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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, March 29, 1 94 9
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Dear Editor:
Much as I and Mr. Fritz Simpson may dislike final exams, I
have never found them to be a farce. And I have yet to be eon
fronted with the "sad reality" that I am "virtually forced to cheat to
stay in school." I have, however, been forced to spend several hours
of intensive reviewing during final exam week for some four to six
subjects each semester; and curiously enough this review has forced
me to think and to reach a pretty thorough understanding of the
subject I was studying resulting, by some people's criterion, in my
becoming well educated, which I believe is Mr. Simpson's aim
The blame lor cheating rests
ultimately upon the student: I
believe that Mr. Simpson and I
are agreed upon this. Any at
tempt to place the blame upon
the faculty, as did the students
of a school to the south of us
recently, because the faculty per
mits conditions in which cheat
ing is possible, is only an oblique
way of stating that students have
no moral sense, that it is sheer
stupidity to suppose they have
any honor and can be trusted.
And the person who doesn't cheat
should not make matters worse
by moaning that he has to com
pete with unscrupulous theives
and crooks. Such competition
really prepares the individual for
his busines sand professional fu
ture, which, according to Mr.
Simpson, is the aim of a col
lege. Actually, much of the trouble
(though by no means all) lies in
cur misconception of the aim of
a university, and of education in
general. With all our emphasis
upon "practicality" and our wor
ship of the dollar sign, our whole
educational process has become
one long trade school, turning out
mechanics and specialists with
heads full of knowledge about
everything except a sense of age
less, not relativistic values. Edu
cation should give us knowledge
and teach us to think; but more
4han that, it should present us
with the very fundamental facts
and questions of life itself; what is
the meaning of life, and the uni
verse? Is there a God? and if
so, what am I going to do with
Him? These are live issues; they
are forced upoa us: we cannot
escape them; and the decisions
we make are momentous: they af
fect us now ,and very probably
eternally. No man can be called
Ag Pro-Easter
Program Planned
The Ag Religious council has
announced Sunday, April 10. as
the date for the annual Ag Col
lege Fre-Eastcr breakfast. It
will be held at 7 a. m.
Dr. Frank Court, minister of
St. Faul's Methodist church, will
be the guest speaker this year.
Tickets for the breakfast can be
purchased from any Ag Reli
gious Council member for 50
cents.
The breakfast is a traditional
affair sponsored by the Ag Re
ligious council with the co-operation
of the various religious
organizations on Ag campus. All
university students are invited
to attend.
Committee chairmen for the
breakfast are: Program, Muriel
Nelson: preparation and decora
tions, Joan Skucius; food, Irene
Wcllensiek and Helen Ochsner;
cleanup, George Wagner; public
ity, Virgil Ganzcl.
truly educated who fails to face
these issues honestly and con
siders them with his whole mind
and heart and soul and strength.
These questions must be answered
before we can begin to worry
about a business or professional
career: indeed, our answers will
determine the course of our fu
ture. The problem of cheating
on exams cannot exist for any
one who is in university to study
these basic questions concerning
his very existence: One's salva
tion, finding one's place in the
universe, is lightly more im
portant than a grade.
Sincerclv,
R. FREDERIC MANSFIELD.
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rilltor Norm larger
Managing Keillors t ub Clem.
Ffltt Simpson
News Kdltors Ixmlse MclHIl
Susie Reed. M. J. Mcliek, (iene Berg.
Hruce Kennedy
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Ass't Business Managers . . Merle M aider.
Bob Axled, Keith O'ltnnnon
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NU Extension
Teaching Hits
New Record
About 1,895 Nebraskans are
getting University instruction this
year at "little campuses" of the
University of Nebraska located in
49 Nebraska communities.
N. F. Thorpe, assistant direc
tor of the University's Extension
division, said Friday that enroll
ment in the off-camnus instruc
tion program this year has topped
all previous records.
REGISTRATION in the classes
the first semester totaled 1,090,
and 805 for the current term.
Most of the students are public
school teachers earning credits
for bachelor degrees or taking ad
vanced work for master's degrees.
Classes meet for three-hour ses
sions once a week, for a period
of 11 weeks, and are taught by
university faculty members.
Courses offered include public
school art, education, speech de
velopment and correction, social
studies, English, geography, mu
sic, history, sociology and Span
ish. The classes generally serve not
only the community but surround
ing towns. For example, a class
in history organized at Geneva
recently by Miss Emma Renken,
county superintendent, is being
attended by 14 persons from Mil
ligan, Sutton, Grafton, Shickley,
Exeter, Ong, Fairmont and Ge
neva. THE COST OF off-campus
classes is borne mainly by fees
pati by the students.
Communities in which "little
university campuses" are located
this year include: David City,
Grant, Imperial, Loup City, Nel
son, North Platte, Seward, Red
Cloud, Wahoo, Weeping Water,
Beatrice, Blair, Broken Bow, Clay
Center, Grand Island, Lyons, Wil
ber, Aurora, Benkelman, Cozad,
Curtis, Greeley, Stapleton, Ord,
Elwood, Hayes Center, Ogallala,
St. Paul, York, Valentine, Colum
bus, Norfolk, Newman Grove,
McCook, Clay Center, Bellevue,
Lyons, Hastings, Osceola, Ge
neva, Bassett, Fairbury, Tecum
seh, Decatur, Sidney, O'Neill,
Gothenburg, South Sioux City
and Minden.
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The show must go on or so it says here.
However, Shakespeare and the Administration do not
seem to be in complete accord.
Months ago the Temple theater doors were closed by
the state fire marshall and the leaky shelter which had
for years housed the University theater gave up the ghost.
The move was inevitable. The theater had not only become
a fire trap but a pneumonia ward..
As a result the matter was referred to the Board of
Regents, the University theater moved to Wesleyan and
dramatic activity on the campus came to a virtual stand
still. In order to hear the Administration's point of view
on the matter The Daily Nebraskan discussed the problem
with University Comptroller, John Selleck. He assured us
that the situation was under consideration. He also assured
us that the wheels of a large University grind slowly an oft
repeated phrase. They seem to grind more rapidly in the
athletic department than in others, but even there we are
told, their motion is scarcely visible.
Someone eventually scraped off the rust and archi
tects were secured. The Administration was the.n faced with
a choice between minor repairs, which may or may not
meet with the approval of the fire marshall, or a major ren
ovation. The minor work would cost approximately $20,-
000 and the larger job about $100,000. These figures are, of
course, only an approximation. With a maximum of luck
detailed reports of construction costs may be available by
June.
Of course, it will be impossible for anyone to come to
any sort of conclusion on the future of the theater until
explicit information is available.
The chances are that the minor repairs would take only
three or four months to make while the rebuilding would
require a year or more. Again these figures are not com
plete. Comptroller Selleck would like to see the larger pro
ject undertaken, while the Board of Regents would prob
ably prefer the less expensive item. No provisions for work
on the theater are included in the University s building
program which makes the allocation of the necessary
funds a true dilemma.
Meanwhile, the heads of the speech department must
not expect any sort of prediction on the future of the
theater. It would be impossible for anyone to commit him
self on the practicability of the speech department's sug
gestion to use a downtown theater for next year's produc
tions. After all reports are still incomplete.
The fact that not only the speech department, but all
the fine arts, are loosing precious ground in this period of
inactivity is not particularly important. The problem is of
little concern to persons outside the department itself.
It is not a matter of major campus interest that there may
be no University productions next year. Neither is it a mat
ter of major campus interest that Nebraska dramatics may
loose valuable students and instructors through inactivity.
The question is one which must be settled between the
heads of the speech department and the Administration.
That students should be concerned in a purely technical
problem is preposterous. Student pressure would seriously
gum-up the smoothly oscillating or is it fascillating
machinery which guides the higher destinies of this great
institution.
The University is a huge and loosely knit unit. Other
buildings are falling down about the ears of students. It is
much more important to take.one thing at a time. It would
be impossible to make imperative improvements in all of
the stricken departments. It is far better to loose ground in
one field while gaining it in another.
If students will merely forget the entire issue the prob
lem will be adjusted eventually. These things take time;
they also take enthusiasm. M. J. Melick
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BY BRUCE KENNEDY
APPROVING a bill consider
ably shorter than President Tru
man had asked for, Senate-House
conferees sent a 15-month rent
control bill to Congress for pas
sage. The compromise bill re
quired a fair net operating in
come for landlords. Speedy pas
sage is expected.
MINERS feared another walk
out order from John L. Lewis
as the 463 thousand miners went
back to work. One of them said,
"I'm going to get In every day
I can, because I think we'll be
back out again." Lewis has al
ready said that miners will have
to fight again in 1949.
GEORGE GALLUP, compiling
a poll on the average American
opinions of the Atlantic pact, an
nounced Monday that all sections
of the United States are for the
most part in favor of the pact.
Staistics show that 76 are for
it, 14 against, and 10 had no
opinion.
THE WEATHERMAN gave Ne
braska another queer combina-
NU -Bulletin
Board
Tuesday
Students party convention will
be held in the Social Science
auditorium from 7 to 10:15 p. m.
All Student Foundation mem
bers are asked to register as
Builders in Room 308 of the
Union from 1 to 6 p. m. Tues
day and Wednesday.
All Corn Cob actives and
pledges meet in Room 316, Union,
5 p. m.
Anyone interested in Farmers
Fair Rodeo meet in Room 2, Ag
Union, 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday
Red Cross Council will meet at
7 p. m. in Parlor C of the Union.
Social Service tours of the
YWCA will meet at 4 p. m. at
Ellen Smith hall to tour Tabitha
home. All women sturents are in
vited to atttend.
Women's Rifle club, regular
shooting, 4-6 p. m. Andrews hall.
Candidates for Sky Queen of
the national air meet at Texas in
May will be nominated at a meet
ing of Flying Kernels. The club
will meet in Parlor A of the
Union Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
All interested students are
urged to attend.
tion for Tuesday's weather. Rain
was forecast for the east, and
snow for the west.