der Meickeljohn, former president of the university, advocate of self-rule by students and one of the world's most distinguished educators. Fame came to this man some years ago, but not for his accomplishments or po sition in life. Frankly, it came to him because of an idea, and his life has been the story of that idea. Thirteen years have passed since he first expressed that idea in his in augural as president of Amherst, and in that time it has become the for vent purpose of his career. Perceiv ing faults in the existing order of ed ucation, he set about to remedy them. In the midst of powerful and wide spread opposition he set his idea. When new ways come into conflict with old, struggle and pain always follow. So it was in the case of Dr. Meickeljohn. Pressure was brought to bear which resulted in his resigna tion after eleven years of faithful ap plication of the educational princi ples in which he believed. Compelled to choose between his own ways and those of a group, he selected the for mer, saying, "I differ from most of you on the issues of life, and I am going to keep it up." He has kept it up. Still clinging to his idea, he has brought it before the nation. The Century magazine carries an account of his idea this month. He has been in San Francis co this week to lay it before us. In effect it is simply this: 1. The college of today is a con fusion of action, thought and effort. In the midst of it all there is a con viction of relative futility and scat tered effort. In order to lend uni formity and coherence to the process of collegiate education he maintains that the college of tomorrow must be small. Its faculty must not number more than 25 or 30; its student body not more than 300. 2. Because our knowledge has be come a great mass of special studies, he suggests that we devote the fresh man and sophomore years to thestudy not of disjointed courses, but of two characteristic civilizations, say the Greek and the present day French. The philosophy, sociology, science, history, economics, politics, art, and literature of these periods would thus be placed before the student, who, in the course of learning, would be expected to form an idea of what he wished to study in the junior and senior years. 3. Because the student must find himself in a community of taste and learning which can best be achieved by intimate contact with the instruc tor, he would substitute for lectur ing a scheme of tutorial instruction. That in brief is the idea for which Dr. Meickeljohn is striving. Radical, you say? Impossible? Who knows? Men laughed at Columbus when he claimed the world was round The Daily Californian. Calendar Friday, February 13 Chi Omega Formal, Scottish Rite Temple. Kappa Sigma Formal, Lincoln. Gamma Phi Beta House Dance. Phi Omega Pi House Dance. Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Party, Agricultural College Campus. Alpha Omicron Pi House Dance. Xi Psl Phi House Dance. Art Club, Library. Catholic Student Club Party, K. C. Hall. Lutheran Club Banquet. Saturday, February 14. All University Valentine Party. Phi Kappa Psi Valentine Party. Phi Gamma Delta Formal, K. C. Hall. Lambda Chi Alpha House Dance Phi Tau Epsilon House Dance. Kappa Psi House Dance. the collection of valuable specimens. I The material has been used in an exceedingly rough manner on ac count of the meager displacement and unsafeness of the geology build ing. J. H. Canfield spoke at Convoca tion yesterday on the broadness of I the Nebraska spirit which charac terizes the University. Mr. Canfield is a former chancellor of the Univer sity of Nebraska and was a visitor in Lincoln. TOWNSEND Portraits. "Pre serve the present for the future." Adv. idovoucombi your Mr? For neat ap pearance, the great aid to success. Keep your hair combed all day with 5KP-GD C6loss-Comb) THE ORIGINAL LIQUID HAIR DRESS Real Men and Boys Bod for Sample Bottle Veal muss, sad 10a far ganamia bate). Wnsnsr Prsdaets O- MUXeUaiar A. La. Aaflss.Oal. r Twenty Years Ago C. H. Morrill, ex-regent of the University offered to give $5,000 to strengthen the museum provided the state is willing to appropriate money to make the proper addition to the building as then used. He refused to see the valuable collections that are delivered to the University bur ied under ground and stored in boxes. Mr. Morrill had been interested in past geological expeditions of the University and was instrumental in sendjng out yearly expeditions for Ten Yeprs Ago Professor Lucile Eaves gave an il lustrated lecture on "Child Labor in I the United States," Tuesday at Con vocation. Miss Eaves brought the child labor problem home to her lis teners by showing pictures of some very unsatisfactory child labor con ditions which could be seen not morel than three blocks from the Univer sity campus. One of these pictures showed unsanitary conditions among newsboys and the deplorable envir onments in which they were placed. Four rehearsals a week were be ing held on the new Kosmet Klub play, "The Easy Mark." Professor Scott is sparing no efforts to put the touch of professionalism upon those taking part. 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Tuxedos for All the "Formals" There was a time when it was quite an event to get into a Tuxedo now its a weekly event perhaps of tener. You just can't get along without one. You'll like our Tuxedos. They cer tainly are reasonably priced at $25 ani $35 r0Hatty ARMSTRONGS ApprtlFvNcn. Women d Children glllill!!!:!!!! HELP Help in solving the problem of what and where to buy is one of the services of The Daily Nebraskan. In its advertising columns may be found the suggestions of the representative stores of Lincoln, catering to and espec ially prepared to satisfy the wants of the university student. Read the advertisements and profit by them. The Daily Nebraskan J Read daily by eight thousand not enough on the humanities.