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TEE DAILY NKBRASKAN The Daily Nebraska! Stasia A. Uaeem. Hkimk OFFICIAL PITBLITATWN CNm.Krrr or hbbrajka Onder Dmttoi W tae rnbMeaMe r rWBHTT-BKTKlfni TAR reMmaea IMw, Wm.t, Tknr.Uy. Friday. " lw srn tae asaaemw yr. JMNeefel paa Wnleseette Hn 14. - - - UJI 11. (lfM Smii MHeHal fctaft". Wane. Iuimii wui Sanaa est Fries Frteer ens vene&r. "TJ ,kM r '' Ma- 14It " ' tli N.rkt BSi. . .j, start (natter at tae atfnea t Uneoln. II IT. Miwnm . , It a roe. SUBSCRIPTION KAT SlarVs Copy I eenta II. tl semester KjitarJa-Cntef MaMTlnc Editor Lm Tum iT ?," ' a ..a. Maaecinc Editor . , Dtk, Nett . " Flereaee Swiaart ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS l Helaea. mm9m CONTWBUTmO IDITORS Tmitk AMW( M.nriee Seat tntf Jorco Ajrres 7 .V"' Florence Swnr f"1 Otk K. DeVilbise rw r. Vetta :lte MeCrew Wilftam H. Sesrne 1. Mare-all Pitanr . KiiImh Manaser iiit Bninm Maneaer Circulation Manatrer Cirenlatkm Menacer ON LOOKING AHEAD Failure of the University to make its significance apparent to the practical student was discussed in this column yesterday. There is another angle to this sit uation which is just as vital and which is in fully as great need of correction. That is the failure of such students to look ahead and see for themselves the sig nificance of university training. By the time one has finished high school, the necessity of an elementary training, the building of a substantial ground-work, in any endeavor, should be apparent to the individual himself. It is comparatively easy for the high school studentto see the advantages in training that he possesses for almost any field over those who dropped out of school earlier. Football furnishes one of the most apparent ex amples within universities of the necessity of rigorous preliminary training. Each individual is drilled for hours day after day on "fundamentals" before any at tempt is made to put a team together. Each man must know a vast amount of technical material independent of direct application before it is all put together and scrimmages begun. Then there is still the long period of practice before a first game, in which perfection is sought. A man missing the first elementary drill has prac tically no chance to make the team. A team which slights the f undamentals in order to develop team play quickly, often makes a brilliant showing in an early gante but later is badly battered by teams which drilled and drilled on fundamentals develop the indi vidual technique- of each man to a high point before stalling team work. By analogy a similar situation is true of the high school and the college graduate. The high school grad uate does not have the training in fundamentals. He may make a brilliant showing for a few years while the college student is still plugging away at material that is fundamental to a wide knowledge of a field and substantial success within it. But in the course of time, he reaches his limit. He hasn't the basic ground-work upon which to build further. Some can acquire it. But the college graduate built in a logical order and ac quired the fundamentals and general theory before starting applying himself directly. It is inevitable that he move ahead faster, assuming equal efforts, than the man who has to try to pick it out for himself later in the midst of competition. The unfortunate thing is that "many students cannot see this necessity for preliminary training. They say, "I'm not interested in this. 1 don't like this What good will this ever do me? This is too hard. They have the wrong slant. They are failing to look ahead to see the necessity of the elementary ma terial offered in the university for future development. The university should help him see these things to a greater extent than it is doing. But, if he is really to understand, the student must make an effort to see them himself. He should realize the necessity for train ing in fundamental underlying our civilization, for elementary technique in his own field, and the advan tage of broadening his horizon through subjects having no direct, practical connection to his chosen work. THE PRUNING BEGINS Half the semester is over, and once more the stu dent body must undergo a thorough weeding and prun ing process. The majority are breathing easy by now, because they have successfully maintained good re cords. Others -have equal cause to rejoice in having raised their grades since first quarter reports. But a school always has with it the certain percentage of -students that cause more grief to their instructors and themselves than all of the rest of the students put together. That is the class of more or less skilful 'fence sitters, who barely pull through on the safe side, and those who fall a notch lower. A few always congratulate themselves that their professors are blind to the good old college game of bluff. Others are perhaps amazed that their good for tune at first quarter should change its complexion so radically at mid-term. That is applicable to those who slide through, undeserving, at mid-term. They may find tnemselves in a sorrowful predicament at third quarter. Many who escaped summons before the schol arship committee at mid-term, and who are admittedly wavering on the danger margin of failure, had best heed the warnii;. The scholarship committee is the final judge of whether or not students failing in a large percentage of their work will be allowed to remain in the Univer sity. Where leniency is justifiable, in the case of stu dents to whom university work is difficult regardless of hard effort, the student will receive help and encour foment, and another chance to justify his presence in -v'fcooL Others, to whom university duties an. re tjiilrtments are in excess of their capacity, drop out. Now is the time to take an inventory. College work cs -not be absorbed in an effortless manner, but often it t;.1 '-a bitter experience on the part of the heedless ; . ':,, to have tent imprinted in his brain. PRAIRIE SCHOONER AGAIN Congratulations on the first "birthday" of the Prairie Schooner, Nebraska literary magasine, are being received by its editors. The general tone of the letters is in commendation of the literary venture, which was made a year ago and is now believed on a firm enough basis to warrant plans for the second year. Excerpts from one letter, written by Ernest G. H. Schrank, a former Nebraskan now living at Mer cedes, Texas, fellow: "I want to congratulate you upon your first birth day. Being so young you can scarcely realise what a wonderful start you nave made. "In the years to come your excellence will be re flected in the literature and the language of the day. This is my prophecy. I make it because I wish to en vnracr mu to work continually for your high stand ard. What you are striving for is worth while, and that which is worth while is generally bora out of su preme effort and struggle." The Autumn number of the Prairie Schooner has been on sale for two weeks. Contributions are being received for the Winter number, to be published early in January. Students and all writers in Nebraska and the prairie country are, according to the editors, wel- 3- Notices come to contribute. Daily Nebraskaa readers arc cordially incited to coatri bat articles to this column. This paper, however, assumes no responsibility for the sentiment expressed herein, and re erres the rirht to exclude any libelees or undesirable mutter. A limit of six hundred words has been placed on all contributions. To the Editor: When the Spectator ceased to entertain me semi weekly I was moved to meditate in imitation, but until this day have lacked courage to submit the same for publication, lest I be branded as a rank imitator. This morning my Favorite professor assured me th.t there was no such thing as imitation. Now this question had caused me much uneasi ness. I rose to this uncertain stage in my education, believing that original effort, however feeble, was bet ter than highly efficient action in imitation of another. It was hard to maintain this philosophy when all about me I see the strictest adherence to laws of conformity which are variously called style, fad, imitation, and the gregarious instinct. Since my professor assured me that there is no such thing as imitation I feel that the Spectator can not be offended. Conscientiously I sought a Problem and my efforts were rewarded, even though it is only an attack on education a relatively unimportant question. I itra forced to conclude that the longer one is in college the less he thinks. It was remarked in "The Soap Box" Tuesday that "the freshman council is full of ambitious young thinkers while junior and senior members are conspicuous for their absence". The con tribution was doubtless written by an upperclassman and its lack of meaning is evidence in favor of my as sertion. I can not bewail, with the author, the absence of upperclassmen at a freshmen discussion I suspect they wcie neither invited nor expected but I argue that thinking is conspicuous for its absence among juniors and seniors. This is a tragic state of affairs. It seems to me that without thinking education is impossible unless one calls specialization in a trade, the acquisition of knowledge by the pill method and conformity in all things, including activities and amusements, education. However the discussion is irrelevant. A 'university does not pretend to encourage thinking but must con fine its activity to turning out degrees, football teams, school spirit and traditions. I apologize for the fallacy in my major premise, but I continue to bewail the scarcity of thinking. A Conform er. In Other Columns A MATTER OF EDUCATION In the years following the late war the college idea has grown to be a national idea, and thousands of students who have no definite conception of what it is have nevertheless rushed to embrace it. Student population this year in American universities is said to exceed a half million. Some of them know what they want, and will feel repaid for their four years. The majority will drift aimlessly along absorbing what they can not avoid from a curriculum which dates back to ecclesiastical days when colleges chiefly trained clergymen. If a girl is pretty, a college education is unneces sary. If not, it is inadequate. Still women enroll, how ever, and frequently become the majority in a coedu cational school. Some girls, of course, have definite ambitions and pursue definite courses of mental cul ture. Bnt the vast majority of the female population in universities is there because it is some place to go, and something to do during the years when a girl is presumably preparing for marriage. ' Uhe supreme height were unwittingly attained when a California girl, elected to Phi Beta Kappa, refused the honor as being detrimental to matrimonial prospects. If this portrayal of the majority of students js correct and the joy of any class when the instructor does not arrive before the necessary fifteen minutes have elapsed seems adequate substantiation have we not reason to believe that the universities must be forced to consider primarily the majority of their stu dents? Have they not permitted a cttle system where in pseudo-students are suffered to day-dream through their lectures, cram in terror for their examinations and finally be deceived by their grades? The eager and earnest student of both sexes are severely handicapped by the presence of great number who regard their university, as Chancellor Hadley said, as a country dub. Very.very few find any trouble in passing enough work to remain in school; they trtay because they know of no uthcr pUce to have a good time. By holding all student to these standard class room requirement the hanger-on is not benefitted, and the serious rtudent is really injured. Excerpt from Washington University Student Life. Thursdays November 17 Delta Osafcrasi Delta Omirron will hsre a meetinjr Thnrsday at T VWk at Kllea Smith hall. All members ana pledges are requested to be preent. Fridays November 18 F-n-aa Utarary Society Tba alumni members of the Palladiaa Llterar Society have chare of the (ram Friday. Noeember II at : third floor of the Temple. ETeryoae is invited. TV. Mwial meeline f the Vnlon Literare society will be held Friday niht at a'clork ia the Union hIU ra ikkt. Temple buildins;, AH vnderolalsmen arc cordially invited. Spanish Chih The Spanish club will meet Friday af- . . - . k. J T mnW room irmw. . v ixi. n i. im - 14. A speech en Argentine, will be mad in spanisa ay jamea luneo. Fium Schoowec A meetina ef the Wordsmith chapter of Sirma Vpsilon will be held at I o'elork Fridae afternoon in the edice of Prof. I C Wimbcrly. law buildins. Saturday, November 19 Catholic Stwaeat Club The Catholic Students Club will hold dance at University Club Saturday. Calendar TkarsJay, November 17 A. W. S. Tea, Ellen Smith hall Kindergarten party, Ellen Smith halL Friday, November IS Delta Sigma Delta fall party, Rosewilde. Satnrelay, November 19 Sigma Chi fall party, Lincoln. Cosmopolitan club initiation, room 202, Temple. chievement of the twentieth cen tury is the fact that arbitration is resorted to in restoring peace, rather than.fijrhting. Tha traveler to Eur ope will not seem interested in the things that money can buy but he will take a profound interest in the spirit of the countries." i Mrs. Sheldon is the wife of A. E. Sheldon, who is connected with the Nebraska historical society. She toured Europe last summer with her companion, Miss Sanderson. The speaker was introduced by Dorothy Nott, member of the committee in charge. The luncheon was attended by about seventy-five student and members of the faculty. SPEAKER TELLS OF EUROPEAN PEOPLE (Continued from page 1) ticularly glad to be able to welcome the American Legion during their stay in Europe." Hnma Nature Attract "It is not so much the art, history, and the lure of the city that attracts the tourist as the close contact with the study of human nature as dis pelled in the faces of the people. There is a language of manner which is greater than any other." Mrs. Sheldon described her visits to the holy places about Rome and her visits to Canterbury and Ply mouth in England. She closed her address by adding, "There is noth ing like world peace. The greatest ALL VVIidL V- j-halll 2 that Cvb Spot? Oil9 V b3567 V 7AnCTTV VlAlCuJL A X WY7HEHS CLEANERS AND DYERS Fanatropes-Radiolas -Records RELEASES TODAY The Varsity Drag; The Best Things in Life Are Free Frank Black His Orchestra. Lucky In Love Good News Ben Salvia A His Orchestra Rain 'Way Back When Harry Archer A His Orchestra REASONS WHY Greenedge History Paper is better Heavier Weight Can Use Both Sides Smooth Writing Surface Ink Does Not Spread Round Corners Will Not Fold Green Edges Will Not Soil Drilled Holes Do Not Tear So Easy and It's Boxed LATSCH- BROTHERS 1118 O St stationers UILITARY BALL DATE ADJUSTED (Continued from Page 1) 9 o'clock in the evening. The show will take place on the stage and the costumes are being furnished by down town stores. The proceeds of the carnival will be used for the maintenance of the Junior League free baby clinic. Every conceivable kind of car nival device will be used to carry out the spirit of the evening. The league is planning to have about twenty booths around the Coliseum. Be sides these there will will be Shet land ponies for the children to ride, various hamburger stands, pop corn stands and fortune-telling booths. Each admission ticket carries a number and duplicates of these will be used in a prixe drawing contest for the grand priie of the evening. The exact nature of the prise to be awarded has not been announced yet Prises will also be given in a special dance contest. Holmes Smith Speaks At Art Convention (Continued from Page 1) been largely self-taught in art and has made numerous visits for study in England and Europe. He has to his credit nineteen publications, Let Us Sell Your ' Used Instrument Altstadt Instrument Company 1210 "O" mostly in educational association bulletins and magaaines. In Ausust 1916, he prepared a report on "School Art, School and Society," and in 1924 prepared an outline course in appreciation of art for college students for a committee on education of the American Insti tute of Architects. At the art meet ing here next week he will speak at the session devoted to art in schools and colleges, his subject being "The Cinderella of the Curriculum." ts lrn tin m trrwwi snnsi. ance. Co-eds, too, will appro . e. . ciate our sort water shampooing. Just across from the Campus. THERE'S A VALUE BEHIND THE PRICE IN THIS OFFERING JUST RECEIVED 200 OVERCOATS Single and Double Breasted Every wanted design, desirable fabrics, all colors and shades. Solid blues and novelty greys, in fine Overcoats that will be real pals to you. Now Big Burly Brotherly Overcoats Coats SYou Will Want Priced at fsnff! w i n) n l m n And Our Shire Budget Plan Will Help You Buy One Today All impressively styled In the greatest of quality woolens. Coats that reflect the spirit withm you. At this time of the approaching holidays, folks will be lookin you over twice if you're all spruced up in one of these great Overcoats. 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