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TWO. THE NEBRASKAN, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933. The Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION AND BULLETIN OF THE 1933 SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. Bublished Friday morning during the summer session and circulated free to summer school students and faculty members from boxes in campus Duua inns and book stores. Directed by Student Publications Board. Telephones for News and Advertising pay B-6891 NIGHT F3400 B-3333 Thursday. Editor JACK ERICKSON Business Manager RICHARD L. SCHMIDT C.niss IS'eeliaence. The Nebraskan places, at this time, some serious charges before the bar of all public opinion. It is not a pleasant thing to discover a case of gross negligence and be forced to expose it. As a matter of fact this writer hesitates be cause the manner of procedure is, albeit, a delicate one. It must be thoroughly understood that what we are about to say here is not meant as a reflection upon the character of any person or per sons. Rather it is a situation in which those involved were the vic tims of a vicious chain of circum stances. But even so the FACTS MUST BE KNOWN. The editor of the Summer Ne braskan has committed a gross negligence in office. One look at today's paper must obviously in dicate that fact. It needs no ex pert to deduce that today's paper is composed largely of "filler" ma terial. It is lamentable, virtually inexcusable. And this column wastes no time in thoroughly scor ing said editor for his shortcom ings. Yet there must be another side to the question and only be cause justice must be done it seems that some explanation is forthcoming. It is no secret that school did not hold on Monday and Tuesday. That of course meant that news could not be gathered when there was no one from whom to gather it. That, of course, left only Wednesday in which to gather, head, and make-up the paper, which duties last into the very small hours of Wednesday night or Thursday a. m. So in consequence of this deplorable state of affairs the Nebraska: suffers this issue. Fortunately former Editor Alla way left the following editorial in the overset and mayhaps it in (erne measure will redeem the sheet. the article. In it they will find some ideas that will stimulate thought. But while the writer marshals impressive arguments and doubt less has a vulnerable object for at tack when he turns on the school grading system, we cannot wholly agree with all he says in premis ing his conclusion that grades should be abolished. For instance, he says that the present grading system fails to take into consideration the natu ral ability of the student, whether no matter what the results he is doing the best of which he is capable. Now this is not quite cor rect. Though the result may be so expressed, the method by which the teacher comes by the grade given any student is not purely and objectively mathematical. The kind of work a student is doing in relation to what he Is capable of, his sincerity, his degree of effort all these are bound to be given some weight in a teacher's esti mate of his work. And this last is the essential thing. Whether the final esti mate takes the form of a numeri cal grade, as at present, or that of a "human report," such as the writer of the article suggests, that the relation of teacher and student be that of one understanding hu man being to another, is the essen tial thing. The Nebraskan would like, to re ceive, and would be glad to print, any expressions of opinion on this subject by school people attending the summer session here. Teachers College Methods Moulded To Preserve IndividualismCorey Human Being or Cal u dilating Mach ine? TlEPRINTED in the Nebraskan this morning is a condensa tion of an article, "How Much Do School Marks Matter?" from the Parents' Magazine, by the presi dent of the Progressive Education al association. The author, with ruthless logic in some places but a tendency to overlook actual facts in others, to his own satisfaction demolishes all grounds for the present system of Fchool grading. He comes to the conclusion that "school marks should be abolished because they make children feel inferior (or su perior), encourage dishonesty, give c feeling of insecurity, dull the edge of intellectual curiosity, make children course passers instead of learners, and provide in general unworthy motives for hard work." The Nebraskan invites the school superintendents and teachers b-mong its own readers to examine Has the rapid increase in high school and universitv enrollment duriner the last decade been ac companied by teaching methods which have turned tne ecucationai nnradp into a "eoose steD" affair? Is individualism being snuffed out ? What is the teachers college of the University of Nebraska do ing about this situation? These are some of the questions which were considered by Dr. stnhpn M. Corev. associate pro fessor of history and principles of education, m a recent rauio iaiK. "The contention is made," he said "that our universities are aimless institutions which have prostituted themselves to every roni liar whim. Dlaving- the role of everything from a reformatory to a vaudeville nouse. ine social or ganizations such as fraternities and sororities are said to be vi cious, veritable hotbeds of smug complacency and snoboisnness. Dr. Corev then went on to an alyze and answer these charges which have miermiiienuy uceu made by modern authors such as TTntnn Sinclair who published "The Goose Step" in 1932, attacking the increased size of the American col lege and university. Such charges were not dismissed by Dr. Corey with a rhetorical ges ture. "Some Fire." "Even if we admit the tendency for all critcs to exaggerate," he contnued, "so much smoke must indicate some fire. In open recog nition of these dangers, a number nf colleees have attempted funda mental reorganizations. Each change represents an earneai ei fort to better adapt curricular of fering tn the varvine needs of the young men and women who in ever increasing numoers are bccwjib college training." After r.rintin?r out SOme of the corrective programs instituted along this line in oiner .rt.iiirin.i 4ntitiitinns Dr. Corev went on to cite the counter-attacks on stand ardization wincn are oems m-mc here at the University of Ne braska. . . "The University of NebrasKa nas recently instituted a program of honors graduation which enables gifted students to take a consid erable portion of their work out side of class and provides for more individualized contact between in structor and student," he pointed out. "In the Teachers college, this program begins as early as the junior year, and in the mindsof Afternoon Specials MALTED Atf MILKS iV ORANGE LEMONADE 3 PHOSPHATES, (Jh (Large Glass) 3L BUCK'S COFFEE SHOP 1131 R Street the entire faculty represents a dis tinct step forward." That the teachers college is fully alert to these changes and is con tinually on the lookout for ways and means whereby courses and procedures may be changed so as to make them better adapted to the needs of the individual -students, was another of Dr. Corey's points. "In view of their convictions in these matters," he said, "the in structors in teachers college, as a body, continually direct attention to the development of the individ ual. From the time the student registers as a freshman, until he finishes his practice teaching in the senior year, every attempt is made to recognize his individual ity." The part that each student's ad viser plays in his college career was named by Dr. Corey as one of the fortes of educational individ ualism. Advice Diversified. "The advice o fsuch a counsellor in teachers college is not limited to the selection of courses and such purely curricular problems," he as serted. "Many students arrange for interviews dealing with a wide variety of topics. Financial prob lems, housing problems, personal problems, religious problems, and many other questions which are continuously arising in connection with complex university life are discussed informally by the student and his adviser. "The dangers inherent in coming from a small high school where re lationship between teacher and stu dent is most intimate to a large university should not be mini mized," he continued. "In recogni tion of this, the teachers college, MEALS That Really Surprise for Only 15c We feature a larpe variety of foods and eath customer Is uiven individual service. 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The teacher placement service directed by Mr. Moritz was cited as an ex ample of the attention which the teachers college devotes to the in dividual after graduation. "The emphasis that the teachers college of the University of Ne braska places upon the student," he concluded, "is a result of the clear recognition of the danger that the Individual will be lost sight of in the frenzied attempt to train laree numbers of teachers. The members of the faculty feel that their work is successful oniy in ine degree that individuals develop as such." Special Ladies' Heel Caps Leather or Composition 10c The singing shoemaker at LINCOLN SHOE SHOP Business College Bldg. 207 N. 14 NEW ELECTIONS OF TEACHERS ARE REPORTED HERE Teaching candidates, applicants for fall term positions, whose elec tions have been reported recently to the University of Nebraska de partment of educational service in clude: Mary Sweasey, who will teach music in all grades at Milligan; Louise Crinklaw, elected to teach Latin, English and music at Da kota City; Theola Nuse, who will teach the fifth and sixth grades at Winside; Anna Bearg, who has been elected to teach commercial and English at Weeping Water; and Marcella Mason, to be the third and fourth grade teacher at Hardy next fall." The bureau has also received the information that J. M. Hungate, who has been principal at Scotts bluff, has been elected to the posi tion of superintendent of schools at Lusk, Wyo. 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