Page 2 University of Nebraska Tuesday, February 8, 7955 Nebraskan Editorials- There'll Alviays Be An Editor "The King is dead, long live the King." No doubt the English had the second semester editor of The Nebraskan in mind when they Instituted this phrase. It rather fits the circum stances if you substitute the word "editor" for "King." New kings have probably told themselves, like new editors of The Nebraskan, that they are not just carry-overs from the last regime. Every new king, like every new editor, likes to think in terms of starting anew even though their constituencies may accept them as merely successors to a job which never changes. So it Is with this editor, who finds herself facing a typewriter on which many editorials have been previously written, sitting at a desk bearing sentimental marks of past editors and surrounded by ghosts of past newspaper sue cesses and failures. It is a wonder how any editor faced with these specters ever hopes to $7 Million Dose Remote as the College of Medicine is in both distance and interest to Lincoln campus stu dents, it comes as somewhat of a shock to learn that a part of the University of Nebrska has become out-moded to the degree of embarrass ment. Concling Hall, School of Nursing dormi tory In Omaha, is beyond the point of rejuvena tion. Fortunately, this condition will be a part of the past in a relatively short time. Regents gave the go-ahead signal Saturday for a $1 million dormitory for nurses, made possible by a $6 million appropriation from the Legislature in 1953. The significance of the Regents' action is far more than the fact that living conditions for the approximately 120 nursing students will be better. A sound nursing program is essential to a good medical college, and women must be attracted to the school in order to justify and make possible the improvements which are being made at the present time. Unfortunately, the College of Medicine, of which the School of Nursing is a part, has been In an uncomfortable position in previous years by having its accredidation questioned. Even now, women at . the School of Nursing have voiced concern over the possibility of the School's losing its accredidation. This would naturally be of grave concern to any student or Nebraska tax-payer who con siders the position of the University of Ne braska in comparison to the other state uni versities of the nation as important. The new dormitory would not greatly influence the accreditors in their decision as it is net in the field of educational facilities. But it is a part of the College and reflects the University's ' renewed interest in this field of education. For this reason the Regents' action is repre sentative of the attempts being made to improve t both physical plant and educational methods on the Omaha campus. And by virtue of these improvements, the College of Medicine will probably not lose its accredidation. We are somewhat in the position, for lack of Interest, of having weathered a storm without ever knowing it a very dangerous position re regardless of the outcome. K. N. start anew. All a new editor can do to obtain a feeling of divorcement from those past news paper techniques is to change the ribbon on the typewriter, ignore the sentimental marks on the desk and put the files under lock and key. But there seems to be an unwanted and un written law, among editors past and present, which is only obeyed after much rejection and disillusionment. That unwritten code slowly destroys the new editor's staunch conviction that ideas are born, not developed, and no mat ter how hard an editor ft?hts the past he usually ends up pouring over the files, trying to find the mistakes and get new ideas from ones which already exist. Under these circumstances, an editor can do either of two things: fall into the trap of plager ism by accepting the past completely to the point of reproduction, or gear new ideas to past experience and utilize that experience as a framework for future development. Too often the new editor jumps into his job with high blood-pressure and dictatorial resolu tions, which have their virtues over cold feet, but this attitude only accomplishes estrange ment from the job at hand and ends in back tracking and self-purging. Extremes in editor-leadership are not the stuff of which good newspapers are made, so an editor must first evaluate what kind of an ap proach to the editorship he must have in rela tion to what approach is needed to acquire maximum staff efficiency, readership and news service. This approach is flexible in relation to the regular ups and downs of every news paper. What the editor must guard most against is excessiveness. either in objectivity, neutral ism or one-sidedness. There is a rational approach to the editorship of The Nebraskan relative to each editor's de gree of honesty but contrary to most notions, It Is not an editor's Hooper rating that makes him succeed or fail but whether his guidance and leadership results in a newspaper which lives op to the standards of journalism. J. H. American A, B, Cs The belief that a nation's people are only as good as their teachers has long been accepted by educators. And today, more than ever be fore, the impact of this belief is being brought home to parents all ever the country. In the universities, where the minds of Amer ica's youth are most infuenced, the quality of teachers is very important. These university professors guide the thinking of young men and women not only along the strict academic lines but also in conduct, morals, politics, religion and loyalty. The recent establishment of an Americanism Award by Regent J. Iroy Welsh, to be pre sented to a University staff member, is one way in which public encouragement of Ameri canism may be given to professors. American ism is not in this day and age confined only to the indoctrination of youth. Encouragement of loyalty is needed on all age levels and in every occupation, but especially in the teaching pro fession. The Award is a worthwhile gesture to the neglected teachers who guard the safety and welfare of the nation's minds and shape future loyal or disinterested citizens. J. H. .What's New In NU Colleges. Arts, Sciences Requirements Revised To Resolve Confusion By WALTER E. MILITZER Dean, College of Arts and Sciences ' (Miter's Mtn TWa to tat fin ta a wrfet of arficlta rrfttoa hr Uofiftntty aun describing the "w look" fat ate csUcccs thtf MpairifeJ The other day a professor from the University of Kansas told me that this university offers about 1400 courses. He said this without pride; In fact he said it with a considerable amount of concern. I have no idea how many courses are offered by the University of Nebraska. I am afraid to count them. It isn't necessary to lay these courses end to end to confuse the student or the faculty. Even when pressed into a compact catalog they pro duce a glorious confusion. Nor is there seed to explain that the ex pansion of knowledge has forced an expansion in the number of courses. The fact remains that the courses are here. And they become a heavy burden to anyone trying to make some sense out of higher education. If faculty and administra tors are bewildered we cannot blame a student for asking about the substitution of a course in wildlife for credit in the humanities. It has hap pened. It is up to all of us to find some sort of order out of the confusion. A rather disappointing Idea to me hag grown cut of many attempts to resolve the confusion. That ir the idea of the high compression course. The high compression course la supposed to squeeze together vast fields of knowledge which are considered Important biu still not important enough to be sin died deeply. A survey of world history la one semester is usually such a coarse. I have always suspected this idea to be un sound because everyone wants the other fellow to do the compressing. No professor volunteers to give in one semester what he formerly gave in four. The other fellow should do it, and the "other fellow" who is usually asked to do it is the professor giving courses that have no direct effect oa one's profession the liberal arts pro fessor. He doesn't like it any better than others, because he must compress thousand? of years of man's knowledge and experience. The pro fessor in a technical field usually must com press only a few decades. The College of Arts and Sciences is trying to work its way out of the muddle of courses. We have made just a beginning. Recently we have revised our group requirements to permit a sounder distribution of courses. The revision will go into effect with the printing of the new catalog. Freshman students entering in the fall of 1955 will follow the new sequences. Those in attendance before that date may take their choice between the old and the new. The viewpoint which we have used in setting up the new group requirements is the viewpoint that we must try to select for our education that which is significant. We consider this, the choosing of the significant, the real problem of modern education. It is a problem facing every university, every college, every instructor and every student. A century ago Cardinal Newman put it this way, "We must make up our minds to be ig norant of much, if we would know anything." The statement is even more appropriate today than it was a hundred years ago . The College of Arts and Sciences does not presume to have the final answer to the ques tion of selection. We do, bjwever, say that the study of the relation of man to other men and of his relation to the universe in which he lives is at least as significant to a student as his major interest in making a living. We do not like to believe that a knowledge of men is any less important than a knowledge of things. In many respects it may be more important. It is on this basis that we have begun a re vision of the degree requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences. Within the next few years we hope to put together a plan which will en able a student to realize the best education from his university years. The Nebraskan Member: Associated Collegiate Press ewuabar to. m. Intercollegiate Press EDITORL1L STAFF SeprcseEtaUve: National Advertising Serrfee, SSZu'r Eiiot :":.: '"tifxZS Incorporated Managing hditor Marumna Maam t h Oa. , v. .,. J ftitu? !,. iMii to Artirla II of Om ftr-Laoi - . irmtnt. Mari'ra MHcheU f . hs Kioaa tr4ar Ma terlMllctkw ckil k C.- Edttor ....... . 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Jad Hort Ntraa, u oa toootaa, atari U 1B7H, Ctrcstetioa Maaagtr lm Btogtr Campus Capers By Bruce Connor CO Givin' 'Em Ell Tragedy, Comedy All Greek To Us? ". . . Now she's put down the magazine . . . going over to the dresser . . . now she's combing her hair ..." Where There's Smoke What When, Why, Who So What? By JOHN GOURLAY i and , MIKE SHUGRUE (Kdltor'i Nottt Ntw columnist! this HmH tor art John Gfinriay and Mika Hhugrut, Junior In tht Colltgt of Arts and 8clenccs oho will collaboratt oa laterprtting campus activlllet.) Second semester 1955 Like a small city at dawn the University of Nebraska is coming to life after the long night of exams. It citizens are enthusiastic resuming their duties. Successful students, usual ly targets of much derision, are now joined by throngs of the less fortunate blatantly proclaiming new ideals. Amid the activity, serious minded students are concerned with many "important" questions significant to the future of the University. They are asking such questions as: Will the faction's petition force the s t u d e n t vf Gourlay body to change the S t u d e nt Council consti tution and pre vent secret bal lots? This con troversi a 1 ac tion would have great ef fect on later University af fairs. The fac tion would i 111 IM 3, i I Shugrue know how Council members were voting! Will there be a 15th sorority on campus? Opinions and arguments for and against are eagerly and bitterly discussed everywhere. In conclave, Panhell weighs the ques tion. ' Monday night. Fraternity chap ter rooms are full. Who will get the best pledge class in the fall of 1955? Rush chairmen sound ominous warnings. Plans to spend money without limit are readily approved. Curses greet news that individual rush books have been outlawed. Will it rain on Ivy Day? Will contender Sin- fonia wrest control of the Ivy Day Sing from Kosmet Klub? Who will be masked and tackled? The few remaining strings are be i n g nervously pulled. The campus buzzes with excitement. Should termite-ridden Ellen Smith Hall be razed? Tradition lovers choke back sobs at the thought of losing this Bastille. Where would Dean Johnston go? Where would the termites go? Will the liquor inspectors invade chapter rooms? Irate fraternity men armed to the teeth with the Bill of Rights stand anxious guard. Will initiations be spied upon? Is Soc. 53 really a snap? Is it true that Ed. 61 is a waste of time? Can one sneak through Teachers College? Which of the two instructors is easier? Stu dents shudder at the thought that they might have chosen a hard course by mistake. Expensive text books rot on book store shelves. Who will be the campus queens? What sorority will become undis puted leader in claiming the Typi cal Nebraska Coed? Who will this dame be? What earthling will be come deity as Goddess of Agricul ture? Is the Whisker King elec tion really fair? Who will be May Queen? Eager candidates play in different as the day approaches. WHO REALLY CARES? By ELLIE ELLIOTT There are at least two universal qualities inherent in man that set him above the other animals: his capacity for. suffering and his ability to laugh. The world's great- artists realize this, and ex emplify it in their . trage dies and corn dies. The Greek t r a g e dians first sensed the attraction that tragedy has for man, and the Dleas- ure that man derives from laugh ter. To realize what they sensed, they virtually invented the theater. Their efforts in tragic and comic drama have been equalled by only one man in the past 2300 years. The Greek playwrights wrote lor an intellectual, educated audience. This audience was not particularly aristocratic; it was simply that the niirsnit nf knowledge, the use of the mind, was a typical Greek trait. (Our own word "school" comes from the Greek "schole," which means "leisure." The Greek theater-goer was at least wise enough to be able to discern the difference between tragedy and comedy, and Shakespeare's are uproariously to permit himself to respond to each with the appropriate display of emotion. In this, as in most things, the Greeks were superior to us. I sup pose that most of you go to the local movies occas. aally. The cin ema is an art medium, if an under developed and over-commercialized one. Although .it must be rec ognized that Hollywood is' more famous for its display of, bosoms than for its artictic sensitivity, it spasmodically brings to us movies of relatively artistic merit. - It would be logical to assume that we, the young intelligentsia of Lincoln, would respond to these in termittent productions of good tragedy and comedy as the Greek responded in like situations; that is, with deep, personal and honest emotions; But no; witness the sen sitive reactions of the University students to "Carmen Jones" and "The Prince of Players" last Sun day evening. Whistling, cat-calls, jeers and a continuously loud and unpleasant background conversa tion. It seems that human suffer ing and dramatic tragedy even funny to us. So funny, in fact, that we refused to let others enjoy something we, perhaps, did not, understand. . 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