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TUESDAY. MARCH 2. 193?.
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A Blind Student
'Looks at Society.'
"Bullsession'' is the name of a column in the
University of Washington Daily to which students
and faculty contribute discussions written in con
versational style. In an issue last week, a student
contributor told of his acquaintanceship with a
blind fellow student, and the latter's views of so
ciety. They are provocative, and hardly optimistic.
Popular conception has it that physical afflic
tion embitters one toward life. Like Phillip
Carey in "Of Human Bondage," a handicap, cou
pled with disillusionment, will turn idealism into
hateful cynicism. But popular conception is
often shot with inconsistency and exception, and if
the following article is to be of value as a com
mentary on modern life, it should be considered as
such an exception. His accusations stand on their
own feet. He may present only one side of the pic
ture, but he presents it with insight that ordinary
vision cannot give.
We met in a political science class. He was
not a jolly fellow. I have never seen a jolly blind
man, have you?
"Well," he said to me as we left a discussion on
the sources of the law. 'I'm going to try some
thing I've been thinking about all my blind life.
I'm going to divorce myself from my blindness
for a day, and see.'
"By all means do. and tell me tomorrow what
you saw," said I.
"Agreed," said he.
I didn't go to class the next morning, for I had
to do a little imaginative thinking of my own.
But, the following day, Mr. B. S. spoke to me and
said he wanted to tell me about his day of seeing.
He said, "I arose early that morning, and saw
a city for the first time. I saw the rain pouring
itself lavishly on the features of the earth. The
water seemed unhampered by the precedence of
other rainy days.
"I descended upon the campus. I wanted to
sen the sharp tongued professors whom I had
heard expound with learned pomposity.
"I saw reflected in every classroom the clash
of interest; students caught in different mores.
I saw college life try to break some of those
mores. I saw that the university was not a bell
jar where its tenants escaped the pressure of the
larger community.
"I saw philosophers caught in the web of their
intellectualism, reducing everything to force. And
I wondered where could one hope to find the
prince of men that Plato dreamed.
"I saw intellectuals trying to be objective about
the chaotic crisis of modern thought. As If one
could be objective in a vacuum.
"I saw millions re-emhrace the concept of the
Godhead. And I saw millions denounce that con
cept. "I saw science about to put on the cloak of su
perstition. "I saw intolerance rampant, and the minds of
men warped by their lack of understanding.
'I saw battalions marching, marching, march
ing. "I saw a family album a study in gas masks.
"I saw want, crimes, maladjustments, heart
aches, poverty, despair.
"I walked into great hotels where waste was
merely the evidence of a certain well being. And
I saw at the feet of those hotels, the human debris
of an unsocial society delving in ashcans to live.
"I went into the courts and I saw young men
condemned to death, but I didn't see the courts
condemn the forces that drive young men to the
one way track.
"I saw millions stop dreaming the American
dream.
"I saw 'b president hand down a dictum that
may change the wellsprings of a nation.
"I saw nature rip her belly open and spew
across the continent.
"I saw the mighty wheels of entertainment
grounded in the belief that wool can never be
taken from the eyes of man m the mass.
"I saw men praising the fearless fighters for
human improvement in an older day, and in the
next breath damn those of today.
"More I snw but my day was ending, and in
the fading light I returned to my blindness. Now
once asrain I can feel my way in the cut forest
of human thought, and try to learn what the
founding fathers had to say about their day."
"Damn!" I ssid, rubbing my eyes. "The times
must be out of step."
ShickiiL
(pld&SL
Another Nehrakan Critic
Goes Down for the Count
To the Editor:
Here's to the University of Ne
braska Men's Glee Club! May they
continue to give this campus as
interesting and entertaining pro
grams as they did in the Wednes
day afternoon conocation. That
they can sing feau'.ifully was well
evidenced in this recital.
The Nebraskan ' reporter says
"they sang in chs.ricti:ristic glee
club fashion, with an abundance
of volume and mengir artistry."
Typical and charact.er.gtic of what
glee club?
I would be interested' in know
ing how many men's glee clubs
this reporter has had the oppor
tunity of hearing and coming in
direct contact with. He. will un
doubtedly say. "Many! That's why
I can judge their singing.'' Yet,
his is only his qpinion. as mine
is, I grant you, but because he
happens to be the reporter and
r.ot I, his judgment rules. How
ver, we salt away our own opin
ions of fine male group singing,
whown by this convocation.
I am glad he grants the idea
that they displayed "an aboun
dance of volume." However,
reading Mr. Kimball's article,
ene is lead to believe that it was
not due to any special training
on the part of their director, or
any evtra work on the part of
the fellows who participated. It
was only "In characteristic glee,
club fashion." Apparently it
can't be helped and is only be
cause of the act of opening their
mouths to sing these men dis
ulayed such volume and enthu-
iam.
Rerondly, Mr. Kimball d"cla rrs
that thf-re was "meager artistry."
I wish that hp Wf.niUl define those
terms. Doc he stop to consider
that th (iiioftnr is. to some ex
tent, woikirg under a handicap
ry taking over the cupervision of
thi men's glee the first semepVr?
He had b-foie him the job of
testing a group of 60 or 70 fellow s'
voics. some experienced,' others
not. That, in ititelf, cannot be ac
complished in a day or two. All
eyes were on their new director,
wondering whether or not he could
prove himslf worthy of handling
these men. determining their voice
register, and training them to the
best of his ability. eH has accom
plished that now concede him that
point! The men glee club has
reached a pinnacle that has been
reached only by hard work and
proper training.
Thia ia the first time that thin
gToup has sung an entire recital
I before the student body and out
jsiders, as well. First appearances
iare never as god as tho they had
I been doing it for years. The sire
club has sung songs for fiifferent
I occasions which merits attention.
I but was never directly rerponsibl"
'for an entire program. Th-y car
ried off high honors in their sir.s
ir.g, personal appearance, soloists
and their professional attitude.
I Any group that works as hard
, as this glee club has will accom
! plish things. The Bach selections
; were lovely. Their quick change
! of tempo and snd mood in the
second part of the program m.Tfe
it a delight to listen to. Here's
I to more Nebraska spirit in all
lines of endeavor.
This group docs not rr.Ir.d t-o.n-ment
o rcriticism. constructive or
otherwise, for they ate h'-!perj by
i it. I have ro connection " :th this
group, so the occasion for thr?
remarks cannot b attributed to
i any of their personnel,
j However, I believe that if peo
: pie tried to boost Nebraska prod
ucts, not knock them, they would
'all be encouraged. A group could
.see just how much they are appre
ciated, and would try so much
harder.
Give the men s glee club a hand
for their good woi k !
A Subscriber.
we as medical courses should be
otfered for those who care to take
advantage of them. I might add
that such a health course as I have
indicated will he offered next year
I by the staff of the department of
student health.
I Rufus A. Lyman,
Director Dept. Student Health.
(Bulkdin
'
j Music Schedule.
Because music classes are held
in part of the art galleries part of
. the time, the art department is
' sending over a schedule of hours
1 when students may view the Ne
braska Art association exhibition.
Charlme Dein
Tasseks.
Tassels will meet in room K5 of
Social Science hall at 7:00 o'slock
tonizht.
The .Nehrakan Kit-
On llypicne (lourf.
To the Editor:
On page 2 of the Nebraskan for
Feb. 25. 1S37. I find in the last
paragraph of "Inquiring Reporter"
this statement: "Do you favor a
general conrs available to all
studen's. in sex eduratlon and
marriage hygiere sh propo.-eij jn
yesterdav's Feb. 21 j Nebraska):
by Dr. Lyman?"
If you will refer to the Ne
braskan of Feb. 24, you will see
I made no such sjggestion.
Courses in sex hygiene have
been given for both men and
women for many years in the
department of Physiology. I
have alway insisted that they
should be elective courses only.
What' 1 lid n.'iy was that J am
advocating a health course that
would give an tindei-M andiog ol
the problems of physiology, hy
giene and disease no that the pt u
dent will be able to piotet and
improve his health. I question the
wisdom of forcing health instruc
tion upon people if they rjo not
want it. just as I question the wis
dom of forcing mediral service
upon people who do not want it.
But such educational courses as
Lutherans.
Lutheran students will meet
with R.ev. H. Erck for their reg
ular Bible class at 7:15 Wednes
, day evening in room 203 of the
Temple theater.
' Le Cercle Francais.
Members of Le Cercle Francais
i will meet Thursday noon at the
Giand hotel for the usual bi-weekly
luncheon. Tickets are 35 cents.
Any Ftudent wishing to attend
! is asked to notify either Miss Le
nore Teal, president, or Miss Kath
erine Piazza in the romance lan
guage library in University hall.
For years, freshman lecture has
been the common "gripe" on the
campus. The air has been filled
with noisy avowals of love or hate
for this subject, the purpose of
which is allegedly to "orient the
incoming freshmen."
Consequently, when the ques
tion, "What do you think of
freshman lecture?" was put to a
group of undergraduates, the
answers varied.
Millard Rosenberg, Arts and
Sciences freshman:
"Some of the lectures are good.
I some are bad. The course, how
ever, does serve to introduce many
of the Arts and Science courses to
! the freshmen . Thru It, students
are forced to do outside reading
and to utilize the library."
Deborah Phillpp, Arts and Sci
ences sophomore:
"I can see that the course is of
some value, but I didn't like it.
So many of the lectures are Just
plain dry. If lecturers could be
secured who would be a little more
interesting, the course would cover
such a range of subjects as to
give the freshman a glimpse at
the entire university curriculum."
Robert Shepard, Pre-Med sen
ior: . "It no doubt has its advantages,
but I consider it a waste of time.
When I came here, I knew exactly
what I wanted to take up, and
freshman lecture dealt with a lot
of things in which I had no inter
est. Usually, however, the course
is disliked because of a more or
less personal opinion. If a fellow
just came here without knowing
what field he wanted to enter, it
would aid him. But if we must
have the course, why not make it
elective?"
Elaine Morrow, Arts and Sci
ences sophomore:
"Before I took the course, there
were certain fields about which I
knew nothing at all. Freshman
Lecture does not give one a gen
eral acquaintance with the various
departments of the University."
Robert Roach, Arts and Sciences
Senior.
"I can see no reason for the
course, and I don't believe that
anyone else can it's nothing but
a waste of time. When I was a
Freshman, it was merely a place
in which to catch an extra hour
of sleep. The students copy
passages out of books, copy
other papers, anything to get a
grade. The speakers don't or
ganize their talks, and rarely if
ever finish them in the allotted
time. I know of no way to im
prove it."
SoDhomore:
"I didn't care for more than two
lectures during the whole year. A
few of them were interesting and
perhaps instructive, but the course
as a whole had no value except
that of acquainting one with the
I lecture system. All one ever aoes,
j is check out a few books, copy a
few pages, and hand in tne long
paper" or the "short paper." If
one would read all that was as
signed, the course might have
some value, but the average stu
dent reads just enough to get his
1 grade."
Don Moore, Arts and Sciences
I freshman:
"You have to do too much work
I for the little credit that you get.
iThen, too. the time is inconvenient.
' If the best course in the Univer
sity were offered at K o'clock or
'5 o'clock, I'd still dislike it. The
lecturers seem to be trying to sell
their departments to the students
rather than attempting to lnrorm
them on the subject of the lectures.
P.eorganize the course, offer it at
a decent hour, schedule some lec
turers that would sincerely try to
help their listeners, and the course
mi?ht be valuable."
Bill Hughes, Arts and Sciences
freshman:
"I don't like the references. The
outline, supposedly helpful, lists
references, all of which are prac
tically alike. It's impossible to
organize or systematize your ma
terial. Too much time is spent
in the earning of one hour's credit.
It rather spoils a day to get up at
6:30 o'clock just to attend that
course."
Edith Kraine, Arts and Sciences
freshman:
"Library facilities are inade
quate. There are insufficient ref
erences available, you have about
a 300-to-l chance of getting the
material you need. Too often, the
references fail to connect with the
lecture, and they are absolutely
useless in the writing of a paper."
Josephine Rubnitz, Art and
Sciences sophomore:
"The lectures aren't ao bad, but
the writing of the paperi is
assinine. You are forced to go
Into detail on a subject about
which vou know nothing. The out
lines take up the subjects from
such a funny angle, and the lec
turers often fail to explain the
connection which supposedly ex
ists between the lectures and the
outline. The lecturers either talk
to the students as though they
were babies and practically draw
that they are delivering a treatise
before a group of Ph. D.'s and
wax so technical that the student
hasn't a chance."
Sid Hoadley, Arts and Sciences
freshman:
"I think the course is obso
lete. A well-supervised orientation
course in smaller units would per
form the function without the in
convenience that now exists. The
University has neiflier the library
equipment nor the staff to ade
quately handle two such large
classes."
Dorothy Bentz, Arts and Sci
ences senior:
"It's a pretty good orientation
course. It serves its purpose in
getting the freshmen reasonably
well acquainted with the various
fields open to him, and aids him
in his decision on the subjects
which he shall take."
ANSON WEEKS PLAYS
FOR KENTUCKY BALL
SOONER, JAY PROMS
(Continued from rage 1 '
lior Prom at the University o
at
CaniAT"
Ai.ui,mo Thursday. March
h. er,r,nr fieldhousc. An adcr
.i.,of in Sunday's edition
the Oklahoma Daily re
"clut
Griffith and June Waggener are
the four candidates for the cov.
etcd honor.
Tickets to the Prom may be pur.
chased from any member of the
Prom committee or frora Corn
Cobs. Members of the Junior.
Senior Prom committee are Jans
,,f! Walcott. Dave Bernstein. Bett
ad m p't 'u;r,K:''a A.n'
in a rrcat POPUIHI r-
"'":'. V.." ,:..;.( the
iT. liVen nlaced on sale I Bob Martz. Genevieve Bennett and
at the treasurer's office...
At Lawrence Friday.
Anson Weeks and his orchestra
come closer to the Comhusker
. e V.An thflV
dili ITrirlav Mflrrn C. 111 ".
nnnear for the Junior Prom
University of Kansas at Lawrence.
Press reports from the Jayhawk
inctitnte indicate that an overflow
crowd is expected, and before the
derson. Bob wadhams, Marie Ko.
tone, Bill Clayton, Kosalie Motl
Al Moscman.
"The worst thing that can hap.
! pen, it seems xo me, ia to have a
I school deal principally In terras
of fear, force and artificial au-
at the ! thority." Dr. Albert Einstein of
relativity fame suggests a doing
:away with the "I'll flunk you if
I you aren't good" set-up in schools
evening is completed, me
O." sign will be out.
A gala assemblage too
nected for Nebraska s
'S. R.
is ex-
"I have never been drunk in my
life-not necessarily because I
thought it was wrong hut because
Junior j I could always ininK ot lorty bet-
Senior Prom on Saturday to usher j ter things to ao nariea Emerson
out another formal season and m.r-.rown. ninuM u lale a
wi ne"s the presentation of the ; vinity school, asks i DePauw uni.
Cornhusker Prom Girl for 1937. : versity audience to do one-fortieth
June Butler, Helen Fox, Addrienne as well.
JUNIORS REQUEST
COUNCIL BACKING
IN ORGANIZATION
(Continued from Page l.
their attempt to effect some sort
of unity among the campus jun
iors, are: Publicity, Willard Bur
ney, chairman, Virginia Anderson
and Dave Bernstein; Finance.
Thurston Phelps, chairman, Bob
Martz, Al Moseman and Betty
Cherny; Junior Relations. Eloise
Benjamin, chairman, Austin Mor
itz. Earl Hedlund and Martha Mor
row; and Party, Jane Barbour,
chairman, Jane Walcott and Web
Mills.
A committee was also appointed
to consider different plans pro
posed on the floor, and draw up
some sort of compromise charter
for the as yet unrecognized Junior
committee. The committee, which
was composed of Willard Burney.
Eloise Benjamin, Web Mills, Aus
tin Moritz. Dave Bernstein. Bob
Martz and Bob Wadhams. present
ed the plans for a vote of the group
at a Sunday meeting, from which
evolved the proposal which will be
relayed to the Council Wednesday.
The committee in charge of the
student publicity bureau is arrang
ing to make contacts with com
munity newspapers thruout the
state, in an effort to publicize the
academic interests of the univer
sity, which are at present being
dangerously slighted. Plans are
also being made for an all junior
party to be held sometime early in
the spring.
I The WEEK of "WEEKS"
P' Junior-Senior
Jjj X Prom
Come - -
"DANCLV TO ANSON"
Presenting
THE 1937 PROM GIRL
Uni. Coliseum SI. 50
Saturday. March 6
ii!i"
Junior-Senior Prom
Lloyd FneSman gets a ticKet to the prom.
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