DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, December 7, 1941
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"'""Editor .Mary Kerrigan
Business Manager Bert Novicoff
Would This Plan
Abolish Cramming?
They're trying to do something at Northwest
ern University that might work here too, despite its
disadvantages. The junior and senior commissions
started Ihe ball rolling and the Student Governing
board sent a petition-letter to the dean of North
western asking for a short period before exams
"a period without classes when term papers may be
finished and reviewing accomplished." The idea of
the reading period, as it is called, is to abolish
cramming.
The plan has been suggested here before and
it has been suggested at many other schools. Its
use is not widespread because it is felt that stu
dents will not use the period for its intended pur
pose. In an editorial in the Daily Northwestern, the
disadvantages are brought out:
"There is no reason to believe that the period
will be used by all students. You can do any num
ber of things which are not in the least connected
with studying, and there are many people who will
not take advantage of the time and use it as it is
intended. Another thing that occurs to us is the fact
that if students did what they were 'supposed' to
do they wouldn't need a reading period. They would
have all the material at hand at exam time. But
students do not study as, they are supposed to. We
base our ideals upon theories, but when people fall
short of the ideal, there is always a practical situ
ation to be met. We are still dedicated, we believe,
to accomplish the things which will do the greatest
good for the greatest number of people. And a read
ing period is one of the practical ways to do this
in relation to the people who will take exams come
January."
Despite the disadvantages there is reason to
believe that at least a third of the students would
take advantage of the period and thus be able to
relieve the strain caused by exam week. If the plan
goes thru at Northwestern, it might be well for
Dear Friend:
The man on the other street keeps abreast of
the times. At least that, is his story and he sticks
to it. He does seem to have evidence to present sup
porting his contention. He reads the condensed
news reports, he knows when and how to turn radio
dials, he attends forums, he listens to commenta
tors, he goes to conventions, and he is good at talk
ing it over with any three unfortunates who hap
pen to get within his sphere of influence.
He, the man on the other street, is a fine gen
tleman and knows his onionS but I notice that I
am picking up the habit of watching for him with
the thought that I must always have a reason for
not allowing him to get too close to me. If he is
in attendance at the same dinner I happen to wash
my face and comb my hair for, I have a tendency
to slide, place by place, down the side of the table.
When he expresses an opinion, I almost say "Nuts,"
out loud. That is bad! How can the country pros
per if I fail to appreciate the virtues of a man who
keeps abreast of the times? I must do something
about it.
I could, of course, slip over, rather quietly, on
some stormy evening and shoot the little pest, but
it would disturb the neighbors and anyway I would
have to buy a gun. There is also the possibility
of forcing myself to also keep abreast of the times
and try talking him to death, but that would neces
sitate keeping such a thing as a card file, or a book-of-the-month
subscription and; Gee Whiz, a man is
entitled to a modicum of leisure.
Keeping abreast of the .times wouldn't pc so bad
if one could be sure about the technique of keeping
abreast of anything and also be sure about what is
meant by the times. For example, should one (in or
der to keep abreast) be just even, a little behind, or
a little ahead and should one (in order to pick the
correct times) choose standard, sun, celestial or
that adopted by the college clocks? The man who
lives on the other street is usually way ahead of all
times and is so definitely abreast that all we can
see is his back. He does know how the war is going
to come out, when the next depression will hit and
what we will be thinking about in 1960; so if you
are one who has neglected keeping abreast of the
times, why don't you go over and see him some
time? Very Truly,
Raymond E. Manchester,
Office Dean of Men, Kent State Uni
versity, Kent. Ohio.
the University of Nebraska and other schools to
observe how it works and make use of it if it does
work.
Boucher Discusses Junior
College System at Norfolk
The junior college movement is
generally regarded as sound and
represents a permanent change in
the country's education system,
Chancellor Boucher declared in
Norfolk this week end. The Chan
cellor spoke over station WJAG
and later discussed the subject
with members of the Norfolk
board of education.
Norfolk will launch a new junior
college in Sept., 1942.
Less than one-third of the hun
dreds of thousands of students who
enter four-year colleges each fall
as freshmen ever complete the
four-year programs for bachelors'
degrees, said Chancellor Boucher.
The one and two-year programs of
Distinguished Explorer . . .
Wells Discusses America's
Stand in Far East Tonight
Carveth Wells, distinguished ex
plorer, engineer, and author, will
discuss America's stand in rela
tion to the Malays, the Dutch East
Indies, Singapore, and the Philip
pines at the Student Union's third
convocation tonight in the Union
ballroom at 8 p. m.
Wells will show technicolor
movies of the Malays which he
took during his six year stay on
the peninsula. Since the British
government commissioned Wells to
survey the route from Singapore
to Bangok, he is now able to ex-
At Union Convocation
plain the significance of British
troop movements of Australian
and Indian troops across the rail
road to the Siamese border.
Wells' travels have not been lim
ited to the Far East. He made an
expedition to the Arctic Lapland
for the Swedish government and
was the leader of an expedition to
the Mountains of the Moons in
Central Africa and of the Mil
waukee expedition to Kenya and
Tanganyiko. Wells has explored
the Russian Caucasus mountain
and has been on expeditions to
Panama, Mexico and Japan.
Ball
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letter, neon lights above the door
flushed her name.
Vice president of Delta Gamma
sorority, Miss Talbot is secretary
of Mortar Board, president of
Coed Counselors, ana a former
member of Tassels. She also is on
the Cornhuskcr staff, the Student
Union board, Vestals of the Lamp,
Phi Sigma Iota and the YWCA.
Hundreds of spectators filled
the balconies of the coliseum to
witness the colorful spectacle as
coeds in their formal fashions
mingled with uniformed officers
and the formal civilian black and
white of the men dancers.
Has Danceable Band
Following the grand march dur
ing which the ROTC band played,
Everett Hoagland and his orches
tra furnished the music. Dancers
said his music was the "most
danceable" heard on the campus
for a long time, and probably the
longest conga chain ever held any
where highlighted the dancing.
With the grand march preceded
by a precision drill of the Pershing
Rifles' crack squad unit, Brigadier
Colonel Roger Cox, after meeting
Miss Talbot onthe stage, accom
panied her in the marching which
was climaxed by the presentation
of the honorary colonel to Gov.
Dwight Griswold and General
Frederick Uhl, head of the seventh
corps area as the corps of officers
with their beautifully gowned
escorts stood in the background
Rose Signal for Dancing .
The dancing began when Miss
Talbot after having returned to
the stage, directed the cadets and
their ladies to dance by removing
a flower from her bouquet and
throwing it toward the formation.
Miss Talbot wore the traditional
cream honorary colonel's uniform
with scarlet trim. Her cape was
lined with scarlet silk and her cap
carried a tall scarlet plume.
Lending a cosmopolitan note to
the affair were students from
more than 50 universities through
out the nation who attended the
ball as delegates to the National
Student Union convention held in
Lincoln this week end.
Among the distinguished quests
and patrons present at the Ball
in addition to Governor and Mrs.
Griswold and General and Mrs.
Uhl, were Chancellor and Mrs.
C. S. Boucher, university reircnts
and their wivos, Miss May Per
shing, sister of General John J.
Pershing; Col. Charles A. Thuis,
commandant of the corps of ca
dets, and Mrs. Thuis; General and
Mrs. Guy Henninger, Colonel and
Mrs. Raymond W. Bnggs, Colonel
and Mrs. John C. Pegram, and
Mayor and Mrs. Richard Johnson
of Lincoln.
junior colleges offer complete ter
minal units or study ior siuuenia
who wish to be in college for a
shorter length of time, and at the
same time make it possible for
many students to attend who
could not afford a college away
from home, he added.
"Thirty-four percent of all stu
dents in independent junior col
leges are enrolled in terminal
courses and 66 percent in courses
preparatory for higher training,"
said Chancellor Boucher. "Since
75 per cent of these students never
go on to a higher institution, more
of them should be enrolled in ter
minal courses," he concluded.
New Magazine
Prints Work
Of Students
The University of Chicago is
planning to circulate nationally a
literary magazine, "Trend," for
the purpose of publishing the
works of "up and coming" univer
sity students from all over the
country. The magazine will make
its first appearance on Friday,
Dec. 12th.
The scope of "Trend" will in
clude short stories, articles on the
theatre, music, and art, literary
criticism, verse and satire by stu
dents of universities and colleges,
as well as featured contributions
by nationally-known literary fig
ures. .
In order to be an outlet for the
works of university students it is
hoped by the editor that the
younger writers will submit manu
scripts for publication in the
magazine.
CPT Stand . . .
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ematics to be eligible for this
course. Those mistaken notions
have kept a good many students
from trying to take it. The Ne
braska Aeronautical commission is
interested as are we in seeing that
the students have the correct In
formation regarding the course."
Fees Reduced.
In order to bring the course fn
easier reach of every male student
of the university, the Board of
Regents has approved a revision
in the fees charged in taking the
CPT course. Beginning with the
second semester the total charge
to the elementary student in the
CPT, including insurance and phy
sical examination fees, will be 519.
Previously the fees were $25. Yhe
fees for secondary students, also
Convention ...
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at which Dr. C. B. Schultz, direc
tor of the university museum,
showed colored movies of Nebras
ka. Mrs. Florence Bates of Lin
coln, alumni member of the Union
board of managers, and Mrs. Mil
ton Anderson of Lincoln, wife of
the board president, poured.
Chief Justice Robert Simmons
of the Nebraska Supreme Court
addressed a formal convention din
ner following which delegates at
tended the military ball at the
coliseum. W. W. Marsh, director
of the Nebraska Union, acted as
toastmaster. Partners for dele
gates were arranged for the ball
by Miss Patricia Lahr, social di
rector. Saturday Program.
Yesterday's program included
three morning seminars. Miss Mil
dred King, food director of the
Nebraska Union, lead a discussion
on food. Elsworth DuTeau, Ne
braska alumni secretary, lead a
seminar on "The Role of the Un
ion in Developing Students for Fu
ture Responsibilities." The Friday
student meeting was continued at
the third seminar discussion of
"Correlated Student Activities" to
which representative leaders were
invited from all Nebraska student
organizations.
Chancellor C. S. Boucher and
Gov. Dwight Griswold spoke at a
luncheon yesterday followed by
the convention business meeting
The convention closed with a buf
fet dinner last night at which Mil
ton Anderson, president of the Ne
braska Union board of managers,
spoke.
This university is the farthest
west that the Association has held
a convention since its organization
23 years ago. Institutions repre
sented at registration Friday in
cluded Arkansas, Brown, Buffalo,
Colorado State, Cornell, Cincin
nati, Idaho, Iowa State, Iowa, In
diana, Illinois, Kansas State, Kan
sas. Michigan, Minnesota. Mon
tana, Montana State, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio State, Ohio
University at Athens, Pennsyl- including insurance and physical
vania, I'urdue, bouth Dakota, Wes- examination, will be $31, com
leyan, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. pared with $34 as charged before.
Success in College Means
Good Health, Scholarship
By AiMMtriated (ilmr Prt-nn.
College "Success" may be de
fined as satisfactory performance
in these areas:
Health: All-important for good
health was satisfaction with liv
ing conditions. "Dates" with mixed
groups, occurring more than three
times a month, were bad for
health; but one-girl dates were not
injurious. Those who were active
in religious organizations had bet
ter health, but those who were
over-active tended to have poorer
health. Those who lived on the
campus enjoyed better health.
Scholarship: Strangely enough,
it was the amount of the mother's
education which was most direct
ly related to the son's scholastic
success. Those with brothers or
sisters in college or with college
degrees made better grades than
those who were breaking the trail.
Children of divorced parents fell
much below those from unbroken
homes. Those who took part in lit
erary societies and foreign lan
guage clubs were fceiUr students.
The poor students have trouble
with their daily schedules.
Finance: The students who were
in the top two-tenths in college
academic rank were those whose
financial position was relatively
good. Apparently it is not the
father's having money, but the
boy's being able to get hold of the
money he needs which helps in
this area.
Family and Home: Those who
reported that their parents were
moderately interested in their af
fairs were the better-adjustd
group. Also, boys with younger
mothers ages 39 to 42 did better.
Another curious indication of good
home adjustment is a liking for
the subject of English.
Religion: Those showing the
strongest "religious attitude," in
cluded the men who scored in the
three highest tenths in college
scholarship.
Morals and Discipline: Once
more the advantage of picking
young parents was shown, an!
again this strange correlation with
interest in English. Scholastic
awards went to the students of
high moral standing; but students
who merely declared it was theif
ambition to become honor students
were scored relatively low in
morals. Those who emphasize i
scientific, political, fraternity and
athletic activities made lower
scores.
Personality: Frequency of at
tendance at movies was a sign of
poor personality, as was also fre
quency of indulgence in card
games. "Bull sessions" were again
a kind of thermometer, the better
adjusted boys being the ones who
participated in the large sessions
and the less well adjusted in ses
sions with very small groups. Con
tinued association with parents,
relatives and friends was a good
sign.
Social Relations: Boys whosi
fathers were born in the United
States or in Ireland were more
adaptable socially. The amount of
the parents' education was related
positively to the boy's social ad
justment. Those without athletic
interests scored consistently lower.
Boys who said they liked girls,
made a showing superior to those
who didn't
Fraternities and sororities at 'the
University of North Dakota signed
up 192 pledges.
Seven students comprised the
first class that met at University
of Michigan in 1841.