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THE DAILY NRRKASKAN THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936 The Nebraskan Mnlion A, Lincoln, (VhrnHka. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AMI HI I.I.KTIN III' rilK 19.HH M MMI l N IIOOI KKNSION I NHUIMIV ()l NMtKAShV I'nhliHlK-ti I in'Mlny nnri I 'rlrtity morning Muring I lie mimmir xlionl ncimliin Htirt rlmiliitcil trw to Mimnu-r nrhmil tnilint unit fiKiillv nirnibi-ri from boxrs In tMtniu bniMinirn. KiriH-lcrt n Miiilcnt I'nhllrntlon, Hnnrrt. - - - . - liMoiilmnr lor no Mid a4v-rllNlii. Il.-iy U-iiK!H, Mfclit li-)m.'l. Mmtrin nno rhiirlnj. Iriin Menu Krtiinr. Itiilirri W minimi ItiiNlnma Miinnn-r. Of Shoes and Ships And Scaling Wax. Advantages and disadvantages arc noted by the individuals at tending the University summer session. They realize that there are opportunities during the sum mer for more personally super vised and individualized study. With fewer students registered in each class, the possibilities for ex pression of individual opinion are greatly increased. In this way the classroom becomes a forum where ideas may be exchanged and where students may acquire, not a limited view of one side of a question, but a broad and libera opinion that embodies the best parts of many doctrines. This broad point of view is vital to every college graduate who is to leave the University's portals with somewhat of a satisfaction that he has at least started on the way towards becoming an educated per son. It is what all schools and classrooms should strive to attain, whether in the summer when classes are small or in the winter classes when sometimes more than a hundred are included in the same room. The privilege of discussing problems and thinking out ques tions, rather than merely listening to the instructor's ideas is appre ciated by summer students in those classes where such discus sion is permitted. It overbalances some of the disadvantages of the summer session. Because of the heat and because of the shorter time which students have to spend together it is impossible for the same feeling of fellowship and comradeship to exist that is pres ent during the winter sessions. The recreational and social pro gram as it has been organized and carried out this summer has done much, however, to banish this latter drawback to the Univer sity summer session. The Friday evening dances, the last of which will be held this weekend in the Coliseum, has been more success ful this season than ever before. This is true also of the tourna ments in golf and tennis, and of the other sports activities. The recreational committee is to be congratulated for its work in bringing students together in ac tivities that have added greatly to the enjoyment of the many sum mer students that have partici pated in them. .Women, too, have been included in the program this year, so that they have also had a greater opportunity to make friends with their college associ ates. With participation in the social activities on the campus comes a feeling of deeper regard for the University and its traditions, and of greater appreciation for its pur pose in advancing the intellectual life of those whom it serves. It is only when a student comes to know the University and becomes familiar with its varied activities that he can come to cherish the memory of days spent in gaining an education. In the Nebraskan, whose publication for the sum mer ends with this issue, it has been the aim especially to make students feel that they are a part of the University, even though they are spending less than three months on the campus, by keep ing them informed of the summer activities. Thus it has tried, dur ing its brief existence, to add somewhat to the advantages of the summer session by helping to increase the esteem for the Univer sity in the eyes of its students. Mother! Country I" are condemned as special servants of Russia communl-m or some other sue system and adjudged for being de voted to undermining America Ideals In the schools. Therefore the easiest way out is to refuse to acknowledge in the classroom that a system, other than the capi talistic, exists. Those who have the belief that college students should be taught to discriminate the majority of Nebraska educators class them selves in this category find that it is wise to teach their students of life in Germany, Italy, Russia and the rest of the world. The difference in view may be attributed partly to a difference in the meaning of patirotism which they each possess. "Individuals find their personalities only as they lose their narrc personal Inter ests and f --- Ty themselves with their groups," says George E. Axtelle of Northwestern. "Patrio tism stands for the sum of these group loyali'.ies. While patriotism is associated with national groups, at its highest, it signifies devotion to the widest social obligations. Social obligations, as seen by the reactions.., or classicist, who fears novelty in the future, require that ccrtam ideas are so obviousi subversive, dangerous, and un American that they should be re pressed, in regard to this view, John Stuart Mill in his essay "On Liberty" cites the case of "Marcus Aurelius," the flower of Roman philosophy, culture and character, probably as good a christian es sentially as Paul himself, a man of unblemished morals, gentle, sin cere, enlightened and profound, who W2s disturbed about the future of Roman civilization, or of any civilization. Seeing disin tegrative forces all about him, he believed only worship and rever ence for established deities seemed to hold civilization together. He believed Christianity challenged the very basis of society; therefore, duty made him liquidate it. So he revived the terror. "If such a person at the very pinnacle of human character and enlightenment could make such a grievous error, what trust can we place in contemporary desires to infringe upon the repress freedom of thought, speech and assembly?" asks Axtelle. Such desires are the result of human intolerance, always present and always vicious. Intolerance which makes people forget that there must be liberty, t! keystone of Americanism. in order that patriotism for the democracy may be kept, intolerance must be abolished and must be replaced by open mindedntss. It is because there are intelligent, broadminded people that democracy can last. William Powell's and Adolphc Men jous," Cobb snorted. O EBELLION in Spain this week l afforded foreign correspond ents ample opportunity to make use of their wits, ingenuity and en terprise in not only reporting but gelling the news out of the war torn nation. One of the unusual features of the strife was the story, the result of the enterprise of Wil liam Reed of the Universal Service London staff, under the by-line of uenerai Francisco Franco, com mnnder of the Spanish army re bellion, in which the general told why he signalled the revolt. rOKlNG a few barbs at the pre a tensions of the American I list i tut c of Public Opinion's straw vot ing on political preferences, V. J Mink, editor of the Literary Di post, has issued an open loiter slyly ridiculing- the Institute's di rector, Ur. George Gallup. THR government of Ecuador has established censorship of for eign correspondence like that of tascist Italy, soviet Russia and nazi Germany. No foreign news can be sent from the country with out the prior approval of the gov ernment, according to a decree of the director. Fedorico Paez. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT Patriotism and The Colleges. What colleges shall teach as patriotism has become in the last few years a live question on the nation's campi. On this campus recently educators expressed their opinions on the subject, many of them asserting that patriotism should be encouraged by showing students all the sides of a question and allowing them to draw their own conclusions. In actual prac tice, however, it is often more con venient for an instructor to "cloak himself with virtue and cover his enemy with approbrium." Those who do not cry "God! NEWS of the NEWS KING'S Bench division of the High Court granted the Attor ney-General writs this week for contempt of court proceedings against the London newspapers Evening News and Daily Express, on the ground tbat their comment in connection wilh a pistol attack on King Edward by George An drew McMahon last Friday gravely prejudiced a fair trial for Mc Mahon. pAZZLING though zig-zag was the trail which Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck blazed across the publicity skies, leaving in its wake many an empty rum bottle in the past few weeks. According to Congressional Candidate James Malone of Seattle, it is just too bad for the Seattle satellite. He vows he's going to defeat Zioncheck at the coming election, because the good people of Seattle frown upon the tactics of Zioncheck." HUNDREDS of newspapers throughout the country are wholeheartedly supporting the "Buy American" movement, ac cording to F. X. A. Eble, manag ing director of the Made in Amer ica club, Inc. At his offices, Cap tain Eble displayed thousands of clippings from newspapers as evi dence of their support in the na tionwide drive now being con ducted by the club. 1RV1N S. Cobb, novelist, actor and after dinner speaker, is com peting for laurels in a new field. He is by way of becoming Holly wood's best dressed man. He ap peared for work wearing: Laven der and gray-striped shirt, a rob in's egg blue tie writh white polka dots, white trousers with delft blue stripes, blue silk socks, black and white buckskin shoes and ecru Ecuador hat with a burnt orange puggarree band. "I'll show those One Man's Cure. In the landslide of criticism that has greeted the two most widely publicized dictators of Eu rope, their achievements seem to have been entirely buried. inc world has overlooked, ap parently, the new hope, the resur rection of spirit that has taken place in Germany and Italy since the rise of Der Fuehrer and II Duce. Newspaper seaders have seen only the persecution of minority aces, the abolishment of all lib erty, the torture of political enemies. They have failed to note that the majority of the people, the masses, hold their heads higher than before the days of oppres sion. Fascism may turn out to be a slow poison. The governments of Italy and Germany may crash and leave the countries in a more piti ful condition than that in which they were before the dictators gained power. Fascism would certainly be a poison to America. Democracy has succeeded here. We need no stimulants. Oppression would cower an American rather than give him courage. However, before we paste the skull and crossbones on the bot tle, we should have a complete analysis of the contents and be sure we are not damning Europe's cure. The Daily Californian. Movie Directory STUART "Suzy" Lincoln Pageant. Beauty LINCOLN "Little Miss Nobody" and "High Tension.' OKPI1K11M of Man" "Sins Springs.' and "Palm SUN "Goin To Town" Red the Rose." and "So VAKS1TY "Panic On the Air" and "The Plow That Broke the Plains." Throe "CV In Education Today (Continued from Page 1.) high school courses of study dur ing the past thirty years are shown in a recent bulletin pub lished by Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, Prof. R. D. Moritz and Harold E. Wise of the teachers college, and Grace Martin Johnson, former graduate student. "Underneath the whole program of curriculum reconstruction there lies the problem of the function of the school as an agency of so ciety," says Dr. Rosenlof in his part of the publication deaJig with future trends in the high school curriculum. "Before the goals of the school can be determined there must be a decision as to what are the goals for America. Cultural Subjects Popular. "Enrollment in English, the so cial studies and the sciences show conclusively that these subjects will continue to grow in impor tance. In each of these three fields the emphasis will continue to be more pronounced on the side of their practical every day values. The subjects of biology and gen eiul science will receive much more attention and physics and chemistry will be vastly reorgan ized. Research shows a demand for an integrated course in the physical sciences, with the sub ject matter being organized in terms of the actual needs of students. "Even the practical arts sub jects, such as home economics and manual training will be greatly changed so that they will repre sent the fine arts as well. An other field of growing importance is that of commercial arts with particular emphasis upon studies that will prepare the student for a more effective participation in the affairs of business. The whole field of agricultural education will be materially reorganized with consumer education' becoming the new goal. Practical Side Important. "Such demand will not neces sitate the sacrificing of anything that is essentially cultural," Dr. Rosenlof declares. "Racial culture need not be sacrificed upon the altars ot the practical. On the contrary, that which is practical can be made cultural. Looking at this matter from another angle, we are convinced that changes such as these are imminent be cause of our changed and chang ing point of view with respect to our whole philosophy of sec ondary education. Preparation for college is one thing. That repre sents tradition. Preparation for life is quite another thing. That represents intelligent change." rrofessor Moritz reports that in 904 90 percent of the high school students were enrolled in English classes, 91.4 percent in higher mathematics, 91.2 percent in the natural sciences, 75.4 percent in Latin or foreign language, 77.7 percent in fine arts and 70 per cent in the social sciences. But it soon became apparent that the classical curriculum could not meet the demands of changing times. By 1919 52 percent of the students were enrolled in the various prac tical arts courses and 7 percent in normal training. From 3919 to 1925 the enrollment in academic courses, excepting English, con tinued to decline: Twelve percent in foreign languages, 8 1-2 per cent in mathematics, 3 percent in the social sciences and 44 percent in the natural sciences. Enrollment Decreases. The five year period following 1929, he says, has been accom panied by a small decrease in high school enrollment, and while the decline in foreign languages and mathematics has continued, the former showing a 9 percent loss and the latter a 2 percent loss, English, tho social sciences and practical arts show an increase of 6 percent, 7 and 1 percent re spectively. That point in the educational ladder at which general education should end and specialization should begin appears to bo very much in dispute, writes Harold E. Wise of the teachers college. He continues: "Present tendencies seem to indicate that general edu cation should at least extend throughout the senior high school years and in all probability should include at least one and possibly two years at the junior college level. There is evidence to indi cate that integrated physical science courses as well as biolog ical science courses are rapidly gaining ground in the junior col lege years. Little has been done, however, up to the present look ing to the integration of the specialized physios and chemistry courses at the senior high school level. There is no sufficient rea son to believe that education in the physical sciences should be general in junior high school and junior college and remain special ized in the senior high school." Mrs. Johnson reports that more time was devoted to offerings in foreign languages than in any other field up to 1920-21. An av erage of 4.3 years was offered in the schools in 1900, the highest point being reached in 1906-07 when the average amount of time given over to foreign languages was 4.8 years. This time allot ment has decreased steadily, until at the present the average is 2.5 years. These facts, she believes, indicate the focusing of greater at tention on the pupil and his needs. K cereal ion Program Now Almost Finished (Continued from Page 1.) lors and Bethany; they lost the game with Seward. About 160 men attended the one important recreational function of the summer session, the steak fry held last Thursday evening. Pre ceding the open air meal, several ball games were played and other sport events were held. The pro gram included an address by Dean F. E. Henzlik of teachers college, several numbers by a men's octet composed of men attending the summer session, an accordion trio, and two monologs by F. L. Duck worth, with an impersonation of Bob Burns and his hillbilly stories and a recollection of his experi ences in the army. W. A. Rosene of the state de partment of public instruction was in charge of the program, while L. L. Patterson, member of the recreational committee, made ar rangements for the steak fry. The Globe for Wash Suits and Pants Globe &ZCtauM!ri 1124 L Cleaners B6755 STUDENT desires ride to central or northern part of South Dakota, Aug. 7. Share expenses. Phone B5549. GRAND HOTEL Good Coffee Shop Quick Service European Corner 12th and Q Streets STUDENT 1P(1 r-4 LUNCHES OV to Special Tables for Professors MRS. C. ROCKE CONSOLIDATED RADIO ARTISTS, INC., PRESENTS DIRECTED EY MARRY RESSBR RADIO'S FJNEST DANCE ORCHESTRA WITH Lynne Gordon The Scintillating Song Stylist! John Zellner at the $15,000 Electric Organ Ernie Weber Radio's Romantic Tenor I Eskimo Trio Chuck Full of Talent and Personality TONITE ONLY! DANCING 40c PER PERSON GATE ADMISSION ONLY 10c CAPITOL BEACH