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The Nebraskan
(Ution A, Lincoln, NcDrctka
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UMVtHblTV OF NEBRASKA
FtfciT bUMMLR b ESS I ON btASON
Till: NKHKASKAN. FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930.
Published Tuday and Friday morn
ings during summer school.
Arpiicativn lor second .! nwtler
Directed by fctudrot Publication
board, University of Nebraska.
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For Nino Week,
M cents mailed 25 centa on campus
Gene Robb Editor
Leroy Jack Business Manager
Li wood N. Thompson
Assistant Business Manaoer
WHAT'S WRONG HERE?
TORRID summer weather replac-
Ing the refreshing atmosphere
of the firrt few weeks of the vaca
tion session has transformed the
University of Nebraska Into a
broiling; intellectual workhouse. So
long as concentrated summer
study is tempered with other ac
tivities. It is to be highly com
mended. The individual who can
rpend sweltering afternoons with
eyes and mind glued to a book or
some difficult project is one to be
admired.
But if the university is to be an
Intellectual penitentiary, if its in
mates are to be sentenced to nine
weciis of Ftudy and nothing more,
then it stands in need of prison
reform. Unfortunately the univer
sity as now organized for summer
work borders on this predicament.
F'or the most part scholars are in
carcerated in a stifling jail of
book?.
T"Vi;a 'nfnrri-ntlnn fnic is
self-imposed limitation on free- I eligible to participate, receive their
dormant Y. M. C A. anJ
Y. W. C. A.
t. Open-air services,
f. Denominational breakfasts
and luncheons.
4. The scope of summer school
education should be enlarged to In
clude general programs of univer
sal Interest. These would counter
balance the highly technical and
specialized courses usually fol
lowed by summer students. Among
these programs should be:
a. More general convocations
with speakers directing
their remarks to subject
of general educational con
cern. b. Enlisting more of the visit
ing professors and out
standing Nebraska faculty
men and women as speak
ers. c. Departmental luncheons at
which time prominent men
In that field and in other
fields should speak. Gen
eral discussions might also
be held at these affairs.
d. Continuance and extension
of the student tour Idea,
successfully carried on for
the fh-st time this year by
the department of geog
raphy. e. Departmental and college
programs of a broadening
nature as the German mu
sic hour given a week ago
Sunday by the department
of Germanics.
5. A tummer commencement
program should be given at the
conclusion of the term. Many stu
dents complete their educational
careers in summer session, do not
care to return to exercises almost
a year later in which they are
dom. But the students are made to
feel that they must sweat over
thcif studies morning, noon and
night if they are to get the most
from their summer classes.
They are wrong, just as the uni
verrity Is wrong in failing to offer
adequate recreational inducements
during the summer term.
"THESE three glaring faults stand
1 out:
1. Students have little
chance for physical recreation.
No organized recreational pro
Cram is being carried on.
2. They are given practic
ally no opportunity to make
social contacts or to enlarge
their friendships.
3. They leave the univer
sity without any affinity for it
without any feeling of uni
versity consciousness without
recognizing their obligation to
it and to the state of Ne
braska. Only when intensified intellecu
tual endeavor is balanced with
wholesome outdoor exercise, social
contacts and thoughts of some
thing else can an individual
achieve the best results, can he do
his best work. Though the age of
specialization is firmly crystalized
in American life today, the stu
dent must lead a well-rounded
existence rather than one stifled in
its potential richness and fullness
by narrow interests if he hopes to
gain a Breadth of vision and an
understanding of the phenomenal
world about him.
"THAT is why The Nebraskan to
day recommends the following
expansion of an extra-curricular
program at this university during
the summer term:
1. A definite and comprehensive
athletic program should be worked
out and promoted. It should in
clude: a. Intercollegiate baseball
games.
b. Student tennis tourna
ments. c. Inter-rooming house con
tests. 2. Social life should be stimu
lated under university auspices
thru the following:
a. More mixers for summer
students.
b. Departmental picnics.
c. Outdoor evening moving
pictures for all.
d. Revival of the Little Green
open-air theater, dramatic
productions to be staged
by classes in the dramatics
department.
e. Organization of a univer
sity chorus to give weekly
or bi-weekly twilight pro
grams and an operetta or
two.
f. Organization of a univer
sity band or orchestra to
give concerts on the cam
pus once a week.
3. Religious organizations should
extend their programs to include
the summer session, should not
forget that they have opportunities
for service in the summer Bchool
equal to those of the winter ses
sion. Their summer work might
Include:
a. Denominational picnics.
b. Receptions and entertain
ments. c. Forum discussions.
d. Renewed activity of the-
degrees and diplomas at the regis
trar s office.
Such a culmination of a college
career seems flat and dull. Finish
ing a university course, it is true,
does not signify that a goal has
been attained. It does, however,
mean that a milestone enroute to
that goal has been passed, that
an individual achievement has
been accomplished. Nothing serves
more to spur a student on toward
that goal, to fire him with ambi
tion, to bring him to realize the
task ahead than commencement.
THESE reeommenuations are
made in full light of the knowl
edge that few if any will be ac
cepted at least in the immediate
future. Lack of funds is one rea
son, and a principal one. Supposed
lack of student and faculty interest
in such projects is another.
That summer students are not
preeminently bookworms which do
not crawl forth from their holes
even at twilight was proved con
clusively at the summer mixer a
week ago Friday. The enthusiasm
and fine spirit manifested there
should serve ample notice to the
university that summer students I
deserve more consideration outside I
of classroom confines
STUDENT PUI-SE
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Official Bulletin
FRIDAY Mix e r, w o m e n' 8
gymnasium in Grant Memorial
hall, 8:30 p. m. Dancing and
games. Admission 10 cents.
FRIDAY Lutheran picnic, cars
leave Temple for agricultural col
lege campus at 5:30 p. m.
FRIDAY Kappa Phi picnic,
Van Dora park, Tenth and Van
Dorn streets.
SATURDAY Home economics
departmental picnic at Crete.
SATURDAY Tour of Blue
river valley, seventh student hour.
Busses leave former museum at
8 p. m.
MONDAY Trip through Gooch's
Milling company, eighth student
hour. Busses leave Teachers col
lege at 3 p. m.
MONDAY Dr. Charles W.
Bailey will speak. Social Sciences
101, 11 a. m.
A visitor at the department of
botany Wednesday was Dr. A. M.
Showalter, professor of botany at
Washington university at St. Louis.
FOR SALE: A LITTER OF PUPS
To the editor:
What tics of strength and mag
nanimity must be the bonds of fi
delity and brotherhood that exwt
in the "world of amateurish jour
nalism! No sooner is the leading
columnist of the summer Nebras
kan attacked, than the editor him
self springs into the role of de
fending champion.
ki bombi" seems to have in
curred the editor's dlnpleasure, and
Another Litter of Tupa" was
much in the nature of a severe re
buke. It all seems unfair, how
ever, when the editor can "blue
pencil" all that which is unsavory
tn him in an article. The contrib
utor has no chance while the edi
tor can sluice bis article in the
choicest of vitriol. But be that as
it may.
a a u exists now the summer
Nebraskan is practically worth
less. It has Iituc to appeal to wic
summct students which is evi
denced by the stacks still remain
ing at the points of distribution.
It is made up mostly of ads, cheap
ones to bring in the money. The
front page alone has value and it
could be improved. The -Banter"
column would never be missed, for
its bits of wit are rancid with age
ani much better witicisms can be
purchased in the form of Life or
Jui-e. Nosinr for News has
an item of interest occasionally
and could be maue wonnwnue
Do? In the Manner" column ol
O '
the liberal minded Mr. Joseph
Dtming. is a symposium cf notb
inf. The tvrx; is rood.
What the rarer neeas is a o
of life and interest. The editor
nwris to khew individuality. The
naner is more or less nis creation
and bis ideas are the pinions of
suunort. He should find material
that would be of interest to the
class of students attending sum
mer school. Why not publish some
articles of information about the
university? Why not introduce
some of the professors? Why not
rake un a little history on some of
the campus buildings? How about
a few words on tne unrary and lis
contents? Why not bolster a cam-
raip-n fnr some decent tennis
courts? Why not interview a few
of the students attending me
summer session and eet some
ideas of their reactions to univer
sity doings and mannerism? Why
not crlicize some ol tne rcpre
c-ntatives of our teachine: profes
sion and get a reply out of them?
Why not be liberal minded and
sponsor some discussion on educa
tional ideals, where our present
system falls down, whether or not
teaching is narrowuig or not .'
There is so much that could be
done, and vet is not beinc done.
that it is tiitiful. This little sum
mer Nebraskan could be made into
a hotbed of interest with just the
rieht kind of care. Of course it
means work, and it takes initia
tive. If you will take down your
copy of Carlylc's "Heroes and
Hero Worship," (please, Mr. Edi
tor, don't accuse me of being cul
tured) and turn the pages you
will find something about Time
calling for the. man, and not find
ing him go down, calling in vain.
Quite a propos, I should say.
And so. Mr. Editor, after read
ing your editorial entitled "Stu
dent Nature," not forgetting "An
other Litter of Pups." I wonder if
you are not nailing unucr lauw
r.,inr Ynn accuse the students of
this country of being very gullible
and not having anytning to say.
Yet when they do toss a brick,
rnrhiini nut in the rlorified inter
cits of education, but Just a little
brltk with soft, crumbly enges.
you rise up in indignation, tear it
to bits, and pas it on a mere bit
of dust.
"Rvery student In this unlverilty
has a mind of hla own capabls of
functioning. Your accusation con
cerns every one of them, and If
vou only pulled the right strings
they would fpeak. It's un to you to
get action. It takes a leader, but
right now I don't think he's on
editor.
Sincerely,
ROLAND M. MILLER
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YS. I'm a new man, but, in Kpite
of this new found spirit of
sweetness and light. I am faced
with the necessity of growling at
a couple of turning worms. In
deed. I regard the efforts of these
two squirmers, more in sorrow
than in anger, but duty calls, so
here goes.
Well, first, the les.ser worm.
One of the Sickening Ones."
Frank'y, your letter is weak in
both thought and expression. The
staff pu-tzled greatly over your
logic, or rather, lack of it. Indeed,
we found that your sentences could
be arranged ii any order whatso
ever, and still retain the quaint
lack of thought sequence poss essed
by the original.
Really wormie, that final par
agraph of yours was a beautiful
display of twisted and squirming
reason. You howled about the
horrible summer "study load," and
claimed it was so much greater
than the load carried by the win
ter students. Well, "let us reason
together."
In a winter term, a student can
register for a maximum of eigh
teen hours, and the semester is
eighteen weeks long. In a summer
term, a student may register for
a maximum of nine hours for the
nine weeks term, and six hours
for the six weeks term. Now,
lesser worm, divide eighteen by
eighteen, nine by nine and six by
six. If you are too dull to see that
you are wrong, come over to the
Rag office, and I will present you
with a handsomely embellished
blue-print of this, suitable for
framing.
MEXT:
1 Now, this is indeed a plea
sure, the greater worm, the Hom-
bre himself, squirm right In. Keally
now, llombre, you muht admit that
we did wonders to your letter.
After surgical treatment it be
came almost presentable. The
btaff neatly cut out all the diseased
portions, sewed up the holes ami
brought your brain child forth in
a semi-conscious condition. You
owe a great deal to us, but bhucks
mihler, keep the change.
Still worm, I feel that some of
the things cut out of your letter
are more open to criticism than
what was left. One thing, worm,
why the Inane parade of book ti
tles In your original letter? Did
you hope to overawe the entire
llag staff by a list of books that
every fairly intelligent student
reads during his freshman year,
or did you merely wish to display
your naive lack of good taste?
In a similar manner, I might
question the awkward way in
which you injected foreign phrases
into your original letter. After
all, we arc all required to take a
certain amount of foreign langu
age in college, and most of us
manage to accept the situation
with a fair amount of philosophy.
Anyhow, if it pleases you to prat
tle disjointed phrases in various
languages, you might become a
professional menu card composer
for some hotel.
As it is now, I am afraid you
are rather out of your field. You
should have blown the dust off
that old Spanish Grammar of
yours, ar-d studied it. Had you
done so, you w ould not have made
a stupid grammatical error in
signing your Spanish title.
Well, greater worm, I see that
you challenge mo to a verbal dueL
Well that is quite all right with
me. provided you make it inter
esting, and reveal your identity to
both Editor Robb and myself. We
shall treat this information as
strictly confidential, so, "Lay on
Mac Duff. ..." Well, farewell
Hombre who can't sign his name
without making a mistake in
grammar.
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Experienced typist. 1615 F St.
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