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THE NEBRASKAN
The Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln, Nebranka.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
4ND BULLETIN OK THE
1931 SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
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Editor Dorothy Bents.
Culture With
Democracy
With assertions that the univer
sity is not and can never be demo
cratic as long as there are com
pulsory languages and mathema
tics entrance requirements, sev
eral high school principals in Ne
braska have expressed their stren
uous objections to the present sys
tem of regulation. These educators
declare that they are expressing
the attitude of many people in
their communities, the tax payers
who make the state university pos
sible. The parents of the present
students of university age are in
terested particularly because it is
their children who will be per
mitted to enter the university or
will be kept from entering by this
regulation.
That the principals are justified
in bringing to the attention of the
university authorities the criticism
of those men and women who sup
port the institution is, of course,
granted. It is not only their privi
lege, but their duty as members
of a democratic society. Whether
the demand that they make is a
justifiable one, one that would be
beneficial to the university is an
entirely different matter.
They contend that setting up
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minimum requirements that must
be met is undemocratic, that it is
not in accord with the basic ideas
of American government. To dis
cover whether or not this accusa
tion is true, it is necessary to con
sider the meaning of the term
democracy. In the true sense of
the word, the term means equality,
politically and socially. With this
meaning in mind, however, is it
not possible to say that all educa
tion is undemocratic since it vio
lates the principle of equality. As
soon as a person has received a
little education, does he not be
come superior and, therefore, un
equal to the person who has not
had any educational advantages?
The answer is, of course, obvious.
It is for this reason possible to
cast aside at the outset the claim
that the university system is
wrong because it is undemocratic.
To as grtat an extent as possible,
the university is a democratic in
stitution, because it accepts all
those who can meet the entrance
requirements; but it is not and can
never be democratic in the sense
that all its students are equals.
Its very purpose is opposed to
the doctrine of equality. When it
was established with the aim of
furthering intellectual pursuits
and providing cultural training, it
was not for the end of making
men equal, but of making lead
ers, who would guide those not so
fortunate as themselves. It is for
this purpose that the University is
needed. Its existence is vital to
the life and growth of the race,
altho it violates entirely the demo
cratic doctrine. For those indi
viduals who are not interested in
a cultural background. there
should be an institution where a
technical "knowledge can be
gained. Such an institution is
needed today. Altho it would
have no entrance requirements, it.
too, would be undemocratic, as
far as equality is concerned. But
it would be filling a definite need
in helping youth to make a living
as me university should fill a def
inite need in helpine vouth to
learn how to live.
Altho it is true that the re
quirements have been somewhat
lessened for the coming year, they
are rigia enough that the Univer
sity (at least the college of arts
and sciences) is fulfilling its pur
pose oy maintaining some en
trance requirements.
WOKCESTEK TO GIVE
TESTS TO DISCOVER
DEFECTS IN READING
Tests for defects in reading will
be made under the sponsorship of
Dr. D. A. Worcester, head of the
department of educational psy
chology and measurements, on
Tuesday, July 20, from 2 to 4
p. m. in Teachers College, room
320. Although these tests are
principally for the beneift of edu
cational psychology students, any
one interested may attend, it was
announced.
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Statuary Goes Respectable
Don't look now but!! It's pants
for "The Prodigal Son" and bras
sieres for Venus and the other lady
statues, with a gravestone cutter
or Kankakee, Illinois, as designer
ana ciotnier. At least., so me biuij
was told by an enterprising report
er when the Kankakee school
board proposed changes in the col
lection of some fifty pieces of
statuary presented to them by
George Gray Barnard, internation
ally known sculptor. And the stat
ues nearly went back to their fu
rious donor, until profuse apologies
from the school board and prom
ised removal of the objectionable
garb kept the statuary in Kanka
kee and brought in the gravestone
cutter again to repair damages.
Safety Pin Industry Iioom
Move over, buddy! And one tiny
communist is pushed over in the
already crowded maternity crib to
make room for the newest arrival,
as Russia's "mass production"
nears the mark of an 8,000,000 in
crease during the past year. Ho
pitals are filled to overflowing, and
clubs, restaurants and factory
kitchens become the scene of a
seething, squirming mass of
blessed events. Harvesting and the
work in the factories are in many
places at a standstill, as mothers
"leave their agricultural crop to
tend a human one," leave the fod
der in the fields to rear a genera
tion of potential cannon fodder.
Meanwhile, Mussolini's subsidies to
large families, taxes on childless
couples, and similar tactics, Hit
ler's pep talks asserting that "That
country alone has a sale future in
which diapers wave beside the na
tional flag"- none have brought
the enormous influx of new arriv
als of which Russia boasts. If it's a
war time policy, then Russia has
really gone "over the top."
Steed Takes on Armor . . .
He may be a rather old plug,
but he's really sparkling around a
bit these days, going respectable
and adding a bit of haberdashery.
It's the horse of the fruit vender
who delivers near the campus, and
it was no early morning groggi
ness or morning-after hallucina
tions that caused us to see the
other morning that Dobbin had
taken upon himself overalls and
was wearing them on his frontal
half with all the air of knowing
what the well dressed horse shall
wear. The sudden adoption of the
wearing apparel may have been to
keep the flies off, but then again
with automobiles decked out in
hoods, coats of paint, radiator caps
and other accessories he may be
keeping up with the Joneses!
To lie Specific . . .
What do you want? And have
you found her? If you have, then
she "looks like a blonde, talks like
a brunette, and acts like a red
head," says Mrs. Nelle Stull, who's
been setting up a sort of national
get-to-gether o r g a n i z a tion for
widows and widowers. More ex
plicitly, what young bachelors
want, says she, is "good looks,
health, a good figure, a girl with a
job and money." And women?
"Women want a meal ticket, ex
citement and caveman stuff."
But no mention is made of the
ways and means of making con
nections, of getting said husband
or wife, made-to-order. Practical
solution remr'os for followers of
the Pat Pendii; of Oz Black fame
to reduce the situation to a mail
order catalogue basis, with marital
prospects tabulated and published
with illustrations and descriptive
paragraphs, the bachelor or spins
ter to select the type and specify
color, height, weight and disposi
tion. And may we suggest arrange
ments for refunds and money back
guarantees ?
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Venice' July 28, 29
(Continued from Page 1.)
Straub has been attending the
Catholic University of America in
Washington, D. C, this past year
and has continued her dramatic
work while there in the Black
friar's Club, a community theater
group in the nation's capital. She
is in Lincoln this summer for her
vacation and returns to the de
partment of speech to recreate the
role she portrayed so effectively
in the first Shakespearian festi
val at Nebraska in May, 1936.
Playing with her will be Eleanor
Compton, a veteran University
Player, in the role of Nerissa.
Another newcomer on the Tem
ple stage will be Charles Alexan
der in the role of Bassanio, lover
of Portia. Mr. Alexander was a
former member of the depart
ment, but for several years has
been in Los Angeles, California,
attending the Choiunard's Art
School of Scene Design. He re
turns to Hollywood in mid-August
to enter the Ben Bard's Dramatic
School in preparation for work in
the motion picture field. He, too,
is vacationing in Lincoln, and like
the postman taking a holiday hike,
he is relaxing by memorizing
lines, attending rehearsals and
creating a new character.
In the title role of "The Mer
chant of Venice" is William Mil
ler, who is equally at home on the
conceit stage, the radio, or be
hind the foots. For once Mr. Mil
ler has no singing demands made
of him, for as Antonio he plays a
sympathetic yet appealing older
friend to the two young lovers.
The remainder of the cast is
equally able. Many player veter
ans and several new faces will be
found in the various roles.
Among those whose work is an
ticipated are: George Blackstone,
talented juvenile actor whose
work in the Children's Theater
and the KFAB Children's Theater
has been outstanding, cast as
Lancelot, paee bov to Bassanin!
Arthur Ball as the boisterous
Gratiano; Harmon Rider as Lor
enzo, successful suitor of Jessica,
Shylock's daughter. Ruth Van
Slyke, whose momentary ap
pearance in "The Senator's Hus
band" completely brought down
the house, plays Jessica.
With cooler weather the gen
eral rule this summer, the Depart
ment of Speech is anticinatintr a
record audience each night. The
popularity of the play, coupled
wim me excellence of the cast,
makes "The Merchant of VmiW
a "must" on Summer Nebraskan's
entertainment list.
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CAMPUS WORLD
Earl T. Piatt, director of su-
pervised correspondence study,
left Wednesday afternoon for Mis
soula, Mont, where he spoke on
"New Frontiers in Supervised Cor
respondence Study" at the western
division meeting of a national con
ference on extension work. Ses
sions were held at the University
of Montana. Piatt also was a panel
discussion leader.
Members of the state geological
survey and the federal department
are now out in Scottsbluff county
making an analysis of the water
resources in this area of Ne
braska. Mrs. Katherine Schiefen, secre
tary to Dean J. E. LeRossignol of
the college of business administra
tion, has just published her eighth
eenth annual news letters to grad
uates of the college.
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