THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, MAY 21. 1936.
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Nit-Wit Instructors
Or Lazy Students?
IT has oi'ton been said that oxfiminjit ions are
formidable even to the best prepared, for
the greatest fool may ask mote than the wisest
man ean answer. Vet in the experiences of
life it would hardly be practical for the stu
dent or employe to ignore the questions of
higher authority on the basis that his superior
was a fool. Here is a chance for those stu
dents desiring to do away with all forms of
exams, believing them too inquisitive. All they
have to do is merely state upon their examina
tion, sheets the belief that it is very obvious
that no one but a semi-wit could indulge in
such interrogations, and while it may seem a
bit impertinent at the time to call the instruc
tor a fool, nevertheless the mental strains
would undoubtedly become mitigated almost
immediately.
Nothing is quite so disagreeable some
times as examinations. In fact, nothing is
quite so disagreeable as life itself, but bur
dened with it as we are there seems little op
portunity right now for a luxurious escape
from existence. So often has this question of
examinations suffered condemnation at the
hands of the Nebraskan editors and editors
of college dailies thruout the entire nation that
just for the sake of variety, if nothing else,
your present editor thought a defense would
seem rather quaint.
Examinations are growing upon Ameri
can institutions of education. Kead that and
weep, fellow students. It is a statement of
fact. More and more are schools of today
relying upon examinations as a means of
testing the capabilities of individuals. Fur
thermore there seems little liklihood of any
one ever establishing a survey that will de
liver a complete, fair and impartial verdict
upon every ease. Human nature is not con
structed that way. Flaws of all kinds are
constantly in evidence. No measuring rod
can be maintained which can perfectly check
and pass upon the merits of distinct indi
viduals, ust as every fingerprint differs, so
every personality differs.
The problem confronting administration
officials is not one of eliminating examinations
but rather one concerned with the selection of
the type of examinations. Students of the fu
ture, as the Nebraskan sees it. will experience
as much uneasiness and un happiness over
quizzes as we do at present.
The stock criticism of taking finals at a
specified time is often found in the nrcumen
that one is not particularly at his best then
or that he is handicapped by n severe head
ache. The Nebniskan wishes to extend its
condolences in such instances; nothing more
The man competing, in a race is granted no ex
ccption in case of inability to perform; sales
men wait not upon their competitors it tney
happen to be incapacitated at the particular
moment. In the praeticnl world the ship leaves
dock at the scheduled time, dcspile protests o
a lagging few.
The university's purpose is not to make
life easy, but to train students for a life that
is difficult. Fairness within even a biased
educational institution is usually much more
prevalent than in surrounding vicinities.
Were examinations grossly inefficient as a
measuring stick then most drastic action
would be needed. This the Nebraskan thinks
is not true.
But acting: in the interests of the student,
however, it would seem that in some instances
n better type of examination might be given.
That which would prove most valuable in
training undergraduates is the essay type of
examination. Mcmorv work is not uilticuit
No fundamental grasp of a subject is neces
sary to the mockinar bird, tacts are unpor
taut, but in obtaining them many students and
instructors overlook the part they play in the
harmonious operation of the whole. True and
talse tests are simple contrivances conceived
by an adolescent mind for the testing of one
enuallv puerile.
Part of the student's training should lie
in his ability to assimilate these facts in their
proper order; place some sensible interpreta
tion upon them, and construct an essay using
the facts as a means to an end. not seeking
them as an end in themselves. Knowledge is
little better than stupidity if not supplemented
by understanding..
CONTEMPORARY
COMMENT
The Ideal '
College.
A description of what seems to be quite
an ideal college from the intellectual viewpoint
is given in the April Harper's by Louis Adaui
ic. At Black Mountain college in North Caro
lina, the students ami professors all live and
conduct their classes in one big building. There
are no trustees, presidents, or deans, but to
gether, students and professors run the collesre
by a board composed of teachers elected by the
faculty and students.
John Rice, who was the leader in founding
this college, believes that the job of college is
not "mere head stuffing of facts" but is "to
bring young people to intellectual and emo
tional maturity. He claims that this can be
done by the method, not content, of teaching
and by "inviting the student to the realization
that the way of handling facts and himself
amid facts is more important than facts them
selves.
Mr. Adamic sets forth nianv other plans
and beliefs of this college such as development
ot "'group influence. Of course this latte
idea couldn't be carried out in a place as large
as this university, but the former methods
could.
The idea of teaching lots of facts and ex
pecting the students to learn them seems to be
bad one. Very few facts are remembered
even until the diploma is put into the student's
hand, and surely more pertinent instruction
along the line of how the student should han
dle certain facts and himself among facts is
ol more use m later hie. Since college should
prepare one for his life among others in this
world it seems that all universities and col-
eges would be better fitted for this if they
followed the educational policv of Black Moun
tain college. Daily Kansan.
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Sponsors Club.
Sponsors club will meet Friday
May 22. at 5 o'clock at Ellen
Smith hall. All sponsors are re
quested to attend.
MARYLU PETERSEN, ELEA.
NOR CLIZBE, BILL MARSH
GET OTHER POSTS.
(Continued from Page 1).
and national press associations to
aid in publicizing the campus na
tionally and especially on other
campuses. According to L-vin, pic
ture" of class officers, honorary
eolcnel, and prom girl were dis
tributed and published in several
leading national college maga
zines. Seek Student Representation.
Speaking on behalf of the book
store committee. Frank Landis an
nounced that a good deal of business-
bad already been carried on
by the book store which was fi
nally established this year thru
the efforts of this committee. He
also reported that altho there was
a provision in the resolution passed
by the Board of Regents that there
should be two or three student
on the governing board of the
book store, thus far it has been
controlled entirely by a faculty
committee.
Landis further stated that Vii
fcinia Selleck and he had drawn
up and sent a petition to the
Chancellor requesting the privi
lege of having student represen
tation on the board. As yet no
reply has been received from the
Chancellor's office.
Marylu Petersen, chairman of
the committee which planned the
convention of the National Stu
dent Federation of America which
met in Lincoln April 16 to 18. re
ported for her group. According
to Miss Pete sen, 22 students from
schools as distant as Minnesota
attended the meet and participated
in the several roundtable discus
sions which were held to aid in
solving different campu prob
lems. For the benefit of future
committees she outlined the main
difficulties which her committee
encountered.
Plan Class Organization.
Chairman of the class organiza
tion committee. Bill Newcomer,
advised tha new groups of the
three plana submitted in an at
tempt to organize the Junior class.
The one selected a party to be
held on the evening of Ivy Day.
had to be discarded because of
the opposition of the engineers
wno hold their annual open house
on that night.
Bill Marsh reported on behalf
of the student forums committee
which completed plans for three
programs, altho they were unable
to bold the last one. The two
forums held were on the subject
of the Ntw Deal and Compulsory
Militaiy Training, topics of vital
interest to students. Marsh ad
vised next year's class to outline
their plans and not to allow any
thing to intervene in the holding
of the forums.
The junior-senior prom com
mittee report was also submitted
by Bill Marsh. He declared it to
be advisable not to set the date
of the prom until the orchestra
is hired, bcause this year many
better orchestras could have been
obtained for the annual event. He
also explained the duties as as
signed to each member of this
year's committee which he believed
I functioned most satisfactorily.
Hill Advises Body.
Prior to releasing the chair to
the new president. Irving HUl ex
pressed his appreciation to the re
tiring council for its co-operation
and work during the past year.
Looking toward the future he ad
vised next year's group to grasp
as much power as possible, and
stated that it adds to the dignity
and prestige of the student body
to govern itself.
"I am in favor of student gov
ernment." Hill declared, "and I
believe that every phase of power
which it receives should be main
tained. This year the Student
council was given the power to
license all subscription dances
given on the campus."
Hill urged the group to keep
interest in old projects alive, of
fering the two years of devotion
and unceasing work necessary for
the establishing of a book store
as an example of what can be at
tained. He added that the council
has succeeded in convincing the
regents of a need for a student
union building which they refused
three years ago. "If funds cannot
be obtained thru the national gov
ernment, we must go out in the
state to get it," he declared.
No Illegal Balloting.
According to Hill, much has
been done for the general welfare
of the student during the last
year, especially in bringing pres
sure to bear upon restaurants and
other eating places where students
are employed. He also advised tne
council to "cut loose the dead tim
ber of campus organizations."
Concerning political affairs, HiU
declared that there is absolutely
no ground for suspicions of unfair
ballot counting. In regard to the
rumors of illegal voting, he an
nounced that tbe administration
has been convinced that such con-
ditions must be stopped, and has
consented to allow the use of the
registrar's cards at election time
in the future.
"This is the supreme governing
body," Hill told the group. "It is
really representative of the stu
dent body in that it is elected by
one of the largest votes in pro
portion to the size of the school
that is cast in any university in
the country. I advise you new
members of the Student council
to be present, to be vocal, and to
take an active part in all affairs
brought to your attention."
He closed his address by intro
ducing the faculty advisors of the
council. Profs. Fmma Anderson
and E. W. Lantz. On behalf of
the council he presented each with
a gift from the group as an ex
pression of appreciation.
POLITICUS WONDERS
HOW MEN'S POLITICS
MIGHT BE IMPROVED
(Continued from Page 1).
office simply because at some time
during the year he has loaned his
services to one committee and thus
advanced hi activity points over
the stipulated high. It Is highly
probable that he might be better
equipped for the office than any of
his competitors, as has often been
the case in the program of wom
en politics.
Such is not a meritorous system,
but rather it tends to defeat its
own purpose and declare eligible
candidates who are less deserving
of the office over those who truly
merit the honor. Surely if we are
to have a revised plan it should
be founded on the principles of
picking those who are deserving
of the office and not one that
treats eligibility on the basis of
other activities.
And too, in a system there
would be the problem of elections,
which after all is the real objection
to the present plan. Would the
simple disbanding of factions
suffice to clean up the present
problem? Anyone who is inti
mately acquainted with the situa
tion as it stands today will readily
admit that vote trading among
sororities is not a. thing of the
past. In fact they will be forced
to concede that more women
went to the polls with friends,
during the last election, with the
sole purpose of helping direct
their vote than ever before in his
tory. Vote Trading Inevitable.
Since it would be impossible to
abolish vote trading and political
maneuvering under any system
wo would only be building a front
to hide the mechanism of such no
litical finesse. Then it seems to be
a question of whether we are go
ing to erect a system by which we
might hide such manhandling or
whether we are going to be fair
with ourselves and recognize its
existence.
Next and far more reasonably
has been proposed a system by
which each house shall file its
factional preference and shall pay
a membership fee to that party
Upon payment of this fee, tho
house would automatically pledge
itself to support the candidates of
the faction and thus would enmi
nate such shifting as has been so
evident during the past year. This
fund might be used as the faction
desires, whether it be for tne ais
tribution of u 1 material or for
the presctr ... of more colorful
rallies.
Factions iiuve fairly decisively
proven themselves worthy of pick
ing capable candidates for every
position on the campus. In past
years when there was loss interest
in such affairs, the factions men
aced to furnish voters with
capable candidates, who have di
rected student government thus
far. The most justifiable objections
arise over the methods used for
putting these candidates into of-
fice and this is certainly a ques
lion which could not be answered
with the adoption of a point sys
tem.
In the coming year our efforts
must be directed toward advanc
ing more ethical procedures at the
polls, and in doing this we will
have done more toward the tra
provement of student government
than thru the most intricate mew.
system one could devise.
WOMEN LAY PLANS FOR
FALL MASS MEETING TO
SET UP TRAINING SCHOOL
(Continued from Page 1).
ent thinking and discussion, to de
velop leadership and character,
and to provide social contacts,"
Miss Barkes stated. "Activities
should perform a service to the
university as a whole and to the
students individually by develop
ing a finer type of college woman
to be a better citizen outside the
university, whether in a home or
in a career."
Ideals Lost Sight Of.
In the past people have lost
sight of these idealistic principles,
according to Miss Barkes, and
have worked only for the advance
ment of organized groups or for
personal aggrandizement. As a re
sult, activity women did not at
tain as high scholarship as was
possible, bad political situations
arose in which offices were handed
out as political plums, there was
a cut throat attitude sometimes
between activities and in the or
ganized groups, and a disregard of
unaffiliated girls.
"Activity women have more or
less brought about remedies to this
condition, because dislike of this
system. The organization of un
affiliated girls has been definitely
a point in the right direction.
Other measures that have helped
are the abolishment of women's
politics in the university, the
establishment of a point system to
bring out quality instead of quan
tity in activity work, and the in
ter organization council which
smooths out interorganization over
lappings and general points of dis
agreement." Several problems lor activity
women to take up in the Septem
ber meeting, suggested Miss
Barkes, were the problems of re
lationship of leaders to thosp
working in subordinate positions
in the same group, the problem
of the extent of faculty supervision
desirable for student activities, and
the problem of the degree to which
meetings should be regulated by
parliamentary rules and regula
tions. Plans Still Tentative.
Altho many suggestions were
made, no definite plan has been
accepted and fur ther ar rangements
will be in the hands of the new
members of Mortar Board.
A proposal was made that the
conference begin with a mass
meeting, alter which the women
would separate into groups where
each officer could study the spe
cialized problems of her office
with other persons holding the
same office in other organizations.
Another plan advanced was to
make some special provision for
including freshman activity women
in the meeting.
It was also suggested that there
be three similar activity mass
meetings scattered thruout the
year, the last meeting being held
in the spring so that the responsi
bilities and possibilities of their
offices could be put before newly
elected officers, to be worked over
during the summer.
The idea of an activity women
meeting was brought back by
Alaire Barkes from the Mortar
Board convention at Asheville,
N. C, last summer.
DR. MILLIKAN SAYS
RELIGION, SCIENCE
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Famous Scientist Declares
Differences Are
Artificial.
Attempt at maintenance of a 70
30 ratio between Yraternlty and
non-fraternity men is being made
at Williams college.
Women are more severe in their
judgment of character than men,
psychologists believe.
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LOS ANGELES, May. 20. Ar
tificial boundaries which have
been set up between the study of
science and religion, making them
appear to contradict each other,
this week were challenged by Dr.
Robert A. Millikan, famous sclen
tint and head of the California in
stitute of Technology.
As guest speaker before the
Southern California conference of
the Congregational church, b
made his position as scientist
clear. A full understanding of
knowledge and religion, even in
their existing states, he contend
ed, tends only to "make us realize
the depths of our ignorance, mak
ing man humble and reverent
Religion and science should co
operate in an effort to end vvar,
he declared, in explaining the pos
sible trends of co-operative effort.
'Three Ideals stand out as the
greatest influences on the develop
ment of the human race," Dr.
Millikan said. "Religion, as exem
plified by the Golden Rule; na
tural law defined as science, and
age-long growth termed evolution.
'The church has succeeded in
bringing consciousness, ideals and
aspirations to mankind, but sci
ence must bring understanding,
consistency and order, a knowl
edge of social responsibility.
'Hampered by creeds which
obscure the essentials preached by
Christ, religion is naturally seen
as opposed to science, but taken
in its basic meaning, religion and
science are integral parts, which,
when considered with growth,
form the influence which will
dominate the world of today and
the world of the future.
The three factors together, he
explained, provide the only Influ
ence which will eventually rid the
world of war.
BARBS TO ELECT
A. W. S. COUNCIL
AT POLLS TODAY
(Continued from Page 1).
both affiliated and unaffiliated
girls will serve as president of the
barb board for the next year. The
girl acting in this capacity Is au
tomatically chosen to be president.
Additional board offices which will
be filleu by tin election within tha
group, following the poll today,
include: Vice chairman, secretary,
treasurer, membership chairman,
point chalrmun, and social chair
man. The six holdover members who
have already become members of
the board for the next term ar:
Rowena Swentton, Elizabeth Edi
son, Kern Bloom, Dorcas Craw
ford, Esther Wicchert, and Jano
Holland.
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