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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, November 14, 1952
EDITORIAL PAGE
Homecoming 1952
The annual Homecoming weekend Is about to
bo launched with a pep rally and the unveiling
of house displays this evening again on our cam
pus. The Daily Nebraskan is so commemorating
this traditional festivity with its 42nd annual
"Homecoming edition. It Is our intention to cap
ture, in the news columns of this student publica
tion, the atmosphere that invades our campus on
this special weekend.
Homecoming1, in the eyes of this writer, is
that special privilege of collegiate institutions.
There are those who shall view the crepe paper
and the football team, hear the music and the
crowds this weekend and think it unnecessary
and meaningless.
Perhaps in view of our confused, unhappy
world, many long hours of work on the Home
coming weekend, the money spent on house dis
plays and parade floats and the endless amount of
effort exerted to make the event a success seems
trite and vain.
Perhaps many persons will watch the football
team play tomorrow afternoon and think of boys
Vorea; many might view the elaborate house
displays and think of the United Nations struggling
for Deace: many shall view the rally tonight and
think of the millions of underfed, underprivileged
persons in Asia and Europe.
Actually at the very core of the activities
going on this weekend is a commemoration of
that in which we believe of that for which we
fight. The Homecoming- weekend is, in essence,
a tribute to the game of football healthy com
petition; a tribute to the University a citadel
of free, unhampered thought; a tribute to the
spirit of young persons arranging their own lives,
electing their own Pep Queen, planning their
own rallies and setting up their own traffic
routes; a tribute to the ability of American
youth to plan and work together on house dis
plays and parade floats.
This writer thinks that the Homecoming week
end is that time when we, perhaps unconsciously,
revere those institutions and attitudes that we hold
most' dear. To all who have worked and planned
to make this weekend a success The Nebraskan
offers its sincere congratulations. We think it's
mighty basic to our way of life. R. R.
Leffenp
Where Are You Going?
About this time each year, after first scholastic
reports, an editorial on this subject Is often writ
ten and always appropriate. Freshmen especially
have scholastic worries at this time and many
upperclassmen as well are not too sure of them
selves. When a person enters the University right out
of high school he comes here with relatively little
knowledge of what is demanded to obtain a degree
leading to a specific profession. This lack of
knowledge is always excusable. It Is a fault in
our nation's educational system. We can not cor
rect it now but we can help to cope with it.
A great majority of students choose a pro
fession because the name sounds good to them
or the work is apparently exciting and offers
rewards students would like to reap although
they are totally unprepared to ready for the
harvest.
Engineering, to cite a common pitfall, sounds
like a worthy and rewarding profession. Who
doesn't like the thought of having his name linked
with construction of a great bridge, or highway.
Invention or process, product or formula? These
are things that immortalize men. Few high school
students realize the mathematics that must be
mastered for an engineering degree or the high
aptitude in science prerequisite to engineering
achievement. Naturally some students who had a
bit more insight into the demands of a profession
tr luckily selected the field in which their apti
tude lies are passing their courses and have settled
In a specific branch of study.
It is the misguided to whom this writing is
directed. You who have received down slips
after conscientious study, you who squeaked by
the first six weeks, you who feel uneasy and
discontent in your present schedule, you who are
drowning in extra curricular activities, you who
are sleeping 15 hours a day because you have
nothing else to do, back up and take a rood long
look at yourself.
Why buck an impossible load? Professional
courses do not as a rule become easier in the upper
classes. Can you be happy in a life work that
was not pleasing from the outset? Chances are
that you will not go farther than your education
and aptitude limit. There is not much "luck" in
volved in getting to the top.
Perhaps we had better explain exactly what
we are talking about when we say, "aptitude."
It is the natural inclinations you have (toward
a certain line of work. Exactly what develops
an aptitude Is involved and not completely un
derstood by anyone. The point is that you find
yours.
Discovery of one's aptitude Is not as difficult
as it may seem from the definition. Do not, as
students frequently do, consult parents. In this
respect parental judgment may be as bad or worse
than the student's. Scientific tests have been de
signed and are in use at the University for ascer
taining aptitudes. The Junior Division administers
the tests in Temporary A. The office of the Dean
of Student Affairs may also furnish some valuable
guidance. Personnel in these offices are paid to
be here for you.
Faulty grades are not always acconntable
to aptitude misrecognltion. Study habits have
to be developed. Most students must begin de
veloping these habits after matriculation. Ne
braska high schools and high schools in general
are not noted as the greatest of Intellectual chal
lenges. Study difficulty is related to low ap
titude but even good minds in the right , pur
suits have not been conditioned to concentration.
The Junior Division can also guide study habits
and develop one's reading and concentrating
ability.
Fortunate is the individual who feels no in
clination to go headlong into activities until he
has fastened himself with deep scholastic roots.
Among those who have embarked upon the proper
course of study and then fail, the activity bug is
the greatest menace. Few students realize that a
fair average is prerequisite to advancement in ac
tivities. For their own interests alone then, poor
grades are a handicap. Over zealous house ac
tivity chairmen are partly to blame but a student
should know when he has assumed an adequate
activity load.
Before leaving the world of learning entirely
and joining the foreign legion, going back to your
summer job or blaming your instructor for your
difficulties, back up and decide where you are
going. Are you on the right road? There is one
here for almost anybody. H. H.
Rally Or Not . . .
TO THE STUDENT liVUX:
. During theUast week much dis
cussion was kicked both ways con
wnitw nn nllpcM rally tc be
held tonight. The rally committee
under the sponsorship of the Corn
Cobs and Tassels in us original
plans wanted to have the tradi
tional Friday night rally beiore
Homecoming. I, as an unofficial
member of the committee, threv
-nlri water on their ideas by pro
jecting the thought that a rally on
Vririav nieht would be a
wasted venture which would be
in no uncertain terms, a flop.
"Why, a flop?" was the im
mediate Interrogation from the
hard working rally planners.
My explanation at the time
seemed logical to these be
wildered Juniors. The two-fold
purpose at least in the past'
three years for a rally the night
before Homecoming was to in
troduce first, the homecoming
queen candidates, and second
the varsity football team. Well,
this year, unfortunately, the
candidates have already been
properly disposed of, and nu
merous members of the football
team have already been intro
duced at past rallies.
So. much aeainst the wishes of
the rally committee members, they
were taken in by the "words of
wisdom " by a. broken down sen
ior veil kinc. Naturally, and
much to my surprise, the editors
or The Daily Nebraskan and nu
merous other campus leaders took
ud the crv: "Let's nave a ranyi
Homecoming won't be properly
Consummated if the raniers cam
live it up on Friday night."
The rally committee and myself
immediately admitted that we
could be at fault; so we altered
our nlans to include the tradi
tional Friday night spirit arouser.
READ THIS LAST LINE AUA1IM:
WE WILL HAVE A RALLY TO
NNSHTM! fin cans. droD Vour
meals, set aside your displays for
a lew minutes, graD a Den, ana
let's have a ball. Let's give the
football team the suDDort that it
so justly deserves this year!
See you at the rally,
IRA EPSTEIN
, Yell King
Your Church
University Lutheran Chapel
(Missouri Synod), Worship at new
chapel, 10:45 a.m. next Sunday.
Gamma Delta. 7 p.m. Sunday.
Baptist Student House Sat
urday, open house after game.
Sunday church school and wor
ship in city churches. 5:30 p.m.
supper, joint meeting with Cotner
house students at First, Christian
Church, 16th and K Streets.
Monday 6: 30 p.m. house meet
ing. Wesley Foundation Friday
7:30 p.m., "Gopher Party." Sat
urday Open house after game
6:15 p.m. Alumni dinner and choir rehearsal.
program. Sunday Wesley fire
side, 5 p.m. Topic: "Christ, Who
Is He?" Dr. Harold Sandall,
speaker. Tuesday 7 p.m. Wesley
Worship. Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Sigma Theta Epsilon. Dean Green,
speaker.
T uthoran Student Association
Friday open house after seeing
decorations, oaiuraay open
house all day. Coffee hour after
game. Sunday :io a.m. Bible
study. 5 p.m. city L5A supper.
6:30 o.m. A LSA cost supper.
Tuesday 7:15 p.m. vespers.
Wednesday 7:15 p.m. cnristian-
ity course. Thursday 7:15 p.m.
Homecoming Day in 1937 also
celebrated the laying of the
cornerstone for the Union.
Highest quality. Largest selec
tion. Buy Mom a special this
year.
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Varsity: "Operation Secret,"
1:00, 3:06, 5:12, 7:18, 9:2t
State: "The Quiet Man," 1:29,
4:06, 6:43, 9:20.
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Planning Vs. Student Opinion
Next year's migration is a long way off, to be
sure. No one seems much concerned about it.
But today, at noon, decisions which would
determine the 1953 migration may be made. Meet
ing together, at the suggestion of the Student
Council, will be representatives from the athletic
department, the University band, Tassels, Corn
Cobs, Student Council and The Daily Nebraskan.
'They will attempt to set the 1953 dates for mi
- gration, Band Day, Dad's Day, Homecoming and
"Faculty Day.
The criticism which arises immediately is
that the meeting Is being held before student
. opinion has had time to be molded on selection
' of Homecoming and migration dates. The argu-
ment seems logical in the light of Dean J. P. Col
Lbert's efforts to sound out student opinion this
argin Notes
J3$feve It Or Not
Call it Inflation, stupidity or law, this world is
rbecoming a funny place. Now you can't even give
houses away If you want to.
- Ytft example, the Legislative Council, meet
inr in Lincoln this week, has had to appoint a
Z special committee to study and make recom
mendatlons on the possible acceptance as a gift
" of a governor's mansion.
Present appropriations for a new mansion to
replace the old structure sotlth of the Capitol do
not authorize the purchase of a house already
built. On advice of the attorney general Gov. Val
, Peterson has refused to negotiate on houses offered
for tale to the state.
Don't look a gift house in the mouth, we say.
Woman March Forward
News articles this week told the amazing story
of the Hitchcock County Court, which now has a
woman judge. The stories claimed that she is
Nebraska's only woman Judge."
But Nebraska women are not so far behind as
the news article says. A Morrill County woman
has held two Judgeships within the last few years.
Tirst she was a city police magistrate. Now she
is Justice of the peace.
Will a woman succeed General Eisenhower?
fall.
But criticism of the early date loses its sting
when the primary purpose of the meeting is con
sidered. This purpose is to set tentative dates
for gridiron festivities before student opinion be
comes so set that nothing can change it.
If plans for migration and other programs are
announced far enough in advance, students can
either adjust their plans to the schedule or voice
sufficient criticism of the schedule to effect a
modification.
The committee's report will not be final. Be
fore the schedule is officially adopted, students
will have ample opportunity to state their sug
gestions. But the fact that planning is early
should mean that students will have little to say.
The committee therefore should have free rein
in scheduling activities.
That probably isn't a bad idea after the mess
student opinion created this year. The Daily Ne
braskan supports the year-early scheduling by a
faculty-student committee. K. R.
swan a S
Thought
Never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you. Anonymous.
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