THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937.
TWO
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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ON THIS ISSUE
Desk Editor Wagner Night Editor Wolcott
The Expose
Did It Hit Its Mark?
Y'nH-i-1:iv mine's Dnily Ncbniskiin car
ried a rcprin1el expose of liow the instructor
looks at students nml things in litis nni versity.
From 1 lie tone of the article, one would
lend to believe that, the instructor looked at
"things" in the cruise of students.
Howsoever that may be. the anonymous
author left at) impression that should have led
to New Year's resolutions and self-condemnation
on the part of the students involved.
The Daily Nebraskan is willing to wager
that the girls mentioned in the article failed
to recognize themselves when portrayed in
type, and greeted the theme with a "that's
cute." Th men probably guffawed, as men
do, and wondered who the .silly jackanapes
were who wasteed their time in such Manner
when on the quest, of education. In their
(pinions, they are bloodhounds on the trail ol
success, and they will reach the golden glory
without any undue effort.
When university students quit kidding
themselves about their scholastic efforts, and
realize that merely because they are classed as
membrs of an institution they have not reached
the ullimale, the fundamental purpose of edu
cation may yet appear uni ersally on the col
legiate front.
Kurope has found a much simpler means
of going to war than she had in 1014. Now
ihe nations send troops to shell festered Spain
1o fit; lit their battles. .After all, why tear up
Ihe homeland when there is a perfectly usable
and willing arena nearby?
STUDENT PULSE
Briff, concise contributions pertinent to m.itters of
student life and to the university are welcomed by this
newspaper practice, which excludes all lib'-lous ni.itter
and personal ntt.icks. Letters must be S'qned. but
names will be withheld from publication If so desired.
A (inn-nil
SI-iii of Kdticulioii.
TO THE EDITOR:
Uobcrt. llutehins, the young president of
('hicat!o university has out lined a plan of edu
cation which seems to embody ihe true ideals
of education. According to his plan all stu
dents vwuild spend four vears in a junior col
lege after they had completed their sophomore
year in liiul) school. Furlher education in a
university would be optional.
Kducation should be available to all people
who are mentally able to barn. There have
been recent, movements to raise the standards
of education so high that the average student
eould not hope to ever graduate with a college
. deirrfe. . Only those, of . superior intelligence
should be permitted to obtain degrees accord
ing to these educators. In this way a mental
aristocracy would be built up. By this sys
tem of education those of superior abilities
would be trained for professional work so that
the fields would not be crowded with those of
mediocre abilities. This system attempts to
achieve a dual purpose, that of raising the
standards of a profession, and that of obviat
ing an over supply of men for various fields
of work.
Those purposes are all right, but according
to that svstem only a few eould be educated.
The few Would be educated at the expense of
the many. Kducation should be accessible to
all and an educated nation is more in line for
progress than an uneducated one. It seems
that the plan of Robert llutehins would make
it possible for both types of people to be edu
cated, and would still permit, Ihose of superior
abilities to go on to a university for specialized
education.
Such a plan fits in splendidly with the
aims of liberalism for the student is given a
general education. During 1 heir general edu
cation attempts are made to stimulate intellect
and make its development, more of an end.
Too much of our present education is designed
to fit. Ihe abilities of a student, for immediate
financial success so that a student holds noth
ing in common with those of other professions
because he is educated only by a selected slice
of knowledge. A good, general education
would give all men a common bond of knowl
edge and Ihey would have better developed
minds. An educated man with broad, per
fected mind means more humane, intelligent
living for that man. This end can be accom
plished only by making a liberal education
accessible for everyone, except for the ''motor
minded" who must be treated differently. It
would be well to make this system of educa
tion compulsory. Elmer Horstman.
Education and
The Stale legislature.
TO THE EDITOR:
In 1!l'52 the Nebraska state legislature cut
flown on appropnanons lor Trie university, -v
large building endowment plan was dropped.
and professors look cuts in their salaries. No
one objected because everything naturally
was reduced in size because of the shortage of
money ami Hie depression. Hut now financial
expenditures aand appropriations have shot to
the skies, (iovemmcnt projects for Ihe rebel
of unemployment have assumed proportions
never dreamed of before. Higher wages ami
salaries in businesses have ami are returning.
Hut there is one thing wrong in Nebraska
the legislature has forgotten about, education.
Five or six vears ago Ihe state govern
ing body realized the need for new university
buildings. Is not that need just as acute today
as then, since no additional construction has
been carried into effect? The only new struc
ture that is about to be built is the Student
Union building, and the students thcmnclves
supplied Ihe initiative for obtaining it. and
further more are going to pay for it them
selves with the aid of a federal grant, the state
legislature remaining entirely passive in the
matter.
Nebraska really needs about five addition
al buildings, but the list is headed by a new
library. That creaking, traditional brick li
brary now used is fast coming to the point
where it, must be condemned to safe guard the
student, and professorial safety. The brittle
walls ami large lloor expanse of the second
story reserve room give one the impression llial
it is about ready to say ''lTgh!" ami give up
the ghost. The atmosphere of the place is
anything but. conducive to study, with every
sound and step accentuated ralher than sub
dued. A new, efficient and modern structure
is needed, one that will attract students rather
than reject them. Another need is a class room
building to provide additional instruction
rooms and to replace old II hall. A truck is
going In back up to that time beaten ball some
lay and shovel it. away before a big wind
comes in) and creates a sandstorm from its
crumbling walls.
What about professors? The list of those
attracted to other schools by higher wages is
becoming alarming, Librarian Doanc being Ihe
last beckoned to a more lucrative position. It
is the personnel of the faculty that determines
the ranking and standards of any university.
More and more students are coming to realize
that it is not the course but the professor that
determines ihe amount of learning acquired;
they wil take an unneeded course who know
how to present his material in a vivid, educa
tional method. f the University of Nebraska
is going to progress rather than continue to
retrogress, it must have more money with
which to hire proficient professors.
The legislature must remember that educa
tion is not an established order, but an ex
periment of less than one hundred years' dura
tion. If Nebraska is to go forwe d, to keep
up w ith the rest, of the nation, or even to lead
it,' its governing body must create legislation to
give its university that vital, tho mundane sub
ctance, money. Bob Reddish. t
Publication Editor Speaks
To Freshman A.W.S.
Wednesday.
De.scribiiie- the Daily Nebraskan
as the official newspaper of the
campus, Arnold Levin, editor,
spoke at the Freshman A. W. S.
meetine- held vesterdav afternoon
at five o'clock in the drawing room
at Ellen Smith hall. The Nebras-
kan's policy is to represent the
student's interests, Levin empha
sized. Organization.
The paper is composed of two
departments, the editorial and the
business departments. There are
eight paid positions in the former
department and four paid positions
in the latter. The editorial staff
consists of the editor, whose duty
is to write the editorials. He is
chosen from the two managing
editors. They, among other things,
assign the reporters beats, and
make the front page layouts.
There are five news editors, whose
main tasks are copy reading, writ
ing headlines and makeup. They
are selected from the reporters.
The remainder of the staff con
sists of approximately 35 report
ers. The business department is
headed by the business manager,
who supervises the advertising and
financing of the paper, Levin ex
plained He is assisted by the
three assistant business managers.
They collect the advertising mate
rial. Members of the paid staff,
said Levin, are selected by the Stu
dent Publications Board. They are
selected on the basis of work done
for the paper. The board is com
posed of three students, the rest
being faculty members.
Several campaigns have been
undertaken by the paper in recent
years, according to Levin, the
drive for the Student Union build
ing being the most recent. Sev
eral years ago it sponsored the
movement for the reorganization
of the Innocents and Mortar Board
societies.
Next week's meeting of the
Freshmen A. W. S. will be the
last one before semester examina
tions begin, announced Marjorie
Crabill. The chairman of the meet
ing will be Mary Mullin, and the
secretary, Frances Van Anda,
STATE FARMERS END
FOUR-DAY CONCLAVE
AT BANQUET TONIGHT
(Continued from Page 1.)
sessions will end tonight with a
dairymen's banquet in the student
activities building at 6:15 o'clock.
Kincer Talk on Weather.
Speaking before a joint session
of crop growers and livestock
breeders, j. B. Kincer, one of the
nation's best known authorities on
weather from the U. S. weather
bureau, presented one of the high
lights of the day yesterday. ' His
talk was the feature of the morn
ing sessions.
"When the present drouth defin
itely comes to an end there will be
a period of years with compara
tively heavy rainfall," Kincer told
members of the session. "Many
people think, because of the recent
successive drouth years, that the
climate is permanently changing,
either naturally or from some act
of men. The popular fallacy that
man can basically change climate
or that it is changing from some
other cause is not. a product of the
20th century. The belief is found
in the log of one of Columbus'
voyages and in the weather diary
of Thomas Jefferson.
Restore Natural Conditions.
"Man is not responsible for
drouth or dust as sent by nature,"
Kincer declared. "But it is a
tragic fact that the drier sections
of the plains have Ircen extensive
ly plowed and cultivated where
(rop farming never should have
BuUsdin
Junior-Senior Prom Committee.
Members of the Junior-Senior
Prom committee Will meet in the
iJaily Nebraskan business orfices
at 7:15 this evening.
Inter-FraWnity Council.
Cornhusker picture of the Inter
fraternity council members will
not be taken today as was previ
ously announced.
No Studio Pictures.
There will be no group pictures
taken at the campus studio this
week. Final arrangements will be
made next week.
Dramatics Hobby Group.
Dramatics Hobby Group of the
Coed Counselors will meet tonight
at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
been attempted. Much of the one
time grassland is now under culti
vation and has become an aggra-
vator of dust storms. Man cannot
make it rain but he ca.n do the
next best thing restore the orig
inal natural conditions as far aa
possible and avoid repeating mis
takes of the past."
The authority on w-eather divided
drouths in the United States into
two general classes. The first class
are those of transitory nature that
last only a single year. The other
group are of the type that last for
long periods.
"The few available precipitation
records, covering 100 years or .
more, indicate that a general dry
phase, somewhat comparable to
that of 1886 to 1895, and the more
recent one of 1930 to date, are not
unnatural. Historical background
warns us that drouths in the fu
ture may be expected."
AFRICA FURNISHES
GOLDMINE OF ART,
SAYS WIESCH0FF
(Continued from Page 1.)
Africa are located in the south
west portion of that country, Dr.
Wieschhoff remarked that Africa
serves as a huge region for mod
ern ethnologists to learn of the
truly ancient arts, from the his
torical point of view.
Dancing Masks Shown.
Dr. Wieschhoff showed slides of
several dancing masks which rep
resented woods and fields gods
and goddesses. Grotesque but odd
ly beautiful in their design, the
masks were both religious cere
monial masks and original copies
of ancient figures.
"Wood carvings have religious V
significance in only a few dis
tricts of Africa," continued Dr.
Wieschhoff. "Most Africans, we
have learned, used to go to the
village artist who created minia
ture carvings of the individuals,
who often used the carvings as
gifts to their friends." '
Bushman Paintings Described.
Wood carvings have many eth
nologistic complications, Dr. Wies
chhoff pointed out A carving of
a Negro woman holding her
breasts was believed to symbolize
the fertility of Africa, and carv
ings of female figures holding
chair-like supports were supposed
to represent the uplifting of the
"Dark Continent."
Slides of bronze masks and
African rock paintings, described
popularly as Bushman paintings,
were also explained by the doctor.
His party of archeologists who
made a prolonged study of the
great Zimbabwe ruins of Mach
moland in southern Khodesia def
initely established the. fact that
these massive stone ruins from
which much African art knowl
edge was obtained could hardly
antedate 200 A. D.
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