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The Nebraskan
Station A, Lincoln Nebraska
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
AND BULLETIN OF THE
1934 SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION
Published Tuesday and Thursday
morning during the summer session
"d circulated free to summer school
students and faculty members from
boxes in campus buildings and booK
Directed by Student Pubications
Board.
Telephones:
Day B6891 Night B3960
B3333 Monday and Wednesday Nights
Bruce Nicoll , ..Editor
Wilbur Erickson ....Business Manager
Hodge Podge
tor Thursday.
The educational conference got
away to a good start yesterday
with three hundred teachers and
school supervisors attending the
sessions held in Morrill Hall. And
the results of the program should
be a source of some satisfaction to
the University Teachers college
who made possible this program.
Of some interest, refreshing at
least, was the spirit of enthusiasm
displayed at the open discussions
following the lectures. Many par
ticipated wholeheartedly in these
affairs, and may be taken to in
dicate that the lectures are worth
while.
Dr. Wesley sounded a familiar
cote Wednesday morning when be
made an earnest plea for school
teachers to adopt a sense of real
ism in teaching the social sciences,
and more particularly the forces
which are largely responsible for
the channels into which legislation
runs clear.
It was his opinion that school
teachers must do more than teach
children the three Rs. Rather
should they carry their teaching
into the realm of social science
civics, economics, sociology, and
history. They should do this, Dr,
Wesley believes, mainly because
the fate of the new social order, be
it socialism or collectivism, lies
largely in the hands of our system
of public education.
But practical difficulties ob
struct the path of teachers, if we
believe some of the sentiments
brought out during the discussion
following Dr. Wesley's address.
"Just how," it was asked, "can
teachers carry on this philosophy
of social idealism?"
The question, simple enough in
itself, sureests difficulties that
may best be found in the forces
that directly control each public
school.
But Dr. Wesley feeis that the
reai solution to the problem is a
realistic attitude toward contexn
porary civilization. In other words
school teachers must teach stu
dents the picture of our modern
society as it actually exists.
The Friday night mixers have
turned out to be a pretty popular
feature of the summer session.
Last Friday over seven hundred
Hummer session students attended
the affair. And from all appear
ances everyone had a good time
The recreation committee has ex
pressed a surprised satisfaction
with the turnout and, stated this
year's mixers is the largest since
week that the attendance at this
their inception several seasons ago.
The pat few clays have been lit
tle short of dog days. The oppres
sive June heat experienced by
mummer school students may ac
count in large part for their tired
nd slightly exasperated look. The
University swimming pool should
be a popular place during this hot
fcp'-U, and no doubt is just that.
Picnics are very much in order,
apparently, for the recreation di
rectors have anounced that plans
for a big all-student picnic would
be forthcoming in the near future.
STUDENTS MUST BE MADE
CONSCIOUS OF WORLD
IN WHICH THEY LIVE
WESLEY.
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rlothed the social sciences, and re
vral the exact nature and moral
purpo!. They are a necessity,
and in this process, and its ulti
iwite effectiveness, lies the answer
to what kind of government
shall he."
Dr. Weslev's address was fol
ir.Pd bv an address elven by Dr,
Marvin S. Pittmann, of Michigan
State Normal college. He discussed
the general principles mvoivea in
ounprvision. reviewiner the
nresent and past methods and ob
jectives used by school supervisors
and teacners.
The oDeniner session of the con
ference was formally inaugurated
by Mr. Charles Taylor, state su
nerintendent of schools, who brief
ly expressed his welcome to the
teachers gathered for the conven
tion. Mr. Taylor then introduced
Dean F. E. Ilcnzlik who outlined
the nims and DUTOOSe Of the COn
ference. stating that, "the rapid
changes in erovernment and soci
ety makes the teachers' problems
an acute situation in meeting the
problems of the new social era.
The morning session was con
rinded bv an open session conduct
ed bv Dean F. E. Henzlik, in the
absence of Superintendent H. W
Anderson, of Omaha.
CONNING
THE CAMPUS
with
Howard Dobson
Do you think that gentlemen
prefer blonds, do you think a fel
low is a gentleman if he does pre
fer blonds, what is your persona
reference, or do you feel like
throwing this writer into the near
est river for bringing up a ques
tion we all hoped had been perma'
nently discarded?
Howard Agee, Lincoln Neb
"Myself I like blonds, who are ap
Dealing: even to the point of flirta
tion, and insist on a maximum of
sex appeal. You may quote me lor
publication."
Gav Hult, Lincoln, Neb: "I'll
take brunets any time. You can
beat a nice, slim brunet. They have
more sense than blonds.
W. P. Beer, Genoa, Neb: "I don'
care much one way or another,
What's the difference? It's too hot
to worry much about it right how,
anyway. Let's go over and have a
coke."
Andy Kohler, Havelock, Neb: "In
the course of my college career,
such as it has been. I have never
had anything to do with blonds,
and never will. I m sticking Dy oru
nets."
John Durr, Lincoln, Neb: "Make
mine brunets. l want someming
dark and with stability."
Dave Clark, Fort Morgan, Colo
It's blonds for me, my friend, and
nothing else.
Ray Kerr, Lincoln, Ne.b: "-isn
blonds are for mine. What's better
than a nice ash blond, a moon, and
all that sort of thing ?"
Bill Johnston, Beaver City, Neb
I'm engaged to a brunet. What
more do you want?"
With all due apologies I submit
the above as an interlude in a hot
summer s intrduclng questions of
national moment. The opinions of
the "gentlemen" accosted were ob
viously unequivocal which ever
way they went, and none of them
seemed to unduly resent the open
ing of a controversy that has been
so sickly pursued for lo these many
years.
In the latest Issue of Harper's
James Rowland Angell, president
of Yale university, discusses "The
University in a Time of Change
He shows ihe university in its true
light as an agent of intellectual
discovery and creative thought,
and points out the pertinence of
this role to more or less recent
changes in political, governmental,
religious, moral, and similar
trends. He says that In this period
of transition and reapprasial, the
university has very definite owl
gations which transcend all fidel-
ty to its ordinary routine, jmpor
tant as that is.
Angell says that while the uni
versity is consecrated to the pur
suit of truth. It has even a greater
duty in the training of successive
generations of youths to live
wisely in an ever and rapidly
changing world and to equip them
to face new facts and circum
stances independently and unper
turbed. He refers to lay interfer-
nce with the university as it has
been most glaringly demonstrated
in Germany recently, and warns
us that just such interference is
not an imnonibility in our own
country. It has long been an ac
cepted American principle that he
who pays the fiddler may call the
tune, and any incredulous scorn on
our part as to the possibility of
lay interference had best be temp
ered bya bit of cautious scanning
of the horizon as it were.
He concludes by saying that the
university, in the largest and most
generous sense, should be the serv
ant of man's highest interests, and
this can only occur If its spiritual
and intellectual Independence is
absolutely sfguardetl. He admits
RADIO
THURSDAY,
.tn tn ;3B a. m. Weather report.
9:35 to 9:40 . m. "Ollmpiws of Uie
Museum," by Murjorta HhannfHt, Curator
of Visual Education in the Nebranka State
MuHpum.
8:40 to 10:00 a. m. "Old Hymns," pro
cram bv Theodore Dlern.
12:00 to 12:10 P. m. "Farm Butter
Making," by L,. K. Crowe, Anlntant fro
lemtor of Dairy HuHbandry.
12:10 to 12:20 p. m. "National Club
Camp was Great," by Alleitra WllkenB,
AflfilHtant leader In Boy and Girls Work.
12:20 In 12:80 D. m. Farm News.
2:80 to 3:00 l. m. Fortieth lenmin of
the Kadlo Course In Spanlwh by Dr. J. K.
A. Alexis.
FRIDAY, Jl'NE 29.
8:30 to 9:35 a. nt. Weather Report.
9:38 to 9:49 a. m. "Camping Days for
Mother," by I-enna Davln, Hliile Kxten
Blon Agent In Home Management.
12:00 to 12:10 p. -n. "Timely Topic on
Agricultural Fnglneering," by C. L. Ink,
Tractor Testing: Engineer.
12:10 to 12:20 p. m. "The Price of
Farm Ijwd." by I'rof. H. C. Fllley, Chulr-
nuin of Rural Economic.
12:20 to 12:30 p. m. Farm isew.
2:30 to 2:49 p. m. "Character Educa
tion, the Adult' l'art The Community,"
lit llr. fi. W. Roenlof. Director of Sec
ondary Education, State Department of
'nolle inNiruriinn.
2:45 to 8:00 p. m. Extension Division
I'eriod.
8ATIRDAY, Jl'NE 80.
9:30 to 9:35 a. m. Weather Report.
9:35 in 10:00 a. m. Thirty-eighth le-
on of the Radio Course in Introductory
and Advanced German.
(Other period Hllent)
that the university has no right
to demand or expect immunity
from social judgment, and that it
must justify its existence before
society, but he points out that it
is by all means one of the most
enduring of all human institutions,
has sat by and watched dynasties
rise and fall, kingdoms and kings
come and go, and should now be
allowed to watch democracy on
trial with a minimum of interfer
ence as it seeks to preserve the
imperishable things of the spirit
and remain aloof to watch the
transpiring of events with the ac
cumulated knowledge and experi
ence of centuries.
Incidentally, is there anyone in
the house, who, like I do, more or
less ignores the twenty four
sheeted stars at a movie and
avidly follows such players as Her
bert Mundin, Franklin Pangborn,
Cliffy Edwards, Roscoe Ates, Al
len Jenkins, George E. Stone, C.
Aubrey Smith, et ilk. No, I was
afraid there wasn't.
PROGRAM IS BUILT
AROUND PROBLEMS
OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
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her talk on "What the Schools Can
Do to Make Parent Education
More Helpful to the School."
The conference dinner is sched
uled Thursday evening in the Stu
dent Activities building on the ag
campus with Chancellor E. A.
Burnett presiding. After a pro
gram of special music Charles A
Bowers, secretary of the Nebraska
State Teachers association, will
conduct a panel discussion on "Sig
nificant Changes in the Social
Science Curricula for the New
Day."
Friday mornings session with
Miss Chloe Baldridge, rural educa
tion director, presiding, will open
with an address on "The Contribu
tion Which Parent Education
Makes to School Education" by
Miss Alice Sowers. At 10 o'clock,
Dr. P. G. Johnson of the university
Teachers College high school will
talk on "The Natural Sciences and
Social Life in Rural Communities."
Doctor Pittman will conclude the
morning's work with his lecture on
"A Supervisory Program for Rural
Schools in Nebraska."
During the noon hour a lunch
eon will be held at the city Y. W.
C. A. with Miss Eva B. Shuman,
university instructor, presiding.
The afternoon session opening at
2 o'clock will have Miss Alberta
Ballance, president of Nebraska
Association of County Superin
tendents, as presiding officer. Miss
Alice Cusack will speak first on
influences of the Social Sciences
on the Reading Program of the
Elementary School."
Doctor Pittman will conclude
the three day conference with his
lecture on "The Supervisory Pro
gram Applied to the Fit-Id of
Heading."
BASEBALL FOR GIRLS
GETTING UNDER WAY
WITH 40 REPORTING
(Continued from Page 1).
opinion given by Miss Anderson.
ior those several expert women
baseball players who have recently
been practicing, games will be
scheduled with other women's
teams in Lincoln, and in surround
ing towns. The schedule for these
games will be announced in a later
Issue of the Nebraskan.
EASY
14
STARTING
GASOLINE
HOLMS
14th A W 30th Yr B3W4
Elaiiililiii'
with
LAMOINE BIBLE
Today the Nebraskan presents a
new column. For many long years
the writer has had an almost over-
nnwprinp- desire to do SUCh a thing:.
and so catching the editor at a
time when nis resistance was iow
ofH riiiA tn a lank of pood conv.
I finally slipped this by. I hope you
like it, but don't expect too much,
because as the heading indicates
I'm just going to ramme.
And sDeakiner of rambling I was
talking recently to a young woman
who presented an interesting and
rather fascinating idea. She was
wishing that she were a man so
that unon receiving her decree in
August, she could just weigh
anchor and pull out for parts of
the world in general.
Such a thins:, it done in me ngni
spirit and manner, seems to me
one of the best complements a col
lege education could have. Think
of the great sights one couia see,
the great things one coum near
and read, as he worked his way
arnund this old earth. First, may
be a stop at the Congressional Li
brary in Washington. D. tJ., ana a
personal inspection of the govern
mental machinery; then over to
Rncland Westminster Abbey, the
English parliament, historic old
London. Several montns in l'ans,
delving into old archives, seeing
sip-hts out of the old beaten path
generally taken by tourists; a first
hand glimpse of Germany under us
new hero, Hitler; and then south
for a look at Mussolini ana nis
mailed fist regime. Over to Russia,
in the midst of its momentous ex
periment. Traveling east, a glimpse
of the great Gandhi, and then some
inside doDe on those two rising na
tions, China and Japan. Back to
America, seeing things one never
dreamed existed in this country of
ours.
But the spell passes away and
here I am, back at the typewriter,
sweltering in the Nebraska heat,
and, like my friend, just wishing
I could make such a journey.
The editors ot Esquire were
somewhat taken aback recently
when they found they had been
beaten to Francis Fuhr, a suppos
edly new author, by Nebraska's
literary magazine, the Prairie
Schooner. They, however, gracious
ly acknowledged the scoop and in
their editorial comment on it paia
a nice tribute to the Schooner. In
cidentally, the summer issue of the
Prairie Schooner should make, it
appearance soon and will contain
some worthwhile reading.
The statement of William R.
Norton, one of the directors of the
all state high school music course,
to the effect that music culture s
on the upturn in rural America,
seems to be well founded, judging
by what a group of high school
music students told me tins week.
They are all enthusiastic over
their work and stated they intend
going on with their music study at
the university. This should pro
vide a little food for thought for
university authorities.
A movement has been started at
John Hopkins university to boy
cott all student activities which
make charges in addition to the
student activity card.
There are fountain pens especi
ally manufactured for left handed
people.
Salem claims A 11-American hon
ors. Ninety-three percent of its
population is native born.
Students at the University of
Georgia recently took a war at
titude test under the direction of
a New York psychology student.
The questions will each indicate an
attitude. Each one has a numeri
cal value and a high score indi
cates a pacifist response to war
and a low score mllitarintic.
Students at the Univcrnity of
Mississippi who live off the cam
pus employ the "Thumb" method
of paying for their transpoi tation
to and from classes.
SWIM AND PLAY
IN THE SPARKLING CLEAR WATER OF OUR MODERN
AND SANITARY POOI START YOUR 8UNTAN NOW
DANCING EVERY EVENING
JOE BUZZE PLAYING NEXT SAT. A SUN.
CAPSTOL BEACKl
!ii!t!!'
SEMINAR STUDENTS
TO HEAR PLATT AND
MATZEN NEXT WEEK
Open Croup Conferences
to Follow Talks in
. S.S. 101.
Participants in the summer ses
sion for teachers will hear two
prominent Nebraska educators
during the course of next week. On
Monday, July 2, Earl T. Piatt of
the university extension depart
ment is booked to speak on "Sup
ervised Correspondence Study."
This lecture is to be given at 7:30
a. m. and again at 1:30 p. m.
According to leaders of the
seminar Mr. Piatt is recognized as
an authority on this subject and
waso ne of the leaders in develop
ing such a course of study.
Dr. J. M. Matzen of Teachers
college department of school ad
ministration and former state
superintendent of schools, is sche
duled to speak July 3 at 7:30 a. m.
on "The Relation of the School to
the State Superintendent' Office."
These lectures will be held in
Social Science 101 and are to be
followed by open group confer
ences. . Fifty-four instructors at the
University of Iowa have served on
the faculty of that school for more
than twenty years.
Young writers at the University
of Michigan receive $15,000 yearly
in prizes for their novels, plays,
poetry, and essays.
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
at Ruston boasts a complete
printing plant for the production
of its student newspaper and
other official publications. It has
been making a profit for many
years.
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Summer Students
You will want some gar
ments cleaned during the
summer school term. Send
them to the old reliable
Modern Cleaners.
"30rfc Year in Lifu-on"
Modern Cleaners
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Call F2377 for Service
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BAER-CARIiEIU
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