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Daily Nebraskan
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'A Peculiar
Educational Requirement.
CTUDENTS who have been or
are taking compulsory drill
merely as a matter of course, and
an essential to completion of the
university requirements, were re
minded last Wednesday of some of
tne questions which have recurred
fiom time to time as to just what
compulsory drill means. Although
tae question is an old one and has
been settled as far as this univer
sity is concerned by the repeated
edict that men students must take
two years of drill before graduat
ing, it was stimulating to hear a
discussion by Kirby Page of what
he believes to be the significance
o compulsory drill.
Mr. Page, it was admitted by
many who heard him, is extreme
in his viewpoint, but his consist
ency and his sincerity could not
lail to inspire admiration from all
who were fair enough to listen to
him without allowing preconceived
prejudices to block their thinking.
He regards the R. O. T. C. as an
inherent and important part of
this country's war machinery, and
opposes it on the grounds that it
makes students accept war, not
like it.
But leaving aside for the mo
ment Mr. Page's entire criticism of
tne R. O. T. C. and its tendency to
maintain the idea of war as a nec
essary instrument of national pol
icy, is there not another element
involved in compulsory drill in col
leges which has scarcely been
touched upon? If we accept the
premise that a college is an educa
tional institution, what justifica
tion is there for confining compul
sory drill for young men to college
students only?
'I TILS question ahs been answered
by many supporters of the R.
O. T. C. by pointing out the edu
cational value of drill. It has been
piaised as a means of teaching
citizenship, neatness, order, disci
pline, care of thr- health, and prob
ably a large number of other vir
tues. If it were stripped of these
supposed values, it would perhaps
lose the support of many who are
now fostering its maintenance in
colleges and universities; it would,
in short, become nothing more nor
less than what Kirby Page termed
it, an essential part of the war
machinery.
To those who have taken a full
two years of the course, the argu
ment that it teaches citizenship,
neatness, or care of the health
sounds absurd. It does teach dis
cipline and order of a certain
type, namely obedience to military
commands, and maintenance of or
der in marching. It seems ridicu
lously far-fetched to assert that
such discipline and order has any
effect, permanent or temporary,
on any other phase of life.
But assuming that it does teach
any or all of these desirable qual
ities, is it necessary that these be
taught thru the medium of mili
tary drill, or that they be taught in
to.lege ? If by the time a student
THE
has reached college age he Is un
able to dress neatly, is it likely
that a weekly inspection of wheth
er he ha3 his shoes , shined, etc.,
will have much effect upon his
personal hrvbits? If by the time
he has reached college, he is not
a good citizen, (whatever that may
be), is it likely that a military in
structor can mold his career by
instilling such intangible qualities
in his mind as to make of him this
so-called good citizen?
YE think not. And we think
that any honest exponent of
compulsory drill will discard these
artifices and admit that the course
prescribed for military students is
one designed primarily to teach
military discipline and the funda
mentals of military tactics, includ
ing approved methods of attack
and defense in time of war.
Why then, if there be so negli
gible a quantity of educational
value in the course, should it be
made a requirement for graduation
from a university or college ? The
argument that students are attend
ing an institution supported in part
by government funds and gifts of
land and must therefore take drill
has been exploded.
If it be necessary to our national
policy of "defense" that all young
men be trained in military science,
it is the perfect right of the gov
ernment to require such training,
opinions of some individuals to the
contrary notwithstanding. But why
college students should be singled
out to take this training, not by
governmental edict, but as a sup
posed educational requirement, ie
a question which still deserves a
more satisfactory answer than has
ever been given.
Advice from psychology profes
sors, which is traditionally given
out just preceding examination
week, is actually more pertinent
now. Such advice is in effect that
study is more effective if scattered
in short sessions over a long pe
riod of time than if concentrated
into one long session all at once.
To those just recovering from the
effects of some of those long ses
sions, it will hardly be necessary
to add that whether scattered
study sessions be more effective or
not, they are certainly a lot more
comfortable.
Recognition of
Education s Value.
Representative Trenmor Cone, of
Omaha, admitted Tuesday that his
bill to abolish certain departments
or divisions of the university was
introduced solely to emphasize the
necessity of retrenchment at the
institution. Cone stated that he ifi
'not against higher education."
It is evident to the legislators
that the purpose of a university
would be defeated by lopping off
any of its functions. Even with
their prime purpose in mind of re
ducing state expense. , it is a re
lief to know that they understand
the importance of having concen
trated in one school all the
branches of learning which go to
make up a "university."
The ability to see the relative
importance of things in a time
when certain necessities are being
stressed is a rare ability. The leg
islature will be eligible for hearti
est congratulations if in the tur
moil of paring expenses they keep
ever in mind the danger of going
too far. The interest of the state
as a whole is the interest which
they are promoting. That interest
could be as easily harmed by sav
ing too much money as by allowing
for unnecessary expenses.
More appropriate for discussion
than the forgotten man is the for
gotten assignment which is the
reason for an incomplete in cer
tain courses instead of a grade.
It was a relief to find that the
letter sent from Dean Thompson's
office to the Daily Nebraskan ad
vising abstinence from strong
drink (if you know what that is)
was sent to all other campus or
ganizations too.
DAILY NEBRASKAN
.1 Bogey
You Can Slay.
IT seems unfortunate that the be
ginning cf each semester is in
variably the signal for general dis
organization and considerable re
luctance to get forward with the
business of study, but that is the
system, and few are the individ
uals strong enough to ignore the
invitation to laziness.
By Wednesday, however, most
students will have attended some
classes, texts will have been made
known, and first assignments will
probably have been announced.
The introductory excuse for not
studying will have been pretty well
undermined, and other excuses will
have to be sought. That they will
be sought may be stated almost
axiomatically.
The ordinary procedure is one of
procrastination, but there are a
number of variations. Faced with
an assignment, it is not difficult
for the student to find something
else which needs doing. And when
that's done, it's pretty certain that
something else can be distorted
into an obstacle of study. The net
result, of course, is that very little
work is done.
It cannot be denied that in the
matter of study, infinite pains are
taken in order that study may be
either minimized or completely dis
carded. The amount of "rationali
zation" which students are capable
of inventing to excuse themselves
for not studying is tremendous. It
would be funny were it not so pa
thetic. At the bottom of these attitudes
toward study is the assumption
that study is a thing inherently
distasteful, unpleasant, and hence
to be avoided. The student with
even a spark of the urge for knowl
edge is a rarity. Institutionalized
dissertations by instructors may
have had osmething to do with the
dying of the spark, but every ef
fort ought to be made to rekirdle
it. Study, after all, is not the bo
gey which most students picture it.
REVISED SCHEDULE FOR
VARSITY DEBATE TEAM
LISTS EIGHT CONTESTS
(Continued from Page 1.)
will also debate St. Louis univer
sity.
Delta Sisrma Rho, national for
ensic fraternity, is sponsoring a
tournament at Iowa City, la., on
March 3 and 4 in which tne Ne
braska debating team will com
pete. Nebraska will meet North
Dakota in Lincoln on March 15
and on the following day the
Cornhusker team will go to Hast
ings where they will meet Hast
ings college in a demonstration de
bate before the high school tour
nament. March 27 marks the com
ing of the University of Wyoming
to Lincoln and on March 61 Ne
braska will debate South Dakota
in Omaha.
"This vear it has been difficult
to arrange a debate schedule,"
stated Dr. White.. "Fewer teams
are travelling because of reduced
buderets and Nebraska is not plan
ning any extensive trips during
the second semester.
The subiect used in most of the
debates, according to Coach
White, will be cancellation of all
intergovernmental war debts and
reparations. Nebraska will put two
teams into the field, and if student
interest demands, there is a pos
sibility of one or two additional
teams being organized.
Two or three practice debates
are being arranged with neighbor
ing colleges for Lincoln audiences.
Clubs which desire debates will be
accommodated, and one or two
teams will use the radio.
The composite schedule follows
and in each case the team men
tioned first has the affirmative:
Debates in Lincoln.
Feb. 3-Morningside vs. Ne
braska. Feb. 7 Nebraska vs. Drake.
Feb. 23 Maryville Teach ers
College vs. Nebraska.
Feb. 23 Nebraska vs. St. Louis
university.
March 15 North Dakota vs.
Nebraska.
March 27 Nebraska vs. Uni-
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Debates Away.
March 3 and 4 D e 1 1 a Sigma
Rho tournament at Iowa City.
March 16 Hastings College vs.
Nebraska at Hastings. (Demon
stration debate high school tour
nament.) March 31 Nebraska vs. South
Dakota at Omaha.
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for anything at any time at Long's
College Book Store and Buck's
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(Continued from Page 1.)
John Charles Kennedy
norothy H. Keller
Kenneth M. Kent
Kobert Ben Kiffin
Mary Francos Kinusley
Valentine K.ilene KloU
Albert a L. Koon
Otto Kotmic
John B. Krahl
uruce M. Kratky
Dorothy Alice Kuni
Frederick Dee Koehne
Betty Ladd
Rosalie Umme
Lucille M. Ijmpert
Helen Kllzabeth Lanl!
I. ynn Ralph Leonard
William A. l-et.on
Martin Fries Lewin
Maurice Lloyd Ioomls
Jane MelAHKhlin
Herma W. McMahon
Ixiuine Ann Maclntyre
Woodrow R. Mafjee
Alfred C. Jensen
Nell Radrliffe McFarland
Cail K.lizabeth Miller
Pat Miller
Muriel Darlene Moffitt
Richard A. Moran '
James D. Morris
Kathrvn Ann Murray
Fiank L. MusKrave
II. Dey Myers
Richard Phillip Nicholson
Willa Nonis
K. Kosal Opden
lois Kay Patterson
Joseph Francis Pavlik
F.rvin Orville Peterson
John Thomas Phelan
.1. Robert PlIlinK
Ruth Amelia Preston
Norman Kdunrd Prucka
Wm. P.alston
William Therlo Reckmeyer
Bernard H. Reenls
Lucile V. Reilly
Frances K. Rice
Phyllis M. Ridle
Carol Rave Robinson
Leslie L. Rood
Mildred Root
K. Stuart Ross
Sylvia Viltnar Schaofer
Ravmond Henry SchoeninR
Clarence KldridKe Scriven
CeorKe W. Shadbolt
Winifred Annes Shallcross
Virginia Shown iter
Ksther I). Shurtleff
Florence Iouise Smiley
Morlo K. Smith
Helen M. Smrha
Marie Soukup
Janes Frances Steel
Arlene Marguerite Steeple
Dorothy Jean Stewart
Alex B. Stoddard
Dale K. Tavlor
Robert J. Thiel
;erald Cornier Thomas
Mark Winfred Thomas
F.lbert Arbor Thorne
Carolvn Margaret Van Anda
Wlllard Henrv Waldo
Orville F.dw. Walla
Orrin John Webster
L Lt Roy Willis
Harold L. Winquest
Klaire Woodruff
Roilin ;. Wvrens
(Henn I.oree Yost
Lee P. Younn
Dorothy Louise ZieKenbuach
SCHOOL OF MUSIC HAS
CONVOCATION TODAY
Original Compositions of
Teachers in School Are
Featured.
The University of Nebraska
Schoo lof Music will present its
thirteenth musical convocation in
a program of original compositions
by Hazel Gertrude Kinscella and
Howard Kirkpatrick at the Temple
theater at 4 o'clock Feb. 1.
The program will be presented
by a vocal quartet consisting of
Altinus Tullis, soprano; Mary
bhocky, contralto; Keuben Walt,
tenor; and Edward Boehmer, bass.
Soloists will be Mary Shocky, Al
tinus Tullis, Katherine Kimball,
and Francis Morley. A string quar
tet consisting of Kmanuel Wishow,
first violin, Conway Beaver, Lee
Hemingway, and Marjory Baty
will play.
The instrumental ensemble will
be under the direction of Rudolph
Seidl, director of the Lincoln
symphony orchestra.
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FEBRUARY 1, 1933
SWAP SHOP HAS BIG
DEMANDJOR BOOKS
Does Not Have Some Books
Called For on Hand;
Asks for More.
The Swap Book Shop, sponsored
by the Y. W. C. A., is having a
great demand for books that are
not in stock. Anyone possessing
any of these books and wishing to
sell them is asked to bring them
to the Swap Book shop at the
Temple before Tuesday evening.
The following books are needed:
Accounting Vol. II by Keister,
Principles in Accounting by Pin
ney, Political and Social History
of United States, Ideas and Forma
in English and American Litera
ture Vol. I, History of Ancient
World by Rostortziff; Latin Liter
ature by Howe and and Harrer,
European History Atlas by
Breasted-Huth-Harding, Exercise
for English O, Organic Chemistry
by Williams, Shorter History of
England and Great Britain by
Cross, Political Science by Munro
and Business Physics by Mitchell.
Is A Clearing House.
The Swap Book shop? has been
organized by the Y. W. C. A. as a
clearing house for all books that
the owners no longer need. It has
been arranged so that the students
can leave their books at the shop
and as soon as the books are sold
the students will be paid. Eighty
percent will be paid to the stu
dents and 20 percent is to be re
tained by the Y. W. C. A.
MAGAZINE PRINTS ARTICLE.
The January issue of the Indi
ana Law Journal carries an article
on "Writ of Error Coram Nobis."
of which Prof. Lester B. Orfield of
the college of law is the author .
Books Wanted
We can sell your books for you.
Especially wanted:
Proet's "History of Music."
"Gov't of Europe," Munro.
"Ideas and Forms in Eng. and Am.
Lit.," Watt and Munn. V ' I.
"Elementary Psychology," Gates.
"Principles of Sociology." Ross.
Goode's Atlns.
"Principals and Methods in Sociol
ogy." Reinhardt and Davis.
"Elementary Eo. Vol. I," Fairchild,
Furnts.s and Buck.
Shorthand, Accounting. Typewrit
ing, Geography and Engineering
books are greatly needed.
Swap Book Shop
(Lobby of Temple Theatre.)
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