THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927.
THE FALLACY IN COLLEGE EDUCATION
Fifty per cent of the youth of the nation who
plan to enter college this fall will do better if they
go directly into business, says President William
H. P. Faunce of Brown university in the current
issue of the American magazine.
Statistics for nearly half a century, Dr.
Faunce asserts, indicate that most of the boys who
go to college are failures, in the sense that they
fail to graduate. "These figures," he says, "do not
include the uncounted thousands, who, though they
may have been graduated, have simply wasted four
precious years and received no benefit commen
surate with the time and money spent There is
no other career for which men are so definitely
prepared in which there is such an appalling pro
portion of failures."
Dr. Faunce says that, while a few of the older
universities claim a "misfit student" loss as low
as 10 per cent, the percentage in many state uni
versities runs as high as 60 per cent and more.
The common belief that college training is
suited to every boy and that every boy is suited
to college is one of the great tragedies of Amer
ican life today, he says.
"The trouble is not so much that we are send
ing too many boys to college, but that we are send
ing too many of the wrong kind of boys."
The above Associated Press dispatch which ap
peared yesterday in The Lincoln Star gives us a sup
plementary authority to range alongside the statement
we quoted the 'other day to the effect that out of 200,
000 freshmen who started university and college last
fall only 60,000 will ever graduate, and our own con
clusion from that, that there is an appalling waste in
our system of higher education.
Subtracting 60,000 from 200,000 we find that
there are 140,000 y6ung men and women on whom
the best efforts of college professors are in great part
wasted. It is the presence of this 140,000 that has
caused in great part a levelling down of many of our
' faculties which have had to be filled only too often
with mediocre men "to teach the freshmen." I
Having just about reached the limit of continued
increase in income out of which to take care of the 1
increasing hordes of new students, American colleges
and universities are turning their faces square to the
problem of qualitative selection of students, so that
the limited amount of money available for higher edu
cation may be used to the best advantage on ground
that is most fertile. It is a sound pi inciple, operative
every day in all lines of human activity. Universities
and colleges have been slow in taking it up because
they have always been imbued with the highest spirit
of idealism, have entertained the highest hopes in(
youth, and have cherished a belief that every young
man and woman should have a chance.- -
The sad experience of over half a century of ex
panded higher education has shown, however, as Dr.
Faunce points out, that a majority of the young men
and women do not deserve the chance.
The problem of the universities is to find soni3
way of selecting out of the 200,000 eager aspirants
for higher education, the 60,000 who are most likely to
complete succfssfully the full four yar nf college.
That this is not altogether an impossible task is
indicated by the results of investigation conducted
about two years ago' right here in our own school. It
was found, for instance, that there is a marked correla
tion between grades obtained in university 8nd grades
' previously obtained in high school. Most significant of
all it was found that the greatest percentage of the
failure, those who quit university in the first or second
year, is among those who stood lowest in their high
school classes.
Continued investigation into the causes or indica
tions of failure in university will some day result in a
fair and practical test for selection of those young men
and women who are best qualified for the privilege of
attending' college and university.
The great and small private colleges and univer
sities will find it a comparatively simple procedure to
apply the tests to their candidates.
The big howl will come when the state universities
start the system. The public will haver, to be educated
over again out of the belief that universal higher
education is a panacea for everybody and into the
belief that higher education is worthwhile only for
those who are best qualified.
But that day is probably many years removed
There will have to be an upheaval in the "success'
philosophy of life of the great majority of people be
fore they will be ready to accept such a system.
story about the lad who sacrificed an overcoat so he
could srive $25 i3 particularly vivid. Those were great
days war days when the success or failure of our
team seemed a matter of greater moment than the ulti
mate sheepskin of any one of us. 1
Since the great effort of '23 and '24 to build a
stadium, enthusiasm has gradually died down. We were
promised great teams if only there was a stadium in
which to play. We built the stadium. 'We got the great
teams. We won many games: And now at the end of
four years we find ourselves not so much concerned
about it all as we thought we were.
Perhaps it is heretical to say all this, but it's no
use denying that of late the campus has shown much
less concern over defeat or victory in any of the inter
collegiate sports than it did three, four, or five years
ago.
And it is perhaps a healthy sign that the campus
is reacting this way to intercollegiate sports. We are
attending the games more for the pleasure of seeing
the games played than for the pleasure of seeing the
team win. The grand old school will not crumble down
and wash away just because the team happens to' lose.
Realization of the fact that nothing much after all de
pends on the outcome of a game has brought many
students to a saner and cooler consideration of the
whole matter.
But just as we said in the first paragraph it is
difficult to judge whether this change in sentiment is
simply the natural result of gradual maturation into
seniority, or whether it is part of a general public reaction.
The Campus Pulse
from readere are cordially -.Itemed la this department, and
In all eaaea subject only to the common newspaper practice of
i.hL,?tter. and attacks aa-a-et tndividuala anT roUg-na.
I Latter
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keeping aut all libelous matter, and attacks against
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
The Sigma Delta Chi suit against the Y. M. C. A.
for $20 of prize money for a skit revealed one inter
esting fact that probably is not known to many stu
dents. That is that the chairman of University Night
is promised 50 percent of all net profits over 6 hun
dred dollars.
It's a business proposition purely and simply from
the standpoint of the Y. M. C. A. which needs the
money. A good way to get money is to put on a spicy
show (as has been done for a number of years) and
to let the man in charge make a rake-off.
The Y. M. C. A.'s drive for money last fall was a
decided flop. We wonder if the drive next year might
not be more successful if a go-getting, boosting chair
man were appointed and promised, say, 50 cents out
of every dollar over 14 hundred or any other goal
which might be set.
To salve the conscience of the Cabinet members,
a splendid precedent for such practices was established
in many drives during the late war, and more recently
money for the great Cathedral at New York was raised
by a company which makes a business of staging such
drives on a commission basis.
As a business proposition this suggestion mig-ht
be investigated by the Association. (The Nebraskan as
usual will give publicity free of charge.)
In Other Columns
Scraps of Paper
When the United States donned a warlike de
meanor in its relations with Mexico, Nicaragua, China,
and points west, there was a great flurry of excitement
amongst Americans in general but on the part of thl
students in particular. Petitions were signed with great
gusto and mailed to the government in protest to
hasty action, overt acts, artd what-not. Students the
country over objected to "overbearing" methods
and then, queer enough, were foolish enough to have
faith that their gestures amounted to something.
Statements, even when they are made and signed
by outstanding professors of the country, find their
unassuming way into the wastebasket of the all-knowing
solons of the nation. What chance, then, have stu
dent petitions? Student-signed petitions aren't even
honored in college circles, let alone in the outer world.
Daily Illini.
To the Editor of The Daily Ne
braskan: I have read with interest
your editorial in this morning's paper.
The gist of your argument seems to
be that the University Y. M. C. A.
has deserted its avowed field of re
ligion and gone off on two diverg
ing paths those of action and
thought. Evidently you think of re
ligion as necessarily alien to both of
these. Religion divorced from action
is the religion of the cloister. Reli
gion divorced from thought is su
perstition. Surely you are not sug
gesting that we revert to either type.
The religion of Jesus as the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. interprets him
has to do with all phases of life.
Life, and life more abundantly" was
a central theme in his teaching. What
have passivity and the closed mind
to do with life?
A fellowship of men who believe
in Christ is still the central group
and the dynamic force of the asso
ciation. "Exchange of experience"
may be a less conventionally religious
matter now than in the old days.
Does that mean less or greater real
ity? May I suggest that you re-read Mr.
ing: "A life with a purpose and the
ideals in the character of Jesus," "the
religious and intellectual side par
amount," "a group who are thinking
and discussing the questions of re
ligion," "perhaps religion is shunned
and sidestepped, (among students)
but the interest is there. To meet
that condition ,' Freshman Coun- j
cil - express purpose of discussion
and Bible study."
In the light of the above quotations
from the very article on which you
base your closing statement "religion,
the original prime goal of the asso
ciation has just about disappeared,"
seems inaccurate. If these quotations
do not express vital religious purpose
in what words would you express it?
My own undergraduate experiences
in the student Y. M. C. A. came back
in the good old days the passing of
which you lament The program of
that time tended toward an ingrow
ing "piosity" from which we have
sought to escape.
The way out seems to he through
some such program as Mr. Hunt has
outlined. Religious experience does
gain reality through doing. The
wide contacts furnished through ac
tivity features of the program do pre
vent musty self-centeredness. Frank
and untrammeled discussion does help
men to find their way to vital faith.
Such conclusions seem warranted at
any rate by experience, Etudy and
observation by our student movement
as a whole through several student
generations.
Equally clear to us for many years
have been the dangers which you sug
gest. To carry on activities without
being dominated by them, to have
breadth of view without losing depth
of conviction these are our prob
lems as an organization. Are they
not also the problems which confront
every thinking individual today?
Sincerely,
C. D. Hayes.
Notices
Princeton Seek Safety
Since automobiles, due to danger to life and prop
erty, have been banned from Princeton, roller-skates
and airplanes have enjoyed much notoriety as substi
tutes. From latest reports, however, airplanes seem to
be gaining the monopoly. The reasons are obvious.
Streets and sidewalks are terribly congested, and traffic
regulations have failed to obviate this condition. Fur
thermore both streets and sidewalks are made of ma
terials noted for their hardness and resistance. Thus
bruises and fractures often result from an impact of
the human body with such substances. It is no wonder
that such dire menaces to life and limb as roller-skating
involves should not long be tolerated. On the other
hand, now that the farmers have de-crowned New
Jersey, the air is comparatively unpopulated. Collisions
have been reduced to the minimum, and, although a
few chimneys and house tops may suffer, human life
is unmolested.
College News, Bryn Mawr.
THE DYING BONFIRE
Whether it is because members of the class of
,1927 are now seniors and have passed the "bonfire"
riiys of freshman "and sophomore years, or because
there is a general decline of interest in intercollegiate
-athletics, we do not know, but of late we' have heard
several fellow classmen remark that they are no longer
quite as much concerned ab '. t victory or de-eat in
football, basketball, track or any other of the great
intercollegiate sports as they were two "oB: three years
' ago' " . ' - ':' '
The class of 1927 in its freshman year was the
last privileged to trive $25 a man for the new rtadinm,
although nobody Vaew so at the time-
The (rreat slabs of concrete were just being poured
into the moulds when the present seniors came to the
f!urpus aa awe-struck freBhmen. We remember quite
'! 'rOtr tVint day np in Nebraska Hall when a com
y of r;ulets was given the great opportunity of sub
- t the stadium building fund. How thrilled we
i r,s pro rf tie first to sgn the pledge we1
a v-i r l-iT of the committee) to help, make
. e t' ? ,.-rt liirLL How well we "remember
: 'i cf the campaign managers. One
The Unpleasant Truth
"Going to college" is beginning to take on its
usual April change-in-perspective these days. With
final examinations looming up on the horizon a scant
three weeks off, we are suddenly confronted with the
task of gathering a few facts and a wee bit of know
ledge about us to supplement our beloved "other side"
to our college education.
We like to convince ourselves during the greater
part of the semester that it is the "broadening effect"
of the college atmosphere, the training we get by par
ticipating in college activities, the acquaintances and
associations we cultivate, and the intellectual life that
we lead that fits us best for the battle of life; we are
so busy "broadening" ourselves that we spend little
time in actual serious study.
But the favorite illusionbegins to fade about this
time of the year. We are f creed to face the realities;
after all, it is facts and concrete knowledge that will
pass us in our examinations. Long hours of hard con
centration in the library are beginning to replace nights
of seminaring before the fireplace; finals are coming,
whether we like it, or not.
, The Daily Californian.
They Want More School
Dr. Clarence Cook Little, president of the Uni
versity of Michigan, thinks the drones ought to be ex
cluded from the free honey of higher education. That
which is obtained too' easily frequently is not appre
ciated. The point is emphasized by an educational note
for Chicago. Rarely do we hear of students asking for
an extension of the school term, especially when the
fine, warm weather of spring arrives. But the Chicago
night schools attended by residents born abroad, who
range in age from 17 to 70, are to be continued at the
request of the learners.
These people, "most of whom are earning their liv
ing by hard work during the day, are keeping a nearly
perfect attendance record at school. Husbands come
with their wives, sometimes parking infants in baby
carriages in the hallways outside the recitation rooms,
If the school authorities find they are furnishing
free schioung to a ot of persons who do not want it
they ma be impressed with the necessity of being
liberal in their provision for those who are willing to
work an sacnl.ice to obtain it.
Detroit Tfiws,
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
Pershing Rides
Meeting ot Pershinir Rifles this after
noon at 6 o'clock in Nebraska Hall, 205.
Uniforms are not necennary.
Military Parnde
Military parade will be held Thursday
afternoon. Details published tomorrow.
Vikinc
Vikinir meeting and Initiation at the
Delta Tsu Delta houne Thursday at 7:15.
Sifma Delta Chi
Meeting and election of officers. School
of Journalism reading rooms, Thursday
niuht at 7:15 p. m. No proxy votes ac
cpnted. League of Women Voters
The Lcsifue of Women Voters will have
a meeting at 6 o'clock on Thursday at Ellen
Smith Hall.
Gamma Alpha Chi
Gamma Alpha Chi will hold a meeting
at 12 o clock Thursday at the Temple.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Gamma Alpha Chi
Gamma Ahilia Chi meeting at the Temple
Friday noun at 12. .
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
Scandinavian Club
The Scandinavian Club will meet for a
social huur and program Saturday, April
23, at 8 o'clock, at the home of Rev. A. W.
Lundpren, 620 South 18.
Nebraska Puts
Out Winner In
Season of 1900
(Continued from Page One.)
had rolled up a total of 17 points.
Iowa State, the Cyclones of Iowa,
was the next foe on the Nebraska
schedule and so easily did the Ne-
braskakns dispose of their eastern
rival, that the reserve team was sent
in the last half to give the regulars
a rest. For the second time of the
season the Husker eleven kept its
goal from being crossed by foreign
ers and the Iowa State game ended
80 to 0.
Defeat Drako 8 to O
The second team from the Hawk
eye state to meet Nebraska was the
Drake Bulldogs from Des Moines. At
the end of this encounter the Ne
braska goal still remained uncrossed
and the Bulldogs went back to Des
Moines with the short end of an
8 to 0 score. With three wins to
their record, the Huskers took their
first road trip of the season. Tarkio
and the Kansas City Medics were the
opposing elevens of Nebraska. Both
games proved to be closely contested
for Coach Booth's crew, and the Hus
ker team emerged from the Tarkio
Talks of eating at the
Another Sunday Dinner
0
Ordering a dinner for an
other, unless you are well ac
quainted with his or her tastes,
is not an easy task. But study
over the following and see if it
would meet with your approval:
Chicken Soup with Rice,
Roast" Domestic Duck with Cel
ery Dressing and Apple Sauce,
Sliced Tomatoes, Prune Pie
with Whipped Cream, and Cof
fee or Milk. Bread and Butter
and vegetables with the Duck
are included without extra
charge.
At the Central Carti this meal
would cost you $1.20. You
might tip the waiter or you
might not just as you felt dis-
Eosed but your service would
e prompt, efficient and court
eous just the same.
(Te be eeatlaaee')
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game with a 5 to 0 score, and held
the Medics to a scoreless tie.
Resting a week, the Cornhusker
eleven then entrained for Columbia,
home of the Missouri Tiger. Again
Nebraska repeated its chain of vic
tories and held the Tigers scoreless
while 12 points were marked up for
the team fiuiu Llie corn belt. The
next week found the Huskers play
ing at home where the Grinnell
Pioneers fell before the terrific on
slaught of the Nebraska eleven, los
ing 33 to 0.
Also Blank Jajrhawkera
The seventh victory of the season
was at Lawrence, Kansas, against the
age-old rival of Nebraska football
teams. The final score of the Jay-hawker-Cornhu-kcr
game was 12 to
0 with the Kansas Jayhawker on the
bottom. The final game of the season
on Thanksgiving day was the only
defeat of the year and the first time
that Nebraska's goal line had been
crossed. The Minnesota eleven took
the long end of the 20 to 12 count.
With football season -over and win
ter snows covering the Nebraska
campus, Cornhusker fans now turned
their attention to the new winter
pastime basketball. Basketball was
still in its infancy at Nebraska as
well as all other schools in the coun
try. But the court sport attracted
large numbers of followers the open
ing years and continued so through
out the years up until the present
time.
Cage Team Breaks Eren
The Scarlet and Cream quintet
played six games during the winter
of 1900 and 1901, turning in three
wins and three defeats. All of the
games were with teams in the state.
The Husker track team led by R,
D. Andreson made a good showing in
1900 both on the cinder path and in
Hunt's statements in the "Alumnus"
o see if you can not discover what
you evidently missed in your first
reading? All through the article J
find such statements as the follow
the field events. The team was con
siderably stronger than the team of
1899 and was considered one of the
best in the west.
Defeat Western League Team
Baseball at Nebraska was also un
dergoing the first stages of existence
and made a fair showing in the
spring and summer of 1901. One of
the most brilliant feats of the season '
r a a u aVhe Cornlusker nine
handed the Des Moieg Wee
league club, beating the Iowa Zl
5 to 3. Nebraska played a Scheie?,
20 games that year ard the hZ
schedule that any $
team had ever faced. uabm
Some of the strongest teams in the
country met yie Nebraska basebaj
nine. Washburn College at Tope?,
Kansas; St Marys College & J
Marys, Kansas; Kansas University.
Missouri Wesleyan; Indiana Univ'
sity; De Pauw; Purdue; Notre Dame
Lake Forest; Cornell, and Highland
Park appeared on the schedule for
The team was made up of the fol
lowing men, Captain R. r
Mgr. G. W. Howard, E. L kZ '
Charles St. Clair, A. E. Jf
M. Bolen, Ray DePutron, J. H7
(To be continued.)
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