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THE HARVARD READING PERIOD
The introduction in Harvard University of the
reading period to supplement its educational system
Tas been watched with decided interest by those in
volved in education, mainly because it brings forward
I new trial for the undergraduate. This reading period
come! twice a year, just after the -Christmas holidays
.ad just before the close of school, and lasts for about
two and a half weeks each time. During this period
lectures, but not laboratories, are discontinued and each
student spends the time in research for himself, fol
lowing the assignments made in each course. At the
end of the period he takes an examination covering
both the lecture and the reading period. No check of
his attendance at the library is made and the student
is left entirely to his own hours and is free to act on
his own initiative.
The system introduces several things to consider.
First and foremost, it is not a way out of work. It
merely changes the form oi action and places the bur
den more than ever upon the shoulders of the individual
in his own special line of interest. Instead of depending
upon the instructor to bring knowledge to the student
in his own peculiar manner and interpretation, the
reading period is a combination of this system and the
ability of each student to do the work for himself.
Instead of one's ability to memorize the facts as de
livered in concise and personal form as seen by the
instructor, the test of the individual to pick out the
situation from the general material available is par
tially substituted. From the point of view of the amount
of work involved the reading period offers no relief
from the working side of the securing of an education.
A sufficient list of references is always given to keep
each student busily engaged during the short time
utilized in this form of study.
The question also arises as to the undergraduate
and his attitude toward this new type of study and
whether he will accept the burden of the rsonal re
sponsibility upon his own shoulders instead of leaving
it remain with the instructors of the educational insti
tutions. The success of this system depends upon the
attitude of the students entirely and if extra-curricular
activities and the common practice of putting off which
is so usual in things over which no strict discipline is
exercised, is allowed to interfere with the period it
would certainly result in failure.
The period is not optional but is put in place of
lectures and must be carried out for the course to be
completed. In other words, the student substitutes, for
a relatively short time during the entire semester, his
own individual ability to secure the facts under the
guidance of the assignments offered him, for the cut
and dried presentation of his instructors. It offers a
real test of the individual's capacity to exercise the
power that he will be called upon to use in his after
school work where he has no one to outline and pre
sent to him all the facts.
The value is not to be questioned aa the factor
it develops is one necessary to every success, the ability
An rhincr. for oneself and th edevelopment of the
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ability to decipher a problem from the available ma
terial rather than the utter dependence upon otners.
Personal thought is added to mere receptivity.
At Nebraska, perhaps the closest resemblance to
the reading period is the review period and student
study, research, and discussion arbitrarily used by the
membes of the law college. This, however, is in no
way a duplicate of the reading period, although in
some ways it does parallel it.
The system should be advantageous to Nebraska
as well aa to Harvard for the features offerei by it are
in no way limited to any one schsol or environment.
The only question to be asked is that regarding the
"attitude of the student body toward this incvation.
Nebraska is an educational institution and any
thing of advantage to the individual in the manner of
preparation for success in later life, from the lesson
learned, here in school, should be welcome. But unfor
tunately, should Nebraska officials see fit to adopt such
a reading pfr'od, our present library facilities would
be woctul! n.adequate f.r the p:per conduction of
such a plan.
Th Cynic Sajrn
Jealous women are older than thirty, a speaker
announced the other day. Of course he had never known
any women younger than that.
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rlt nrt!.-r!i to ttjU- colvne. TKIi asew, hrmmw, sjiujo-i a
rwnxusiuiUtf fur the sentiment exorcised herein, and re
ceives ihe right to eaelude any libelous or undesirable matter.
A limit of lii hundred word baa been placed on all eoa-trllrutione.
To The Editor:
When the experiment in parallel parking on R and
Sixteenth streets was inaugurated a few months ago, it
was viui the avowed purpose of minimizing the danger
from traffic accidents on thoje streets. The idea was
t'.j.t the new ruling would give a wider street and
clearer vision for motorists, with the consequent result
of reducing the probability of accidents.
Unforseen complications have arisen with the ad
vent of parallel parking, however, which have served
to defeat the purpose for which it was made and give
it a directly opposite effect. Parallel parking on R
street has made it the channel for heavy trucking.
Truck drivers have taken advantage of the situation
with the result that the ordinary traffic has been sup
planted by commercial traffic. This change in the na-
ture of the traffic on R street has served to augment
the danger to pedestrians rather than to reduce it.
The ordinance has transformed Sixteenth street
from a quiet residenial avenue to a speedway for Lin
coln residents, and an arterial for through traffic. It is
now a prolific hunting ground for speed cops who are
stationed at strategic points along the street. This
situation, also, serves to increase rather than to min
imize the danger of traffic accidents.
The effect of parallel parking has been retaliatory
rather than constructive. It has served to augment
rather than minimize the evils which its champions pro
posed that it should reduce. It has the further effect of
making even more acute the parking problem in the
vicinity of the University and the student residential
section. It must be admitted then that it is an obnox
ious ruling, with little or no merit and one which is
accompanied by a host of evils strikingly apparent to
anyone who is in touch with the condition prevailing
at the present time.
P. N.
Notices
Thunday, April 19
Chemical Enrineera
Chemical Engineer's banquet, Thursday,
April 19. Grand Hotel at 6:15 o'clock.
Mathematics Club
Mathematics club meeting Thursday,
April 19, 7:80 o'clock, main lecture room,
Physica building. Professor Sweiey will
talk. Publio is invited.
Friday, April 20
Lutheran Student.
Lutheran student, are invited to party
irlvim nnrtor irint annnirpft of tre Lutheran
Bible League and the Lutheran club in the
Armory Friday, April 20, at a o ciock.
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"CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN"
Many, many years ago some bright person made
a very careful observation when he said that "Clothes
make the man." Nor was the truth of that statement
marred when some modern "wisecracker" came along
with the more or less erroneous statement and added
to the maxim, "The absence of them, the woman."
But it is not our object to concern ourselves with
the dress habits of Iowa State women. That is neither
safe nor necessary. Our chief concern at the present is
the men.
Certainly there are many men who put little stock
in the old adage concerning dress. It seem3 that there
arc quite a few students who think that the more slov
enly they can dress, the more like a backwoodsman they
can make themselves appear, the longer they can go
without getting their trousers pressed the more col
legiate they are. Or perhaps they think that they are
living up o the democratic policy of Iowa State when
they appear in the classroom in Daniel Boone costumes.
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The point is, that it i3 a pretty busy man who
cannot take a little time to look after his personal ap
pearance. It is a lazy individual who cannot get up a
couple of minutes earlier in the morning in order to
take a little time to wipe the dust from his shoes and
at least give his hair a slight introduction to a brush
and comb. In fact, isn't it generally true that the men
who are really the busiest, who are out for the most
activities, are usually the neatest dressed and most
carefully groomed men on the campus, while the indi
vidual who is the most slovenly dressed is the man
who just doesn't give a whoop whether school keeps
or not, and who never is mentioned in the list of men
out for activities?
We are not attempting to have every man look
like he just stepped out of an Arrow collar ad, attired
in a hundred dollar suit and wardrobe to match. The
well dressed man is known not by the price which he
paid for his clothes but rather by the way in which he
wears them and the neatness of his personal appear
ance. The Iowa State Student.
Klub Presents
Midnight Revue
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pared by Kosmet Klub with the co-
operattion of students.
The pony chorus which made such
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a "nit in "The Love Hater wui
put on some dance acts. The Mid
night Revue" will be similar to the
variety show presented by Kosmet
Klub last Thanksgiving morning.
Support of the entire University of
Nebraska student body seems to be
pledged to Kosmet Klub's "fire bene
fit." Council Votes Support
The "Midnight Revue" will be the
only show of its kind this year. Mid
night shows were barred from Uni
versities last year by the Faculty
Committee on Student Orgnizations
but in view of Kosmet Klub's trouble
the Committee has issued them a
special permit for tthe show Friday
night.
pole vault title with a leap of 12 feet,
1 inch. Tomson, who competed for
Lincoln hieh last year, holds the
broad jump record having leaped 22
feet, 3-8 inches in leat year's meet.
Editor of Awgwan
Asks for Copy
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prepared copy for the Farewell num
ber, tho editor said.
Asks for Art Work
Members of the art staff are urged
to prepare their cartoons as soon as
possible and give them to James Pick
ering, art editor, Alan Mcintosh, or
bring them to the office. Since car
toons must be prepared by the en
gravers before they, can be used, it
is necessary that cartoons and sketch
es be handed in immediately. The re
lease date for the Farewell number is
May 10. All copy and cartoons must
be in by April 24, the deadline, ac
cording to Mr. Mcintosh.
Nu are: Grand president Professor
Margaret Fedde; vice-president Dr.
Svhil Woodruff, at Lawrence, Kan-,
sas, who is also grand president of
Iota Siema Phi: secretary Cora Mil
ler of Ames, Iowa; treasurer Edith
Gamble of Perdue University, Indi
ana; editor Marian Van Liew of Al
bany, New York.
The conclave meets every two
years. It met at the University of
Nebraska four years ago.
Organized at Michigan
Omicron Nu, national home econo
mics hnnrirftrv societv. was organized
at Michigan State colloge in l9l2.
The national convention in 1924 was
held at this university.
Members of the junior class in this
department who were recently elect
ed to membership to Zeta chapter
are Ruth Davis, Syracuse; Evelyn
Mansfield, Omaha; and Mildred Haw
ley, Lincoln.
"Eighty per cent of thr people of the United
States waste from three to four years of their life after
attaining the age of eighteen, A Life Insurance Re
port. But of course not all of these go to college. Cor
nell Daily Sun.
WHITE COLLARS
General Edward Orton. in speaking to the winter
graduating class of Ohio State University, made a
statement to the effect that the colleges are turning
out too manv Deople into the "white-collar" class, that
thtTe is danger of over-saturation in these lines of
work, and that some have already been noted, partic
ulariy law and medicine.
The poor white collar folk come in for a lot of
talk everv now and then, and the palaver is usually
adverse. Too many people overlook the fact that there
is an increasing demand for inside workers. As modern
Hcipnce and invention have decreased the number of
people required in the fields and factories for manual
labor, just to that extent have sprung up needs for
those hands to work out figures and tabulations, write
mnnrt and a million and one other such duties. If
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we're going to continually argue that the voting popu
lation should be educated, that the people oi the coun
trv fanv countrv) are wav below Dar. etc.. etc.. it
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seems rather foolish to say that there are too many
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college graduates.
True, there are numerous universities that turn
out, in mass production, a great many youths who can
lay claim only to four years of "getting by." But Gen
eral Orton's remedy, that of reducing the number of
graduates, will not fill the bill. If the present instituions
reduce their enrollments, which seems unlikely, there
will be a new crop of universities, for someone will al
ways want to provide places for those who can't find
help themselves.
Anyway, this argument that such-and-such pro
fession or business is over-saturated is all wrong: The
only way to state such a proposition is to say that there
are not enough good men in the field, and too many
poor ones. This is true, but it is also true of practically
every profession or occunation of any kind. So where
does the debate end? Efficient, capable men are always
in demand, and a certain number of culls mu:;t be ex
pected in each lot The only way to find which trees
will grow sound apples and which will grow bad ones
is to give them the same soil and nourishment, then
gather the crop the inspectors will do the rest. The
Stanford Daily.
High Schools
Will Compete
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limit is placed on the number of field
events in which a contestant may
compete.
Winnei-a Will Get Trophies
The team making the greatest
number of points in each group will
be awarded the group championship
trophy which will be a beautiful gold-
bronze statue of a track athlete. Ban
ners will be awarded teams winning
second and third places in each group.
The gold Event Championship Medal
will be awarded to the men, one in
each event unless a tie results, who
make the best time or performance
in each event regardless of the group
in which they compete. The other
winners of first, second or third plac
es in each event of each group will
receive the group event medals.
The special Relay Trophy will be
awarded the team making the fastest
time in the relay, regarless of group,
while the winning relay teams of the
nthur two groups will receive relay
banners.
Gets Athletes for Nebraska
Five men who now held Nebraska
high school track and field records
are attending the University and all
the working under Coach Schulte in
track. Easter, varsity sprint man,
from Cambridge, holds the 220-yard
dash record with a -mark of 22 sec
onds flat besides holding the century
dash record in 10.1 seconds jointly
with seven other men.
Trumblo, also from Cambridge,
holds the 120-yard high hurdle rec
ord of 15.5 seconds and the 220-yard
low hurdle record of 25.6 seconds.
Baity, freshman from Scottsbluff,
holds the record of 51.4 seconds in
the 440-yard dash and Morris, fresh
man from Grand Island, holds the
Bizad Frolic Will
Be Staged May 11
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Hook is the secretary and treasurer.
Faculty Plays Seniors
The annual baseball game between
members of the faculty of the Col
lege of Business Administration and
seniors of the college is one of the
big features of the day's program.
Horseshoe contests between Alpha
Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi, and the
University Commercial Club teams
are arranged and the Bizad women
will pit on a special stunt.
Plans for real barbecued meats
and the best lunch yet provided at a
Bizad Day celebration are already
being korked out by the refreshment
committee. The big dance in th eve
ning with an excellent orchestra play
ing will probably draw the largest
crowd of the day.
"In other words, we guarantee a
good time all the time," was the state
ment of the chairman. "Every event
will be different and more interest
ing, and the biggest Bizad Day yet
is our goal."
Fedde Goes to
National Convention
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ifornia; State College at Pullman,
and State University at Seattle,
Washington; Corvallis, Oregon; State
College at Fort Collins, Colorado;
and Birmington, Vermont.
The national officers of Omicron
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CLEANERS AND DYERS
1st Coed: "Did you know the darlingest boy just
asked me to marry him?"
2nd Coed: "I thought so."
First One; "How come?"
Other One: "He told me he'd do something terrible
after I turned him down." Wisconsin Daily Cardinal,
The other day we heard a fellow calling his small
change "chicken feed," We are willing to wager he
never took a co-ed out to dinner. Wisconsin Daily
Cardinal.
Niebuhr Talks at
Forum Luncheon
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the olden days, hide the truth under
the jests that they make.
"Business is business and politics
are politics. Economic life is an end
within itself. It is an area that can
not be restrained exept by the laws
which in itself it evaluates," stated
the speaker in characterizing the eth
ical principles in business and politics
today.
Says Politics Can Be, Ethical
"The general assumption, contin
ued the speaker, "that politics and ec
onomics cannot be ethical is a mod
ern idea, for in medieval times every
thing was done to make business
ethical. The Catholic church had a
theory of just practices and worked
out a set of rules by which a mai
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could judge whether he was charging
a fair price. It was the same in
national affairs. The Catholic world
was a League of Nations, not a dem
ocratic league of course because the
Pope was at the head. But the Pope
did try in a number of instances to
restrain the greed of nations by hold
ing up Cotholic idealism.
"We Kill Enmasse," He Says
"Can groups bo ethical," asked the
speaker. "The business of delegat
ing your dense to a group does not
solve the problem. We don't kill our
next door neighbor but we kill en
masse. It is necessary that a con
sciousness that ethical relations must
exist between business, social and na
tional groups. This can only be ac
complished by making people socially
intelligent and spiritually powerful."
"These aie somethings thrown over
in the Protestant Reformation that
we are going to have to fish out of
the sea," stated the speaker in closing.
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