TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1931.
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Shall We
Balance Education?
There 6ccms to be much clamor in recent
times concerning: the relative merits of special
ized training and just plain, ordinary cultural
education. Both sides can present their argu
ments with all the gestures and emphasis of
modern, oratory, but nothing noteworthy
evolves out of the fracas. So the student,
whose fate seems to depend upon whether or
not he is taught the right subjects at college,
20CS on unmindful of what others think of his
chosen course of study.
The prospective student looks over the va
rious courses offered him and picks out one
which suits his fancy and seems to promise
reasonable financial returns. Some of those
entering school have no idea of what they
would like to do, so they just register and go
to school in the hope that sooner or later they
can come to a conclusion as to what line of
work they are fitted for. With this part of
the problem solved, for 'the time being at least,
the student proceeds with the task of prepar
ing lessons and writing examinations.
The majoritv of the students are interested
in merely acquiring a means of earning a living
;nd a good number of these lose sight of this
purpose. They settle down to a humdrum ex
istence which consists of getting lessons, read
ing as much as has been assigned out of. each
text book, writing out the required papers and
then spending the remainder of their time
aiting until it is time to study again. Little
regard is given to the profitable utilization of
the spare time that is available, to thinking
riiout how to better acquaint themselves with
the art of living.
In other words the student is concerned only
ith the immediate task ahead of him, he cares
little, if at all, for increasing his knowledge in
other lines, cultural and general world affairs
vhich might be of great use to him at a later
ilate. Why he should be so indifferent is an
other question, but the fact remains that a vast
number of college students give little heed to
vliat is in store for them five or ten or fifty
years hence, except in a superficial way. Con
sequently such a student takes only a slight
interest in anything but that which concerns
earning his daily bread, and under these cir
cumstances the student's mind tends to lose
its broadness and fall into the well known rut.
The opponents of specialized training use
this characteristic of college, students as one
of their arguments for injecting into the col
lege curriculum more of the character building
and general educational courses, so as to keep
the student's mind from becoming tied up and
narrowed in one particular technical subject.
The argument is a sound one and deserves a
good deal of attention. Most anyone, after
attending classes in one of the most technical
courses in the university, namely engineering,
for over three years, can see in just which
direction the average student is apt to go. He
works problems in one class that deal with the
problems he works in another class and the
whole is so linked together that he rarely gets
his mind off of his engineering course. His
time is so occupied even after school hours
with his one subject that he has little time for
investigation into classical literature, philoso
phy and the like. He may be so wrapped up
in his work that he forgets to keep in touch
with the problems that are to be met. outside
of the university political, economic, and
sociological. In his endeavor to gather all the
knowledge about his profession that it is pos
sible to gather in a scant four years he is forced
to neglect some other things that are just as
important as the mere earning a living.
This condition is not limited to the engi
neering college. All of the specialized brunches
of learning have the same objectionable fea
tures. Even those courses which arc not con
sidered technical may go envelope the student
that he forgets all else and settles down to the
task of ferreting out facts and storing them
on shelves in his mind.
This state of affairs in college life has long
been recognized and the problem of directing
the training of the student so as to give him
n more balanced course has been attacked, but
(13 jet the student is just, ns technical and his
courses just us narrowing as ever. In i'lict,
most colleges have been adding more ami more
specialized lines until the university luifi be
come a place where one can learn almost any
I'dng from axe grinding to astronomical
arithmetic.
If variation of courses will not turn the
trick, if adding every conceivable line of aca
demic study to a college curriculum will not
keep the student from burrowing underneath
a heap of books until his identity is lost, then
some other method must be employed to com
bat the situation. Perhaps it is up to the stu
dent to see for himself that he mokes the best
of his education. After nil, it is his own life
.that he is evasting away and he must make
the best of it. Why should educators moitv
themselves into a frenzy just because students
(not all students, to be sure) do not want a
well balu need mental ration?
It would seem, then, that if a person were
to know what he is about, and woald keep in
mind what is in store for him in the future,
he could . guide his own study so that such
study would fit him for the gigantic task of
making a success out of his life. The univer
sity offers the opportunity for the student to
take almost any course with little restriction.
The man who knows best how to apply himself
and is forcsightcd enough to arrange his
studying, recreation, and other duties so us to
get the most out of his four years in the insti
tution of learning, will have little need. for
elaborate educational systems. It is the person
who has no definite aim in life, who studies
his lessons going more or less deeply into the
subject- matter, who in his leisure time e'tlu r
keeps his mind on the same lessons or loafs
it away, and who fails to keep aware of the
object of his learning: it is this type of fellow
who becomes narrow and needs to have a well
balanced education crammed down his throat.
SOCIETY
Announces Engagement
The University of Washington Pally w;ints
to know: If a student can't client in college
how can the faculty expect him to make an
accurate income tax report later in life?
Tiiis week llie School of Journalism nnd the Hi. Ad college
will hold their annual dinners at the University Club and Ellen
Smith hall respectively. Although many students will be. jour
neying to Mis onri for the football game Lambda Chi Alpha and
Farm House will hold fall parties Friday and Saturday etcniug.
X' l'si Phi has scheduled a house party for Saturday evening.
The Farmer's formal on the agricultural campus will draw a
large number of the students.
The Mother" Club of Deltao-
Sigma Lambda held their monthly I
meeting at the chapter house last
we?!:. Mrs. H. C. Burgess acted
as hostes3. A light luncheon was
served. Mrs. Eurgc?s had decora
tions to suit ths occasion.
"ir in iiw At
Something Ought
To Be Done About This.
The Daily Nebraskan operates what is com
monly known as a lost and found department,
carrying this work along with other numerous
tasks peculiar to a newspaper office. Almost
every daj The Nebraskan carries an advertise
ment telling the. world at large abeut this lost
and found department, but somehow the de
partment just cannot get along. All the em
phasis seems to be on the lost rather than the
found. People of all types and descriptions,
from all parts of the campus come pouring
into this office inquiring about everything that
could be imagined, but the lost and found de
partment has none of it. Seldom is any article
found and turned in.
There are only three things that could be
wrong this year, that keep the lost and found
department, from functioning in the noble
manner that it did last year. People either do
not lose things, or, if they do. no one finds
them, or else someone finds the lost articles
but thinks it best to keep them. The first and
last reasons may be easily accounted for dur
ing these hard times, and, not to be promis
cuously casting gloomy suspicions around, the
latter reason seems to be the most logical of
them nil. Reports from other universities indi
cate that petty thievery and such actions as
mentioned above, are becoming quite prevalent
this year. Perhaps the only thing to be done
is for everyone to keep a constant vigil over
his own property.
Advocate a hard times day for the campus
if you want to. Ye editor has one for himself
almost every day.
MORNING MAIL
More Hard Times.
TO THE EDITOR :
Not long ago the editor of The Nebraskan
came forward with a suggestion for a "hard
times day." Advertisers and students both ob
jected strenuously, that is, advertisers objected
strenuously and the sludents maintained their i
apathetic aloofness, which seems to be so char- I
acteristie. I
At any rate the move died. Rut should it
have? Wouldn't the novelty of the idea have I
attracted sufficient interest and attention in
the nation's newspapers to give the school!
some valuable advertising I think so.
Students objected tothe idea of wearing old
clothes to school for a day, it is true, so the
thing to do. it seems, is to present a substitute
with more attractive features. Why couldn't
the same idea be embodied in the next all-university
party? Assuming of course that the
Tnnocents Mere sincere in attempting to stimu
late a movement for such representative affairs
by the homecoming festivity at the coliseum
last Saturday the first party of its kind the
Cornhusker school has ever had.
Before the party Saturday the hope of con
tinuing to hold such all-student parties at a
nominal cost was expressed. It was more than
hinted that the practice Mould continue thru
out the year. And of course, since wc have
no student union building other than the de
crepit "U" hall, we'll have to have our all
school fetes in the field house, which, after all,
serves well enough for the purpose.
Is there any valid reason why the proposal
here presented wouldn't work? It seems not
only feasible, but most attractive. How
about it?
OSWALD.
NEWSPAPER TALK
Forbidden Pleasures.
And now people in authority bavc robbed
the student of one of his last and greatest
pleasures. Taking from the student precious
moments of exultation and rapturous delight,
the school of health and physical education
has installed chlorine foot baths at Ihc en
trance of shower rooms in both the women's
and men's gymnasiums.
No longer will the harried and cross-exaoi-ined
undergraduate, be able to go to bed with
anticipation of Ihrusting his feet slowly into
the southern end of his blankets and expect
antly waiting for the athlete's foot (ringworm
organism! to begin his activities. Lunir min
utes will bp spent in wakefulness while the
student lingers on the border line of sleep,
still lunging for the tingling sensation result
ing from playing with one's athlete's foot.
And mo the solutions of chlorine which will
kill the ringworm in fifteen seconds have been
placed. Judging from certain liteiury at
tempts, athlete 'u foot is not exclusive to the
common classes' "His training table is at the
Ritz, still he has athlete's foot," is seen often
in periodical literature.
Silent movies are almost of the past and
many a poor city fellow now has no place to
sleep. Athlete's foot is becoming extinct. And
when people get to butting their heads against
brick walls for sensation and thrills, we sin- j
cerely expect someone to say it is unsocial and i
move to prohibit the pleasure. - (i. P. D. in the j
Oregon State Barometer.
What the well dressed coed
wee.rs cd the campus ha3 been the
subject or our closest scrutiny this
past week, which explains why
sudden questions from certain of
our instructors have caught us un
awarer. Here are a few of our ob
servations. Florence Miller is one of the
be.H dressed women on the cam
pus. Ssarching her past we dis
covered that she was voted tha
most fashionable fral at Ward Bel
mont. Rsmember the strange yel-lowy-gretns
that we warned you
about last time? Well, she has a
sweater of that particular color
with leg o' mutton sleeves. You
never saw a sweater with leg o'
muttcn sleeves? Neither had we,
but now that we have, we want
one in the worst way.
That broad-shouldered effect
achieved by means of yoke and
j sleeve tops contrasting sharply
witn ine rest oi me irocK was ex
emplified in a dress, combining
black and red, which Jean Rath
burn was seen wearing the other
day. Jean always looks smart on
the campus. She usually chooses
vivid colors and strong contrasts.
The lovely new reds tinged with
yellow are seen in a new angora
finished frock of Helen Cozad's. It
had clever diagonal lines, a tricky
leather belt, and a touch of white
in the collar.
We promised to cover a lot of
territory, everything from hats to
heels, so here goes. We refuse to
mention anything Eugenie we al
m o s t said Eugenic 'cause we
think enuff's been said on the sub
ject. Only this, no ostrich feathers
bobbing about the campus, please!
They're too reminiscent of the
plumed white circus horses of our
childhood. Ostrich feathers are all
right in their place, which we
think is on the ostrich. If you
must wear them, reserve them for
state occasions. For school give
us the good ole Basque beret it
really can't be beat. Or by way of
change one of those clever cro
cheted caps. We saw an excep
tionally smart one the other day
narrow, string like strips of felt
sewed together.
If you would have that trim,
wooden-soldier air so highly rec
ommended by Vogue, the polo coat
in any of its versions is very chic.
A sturdy tweed coat collared with
racoon is also smart fot school.
And those cunning fur jackets, my
dears, well, we'd like to have about
six of 'em. In leopard or lapin or
astraknn. Swede jackets in the
natural color or dark green or red
are clever accompaniments to
sports clothes. Some of the newer
ones have zipper closings.
Dame Fashion has given the
school girl a leal break this season
by thrusting wool frockH to the
fore. They're so much better
adapted to the rigors of school life
than the silk dresses of past years
and so much more appropriate.
You simply can't go wrong in a
wool dress or it's not our fault if
you do.
And now for the low-down on
heels. Yes, we said low-down. Be
Cuban on the campus rather than
French. Some gals have the silly
Idea that by coming down to a low
heel they sacrifice some feminine
charm. Hooie all hooie. Oxfords
and low-heeled pumps can be had
that are as feminine aa can be
in fact they almost sing soprano.
BIBLE RENAMED
TO COACH WEST
IN CHARITY TILT
Continued from Page l.i
victory being scored by a field goal
kicked by Bus Mills, one of the
men Bible selected for the squad.
Considerable doubt was enter
tained this fall as to whether or
not the game would be played this
year. Most of the various confer
ences In the country, including .he
Big Six tiave given permission to
their members to stage post-season
charity games among themselves
and it was thought for a time that
the East-West contest would be
abandoned. With the decision to
carry on the game, the athletic de
partment of Nebraska is exceed
ingly gratified at the reappoint
ment of Bible, according to H. D.
Gish. director of athletics. Bible's
position as coach last year entailed
the greater degree of responsibil
ity, Gish Indicated, by reason of
thij fact that Coach Kocey Is more
out of touch with collegiate ath
letics than is Bible.
Board Must Accept Offer.
Ml)!c It waiting to wire his ac
ceptance of the olfcr until permis
sion of the athletic board of con
trol has bten granted. Altho the
members of the board individually
hesitated to express the peisunal
view that the board will grant con
sent, It Is understood that the con
sent Is purely a technicality and
that Nebraska will send Bible to
the went coast.
The proceeds of the game will be
donated to the Shrine hospital xor
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SOCIAL CALENDAR".
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Thursday. '
Journalism dinner at 6 o'clock at
tha University club.
Friday.
Lamda Chi Alpha fall party at
Cornhusker hotel. . .
Farmers' Formal at Student
Activities bldg.
Saturday.
XI Psi Phi house party.
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rnuitcry ol Tlin Journal.
MISS MELVA SCUDDER
Why recently revealed her infor
mal betrothal 'to Jack Krickson of
Newman Grove at her sorority
house, Alplm Phi. Miss Scudder is
from Central City. Mr. Krickson
is affiliated with Alpha Thota Chi.
crippled children. According to
Coach Lccey, the ticket sale gives
indications of surpassing the at
tendance mark of 52,000 which
was reached last year.
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By Oliver DeWolf
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DISARMAMENT IS
NEXT TOPIC FOR
FORUM MEETING
Continued from Page l.i
subject and in the htatewide dis
armament conference which will
be held in Lincoln on Nov. 21
and 22.
World Forum tickets are on sale
as usual at the Y. M. and Y. W.
and a desk in the social science
hall.
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i Reporter at Large
By Jack Erickson
MEW YORK'S college of hoboes
has now opened officially and
Bince "mulligan" stew follows the
afternoon class session there are
very few of the vagabonds who cut
classes.
Various degrees may be earned
by studious hoboes who follow the
courses closelv. There is the de
gree of M.H.O. master ot the j
hand out There is the degree of I
D.O.C. doctor of oM clothes. And
there are other degrees peculiar to
knights of the road which apply to ;
the ingenuity of the particular!
Weary Willie who specializes in
working one hour a week and !
sleeping in police stations. '
Heau of the new college is Frank j
Skydrop, president, chairman of
the boara of trustees and first I
taster to the "mulligan" pot where j
savory messes are dished out to
the out-of-luck hobo. j
Daniel O'Brien, who is dubbed j
king of the hoboes, is vice prtHi- j
dent and full time proiessor in j
economics, astronomy, history,
poetry and police practice .
There is a leminine member of
the faculty but she hasn't as yet
any members of her sex to whom
to lecture. She is the wife of the
organizer cf the hobo college and
she keeps a needle and thread
handy to sew up any embarrassing
rips in the hobo costume.
'J'HE latest thing in salesmen is
a "'log" man who has invaded
the University of li.diana campus.
Students who want to create a
homelike atmo8.!ierc have begun
to surprise house mothers and
landladies with ilopH. Three fra
ternities there Alpha Tau Omeca,
Sigma Nu and Lambda Chi Aln.'ia,
have already been '.-o!d" on the
proposition and thy have puppies
scampering around the housi and
over the lawn. j
JJERE'S a college president who j
oas ine micresia oi men stu
dents ct r.part. President George
Thomas, of the University of Utah,
last Friday told coeds at that in
stitution that they should share in
the cost of dates. And in an ad
dress to the student body, Presi
dent Thomas also warned that the
cot of school functions must be
reduced. Men on this campus have
wanted to tell coeds the same
thing for sometime but haven t had
nerve enough to make the proposi
tion. Besides it would probably do
them little good even if they did.
The Interfraternity council of
Yale has made public pians lor a
sharp curtailment of fraternity so
cial functions durit.g the football
season. Following a suggestion
made by the Yale Daily News last
week, the council announced that
it would sponsor only two joint
dances during the fall. Profits
from these functions will be used
for relief of the unemployed.
Liberals at Die University of
Illinois have scored again. Tne
university senate has not only
abolished the penalty for overcut
ting classes, but also put tho con
trol of student morals in the hands
of a newly created discipline com
mittee. Under the new systt m
students may cut as many classes
as they wish, providing they do not
Impair their standing.
It i.i believed that the confer
ences of Premier Laval of France
nnd President Hoover of the
United States, have laid the
groundwork for a sweeping read
justment of the German repara
tions, and the allied war debt pay
ments. If such is the case, the
world will be batter for it.
At the same time it has been
announced that negotiations are
under way for the sale of immense
quantities of cotton and wheat to
Fiance. Chairman James C. Stone
of the federal farm board lias dis
cussed the matter with Pierre du
Pasquierer of the Laval mission,
and the discussion tends toward
the establishment of international
credit for the sale of American
wheat and cotton. While no defin
ite sale has been arranged, it is
understood that France would need
large quantities of both commodi
ties, and it is obvious that the
United States has plenty to spare.
Indications that the United
States is planning to take over
Gret Britain's role in international
trading is evident when one reads
the announcement of James C.
Stone, chairman of the federal
farm board. He said, "It is the duty
and opportunity of the United
States to take over Great Britain's
role in handling export credit." In
other words the American dolla
is to take the place of the British
pound in international trade.
A woman breaks another record;
but this time it is only another
women's record, and in fact only
women can compete for the record.
Miss Ruth Nichols, American avia-
tiix, is believed to have made a
non-stop record with a flight of
over 2,000 miles Inst Saturday. The
record was formerly held by
Maryse Bastie, a French woman,
with a flight of 1,810 miles.
Poor old John Bull certainly is
having his trouble. The conference
with Ghandi was not such a pro
nounced success, but on the other
hand, it wasn't expected to be.
However, no one expected the lit
tle island of Cyprus would arise
in revolt, and that is exactly what
happened. We won't venture a
guess on the. outcome, but we will
venture an opinion that John's
imperialistic ventures have not all
panned out like he would liked to
have had them.
FOUR GIRLS FILE
FOR QUEEN OF AG
COLLEGE FORMAL
(Continued from page one. I
warming affair are scheduled to
fo on sale immediately. When the
tickets are bought, it is expected
that th? favors will be given out.
Last year tha girls were sent invi
tations wrapped in a cob pipe but
the invitations committee plans
somehinjr different this year.
Students who are not widely ac
quainted on Uie campus are going
to be able to secure dates from a
committee which has been ap
pointed to look up prospective
elates. Those desiring dates are reg
istering and the committee is get
ting them in touch with other per
sons who are without company for
the evening.
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Mousel Urges Students to
Have Pictures Taken
Immediately.
SPECIAL PRICE OFFERED
Urging sludents to have their
picfres taken immediately, Rus
sel, business manager of the Corn
husker, school yearbook, warned
yesterday that the deadline was
Hearing.
"Far more students have failed
to have their pictures taken for
the Cornhusker this year," he said,
"and this laxity is seriously ham
pering the work of the annual
stnff."
Last year at the same stage of
the picture drive, according . t0
Mousel, a considerably larger num
ber of students had had their pic
tures taken. "This situation is
bad," he explained, "because the
drive was opened earlier this year
then ever before, allowing every
one plenty of time, but still com
paratively few have taken ad
vantage of the opportunity."
The deadline tor picture taking
has not yet been set. It will prob
ably be announced, the business
manager stated, about a week be
fore the closing date.
"If you want to avoid the last
minute rush, you would do well to
have your picture taken today,"
Mousel urges students. "If only
one or two put the picture taking
off, it would not be very serious,
but when hundreds procrastinate
and cause delay, as at the present,
there is bound to be confusion and
misunderstanding during the last
minute rush."
The business taff has for the
last few days been calling students
to make appointments with the
photographer for them.
Students are urged, however, to
not wait until they are called, but
to make appointments with either
Hauck's or Townsend's, the two
photographers who are doin the
Cornhusker work, immediately.
"If you call now," Mousel stated,
"you will be able to arrange for a
sitting at any time. It takes only
a few minutes, so make it a point
to take care of the picture-taking
today."
By special arrangements with
the photographers, sludents get
ting their Cornhusker pictures may
also order additional pictures at a
special price. Many are expected
to take advantage of the offer for
Chri.stnias gifts.
CORNHUSKER PICTURES are
being takcu at Hauck's studio,
1216 O.
CAN YOU TIE THIS?
WRITER DECRIES TIES;
SAYS HER SOUL CRIES
OUT FOR GENIUS TO
FREE MAN FROM TIE
MOODS
Continued from Page l.i
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would have to ring at this point . .
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