SUMMER NEBRASKAN
Thursday, June 23, 1955
Poge 2
Credit: Ten Years . . .
: Ten years ago the United Nations charter was signed.
The UN has not yet evolved into a "parliament of
man" as some pel-sons hoped and others feared, that it
would become. The floor of the General Assembly lias,
instead, become a world - forum where two idealogies
maneuver, propagandize and flatter those nations not
within one of the two blocs.
The tally sheet of the United Nations lists wins
and losses, successes and failures, and it lists the players
in the ever-changing game of international relations and
world politics.
Some observers are "now saying that the West has
won the "Cold War" as evidenced by the change in Com
munist tactics within the past few months. The "Iron
Curtain" has become corrugated and some believe that
large measures of success can be given to the United
Nations others attribute this speculative victory to
American dollars and determination. j
The events of these past 10 years, nd the part of
the United Nations in shaping the paths of nations and
men, will probably not be fully understood for another
decade. History never judges until it is sure all the
results are in and have been properly weighed.
. The United Nations seems to have benefited by the
experience of the League of Nations. The peoples of the
world are now realizing what the UN is and more
important, what it is not.
In these times of "massive retaliation" and strategic
bombing, 10 years without world war seems to be a size
able accomplishment. Man still inhabits the earth and
a second "Stone Age" has been averted for 10 years,
at least.
Church Md School .. .
Separation of Church and State is one of the
principles upon which our nation's government .is
founded. Few persons, no matter what faith they adhere
to, would advocate joining these two forces, but what of
education and religion? Are the nation's schools to be
regarded as government and is separation to be held to
steadfastly as a foundation of the American way ?
Today's clinic on Religion and the Public Schools is
not the usual sort of discussion on issues where, for the
most part, audience and participants sit back, nod their
heads and agree with the speaker, thinking that they
themselves had thought of that at some previous date.
The topic of religion and the public school can lend
itself to pointed and violent debate. Some persons,
previously unconcerned, discover that the Lord's Prayer
has been eliminated from the morning ritual of the Salute
to the Flag and "Good Morning, Teacher." In some
communities, no one would think of reading the Bible in
the classroom. These are the progressive communities.
Opposition to any sort of religious connection with
the school is fought by some laymen, ministers and edu
cators. Some persons fear the influence of the Roman
Catholic Church and oppose the religious instruction in
the schools because of a warped and bigoted viewpoint.
Those favoring nominal religious recognition in the
nation's public schools feel that children should not be
taught that God exists outside of the public school sys
tem, and hence outside of their daily lives with the
possible exception of Sunday.
Few persons advocate the instruction of religion as
a course which follows the child through school, i.e. Eng
lish.The nation's current religious revival shows that the
people of the United States are awakening to the reality
of God and his influence on their lives. It seems totally
unreal that religion could be without a place in our public
schools. The question should be How large a part
should religion have in the school curriculum?
"They wrote in the old days that it was sweet and
fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war there
is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. -You will die
like a dog for no good reason." Ernest Hemingway.
"All religions must be tolerated . . . for . . . every
man must get to heaven his own way." Frederick the
Great
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IITTII MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick libfor
"Are yon reading ahead of the assignment again?'
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The Changing Role
New Student Body
Here On Business
3
By KAY NOSKY
Although the University looks
much the same as it did during the
winter session, this columnist, who
is about as far away from the
world of educators as possible, has
found a completely different kind
of activity going on. The student
body has changed, and with it it's
aims and approaches toward learn
ing. If this spirit could be defined
the spirit of teachers and admin
istrators from this state and many
others outsiders could better
understand why the University
Summer Sessions has far-reaching
effects upon the education in pri
mary and secondary schools.
Too often the returning teacher
is defined as that person, who,
when the professor enters the room
and says good morning, begins
writing it down in his class notes.
This at least
indicates-1 h at
the educators
enrolled in
classes are
here on busi
ness. Perhaps
the basic rea
son for the ex
t e n s i ve pro
grams in t h e
Summer S e s-
cirun ic (Via forf
Courtesy Sunday . .
. Journal and Star tnat the role Of
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educators and of education is con
stantly changing.
Dr. Howard Wilson, secretary of
the National. Educational Policies
Commission of the National Edu
cation Association, put it this way.
He said that one of the greatest
problems of education today Is
keeping up with changing factors
of society. He said that education
must be directed towards upply
ing manpower resources and needs,
nd, as an example, that more
children than ever must be pre
pared to assume managerial posi
tions in their adult life.
Dr. Wilson spoke Tuesday at a
luncheon of the two education pro
fessional fraternities. During the
luncheon, teachers discussed
among themselves some of the
problems in their respective
schools. One teacher noted that
children started school these days
with an entirely different set of
concepts than those' of children ten
or 15 years ago. She pointed out
that children have mastered a
great many new concepts at an
early age, in part because of tele-
vision. This is a small point, and
yet significant in illustrating the
fact that education is changing.
The summer workshop seminars
seem , also to be based on this
idea. One of the most novel of the
workshops is one on introducing
aviation ideas and materials into
the regular school program. Air
Age education has been in the wind
for at least five years and has met
with the standard opposition. One
of the aims of this column will be
to explain farther what the pro
gram entails and why groups, of
educators feel that such a program
is necessary in elementary and
secondary schools.
A teacher was overheard say
ing in the library the other
day that she could not under
stand how students could help
learning in spite of possible poor
teachers in the schools. The reason
for her remark was the Nebraska
Textbookmen's Association annual
display of elementary and second
ary textbooks and visual aids. The
display, which has been held an
nually for approximately 25 years,
includes books of 29 publishing
companies who have brought up
to 200 books apiece. Textbooks for
everything taught is in the display,
which is on first floor of the Love
Library. It appears to be an in
valuable aid to educators who plan
on buying new textbooks in the
near future.
From
The Editor's Desk
It has been called to our atten
tion that one of the polls in last
week's Summer Nebraskan had
participation of 101 per cent. This
is true.
We had a very enthusiastic
response on that particular issue.
One of the matters that Chancel
lor Hardin said he was concerned
with, in a recent speech, was
that in an expanding University,
personal contact with the students
could be lost.
Late in the spring semester, The
Nebraskan received a letter from
an alumnus which was too lengthy
for inclusion in one of the final
issues. One paragraph might be
worthy of inclusion, however, in
The Summer Nebraskan.
"It Is time, K seems to me,
that our University substitute a lit
tle warmth for the Icy attitude
which prevails. For myself, I can
say the only personal touch I ever
received while at the University
came from few instructors, who
managed to pause long enough
over their lecture notes to realize
they had human beings before
them, not merely mechanical Uni-
vacs. From the administration I
can truthfully say that the only
acknowledgments of my existence
I ever received were grades, reg
istration notices, two notices of in
clusion m the Honors Convocatin
list, a notice to check credits
against graduation requirements
and a diploma. 'From what I hear
of the personal contact which the
administration does give in isolat
ed cases, I suppose I should feel
satisfied."
Quite obviously, this person, a
graduate of 1954, represents an ex
treme of thought and may have
forgotten time spent with Junior
Division counselors and college
counselcrs.
Personal consultation, in most in
stances, comes with some sort of .
trouble a scholastic deficiency
or failure of some sort. The aver
age student may never come in
close contact with the administra
tion and may never feel the need
to do so.
Perhaps the problem of retain
ing the "personal, individual
touch," as Chancellor Hardin calls
it, b problem not so much of
numerous contacts, but a problem
of accessibility for contact.
This sort of problem, no doubt,
faces large institutions such as the
Universities of Illinois and Califor
nio. School spirit and traditions
are also hurt in expansion.
Quite encouraging, however, is
the fact that the problem is seen
now. ' It is being considered at
the present time and not in 10
years when it may become acute.
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