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rnMPULSORY LECTURES AGAIN
C0MP (McCill Daily)
The matter of compulsory lectures
, McGill has not been discussed,
' ,5T- io the Arta Bui,d'
F but it has been brought to our
.?Hon frequently during the last
J" Tars It is indeed timely that
a. subject be again introduced for,
2r that the Faculty of Arts is to
! Serience an outward change some
vLe in the inner form might be
I sable It is an .Iteration in
whi h no dely is nec8ary- ere
.re no financial problems, such as
tad in the case of the Arts Build
ing, involved; no detailed plans are
Lincoln Theatre
THIS WW
Thrills and frills with"
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In Her GrMt.it Achlvmnt
IRENE
With Chrli Murray
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On th Stag
MISSES
NOVEY LEWIS HILLE
Sinfinf and Playing h
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WILBUR CHENOWETH '.
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THIS WEEK
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Vera Reynolds
In the Romantic Story
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needed. All that is required is a
simple piece of legislation, and the
handing out to the student of "sugar
coated" lectures in fixed doses and
the element of compulsion, so dis
agreeable in any event, would be
terminated. Added independence
would be given the student. As an
inevitable result we would get the
stimulation of keener and more origi
nal research at McGill.
Let us see what our own principal
has to say on th esubject In Sir
Arthur Currie's annual report we
find:
"The evils of overlecturing are ob
"vious enough. Three lectures per
"diem given at irregular hours both
"in the morning day overmuch and
"so tend to cause the formation of
"divided desultory habits of daily
"work. When compulsory lectures
"are so frequent the contents of the
"lectures themselves accumulate so
"rapidly that even the most careful
"thorough student is compelled to
"make the lectures the basis of his
"study and to confine his independ
ent study to such small parts of the
"subject as will best serve to com
"plete his lecture notes for examina-
"tion purposes. Finally the habit of
"dumb listening to oral lectures
"month after month for four long
"years always tends, slowly but sure
"ly, to undermine the student's nat
"ural initiative to undertake free,
"independent study an dresearch of
"his own in any subject."
The lecture system as a whole is
week, and the compulsory system
only serves to make it weaker. The
students as Sir Arthur points out
realising only too well the inade
quacies of the present method be
come mere fact-receptacles. They
must absorb the lectures and when
they have absorbed them no time
is left fo roriginal study and work
on the subject that original study
and work which is more important,
more significant than all the lectures
combined.
What is more the vast majority of
students theaverage 'students un
der the present system of lectures,
possessing no critical faculty of their
own, unable to discern betwen one
viewpoint and another, take every
statement handed out to them for
granted and after duly digesting and
memorizing these statements return
them to the professor by the way of
the examination paper. How bored
the professor must have been to have
his own opinions and ideas thrown
back at him in this way! How much
better would it be if the student
could at least show on his examina
tion some results of his own reading
and study some conclusions which
he himself has reached! Instead of
encouraging keen, logical criticism
and thought the present lecture sys
tem serves to blunt the appetite for
knowledge, to dull the mental facul
ties, to bore a student for four long
years and then send him out stuffed
with numerous facts, totally unable
to use his own brains intelligently.
Furthermore, how jarring it is for
a student who has done excellent
work by himself to receive a note the
day before an examination inform
ing him that he has missed more than
one eighth of hi slectures and there
fore will not be permitted to write.
Quite often, were that student given
an opportunity to write he would
submit a far better paper than the
many.pluggers wno, having recorded
everything faithfully, like grama
phones, begin to repeat all when the
order is given to begin writing.
Those who have experienced the
delights of independent research, of
contrast and study, of using lectures
merely as guides to intellectual food,
rather than as the food itself, of dig
ging out and making discoveries all
shout loudly for a change. Per
haps, in this age of rapidly moving
events at McGill the time is not too
remote when compulsory lectures
will no longer exist here? The legis
lation could be slow and steady. We
could start by emancipating the sen
iors. After a time we could project
the legislation and give the juniors
liberty. At a still later date the
sophomores might be included. Only
for the freshmen would the present
rule remain. As newcomers to col
lege they must of necessity become
acquainted with the general trend of
college life. One year of tedious
note-taking and boredom should not
be too harmful fer first year students
On The Air
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over KFAB (840.7)
broadcasting
Twenty Years Ago
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MONj TUES. WED.
Vaudeville' Daintiest Dancer
Dorothy Byton
In a Beautiful Offering with
A Sevtrtt ol Pretty
"SNAPPY STEPPERS
The Ma.ter Mind of Poetry
EDDIE FOYER
The Man ol Thouaand P "
Keene & Williams
In Their Laughable Rural Skit
"YOU CANT FOOL ME, BY
HECK."
Th. Incomparable Xylophoniat
EL COTA
With th Vera t til. Dancer
BEE BYRNE
In Everything Different
Dr. H. L. Shantz, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture, delivered
the annual address before the local
chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Sig
ma Xi at the Temple Theater. His
subject was illustrated.
Thirteen snappy skits were secured
for the Pan-Hellenic stunt program
given at the Alpha Sigma Ehi housr
Fraternity and sorority Greeks ar
ranged an evening of local talent
production that was expected to mark
the inauguration of an annual af
fair among the secret organizations.
During four hours of one day more
than two hundred students were
turned away from the library on ac
count of insufficient accommodations
for study.
Bible study work, instituted in the
University fraternities, was meeting
with good success.
There was unusual activity in TJnl
versity athletics. Never had Ne
braska experienced so busy and suc
cessful an indoor season. All teams
sent out brought credit to themselves
and the institution they represented
Wednesday, February 24
0:30 to 9:55 a. m. Weather re
port by Prof. T. A. Blair. Road re
port and Announcements.
10:30 to 11:00 a. m. "Meal Plan
ning an Important Factor in the,
Home," by Miss Maude Vedder, In
structor in the Textiles and Clothing
Division, Department of Home Econ
omics. 1:15 to 1:30 p. m. "The Choice
of a Life Work," by C. A. Fulmer,
State Director of Vocational Educa
tion.
Musical numbers by Miss Mary
Elizabeth Sproul, Contralto.
3:00 to 8:30 p. m. Third lecture
of a Radio-Correspondence Course
for Credit on Act 1, Scene 3 and 4 of
The Philosophy of a Ranchman of
Uz" an interpretation of the Book
of Job, by Professor F. A. Stuff, of
the Department of English, (Profes
sional). For outlines and suggestive
questions, address the University Ex
tension Division.
8:05 to 8:30 p. m. "Conrtol of
Some Insect Pests of the Season" by
N. H. Ewenk, Professor of Entomology.
"Dairy Sire Exchange The Bull
Association," by E. N. Hansen, In
structor in Dairying.
Freshmen are Under Rules
FreBhmen of University of Califor
nia are now prohibited to talk to wo
men on the campus or smoke any
thing but a corn cob pipe, and of
course wear nothing but the "Frosh
hat.
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Story and an Unuiual Theme,
At the Orpheum Thia Week
"The Road to Glory" which has a
five-day run at the Orpheum this
week is the road that leads to glori
ous entertainment with May McAvoy
in the leadii.g feminine role. It is
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the Devil's own highway. Don't miss
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Saturday. Adv.
TEACHERS neded now.
BOOMERS TEACHERS AGENCY,
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Western Electric Company is to
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