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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, June 17, 1949
JhsL Oaili TbibhaAkcuv
Member
Intercollegiate Press
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Editor M. J. Melick
Business Manager Keith O'Bannon
Above All . . .
We must be practical.
This seems to be the concept of the average college
student of today and we heartily endorse it, but we find
a discrepancy in the definition of the word "practical."
To the vast majority of students the word denotes a
type of college education devoted to specialization. The
average student apparently comes to college to learn to
"do something" when he "gets out." He does not want an
education; he wants to learn a trade.
Consequently he spends his undergraduate days gain
ing knowledge which will fit him for a job or so he be
lieves. He is concerned only with subjects pertinent to
what he considers a "monetary major." Any required sub
ject, not particularly relevant to his chosen field, but neces
sary for the most limited kind of rounded education, meets
with an angry "What do I have to take this for?" .
A good example of this type of specialized thinking
occurred in a philosophy class at Duke University. At the
time, the respective merits and failing of Spinoza, Kant
and Hegel were being discussed. The instructor then pro
ceeded to point out the fallacies in the philosophers' ten
dencies towards sense-knowledge.
One of our average college students, thoroughly an
noyed with this "waste of time," cried indignantly, "If all
these guys are wrong, why do we bother with them at all?
Why not just study the ones that are right and save a lot
of time and trouble?"
There it is the entire attitude summed up. The whole
mistaken conception of the purpose of a college education
laid bare.
Centuries seem to have passed since persons attempted
to acquire knowledge for knowledge's sake or learning for
cultural and self-satisfying purposes. So let's put this
business of a well-rounded academic education on a "prac
tical" basis.
Unfortunately there is absolutely no substitute for ex
perience. Employers are painfully aware of this fact. But
happily for the would-be student there are types of knowl
edge which prepare one for experience.
These types of knowledge are embodied in courses
which train the student to understand his environment, his
fellow man and. most important, himself. Courses in bio
logical and social sciences, languages, psychology and phil
osophy offer the opportunity to gain a greater over all
understanding.
No journalism lab, no matter how efficient, can dupli
cate the actual conditions of a thousand different types
of newspaper offices. No ed psych course can duplicate
the environment in which the embryo teacher will one day
deal with a sobbing child. But a broad general education
may teach the budding journalist or the prospective teacher
an appreciation and insight into the people and concepts
with which he must deal.
Tart of the popular delusion under which students
labor lies in an ill balanced curriculum with a misplaced
emphasis on "the specialties." Part of the guilt also lies
with the student who chooses only technical courses for
electives.
Sad indeed is the college graduate who has learned to
manipulate an adding machine and a typewriter, but missed
the fundamental truths of all time and all mankind.
Stop
The
Presses
REPRESENTING more than
100 Nebraska communities, 261
high-ranking high school stu
dents attending the University of
Nebraska's ninth annual All
State Fine Arts summer course
elected the following divisional
officers Thursday:
Orchestra: David Lepard, Alli
ance, president; Carolyn Baron,
Grand Island, vice-president, and
Duane Young, Columbus, secretary-treasurer.
Band: Robert Harrison, Lin
coln, president; Kathryn Baker,
David City, vice president, and
Donald Cline, Central City, secretary-treasurer.
Chorus: Gladys Novotny,
Clarkson, president; Mark Weid
ler, Honey Creek, vice-president,
and Janet Clock, David City,
secretary-treasurer.
Speech: Charles W. Gomon,
Norfolk, president; Paul Thomas
Read, Omaha, vice-president, and
Paul Laase, Lincoln, secretary
treasurer. Art: Alison Faulkner, Lincoln,
president; Virgina Nye, Kearney,
vice-president, and Diana Mc
Clure, North Platte, secretary
treasurer. SUMMER SESSION enrollment
at the University of Nebraska
totals 3,634, about a hundred
above pre-rcgistratioii estimates
but still 6' 2 percent under last
year's figure.
Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, acting
director of the summer session,
said a decline was expected due
to the diminishing number of ex
G.I.'s who yet have university
work to complete.
Last year veterans made up
58.2 percent of the summer en
rollment; this year only 50.1
percent. At its regular term
commencement, the university
graduated a record class of 1,410
of which 64 percent were
veterans.
Student Explains Curriculum
Of Children's Speech Clinic
BY JAN KEPNER
"Do you mean that 1 can go
to school here, too?" lisped the
little four-year-old, clutching my
hand and trotting up the steps of
the Temple building.
She, like the other children
coming that day, was delighted
that she could come to the big
University to go to school. Her
"school" was the Speech Depart
ment's Summer Children's Clinic
where she was going to have fun
and correct that lisp at the same
time.
WE WENT on up to the second
floor and into the attractive chil
dren's room with its huge fairy
tale pictures and rows of toys
and games. Here, for four weeks
in the summer, children ranging
from the ages of four to fourteen
will come together from all parts
of Nebraska to work on their
speech under the direction of ex
perienced clinicians. The chil
dren began their summer work
on Thursday, June 16 and meet
every afternoon, five days a
week until July 8.
When they first arrive, they
meet in .small groups for a short
while, playing games slanted
toward improving speech; then
they separate and have indi
vidual work on their special
problems which include stutter
ing, delayed speech, cerebral
palsy and articulatory defects.
BUT THE WORK is not only
with the children. Parents will
get assistance also. Mr. Wiley, di
rector of the summer speech
clinic added that "one of the im
potrant activities this summer is
the development of a parent
guidance program. The purpose
of this program is to keep the
parents of children in the clinic
better informed about the
methods of therapy we are using
with their children as well as
suggesting things they can do at
home to help their child's de
velopment." THE REGULAR Saturday,
morning classes for children and
weekday morning classes for
University students will conn
tinue during the summer. Par
ticular emphasis is being placed
upon assisting foreign-born stu
dents. Of special Interest for foreign
born students plnaning to attend
University next fall is the fact
that the speech department is
making plans for a speech funda
mentals class in the fall semester
especially for foreign students.
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Daily Ncbraskan editor, registered
the last time we drifted into the
office to write this column, the
air conditioning did come on
come back with my mittens, Joe.
The re-circulation of the air
did revive the Daily staff to a
point of semi-consciousness. But ,
this was not quite enough. It
left the staff with some ambition.
But only some. So in sheer des
paration we recount, to satisfy
intellectual appetites, a choice bit
composed by The Daily Nebras
kan's friend, that home-spun phil
osopher, Walt Simon.
(Ed. note: Contrary to the tone
of the foregoing paragraph, Mr.
Simon is quite an intelligent
gentleman and we did promise
him that we would use his con
tribution only in desparation.
Thank you Mr. Simon.)
TRYING ON the cloth of the
crusader I find it an ill-fitting
garment the material is a little
shoddy and the cut hardly covers
the lanky frame. Somebody has
to wear the damn thing waste
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FOUR CHILDREN learn to correct speech defects by playing under
guided care. The children are aided at the university's summer
speech clinic by students and instructors. The clinic is a regular
feature of the summer session. It is held in the Temple building.
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of what student's go to college
for, and the question has a novel
twist. An even better approach
is why do men teach in colleges.
This casual assumption by the
faculty that the student body is
composed of a group of con
genital idiots is, if not erronous,
slightly presumptions. The fac
ulty attitude is reflected by the
factory method so often encoun
tered of trying to pass the lower
fifteen percent rather than try
ing to educate the upper fifteen
percent.
NOR IS the righteous indig
nation over the cheating and test
stealing entirely justifiable. A
test should measure the compre
hension and ability of the indi
vidual student, and should not be
a kangeroo court designed for
hazing.
There are some tests that are
uncheatable and unbreakable.
Professor Gray gave a test in
Tudor history that is a creditable
example. It ran something like
this, "You are an apprentice
blacksmith in the sixteenth cen
tury. You have finished your ap
prenticeship, but you wish to ad
vance past your station in life.
There are several ways that you
may reach a high position in the
Tudor government. Choose a
method and goal, then give the
steps you would take, the dif
ficulties you would encounter,
and the people, and circumstances,
you would take advantage of to
reach that position."
A TEST of this sort might be
distributed to the individual stu
dents at the first of the semester
with the instructions that "this is
the final hand it in by the end
of the semester." To answer such
a question, the student must have
a comprehensive understanding of
Tudor history. It's a malleable
test, but an unbreakable one.
The burden of blame in the
student's lack of enthusiasm for
honest education may not be laid
at the faculty's feet, but the bur
den of proof against slip-shod
methods certainly may.
Schoolmen
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ducted in the form of an ad
ministrative panel which dis
cussed development of guidance
services. The final session con
sisted of a summary and evalua
tion of the conference by Fryer.
COUNSELING AND guidance
were introduced into Nebraska
schools about three years ago
and now, according to Bedell,
about 15 percent of the state's
500 high schools provide their
students with such services.
"Considering the interest among
Nebraska school administrators,
it is likely that 30 percent of the
high schools will have counseling
and guidance services within the
next three years," Bedell said.
The next two conferences will
deal with teaching problems and
teacher training.
Guidance
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a technically-trained counselor,"
he said.
This entire program is made
effective by understanding the
needs of pupils, he stressed. Ef
fecient administration of a guid
ance program also depends upon
well-developed planning and con
tinual training of the staff, Hitch
cock said.
"This program contributes to
the pupils, to the teachers and
administrators, and to the com
munity. It is a challenge to ad
ministrators to teachers, to guid
ance personnel, and to the com
munity," he said.
How far a school program can
go with guidance depends on all
these factors, said Hitchcock.
IVCF
Intervarsity Christian Fellow
ship, an interdenominational and
international organization for
college students, meets every
Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
in room 313 of the Union. All
students are invited. . ......
