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ON THIS ISSUE
Drik E.tltor-Plpal N0"' Editor Reddish
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Possible
A recent D.iily Ncbriiskun liciullino prom
ises n "luiolil (nil look" in forensic 'tiiiip'1 i
tion I his yc.-ir. The tlck-itc S(iiii(l is blessed
with a supor;iluniliince nf able orators. They
constitute the Nebraska forensics.
The most )i1 lift-some point is liy what
criteria a season may lo considered successful
or otlierwi.se. Nebraska indulges in no com
petitive verbal oinbroglios in the strict, sense of
the word. Dehatcs are non decision, anil win
ner or loser is n vagary dependent upon the
individual's prejudiced and loyal choice. Some
time late in the year, normally, one or two of
the N'eliraska teams enter a tournament which
is presided over by judges possessing the pow
er to determine
lirst ami set
ond.
nin-
T1,ti. was a lime when debate was
jir activity of every university's cultural lile.
Orators were fostered and nurtured, and dis
played their verbiage to the delight of largo
audiences. To be able to streak well and rep
resent the school in intercollegiate contests was
a distinction comparable only with that of be
ing captain of the football team. A victory was
a gala occasion, with much shaking of hands
ami congratulations, with the concomitant
irlory and popularity of being on the winn'mir
side.
Perhaps the audiences weren't the numeri
cal ctpials of (lie football day crowds, nnd cer
tainly no elaborate stadia were creeled to seat
them, but their enthusiasm was great and their
appreciation sincere and wholehearted. How
different from the apathetic manner of modern
sophist icates !
It is a university's duty to stimulate
thought and desire for knowledge on the pari
of its students. Quite obviously it cannot im
part all learning in its limited halls. The cre
ation of the desire to learn is a significant
achievement. As most instructors will sadly
relate, that is a difficult task. Students con
sider their text assignments the sum essence
of all that is expected and required in the at
tainment of a well balanced, thoroly educated
mind, and regard those who would fro further
as freaks. Thcv aren't imbued with the spiril
of educative initiative.
It is iu this state of mind that they ignore
debates, and other activities of cultural bene
fits. The orator is not a man with worthwhile
ideas and thoughts to them, but rather an over
exuberant student wlm has, in the course of
his collegiate wanderings, absorbed more
knowledge than is -rood for his well being, and
is riiMing himself of the excess by spout ing
from the rostrum. The debate is not an inter
est inr means of matching wits and mental
powers, but rather a ledious session of mean
ingless argument and re filiation.
Consequently, forensics as signified by de
bate have I'allen'fo a low level. There is little
student support, small audiences to listen to
an argument, and few veteran men attempting
to try out for the teams. Those who have par
ticipated for a year or two are quite likely to
brand it a farce worth neither their time nor
effort.
It is deplorable that such a condition ex
ists. The Nebraskan would plead for students
to participate in and attend debates, but that
would be similar to arguing a river into run
ninfr backward. The trend is away from for
ensics. Only concerted effort to provide at
tractive drawing features and re-establish in
terest can in any slight measure steer the
stream of student opinion back into the chan
nels of this cultural interest.
The Nebraskan believes that the most last
infr steps that ean be taken to awaken latent
interest is to revert to the old principle of de
cision debates. Make oratory a competitive
sport, with the at least mental knowledge of
triumph for the team and Hchool if trophies are
not forthcomiiifr. Perhaps a Big Six eon Ter
ence debate lcauue could be organized. Prac
tically all the valley schools have debale
courses thrown in with their Knglish depart
ments. A field of competition could be estab
lished to paraphrase Dial of Tool bull. Students
perhaps would be drawn from the school loy
ally and competitive urge. More men would
participate, if they knew certain victory or de
feat depended upon their efforts, for the do
sire to win, at iiiiyl h'nifr, is a strong one. With
more men would come better caliber, successes,
and debate could take its rightful place as a
leadinit activity on t he. campus.
Culture has too long been disregarded in
school affairs. Activities which may full under
the head oT eontribntiiifr at least a little to the
intellectual development of eollefre youth
should be carefully nursed into prominence.
We have too long been too eiif.' rossed with the
.......iiitu ol" football victories ami
prospects for the next year and too little eoii
cerned with developing our minds to a winninir
stride. The Nebraskan 's plea stops not only
with debate, nor with other cult urally-sided
activities. It is a plea for the wellare and
benefit of the student mind and Tulure oT our
country.
STUDENT PULSE
Brief, concise contributions oertment to ""r
student life and the university are we corned by Wii
department, under the usual restrictions ot nun
newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matte,
and personal attacks. Letter, must
names will be withheld from nubMcation M so desired
Mr. Inm's
He plies.
To the editor:
thnf Mr. Kees in his second
letter to the press has ceased his painful satire.
lie informs us that his auruisnc momc
i..,;.,,r t iMit Dr Schoenemann in an uu-
ll,'i"S 1 "
nlcasant finest ionable position was Ihe prcser-
valion of democracy, lie said in nis iciter mm
fascism had uiven earnest concern to sm h
men as .lohn Dewey, America's most important
I'.vin.r i.l.ilowoiili.T. Charles A. Heard, the emi
nent historian; Wehlon Kees, Nebraska ':";
Robert Morss Lovolt, one ol Americas ioic-
mosl literary critics. Mr. Kees suf.resis mat. i
...t.rl.t ii..itifiiw sumilv him with answers to
his"" standard questions eoncerniiifr Ihe deplor
able conditions, which, he assures ns, cxim m
(iermany. ..
t. K'..jil.. tt-wlii.u fi m:i intain the discussion
upon a broad impersonal level. Hut meanwhile
he unassumingly claims for himself the sup-
jiort of "decent people everywhere n i
pose him. I am risking my decency, it appears.
However, it was not my inienuon n ui..m
r..,.;u I ! meri'lv answerinir a grossly
unfair attack by Mr. Kers. I njrre that cor-
taiu aspects ol the van regime are iiiikmchmo.v.
lUit alonfr with these there are accomplish
ments that are commendable. Mr. Kees toot;
all the worst features of a country that was
in a slate of revolution and presented tnem
.... 4...... ni.iiiirii nf flip lirese
His first letter was so hopelessly bipoted, ilC
t i .i i ., p
matic, and prejudiced inar iiMumr om yi
intellectual diapers would have resented it. lie
condemned the na.i party for what he himself
was practicing; namely, in tolerance, fanatical
adherence to narrow partisanship, and glaring
in icri.nr.iwniil .if ion .
The sources Mr. Kees depend upon in
making up his "decent" mind are unknown
to mef However, lie admitted that the Daily
Nebraskan. where he copied the interesti.
version of (lernian spelling, was one of his
authoritative sources. It is probable that his
other sources of information concerning Ccr
niany are just as susceptible to conscious and
unconscious corruption. Therefore it can lie
reasonably assumed that he has never veatl
a Miller speech in its original form nor in its
entirety. Then Mr. Kees, who has been alarmed
about fascism, taking Ibis country, may be com
forted to learn that Hitler in a recent speech
to the Merman public said: "National socialism
is not a commodity for export." Kven if it
were for export, it might be difficult to im
port to this country.
1 wish to apologize to Mr. Kees for iden
tifying him with Arthur Hrisbane. became
rather confused by the similarly omniscient
manner of exposition; and at one time Mr.
Hrisbane. too, wrote derogatory editorials
about nazi Mermany. That was before Hitler
contracted for $100,000 worth of American
news to be supplied by International News Ser
vice. Not only "prominent educators and pro
gressives everywhere" know that Hearst owns
this news agency; it is even known by the
canaille. Tho I am in an apologetic mood, I
do not wish to apologize for "gutter tactics,"
as Mr. Kees so graphically called them, in
replying to his slanderous letter. Because it is
truly an unconventional plumber who dresses
up in his Sunday serge to work on a sewer.
ltOYD 1NNKS.
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Counsellor's Corner
REAL EDUCATION
By
Rev. L W. McMillin
Episcopal Student Pastor
,'Iimii '.in- jiiuriml
"Jesus Incrcaspil In wlsilom and In stature, nnd In favor wllh fiod
,UUl Mui-Htitin Is threefold. Mun Is a Trinity, body, mind nnd soul.
KvervtnliiR In nature k.wh and KrowH very frratliiiilly. l.e towering
fwk. 'miremllng Its l.rancl.cH for the protection of the flock and i.etd
that seek Hheltcr under IIh branches was once Just a tiny acorn. 1 m
irivatosl. cllios of the world weic on.x Just a brick or stone. I'he great
rivciH that carry the commerce, of the world started with Just n tiny
Kniiiur. Tho frroHlcHt and ptrongest men of history were once tiny
" , mt I. i.iKll lUtllUI lift
babes In t heir mothers' arms. J ne i:nun n uuu uhihj t ......i .in
Blobe started with twelve Inconspicuous men in tho "little upper room
In Jerusalem. The growth In everything In gradual.
There must Be an equuiuy oi
ilevelonment in body, mind and
spiril. Tnc growin in fni n muni
h fvrndiial. With th body, at
lonaf twenty or twcntv-fivc years
are required for the full develop
ment. Wtm mo mi no, a wnoic
life time is required. It la a long
rri-u.liinl rmwlh from our A B t!
days to our Fh. D. days. With the
soul, the development goes on lnio
eternity, gradually, very grad
ually.
At different times In history.
the emphasis baa been placed on
onlv one of the phases of man.
The ancient Greeks placed the
emphasis on the physical. The
ancient hermits and the monastic
nvBtcm nut the emphasis on the
sptritual, on the soul. At various
tiinea the emphasis naa wen
placed on the intellectual. We
know now that the whole of man
must be developed to make a
well-rounded out personality. The
soul, the enduring part of man,
must not be neglected. We need
a spiritual rudder to guide us
over the shoals and sano-mirs or
life.
Education, true education,
means drawing out of a man the
best that is in him. I suppose
if education were only the fill
ing of the mind with facts, it
would have been called "in
ducation" instead of education.
Education is learning to live
best, drawing out of man the
very best that is in him, and
making it possible for him to
serve best in the place into
which it has pleased God to put
him.
If we put the entire emphasis
on the physical, we have a brute,
the cave-man. If we place the
entire emphasis on the mind, we
have an intellectual freak. If we
place the entire emphasis on the
spiritual, we have the religious
funn tie None of these la the
normal man. We must develop
all three to be normal humnn be
ing. Now to have these throe phases,
we must feed them and exercise
them. The body, to be strong,
nuint be fed nnd exercised. No.
grent athlete is developed by read
ing a hook on I'nysieai uumire.
The mind must be fed and excr-i-iufwl
Nn Front mholars are de
veloped simply by listening to th
lectures of proressors. me sui
dent must not only be fed, he
must lie exercised. The soul must
be fed by instruction, by the Body
and Blood at the altar oi tioa ana
then exercise must follow. No
saints are made by listening to the
story of St. Krancls. K.xercise
must follow. We must learn, we
must feed and we must do.
In school work we find the soul
education the easiest to neglect.
Students are swamped with school
duties and extra-curricular activi
ties. No one is really and truly
educated unless he has developed
nil three sides of his being. The
university and the churches, iu con
Junction with the university, make
It possible nnd offer every op
portunity for students to develop
physically, mentally and spiritu
ally. "Jesus increased In wisdom
and in stature and in favor with
Cod and man." Will you develop
in the same way? The responsi
bility is yours.
L. W. M.
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