Sunday, March19J950
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Know Your College . . .
TC Eyes Future Building Plans
A completely new high school
building to enable student teach
ers to instruct over three hun
dred Lancaster county students.
The building would include the
most modern facilities both for
teaching and learning.
A new wing to the Teachers'
college building proper which
would include both bigger class
rooms and more research svuee.
Those are two of the "dreams"
cf the Teachers college at the
present time, according to F. E.
Henzlik, dean.
The new high school, which
would take all practice high
school teaching out of the present
building, is the next building
scheduled as a part of the Uni
versity's ten-year building pro
gram. The building would be
constructed on lath and U
Streets, east of Bancroft school.
Adequate Spare
It would include adequate class
snace for all high school activ
ities. Henzlik hopes that along
with essential class room space,
gymnasium and auditorium fa
cilities will be available in the
new building.
One-way observation for se
lected groups would be avail
able, if present plans are com
pleted, Henzlik said. This would
allow the instructors and other
of their classes to view Univer
sity teachers as they instruct in
classrooms without being visible
to the teacher or his pupils. In
structors would then be able to
offer suggestions to the student
teachers on teaching methods
without interferring with the
regular class under observation.
Health, and guidance units,
rot now available, would be in
cluded in the new building. Ex
panded music and shop facilities
are also needed, Henzlik said.
Model
This school, Henzlik said
'should be a model for all high
schools in the state to see. It
should serve as a training labora
tory for over 400 school teachers.
It must have the facilities to en
able young teachers to develop
skills, attitudes and imagination
for future work."
The wing which is proposed
for the Teachers college is not
scheduled to be built for some
time later. It would include ad
ditional facilities for classroom
and graduate research. It would,
in addition, include the junior
division offices.
For the second semester, 1,
618 students are registered in
teachers college courses. This is
about 1,000 more than were en
rolled in the same course five
years ago, just after the war.
Faculty instructors include 49
full-time and 22 part-time in
structors. 13 Departments
"Work toward high school
teaching certificates can be taken
in any of 12 departments:
Commercial Arts, Educational
Services, Educational Psychology
and Measurements, Elementary
Education, History and Principles
of Education, Music Education,
Physical Education for Men,
Physical Education for Women,
Practical Arts, School Admin
istration, Secondary Education
and Teachers College High
School.
One of the services offered by
Teachers college is a freshmen
counselling service. Trained sen
iors and graduate students help
incoming freshmen with an aim
toward:
1. Helping the student adjust
himself to Unniversity life and
help him to realize his own po
tentialities. 2. Helping the student adjust
himself socially to campus life.
3. Helping the student realize
the possibilities in himself to
ward leadership both in campus
and adult life.
4. Helping the student to be
able to create things, whether
the things be such as art or
music, or merely a good conver
sation. Junior students are trained
during their junior year as to
methods of counseling students.
As they become seniors, they be
gin counseling the freshmen stu
dents, and in turn help train the
incoming junior students.
Two Fields
Students in the college are re
quired to prepare in at least two
teachinc fields or subjects usu
ally taught in high schools. They j b
must be able to present a ma
jor and a minor in other aca
demic subjects.
Darrel Meinke, a junior, is
taking English as his major, with
minors in history and social sci
ence. He plans to teach m a
high school after graduation.
He has to have a minimum of
30 hours of English for his ma
jor as well as two 15 hour se
quences in history and social
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PRACTICAL ARTS LAB These students are working on a lathe
in the practical arts lab. Students learn the use of all the shop
tools. Most of the people registered in this course plan to teach
manual arts after graduation.
studies He will then be quali- braska's visual aid library. The
itied to teach these subjects. library includes films. Mm
In education classes, he learns strips, slides, recordings and
the methods of teaching, as well plays. All types ot turns ana re-
thp nsvrhn ncv o dealing corcungs arc avanauie
as
to either
with children. Principles ana stunenis or leacners in m. ...
subject matter content, including thruout the state. The plays are
possible situations arising in sent to high schools in the state
class are presented to students, lor reading. The' schools may
Teaching, a far as Meinke is read the plays and decide which
concerned is a family tradition, they would like to order.
Both hi grandfather and father Films and recordings are also
i are teachers. "ea as a Pa" 01 l"e -"" ' "".
l "Teaching is a good profes- training program. A special class
ivion" Meninke said. "If offers in the use and techniques of
opportunities for service. It will audio-visual aids is oliered at
probably never make lots of thepresent time. Two preview
i mv hut teachinc offers a rooms are available for use of
comfortable and respectable any student who wishes to use
place in any community.
Visual Aid
Meinke believe. that one of the
greatest aias 10 siuuenis i ic-
the films in his interest field.
Student Teachers
A student teaching program as
a part of University training
is
Faculty Replies
To "Rating" Poll
included in the college curricu
lum. For grade school tteaching,
cadets must be at least sopho
mores in school. They do prac
tice teaching in Bancroft school,
as well as other Lincoln schools.
Student teachers in teachers
College High School must be
seniors in the college. Each stu
dent teaches a class in his ma
jor or minor field. The student
teacher has full responsibility for
the conduction of class. Students
receive criticisms from faculty
instructor, as to how they could
improve certain phases of their
teaching.
In some cases, students are
sent to Lincoln high schools.
Graduates have said that this
student teaching program bene
fitted them more than any other
part of their University training.
Example
One such student, Pat Wied
man, is a sophomore, majoring in
physical education and French.
Her minors are natural sciences
and English.
She hopes to teach phys ed
after she graduates. She plans to
enter the Navy after graduation.
She has gone to officers candidate
school for several summers. In
the navy she will aid with the
cadet training program.
She has aided with or taught
swimming, in high school, col
lege and in Y.W.cA. during the
summer.
In general education classes,
she receives instruction on the
teachers code of ethics, as well as
the history and methods of edu
ficldsavailable to graduating
teachers is also available.
Miss Wiedman listed three rea
sons why she plans to teach: 1.
The best way to learn is to teach.
2. Teaching is a good way to
meet and get along with people.
3. Teaching is a way to serve
the community.
Kd Psychology
The department of Educational
Psychology offers student train
1 ing in tearing general character
i istics of pupil behavior in meet
i ing and talking with the chil
' dien's parents and in working
w 4 y ;
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and Jo Jen
. moiiv ccDi irir Rill nrr rraduntc student,
Loder counseling trainee, demonstrate the' use of the counseling
roVm Such methods are used in the freshmen counseling ! service.
The service offers help to incoming freshmen on problems or
campus life.
kindergaiden teachers to JJJftU
for college instructors.
Ilonoraries.
I Phi Delta Kappa and Pi
Lambda Theta are the profes
! sional societies for upper class
1 and graduate men and women,
with other teachers in improv
ing the adjustment of their pu
pils. Demand for teachers still far
exceeds the supply. During the
past year. 3.5U8 requests, for
teachers were received by the De
partment of Education Services.
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positions in their interest field. I respectively.
The department was able to fill Alpha Lambda Delta is an
onlv approximately one-fourth of j honorary society for freshmen
these requests women who have a 90 average.
Many of these requests were i Sigma Xi is composed of grad
for teachers who could offer in- j uate students who have com
struction in at least two subjects, ! pleted three and a half years of
besides their major subject. Star- work and have shown superior
salaries offered the teachers ran- i ity in two or more department!
ged from a median of $2300 for I of applied sciences.
English Professor Endorses
Morrill Hall Art Exhibition
The questions asked Univcr
i sitv trai-hers in The Daily Ne
Energetic 1871 Students
Began NIPs First Paper
University Publications have
seen many changes since their
tirst founding in 1871.
According to information in
Love Library's Acquisitions, Se
rials and Catalog Department,
"The Hesperian Student" was
the U.N.'s first regular publica
tion managed entirely by stu
dents. Editors and reporters
would find a marked contrast if
they were to view the office of
today's "Daily Rag."
The first newsroom on the
campus occupied an attic floor,
and it remained one of the jobs
of staff to keep the fire going
to heat the building. Original
serial stories and items on cam
pus activities made up the bulk
itl the paper.
The careless makeup and
' proofreading errors gave more
amusement to the student read
ers than did the papers sub
stance. Under the new manage
ment of editor-in-chief Willa
Cather. hicher standards were
maintained and made the paper
tops.
"The Nebraskan" or "Riley's
Rag" as it was nicknamed be
cause of its first editor was
founded in 1894 as a rival to
"The Hesperian."
Two Merte
In 1901 the two papers were
merged into what we now know
as "The Daily Nebraskan." Un
der its new setup, greater finan
cial support was received from
the University and the editor
was selected from the student
body until selection by the pub
lication board proved wiser.
Today's news oflice occupies
large room in the basement of
the Union, "The Daily Nebras-
ous publication issued by the
Paladians.
Camnus artists and cartoonists
pot a chance to reveal their tal
ents with the founding of "The
Awgwan" in 1912. It died out
in 1948 at the age of 35 when
the Cornshucks now edited by
Frank Jacobs took over.
"The Sombrero"
"The Sombrero," the first an
nual appeared in 1884. In 1894
it featured a picture of a don
key as an honorary staff mem
ber, the little animal that the
French teacher rode to school
had finally become "Big time."
In 1907, a combination of the
Junior annual and senior class
books formed the first "Corn
husker." The literary stories and
jokes that it once possessed have
been replaced by pictures and
activity stories. Little resem
blance will be seen between the
1950 "Cornhusker" edited by
John Connely and the first pub
lication 68 years ago.
braskan poll last week were not !
answered by the instructors as
merely "yes" or "no." Nearly all
the profesors had something to
sav on the matter. !
These comments, in their raw 1
form are perhaps more valuable
than the bundle of statistics
which usually comes out of a
nnll of this kind. The result.
percent on the poll are as
lows:
When asked whether they felt
that a teacher rating system
could help improve teaching
methods, 86 percent oi the
teachers answered yes.
When . asked whether they
thought that the students could
rate their instructors objectively.
89 percent answered yes.
When asked if they thought
that the results of the ratings
should be available to the admin
istration. 61 percent answered
yes.
dditlon, 46 percent lavorea
in
fol-
best. While in school you are in-
fluenced by other student's opin
ions, by the teacher's personal
ity and by the grades he gives
and the j kes he tells."
Eye for Eye
"When an instructor is rated
by his students, the good pupils
will say that he is a good teacher
and the prmr ones will call him a
poor teacher. The instructor al
ready knows more or less what
the two classes of students think
of him. Therefore a rating sys
tem wouldn't do him any good,"
said a profe.-sor in the enguieer-
l ing college.
"Students idolize their instruc
tors. Thcv might try to rate them
objectively, but would not be as
critical as they should be. I
know in my own case that I am
not as good as the students be
lieve me to be." stated another
engineering faculty number.
On the question of whether
1 the results of a teacher rating
of my class I lay them on the
table in front of me."
Another instructor told of stu
dents who criticized him for
swearing in class. He added,
however, that he had not stopped
using such words in his lecture
vocabulary, and felt that the ma
jority of his students did not
object to it. The man refused to
give his identity, having been
interviewed in another profes
sor's office
One teacher in the Teachers
college was informed through
student criticism that she was
By Herb Armbrust
Orin Stepanck, assistant pro
fessor of English, said recently
during one of his literature
classes that "the art exhibit in
Morrill hall should be a part of
our academic adventure. Art is
like good music or good litera
ture. We can only come to ap
preciate it by coming into con
tact with it again and again.
The Nebraska Art association's
60th annual exhibition of con
temporary tirt is wide enough in
scope that there are representa
tions of types of paintings and
sculpture to satisfy the tastes of
almost anyone. Even the scolfers,
who laugh at examples of mo
dernistic art, tell their friends
how they could do better with
their fingers, arid whistle as they
read the pri tags: seem to go
town folk eyeing a newcomer
from across the walk. Another
showing the Brooklyn bridge
against a background of a dark
skv. was done by Sol Wilson.
The exhibit will last through
April 2 and is free to student
with identification cards.
Z71Z ! 'nevS ! away feeling that their time has
students in her classes to recite
School Initialed
For "Housemoms"
In addition, id pertem '" should go to the administration,
a detinite scale system, per- s(ime w(m(jt.r,.d wh!lt the adinin-
cent wanted criticisms m ine nu- j jstlilll,iri would ri Wltn ti,c rat
dents' own words, and 34 percent j mfis ..Jf tnt,v were fiolllg i use
of the teachers had at some time , (h(jm Uj ()f t.,., ,.,.
taught in a srnooi which
teacher rating system.
Faculty t'ommrnU
Knowing these results, here
are some of. the comments given
bv facultv members:
'"I wiil heartily endorse a
teacher rating system. How else
can 1 know whether I am a good
teacher or rot? N't once since
1913, when I slatted teaching,
have I had any indication of
ML-h.ihir or not I am actually do
ing a good job. However, student
teachers, it would not be desir
able," s;dd one instructor. Others
felt that this would be the only
way in v.hr h the administration
could justly rate its teachers and
advance them.
Faculty Know Results
fxcent these certain students.
The teacher herself, when
questioned about the situation,
had this attitude. She was im
pressed by the interest which
these "pets" showed in her
couise. She grew into the habit
of letting them do all the reciting
because it was much easier and
because they were so vivacious.
She didn't realize that she was
showing "favoritism." This W'as
remedied by having a system of
rating.
TC System
The system used by the
Teachers college is different
from other systems, however. It
is strictly a rating of the
teacher couise. and not his per
sonal traits. Teachers college in
structors lelt that rating the
(Ntusc won Id le the only method
of obtaining results, and that the j artists meeting in
-turients should only have the ; missing each other.
not been wasted.
liusker Artists
Eighteen Nebraska artists have
works on exhibit at the show.
Each of them has had work in
vited or selected by jury for at
least two art shows of more than
local scope in other galleries
since March, 1949. One of them,
Terrance Duren, some of whose
paintings were reproduced on
covers of the World Herald mag
azine section in past years, has
a picture exhibit which is quite
un-Nebraska-like. It is presuma
bly a southern scene, showing an
old negro, an upturned boat, and
some old houses against a back
ground of a river and a dark tky.
A painting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi
called "Disturbing Dream" has
as its subject the same one which
is often depicted in humorous
cartoons that of two trapeze
midair and
Even the housemothers at
Colorado Women's College go to
school. . I ... th,,iH not be the only
Dorm tory directors are so in-i '""" . kueecs-
terested ,nhe,r students that sour ce of - - -fh1.
they spend tneir " d", .I1Kn of the teacher
noons meeting nn mc r,,, .... -- . h
counseling m "i""M :
Kan nas gameu piumim-mc o.-
one of the best university dailies.
"The Button Muster." a fore
runner of our present day Corn
Phuck made its appearance in
the early BO's. It was a humor-
a training course in
and guidance.
The course is designed to carry
not the nhilosophy of under-
i standing the students a an in
; dividual. Problems that originate
I in the dormitory demand that
the student be given help when
she needs it most. The directors
realize that campus and dormi
tory life affects classroom work
and try to seek new ways to help
integrate these two phases of
college life.
Tibet Lecture to Describe
Life in Remote Civilization
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"I see no reason why the ad-
ministiation should not be sup
plied with the results of a rating
system." .'aid one instructor in
Arts and Science. "After all. '
ery thing the jidmini'.ti.ition
knows about the v.oit)i ol an m
j Mructor'p teaching comes in
' directly from the students The
j administration may hear that a.
would come cei tain pioicssor nas a u ium.
from men who and ull1;i, ;Ki on tins u.ms ,.
good I education ' ; dh' lun.onscionsly 1 Mo the 1ei.ch.Tf I
no ?he P es o, s be-I in that depart m.,-. Infonnat
, A yu L students especially j of this kind should imt be second
heved that ',ls' l; w(.,'e hand. It should te oht; in-d ,
freshmen and sop! om " ; I d ,y ltu,i(.:1s , .;
not o d enough as tt t ' UM. fa r:)t),ie ...-. Only then '
S iidT professor In Arts and can the mlo, i:,tion be absolutely '
Science "It is only after you accural.," he adoed
have left the Univeisity and got, "Instruct,, ,s have f very' Inn?
out into hie that you realize : Ut gain by having th. ir students
which of jour leachc-is were the j,;,t(. them, and nothing to lv."
I said one pi of.
"If we don't learn ih-i iodn ally
what our students think ol us.
we ;.rc liable to grow dull and
get in a rut," said another.
MannrrUmi
"Until one student pointed out
one of my mannerisms. I didn't
even know that I had Jt." s;od a
faculty member of Teacheis col
lege. "11 wems th:jt when I lec
tured I took off my glasses and
swung them enouc.h to bother
students who were taking notes"
Now every tune I appear in fiont
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LOST HORIZONS" Lowell Thomai, Jr. Is shown wearing the
raddres of Tibet, the land mde famouii by Jamci Hilton's noveL
Thomas will present a motion picture lecture on th forbidden
Iwd t 8:15 In St. Paul Methodist church, March 22. Tickets may
b obtained from Tassels for $1.23 each.
The story of one of the most
remote countries in the woild,
Tibet, will be shown through
films and words when the Ne
braska Mortar Hoard chapter
presents Lowell Thomas. Jr.,
Wednesday, March 22 at 8:15
p. m.
Thomas is on a nation wide
lecture tour telling about the trip
he and his radio commentator
father, Lowell Thomas, Sr. took
Delai Lama.
Before the Thomases expedi
tion, only six Americans had
ever obtained permission tc visit
the Tibet. The movie lecture will
describe the difficult trip to
Lhasa, over the highest moun
tain ranee in the world, the
Himalayas.
The last part of the movie
shows life inside the forbidden
country. Described as one of the
great adventure stories of our
Umn. Thomas will tell the story
of the land which may soon be
overrun by the communists In
their attempt to gain access to
India.
Tickets are being sold by Tas
sel, and are available for $ 1 .20
each.
opportunity to no tins.
"The students will always be
demanding impossible things.
Thev ask to be told a week in
advance when tests are corning
up so thev can cram. They are
not asking to take the six weeks
exams w hich they failed over
again. If we drive them hard,
thev trv to get even. I'm not bit
ter 'against students, but they
came to the Univeisity to fludy.
and no c-oui -e is too hard for a
student who wants to woik," felt
a chemistry pi-.iles.sor.
l.ntinrt rs
S,od an engineering prof:
"Kiankly, inteiest on the part of
student.,' would impiove my
tea. hing the most. I have come
to tie place wheie whet ' sec
t,.,t,.,.ts who air iu.-t taKi.et my
course to get th' b"ur. who
show little real er'hMs.- t:. who
don't think enuu.:'. cf rr y .uurse
to icfiaiii fiom --urn; -iass all
! the lime, that 1 get discouraged
I invselt. I'll show enthusiasm if
'. they'll show a little interest."
"The man who slicks to the
textbook and never ciacks a joke
inav be the best teacher." be
lieves an Ar'.h and Science in
structor "The te.i'her who g-i
v. av off the tia. k in lectui.-s.
and entei tains students with
stones and discussions of "sex"
will never be lated down," he
added.
"On a teacher sating Foale the
students usually sale teacher as
being two extieni.-B. Either they
are good tea'hers or are unsat-
Strikint Sculpture
Two pieces of sculpture which
seem to catch the eyes of the
viewers are "The Piper," a wood
figure by Irving I-e-hman, and
"Tow Saints," a figure made of
colored glass and metal by Em
manuel Viviano.
A painting by Richard Haines,
called "The Return of the Prodi
gal," depic ts a group of small
isfactory teaches . The average
ones don't really know exactly
what is wrong, because the scale
is riot a constructive scale. "Sat
isfactory" teachers are simply
rated hallway between, and
don't know exactly where they
stand," stated a professor in Law
college.
RCCU Starts
Hospital Unit
The Red Cross college unit ha
opened a new unit of service at
the State hospital. Open to par
ticipation for all interested stu
dents, the first program will b
held tonight at 7:30 p. m.
Entertainment will be in a St.
Patrick theme, featuring hit songs
from 1850 to 1950. University tal
ent will be used.
Interested students who would
like to participate in future pro
grams should contact Sharon
Fritzler or Miriam WUley. Ihis
is a opportunity for students who
would like to work in a service
activity.
A comprehensive plan is now
being set up at the State hos
pital, by the Red Cross, which
will begin with recreation and
entertainment and will gradually
include trained workers in hand
icraft, arts, and other fields of
personal work with patients. Any
student with particular talent in
the field of handicrafts ran be
guaranteed work on this Red
Cross project.
PullfifUan Fledges
Earn Initiation
Have you noticed a "blind"
student with a cup running
around campus collecting money?
Or someone playing his violin on
a street corner?
That was the Literary Society
of Palladian pledges going
through initiation week. All the
initiation c eremonies were ended
at the formal initiation Saturday
night, March 18.
Pledges initiated were: Rar
bara Johnson, Alice Meyers, Don
Inrns, Rob Stiehl, Ed Swenson,
and Merrjtt Cushing.
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