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THE DAILY NEBEASEAN Statla A. Lhmh, Nafcratka. orrnriAi, publication tniiTVitarrT or nhrasia V4af Dlraatlaa ot tlx fitaeant Publication Boara raaltifca Tuaaday, Wadnaadar, Tliura aar, Friday and Sunday morning! during tfca utdMili yaar. Editorial Offleaa ITnWaralty Ball 4. Bnitnma Offleaa Wait atand of SUdlum. Offlra Hoora Afternoon with th iop ttofi of Friday and Sunday. TalaphonM Kditoriali BAtl. No. 141; BualnaMi I)48l. Na. T7 I Night I B4S8J. Entarad aa aaeond-elaaa mattar at Ui Matnffica In I4neoln, Nabraika, nnder act at Oniroia, March S, 1S7, and at apaeial rata of poataga proyldrd for in aeuon nvs, M of Octobar I, 1(17, authoriiad January M, 121. SUBSCRIPTION RATE t a yaar II. 5 a aamaatar Blngla Copy, ( eanta EDITORIAL STAFF Tolta W. Torray Editor Victor T. Hackler Managing Editor NEWS EDITORS Jollui Frandacn, Jr. Elice HoloytcMnar IlUUcant Olnn Laa Vanea Arthur Sweat ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS Herbert D. Klly Neola Bkala Fred R. Zlmmar CONTRIBUTING EDITORS William Cejnar Victor T. Hackler Kenneth W. Cook Edward Morrow BUSINESS STAFF Otto Bkold Bualna Manager Bteapeon Morton Aaat. Bnninesl Manager Nl.land Van Aredala Circulation Manager Richard F. Vetta. .Circulation Manager Seventh Heaven The Music Master Candida White Collars Sun Up Henry IV (First Part) Craig's Wife So This Is London The Auctioneer There you have the tentative list of plays to be given at the Tem ple theater next winter by the Uni versity Players. The only thing missing from the advanced announce ment is a note, which we think should have been inserted, stating that the play winning the first prize in the University's annual contest would be presented for three nights as one of the regular numbers on the season program. Given proper encouragement, stu-jby dents of this University might pro-! duce literary work of surprising : merit. The Players will be unfortunate next year in being without the as- sistance of Al Erickson, who has .in the highest individual development served as business manager, for the j in order to secure "leadership that is past four years. There are few equipped with sound information, men on the campus as competent to I trained and philosophic minds, and manage such productions as Mr. Er- developed personalities" merits ap ickson, and few who would fulfill the , proval. This lack of purpose and duties so faithfully. And unlike many correlation of courses of the arts busines managers, he does not shy college was one of the complaints of nwnv like a scared horse every time 'Mr. Starr. Isn't the similarity of a new idea comes along. The articles on The Liberal Arts College by Douglass Orr which were j P essi"al roll-book, absence slips published in The Daily Nebraskan a and credit system. W hy not? .... k. o No more disinterested and thorough short time ago seems to have at- ... . . s. tracted more attention from instruc. work is done anywhere than ,n French tors than from students. But "The lumyers.t.es where all this kindergar New Student," which has a large cir-! Paraphernalia is lacking. Un culation among undergraduate at der the present system it pays vvcll to many institutions, wrote for special be nothing more than a soulless ui- copies of the articles, that they may be summarized and reviewed in that publication. Most of the older faculty members with whom we have discussed Mr. Orr's proposals, disagree with him and hold that such views are largely the result of inexperience. But many of the younger instructors and professors express approval of part, at least, of his ideas. All interested persons have been repeatedly urged to put their opinions in writing for! their early enthusiasm and with it the benefit of The Daily Nebraskan 'sj their desire for real learning. Fresh readers, and one of the instructors .men classes are usually more inspir who was graduated from the Arts ing than advanced classes. They College himself comparatively re cently does so in a letter which ap pears in the "Other Opinions" col umn today. Tonight a committee of five stu dents, with Mr. Orr as chairman, will attend a meeting of the Arts College faculty and present a report on the series of student discussions held this spring. I he undergraduates, to do sure, know much less about the sub ject than the professional educators, but their statements will at least be honest and sincere. The only regrettable feature is that such a formal procedure is necessary. If the teachers want to know what students think of their courses, they should go out like story-book kings and princes in dis guise (concealing only their profes sional dignity, of course) among their subjects. The finest teachers are not ne cessarily those with the longest string of degrees or the most envi able scholastic reputation, but those who are the most interested in their students. Occasional chats between individual students and teachers, luncheons together now and then, and informal visits to rooms are more profitable than rigid presenta tions of reports business methods may be efficient, but they are not always effective. In a few more days the alumni will be returning for Round-up fes tivities. The plan of holding the Round-up before examinations has many disadvantages but if the spon sors succeed in bringing old and new students together, giving each gen eration a bit of pleasant contact with the other, and eliminating a few of the misconceptions and misunder standings common between persons of different ages, the inconveniences will be fully compensated for. The success of the promoters in this respect will be determined by the spirit with which both students and alumni enter into the program. The fplendid attendance at the! .!:-t.uri Valley meet Saturday after- noon encouraged friends of the sport There is something about a track meet which is absent from nearly all other forms of athletic contests. We shall not attempt to define it; but everyone who has perched in the Stadium with a col orful and constantly moving human picture on the field before him, and a thrilling: and intense attitude of expectancy pervading the very at mosphere knows what it ia. Tho sight of a man running more perfectly than, any machine could be ever made to run, and tho tnougm that he is setting a record which racers on all sides of the globe will strive to equal, combine to give one a tinelinir feeling that crowds out all other sensations for the moment, and lives in memory for many days. A football or baseball victory gives only the satisfaction of beat iiiir one other particular team, but when Locke tears down the cinders. he is rncing against the world, and he knows it and the crowd knows it. That is one reason why track is the king of sports. Other Opinions The Daily Nebraskan assumes no responsibility for the senti ments expressed by correspon dents and reserves the right to exclude any communications whose publication may for any reason seem undesirable. In all cases the editor must know the identity of the contributor. A REPLY My reaction to the series of nrti- Icles by Douglass Orr? Roughly speaking, the writer agrees with ninety per cent of what Mr. Orr had j to say. Mr. Orr's opinion needs no apology, By creaMng an ideal arts college and contrasting that college with the present college he has used one of the soundest methods we know of arriving at new knowledge the meth of comparison. His idea of the purpose of an arts college of a state university to aid reaction of senior, undergraduate and alumnus highly significant? Mr. Orr favors abolition of the tellectual ape of the teacher, The "red cockatoos" of our social organizations are poor samples com pared with those inevitably produced by our "kirJergarten" system. Stu dents tome to the University inter ested in learning, on the whole. The University talks about credit, grades and hours. By the time the students become seniors they talk likewise. There were classes they wanted to take. Thanks to it all they lose have more ideas, are less artificial and deceptive. They even seem, in class discussion, to coordinate their subjects better. Beginning classes stage some glorious scraps; the up per classes have a tendency to be come listlessly artificial. Once in a while there is an exception. As the freshmen advance, whether in class or in the social organization, they seem to become more purposeless. They seem, in that regard, to take after the arts college. Once in a while, too, there are members of a class or a social organization who are more interesting in their senior year than in their first year, men and wo men alike. The above is not necess arily a complete condemnation of the social organizations. One encounters at times, individuals whose best act at the University has been to join a social organisation. The attempt here is simply to substantiate, from class-room observation, Mr. Orr's point that "kindergarten" methods do not produce university students. The hypocritical artificiality of the relationship between teachers and students, which the writer is pleased to call the educational caste system, is indefensible. Snobbish ness and conceit are not to be ex cused, even in a teacher. Compare the intellectual snobbery of the av erage teacher toward his students with the intellectual democracy of Socrates. If somebody is inclined to doubt the sanity of the writer on the relationship of the teacher and his class, he would do well to read an article by Stephen Bush, head of the Department of Romance Lan guages, University of Iowa, which appeared in the December issue of the "Modern Language Journal." He will receive a worj-c shock. One of the instructor's at the Al lance Francaise erased that caste system so thoroughly that we always thought of the instructor as "one of ours." That instructor's class is the most ideal the writer has ever at tended. The class was interested in French, and composed of undergrad uate American students! The in structor had no grades to give, no credits to award, and was not even responsible for the comprehensive ovnminfttion. There was never any deception on the part of tho teacher or clasx All reason for such de tention was entirely lacking. Any body who has read Mr. Orr's articles will see that such an ideal class fits right in with Mr. Orr's ideal arts college.. The writer is in Blight disagree' ment with the conception of the or ganization of the junior division covering two years. More ideal is a Junior division which a diligent atu dent can finish in two years; others, three years. It is somewhat similar to the conception in force at the University of Iowa. For various reasons the order of courses ought not to be prescribed but only Bug gested. Below is a junior-division schedule. It is quitj similar to that of Mr. Orr. The writer welcomes criticism. The passing of comprehensive ex aminations in seven of eight of the following fields to be a prerequisite to entry into the senior division. Comparative Literature (12 hrs. Lit. 101, 102; F. A. 167, 168). History (6 hrs. Hist. 3,4.) Mathematics. Modern Language (12 hrs.) Biological Evolution (Botany and Zoology). Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry). Cosmic Science (Geology, Astron omy and Geography.) Classical Language. The courses in science should be such that a student can go on with the specialized courses in the sci ences. Provision can and ought to be made for the student who comes with a scientific trend of mind. If not, the College of Arts and Sci ences ought perhaps to be divorced, as some prominent educators have suggested. Mr. Orr suggests two languages, one a continuation of language from high school. Fine! Everybody in language work at the University knows that few students go on with the lancuacre thev started in hieh school. The present system makes them afraid of a flunk or low gradA rather than encouraging them to master a language. The teachers admit the situation privately with a smile and a shrug. The hypocrisy of the grade system ought to go in an institution which pretends to be interested in learning. English should be a required course. Ability to pass a compre hensive examination in a foreign language, English, or any other sub ject, on entry into the University should release the student from fur ther requirement in that field. Space forbids reasons. A few electives in the junior di vision merits support. Space prohibits the more detailed plan the writer has in mind. He feels, from indications here and there in Mr. Orr's articles, that there is practically complete agreement on detail. Let v it be added that Mr. Orr's study and the writer's, despite their unanimity, have been absolutely independent studios. The sketch of the work in the senior college wins approval: re quired courses in the history of phil osophy (Philosophy 151, 152), and world problems (Political Science. Economics and Sociology) ; the se lection of a field for specialization which would require about two- thirds of the last two years. Mention is made of the probabil ity of the release of instructors who have not secured a Ph. D. degree or a professorship after three years. Will Mr. Orr kindly road nn essay entitled "The ?h. D. Octopus," by William James? The essay can be found in James' "Memories and Stu dies." The following is taken from this essay: "The second way lies with both the universities and colleges. Let them bive up their unspeakably silly ambition to bespangle their lists of officers with these doctorial titles. Let them look more to the substance and less to vanity and sham." "Every man who might take a higher degree, and refuses to do so, because examinations interfere with the free following out of his more immediate intellectual aims, de serves well of his country, and in a rightly organized community, would not be made to suffer for his inde pendence." The number of teachers, with onry an A. B., teaching even advanced courses at Yale, according to a fair ly recent catalogue, is astounding. The best language teacher tho writ er ever had could display only an A. B. One of the best instructors in literature was adorned with only a lowly A. B. It is highly interest ing to note that the late Prof. Fogg taught five years as instructor at Brown, beginning immediately after he had received his A. B. Why is n't study under great masters the equivalent of the compilation of a soulless thesis? A student should be allowed of his own volition to leave a class from which he gets nothing. Why not? That would be a simple way of getting' more effective teaching. But tho Ph. D. trust, in self-defense of their titles will never permit such vitalization of the teaching profes sion. 1'alk about the "closed cor poration" of the Innocents! The grade system bobs up again to com plicate such vitalization in our uni versities. - , Like Mr. Starr the writer once at tempted to secure an education from the University. Time and time again the University prevented it, just as many other universities are doing, The scientific departments, for ex ample, with one exception, wanted to make a specialist of him. The scien tific departments of the University have no sincerer friend than the un dersigned. Yet the writer has had to gain an appreciation of the sci ences, in spite of his university, by reading widely. A year ago the writer received his master's degree, an empty title save for the memory of the courses taken in connection therewith. Nothing is closer to tjie writer's heart than the courses in biological science, cosmic science, psychology, etc' The writer knows full well with what smiles a "standardized" faculty of most uni versities will view a Ph. D. who goes into such courses. So it's now or never. N.. Mr. Orr, your qualified approval of the Ph. D. maneuver and its sponsors sincerely think that they are doing the best for the University -is a denial of your plea in article X for a more broadly trained fa culty. JThe two ideas are absolutely incompatible. The writer is going to follow the advice of William James. It's going to be a warm old time; but the warmer, the merrier. Tho answer to your request, Mr. Editor, has been frank. Written otherwise it would be false and worse than useless. But it is an answer that is free from malice or hate. The writer doesn't care a snap of his fingers what the feelings of others towards him may be. It suf fices for him to know that although he dissents most vigorously from the opinion of others, he cherishes to wards those with whom he differs, high or low, only the kindliest of personal feelings. On the campus he knows but one loyalty: loyalty to the vision of a finer Alma Mater. WE SECOND THE MOTION! Frederick Ware, writing in "The Sportolog" of The Omaha World-Herald, makes the follow ing little contribution to the vol umnious discussions of athletic rules: Those may prove excellent rules that the inter-allied dumas of the Missouri Valley conference have adopted. They possibly can do their bit toward extracting the strain .of pro-ism that has crept into intercol-1 legiate athletics, into football es pecially. Thus in some measure the , new rules reconcile faculty members who have been gravitating rapidly ; in the direction of a militant anti- j attitude toward athletic sports. But will they actually be en- j forced? Especially that one pro hibiting tho issuance of football equipment before September 15? I haven't read the rules as drafted, but tho Associated Press summary of it indicated that the only restriction was that placed upon the supplying J V If Published I for the II Communication J Industry I lfl Western of paraphernalia before- the stipula ted date. There still seems nothing to pre vent groups of veterans and tyros from assembling, even on the cam pus, in overalls, golf panties, R. O. T. C. khaki, or B. V. D.'s, and going through the rudiments of the game under the direction of the best quali fied veteran. If this is true, then the new rule in reality is no more stringent than fhe old one, which kept coaches and their assistants from taking charge until the middle of September. If memory serves, this measure which the bosses have sought to bulwark was passed with the idea of restricting all football practice to a period of starting after September 15. But the eager coaches, with the assistance of more eager alumni, found a legal detour without much mental wracking. The squads were turned loose on the fields, supplied with the necessary garb and accout rements, but without a pedagogue, so far as the terms of the law applied. However, there was plenty for one and two-year veterans to pound into virgin skulls. And they did it. And the team that had the ablest lay teacher got the best start on Septem ber 15. As I said, I may be wrong. Per haps the press reports did not quote the rules in full. If the measure absolutely prohibits assemblies of squad members at any time or at any place before September 15, then the rule is likely to prove a boon to amateur sports treasuries if it can be economically enforced. But if such a strict prohibition as that just mentioned was included, the enforcement business very probably will have to be modelled somewhat after that of the dry constabulary and snoopn-y of our great republic. Perhaps such an organization, spy ing on sport, would met with greater success that the booze beagles. Campus stool pigeons would have to dog the movements of every football veteran and prospect. They would snitch their evidence to a Val ley duma member. The high com mission would be summoned in exe cutive session, to mete out a pen JEWELRY MAKES AN APPROPRIATE AND DESIRABLE GRADUATION GIFT IT LASTS FOREVER FENTON B. FLEMING 1143 "O" Sk ..4- IV S ' - V - a73 To mountain climbers about to cross a plateau THIS is a thought for seniors about to set forth on the world's biggest climb their careers. Educators tell us that mental growth, if diagrammed, would show a succession of mountains and plateaus. Progress in in dustry, too, has its plateaus the periods when you seem merely to be marking time. Hut is it time lost? Older graduates, now executives in industry, say "No." They re call this as really a chance to find one's self, to get one's second wind for the next climb ahead. And they recall the fact that this whole journey, up the mountain and across the plain, is a great adventure with each man blazing his own trail, working out his own individu ality in the various technical and commercial activities of modern business. EMctric Cotfiinanw Makers of the Nation's Telephones i alty. An effective penalty would be to sentence the guilty athletes to make an average class room grade of not less than 90 per cent during the re mainder of their college careers, or be evicted, and the awful facts broadcast to the world. Would such a penalty tax the membership quota of -Phi Beta Kap- PaT Ah, no I But it would make cer tain beyond question of a doubt that there would be no football practice of any kind before mid-September. WE ANNOUNCE ADDITION of S new Chrysler Sedans to our line of rental cars. Rates reasonable, special price on long trips. New Fords for rent as always. We will continue to give reliable service, night or day. Motor Out Company, 1120 P Street. 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Co.! here, in great quantities are the things that promote bigger and better vacations; articles of the sort that the home town perhaps, does not afford ! Smart trunks and hand luggage that will be a fine excuse to go a traveling this summer; powder, rouge, toilet waters and per fumes in just the shades, scents and brands you prefer; hosiery destined to glorify the pedal ex tremities; neckwear that will add just the right dash to your homegoing suit. In fact it's Mayer Bros, for all the things you'll want to tuck in your trunk as evidence that your de votion to the midnight oil hns been equalled only by your at tention to what's what in per sonal adornment, and where to get it! Rod LaRoque in "Bachelor Brides" at the Lyric this week! don't miss this show, if you want to laugh your moi-riost ha ha as well as grip the arms of your seat in tense excitement, as one dramatic situation after another enfolds itself! Of course you'll enjoy Rod 1m Roque as the much pursued bachelor; You'll also sit up and take notice of the fair damsels in the picture who make things interesting and complicated for Rod. There's not a drnggy moment in this film for it has been superbly directed, and is presented by Cecil 15. DeMille. At the Lyric all week, so round up your Round-Up guests for an eve ning of genuine, entertainment. Pick the Bargain Plums at Ben Simon & Sons! now is your chance to as semble a wardrobe with which to dazzle all summer and at prices that will agree with the most modest allowance! You see Ben Simon & Sons Anni versary Sale is now in progress, and the buying power of a dol lar has been -stretched, there fore, something scandalous. Dresses that formerly sold to $25 may bo yours for only $10; at $14, $24 and $34 are other groups of frocks that formerly sold as high as $79.50. 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