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WEDNESDAY, MARCH lort TWO. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Daily Nebraskan Station A, Lincoln, NeDrasKa. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY Ul- ltei-vMar This paper is represented for fjeneral advertising by the Nebraska Press Association. This papor li represented for general arlvert sino by the NebrasKi Pro. Association ftssoctatftl (fallffliatc tyrest H. rinse matter lit the Dostoffice in Lincoln, Nebraska, under act or congress, iviuicn 100, " special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, au thorized January 20, 1922. TH I RTY-TH I RD YEAR. Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday morn ings during the academic year. SUBSCRIPTION RATE. S1.50 a year. Single copy 5 cents. $1 00 a semester. J2.S0 a year mailed. $ 1 50 semester mailed. Under direction of the Student Pub lication Board. Editorial Office University Hall 4. Business Office University Hall 4A. Telephones Day: B6S91; Night: B6SS2. B3333 (Journal) Ask for Ne braskan editor. EDITORIAL STAF. Editor-in-chief Bruce Nicoll Managing Editors Burton Marvin Violet Cross News Editors Jack Fisher Fred Nicklas La- moine BUjle. Society Editor Virginia Selleck Sports Editor Irwin Ryan Contributing Editors Maurice Johnson, Dick Moran, Car. lyle Hodgkin. Exam System Revisions. VTHILE universities quibble over " the honor system, administra tive heads juggle exam schedules, and faculty members criticize stu dents for "failure to think during exams, the University of Chicago literally revolutionized the entire system by declaring the "open book" exam would be in effect there this June. For some time the controversy over exams has waged incessantly in our institutions of higher learn ing. Student editorials and pro gressive pedagogues have leveled their criticisms at this unnecessary evil. Critics of the system have drawn well grounded comparisons between European students who are trained to think and American students who are trained to re member. It is generally accepted that the examination system at Nebraska and elsewhere is unsatisfactory. Under the present plan student's knowledge of a subject consists mainly in attempting to cram an odd assortment of facts into his mind long enough to finish an exam. Indeed, he may be com pared to the mechanical rabot, or the automatom who must memor ize a mass of stuff and set it down in writing on occasion. As a result students indulge in the worthless process of 'cram ming" dates, figures, and facts in to his mind before exams. Unfor tunately the examinations do little toward challenging his interest, in fact, he is given little time to rea son, for himself, an intelligent re view of past work, and state his own conclusions. We do not suggest, however, that the work of past generations should be laid aside. Rather do we feel that the students should have at his disposal this informa tion, from which he may draw his conclusions and answers to well devised questions. Essentially this is the system to be used at the University of Chi cago. According to present plans students will be able to bring notes, texts, and other desirable information. The examinations will not deal with the student' knowledge of facts but rather his ability to handle problems. As such, it is highly improbable that students will be able to answer the questions in the time allowed with out a thorough acquaintance with the course. Most important, however, stu dents must, of necessity, rely upon facts as a means to an end, and not ends in themselves. Under this system students will be offered more of an incentive to think. At least they will be placed on the initiative. As such, cram ming and cheating during exams will be abolished at one stroke. This asset of the system more than recommends its merits to oth er university administrations. Contemporary CoiiuiM III Child C.nre and The University. "It the time ever comes when we are prepared to treat univer sity students like adults we shall see further economics in adminis tration," Robert Maynard Hutch ins, president of the University of Chicago, declared in a recent ar ticle in the Yale Review. "Uni versitieF," he said, "have devel oped the idea in parents or parerts have developed it In universities that the institution is in some way responsible for the moral, social and intellectual welfare of the stu dent. This is very nice for the parents; it Is hard on the universi ties, for, besides being expensive, it deflects from their main task, which Is the advancement of knowledge." A university can not undertake Vj give a student character or in tellectual interest, he said. If it la to do its work properly the stu dent must have these qualities when he enrolls. President Hutch Ins Is not speaking only of the University of Chicago where he has made great Ktrides forward in administration and contributed in Do mean degree to the advance ment of knowledge He is speak ing of any university which finds that It is spending too much money to do the work of a custod ial establishment, a church or of a bodybuilding institute. Parents who do not make adults nf their children be.'on they ship them off to college unques tionably are handicapping not only MEMBER Jfew 1934 the school which receive- the chil dren but also the children them selves. If a boy or girl can not take care of himself or herself by the time college age is reached, it is unlikely that he or she will learn to do so without considerable pain and without unnecessary trouble and expense for the school which receives him or her. The work of the university should be gin where the work of the parents leaves off. The duties of the two should not overlap. Indiana Dally Student, Ag College by Carlyle Hodgkin AG EXECUTIVE BOARD ANSWERS. The ag executive board, slightly piqued by the discourse in this col umn at the time the student coun cil declared their organization su spended, come to their own de fense. They were suspended, points out Chairman Vernon Filley, not because they were in error but be cause of the inefficiency of the council itself. Whenever there is a change re quested in an organization's con stitution, the proposed new consti tution must be submitted to the council for approval before it can be adopted. But the submission of an organization's constitution, ac cording to Filley, is dependent up on a change in the constitution, and not upon a change in the coun cil personnel. If, therefore, a new council comes Into power, and there has been no change in a given organi zation's constitution, there should be a copy of that constitution on file in the council's office and there would be no reason to present the council with a new copy of the old constitution. Actually, aays Filley, it has been necessary every semes ter for the past several years to do just that. The council gets a copy or me constitution, and then before a new council comes into office the con stitution disappears. Then the ag group has to present the council with another copy. And then when another council comes into power, it has to be presented with another copy. And ao it goes. The student council now has a vault in their official room, and it may just be possible that in the future organizations which have asked no change in their constitu tions will not find it necessary to present each new council with a new copy, ALPHA ZETA'S MEETINGS. When the Alpha Zeta men met in Ag hall to hear Dr. Kerkmeia ter talk about Germany, two or three Ag underclassmen blundered into the meeting thinking they were getting into another meeting called for the same hour. Most every one of them, when they dis covered the mistake, looked fussed and promptly departed. Such an attitude toward Aipna Zeta meetings, Arthur Peterson, Chancellor of the organization, has pointed out, ia a mistake. There is no reason why any Ag college stu dent should feel unwelcome a an Alpha Zeta meeting. There is, in fact, very good reason why stu dents should feel themselves very welcome. Practically speaking, when a man like Dr. Werkmeister comes to Ag campus, it is a waste to have empty seats in the room where he speaks. As many as the room will accommodate should feel themselves free and welcome to hear him. There is no point in bringing to Ag college an interest ing speaker and then having stu dents who have the time and would enjoy hearing him feel that they are not welcome at the meeting. From another point of view, Al pha Zeta ia the type of organiza tion whose responsibility it is to promote what it conceives to be the best interests of students on the campus. Therefore, when Al pha Zeta brings noteworthy speak ers to the campus, it seems that it would be the members respon sibility to make the meeting known and to invite all fiuaents who are interested to attend. That, I feel certain, la the attitude of the organization; and I believe it would be to express the opinion of the organization to extend an invitation to all Ag students io attend Alpha Zeta meetings. ABOLISH PRESENT GREEK RUSH LAWS (Continued from Page 1.1 members. Work will start at once in drawing up new laws, they stated, and an attempt will be made to have them ready in time to distribute rush carda during spring vacation. Definite decision to hold the an nual Interfraternity Banquet on Tuesday, April 17, was made by the council. A new feature of tha banquet thla year, in addition to ;be awarding ef scholarship plaques and Uopbles. will be tbt awarding of all intramural plaques that nave ben won during tha year up to Mat time. Previously the individual fraternitlea had re ceived their plaques Immediately following tha Intramural event. The committee for tha banquet will be appointed by the council's committee on committees and will begin work within a short time it was said. Reports of the campus beautifi cation committee submitted at the Tuesday meeting contained sketches of a colonnade which would cover the west end of the north mall across from the stad ium, and which would be composed of a number of atone pillars which were donated to the university in two lots some time ago. Sketches were prepared by members of the department of architecture. Estimates covering expenses of the proposed project will be tb next step In the committees pro cedure, Elton Rosa, chalranso of the committee said, after wkica aid of university authorities ad the regents will be sougxt la, se curing consummatioa ef tie bea tification project. Sixteen executive! from Chicago department atcrea nave beta en gaged to teach course la depart ment stort administration at the Northwestern University. A plan for the twUbllahmant of chairs of humor In colleges and universities has been proposed by Dr. William McAndrew, I II CONCLAVES SCHEDULED 10 BE HELD THURSDAY Dr. Alexis Will Speak on Ag Campus; Dalion to Be at Temple. Thursday will be a day o convocations with speakers ad dressing students on both the city and ag college campuses. Hugh Dalton, former British parlianientaricn and foreign secre tary wiil speak on "Economic Planning Theo y and Practice" at the Temple theater at 11 o'clock while Dr. Joseph E. A. Alexis, chairman of the university Ger man department will give his "Im prebsions from the Meditteranean" in the Agricultural hall at 4 o'clock. Mr. Dalton has won distinction i both political and academic fields having served for seven years as a member of the British Parliament and for two years as undersecretat" for foreign affairs. He will discuss some of the chief experiments of the various nations in economic planning which he has been studying since 1919 in his po sition of reader in the London school of economics connected with the University of London. D'-. Alexis will talk on the nu merous countries that he has visit ed recently. Spain, Italy, Greece Egypt and several others. He knows the structure of their social, economic and political institutions and his lectu-e is expected to cover these as weU as other topics of in terest concerning European coun w: I 4 - , ... a- I' ft A 'k i -Afc f - m If ukg? ;j W j ' LA M ;;hAZ.'Ff 4 1 (hi t V rtentM tru TW KiiD V J From the Diamond Hone-Shoe of the Metropolitan Opera House SatuHejr M 1:M t. M.. Mrtm(illl Onrm l.utfni kuaasrd Time, Canpanir ! hrw Verk la ver Blue Net. . ir cfiiple Utirti, worbf f SHC. I.CTKV "raallacct" IUU ttTHIKE will trocaat Always the Fittest Tobacco tries. Thia convocation ia the fourth n a sines started to bring Interesting speakers to the Ag col lege in an effort to broaden the Bcope of the agricultural students outlook. The university was able to ob tain Mr. Dalton for the convoca tion at the Temple through the University c Chicago which has brought him here for a six weeks lecture course. Mr. Dalton is a graduate oi King's College, Cam bridge unlverblty and barrister at law of the M'ddle Temple and has also attended Eton. He Is the au thor of several books and of arti cles In the ''Economic Journal" and the "Contemporary Review." READERS EXPRESS VARI ETY COMMENTS ON THE DAILY NEBRASKAN '3 NEWEST NEWS FEATURE IN 'BENEATH THE HEAD LINES.' (Continued from Page 1.) Hall, former editor of the Daily Nebraskan, stated that while he reads it and likes it, he considers the feature rather superficial. Richard Decker, Junior, declared that he can read the same thing in the newspaper a couple of weeks before it appears in the Nebras kan, and consequently he does not read it. Prof. L. D. Coffman of the Law college hardly ever reads the "rag" and is not acquainted with the col umn. Neither Professor Coffman of the Law college or Dr. D. J. Brown, professor of chemistry, read the "rag" and are familiar with the feature. While Professor Scott of the English department does not read .Beneath the Headlines,, he be lieves that the student body should keep up with current events. "I read the column," admitted Bob Lantz, junior, "but as yet, I haven't found any place to apply it." According to Bash Perkins, junior, the column fills the need of the student body as they need something more solid and substan and S tial than reading material such as Ballyhoo or the Awgwan. Lloyd Loomls, senior, considers it a treat to find something in the paper besides a filler, while Lucille Reilly, senior reads the column and thinks it better than the edi torials. Beneath the Headlines la one of the most interesting and the best part of the paper, accord ing to Art Bailey, junior. Ruth Lutz, senioi, is a faithful follower f tun nouH while Phllis Jean Humphrey, sophomore doesn't read It at all, or aoosn t rucuKm&c she does. When Beneath the Headlines was added to the other regular fea- tuies, the Daily NenrasKan ai rpmnt ed to correct a criticism by a foimer student of the university, who statod that college students as a rule "are ill-informed on what is doing in the world outside of them " This criticism Holds true for nine out of every ten students. Mnnv of them live "a day to day existence" with no thought at all to ther than campus activities. PRAIRIE SCHOONER SALE TO CONTINUE DURING THE WEEK (Continued from Page 1.) However, the changes will not in clude a departure from Its pre eminently western flavor," said Professor Wimberly. "The Prairie Schooner has been instrumental in making the state of Nebraska known nationally and even internationally as a center of distinct literary culture," says Miss Thompson, "and it is our de sire to extend an appreciation of its values on the university cam pus." A psychogalvanometer has been perfected by a Ripon College sci entist which, it is claimed, will de tect the emotions of students. The oldest big building in the world is the Step Pyramid in Egypt, which is estimated to be 6,000 years old. So what? THE JOY And good taste ia one great pleasure you find in every Lucky Strike, for only the finest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos ar z used in Lucky Strike , , .and only the Center Leaves 1 OFFICIAL BULLETIN LUTHERAN STUDENTS. Lutheran students will meet for Bible class with Rev. H. Erck in room 203 Temple Theater at 7 p. m. Wednesday evening, STAMP CLUB AUCTION. "Men and women students, fac ulty members and university em ployees interested In stamp collec ing are invited to attend the next meeting of the Unievrsity Stamp club Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. in Social Science 312. Follow ing a brief business session, an auction will be held. Bring stamps either mint or used U. S. or for eign to be sold. ' SPANISH CLUB. Spanish club will meet at 7:15 in Ellen Smith hall Wednesday evening. All persons interested in the club are invited to attend. Y.W. C.A. STAFF MEETINGS. The conference staff in charge of Breta Peterson will meet Wednes day at 4 o'clock and the program and office staff in charge of Phy llis Jean Humphrey will meet Wednesday at 5. Comhusker Staff. The business staff of the Corn will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Cornhusker office. ROBERT THIEL, Business Manager. PI Lambda Theta. There will be a PI Lambda Theta mpetine- Thursdav. 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