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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1938. PAGE TWO urriuiAL DULLtTIN. Ignorance, Selfishness, In Re oi Registration In the book section of the New York And Indifference An old and meaningless adage took a lnueh needed whipping in Omaha Sunday. The maxim referred to is, "The future depends on youth." Tired liberals and somewhat misty minded reformers have been ending their ad dresses with this note of hope for too long. When the present looks black to some earnest worker who has been trying to alter the status quo in the direction of Utopia, he nullifies a life of hard work by throwing a sop to his listeners, saying in effect: "Oh well, the future depends on youth." In Omaha Sunday, adult society was charged with ignorance, selfishness and indif ference. Twelve hundred persons turned out to hear the burden of blame for things as they are laid at the feet of the mature men and women of today by the Christian Youth coun- cil. Conviction was effected on three counts of a five point indictment. A jury panel composed of noted citizens " heard evidence from prominent men and wom en in a court presided over by three justices in the state court. Jury Foreman Governor Cochran read the verdict of guilty on these charges: Failure to provide opportunity for employment, with a recommendation for clem--ency because every effort is being made to "solve the problem; failure to provide for con structive use of leisure time, and failure to provide preparation for marriage and home .Jife thru prevention of youth's realization of sex adjustment. The charges on which society .was ac quitted are more significant because the im plication, in the case of the last charge at least, is that the youth and not adults are to - blame. The fourth charge was: Frustration of '. opportunity by imposition on youth of mili taristic nationalism. The explanation for ac quittal on this charge seems to have been that little opportunity is being frustrated by mili tarism and that militarism itself is necessary. The final accusation was: Denial of spir itual and religious heritages thru seculariz '., ing of life. With all of the churches making: every possible appeal to youth, the word "denial" in the agenda of charges is too strong. The reason for the secularization of youth may be due to lack of emphasis on " things religious by adults, and it may, and undoubtedly is, due to laziness and indiffer ence on the part of youth, but the only pos sible cause for the word "denial" can be found nowhere except in the interpretation that youth does not feel that there is any spiritual and religious heritage in the churches. The whole publicity stunt of such a trial in a good one. It catalogs the ills plaguing so ciety and centers attention upon them, effect ing some small good in the way of an improved civic consciousness. As the charge was levied acainst adult society the people who can do something about unemployment, the better ment of leisure activity, the plight of youth as regards sex, nationalism and spiritual drouth are reminded of the fact. Such a statement of general ills should lead to some specific, reforms. Finally, ihe gathering of material for making the charges, the presentation of the accusations, and the verdicts all serve to in form youth of what's to be done in society, and after all the future depends on youth. IN THE INFIRMARY Perry Franks, Lincoln. Lester Newman, Fairmont. Floyd Cohen, Omaha. L. L. Jacobson, Gordon. In the book section of the New York Her ald Tribune Sunday was a review of four books by college presidents and one by a professor. The topic in the title "What Constitutes a Lib eral Education" seems suggestive during reg istration week. According to the reviewer the authors believe the state of American educa tion is chaotic. For the most part the indictment of edu cation presented in the books is old stuff. Edu cation doesn't have the slightest idea where it is going. Students neither go to college to l.e educated nor receive any education while there. They go, says Professor Foerster of Iowa : To secure a diploma as a passport to economic success; to obtain vocational preparation, the vocation of matrimony being the one usually sought by women, or to participate in student activities which, he points out, have progres sively declined in cultural value as the popu larity of debating, glee clubs and dramatics has yielded to that of social entertainment and athletics. President Butler of Columbia agrees with Foerster and echoes his pessimistic conclusion that only a small number of students are in college to become liberally educated gentlemen. Butler s comments pertaining to funda mentals are these: "Much of the spoken English of both teachers and taught would assuredly affright even the Venerable Bede who was accustomed to simple beginnings. The ability to read has well nigh disappeared if the reading be serious, instructing or enobling; the ability to write, so far as it exists at all, delights to manifest itself in forms of exceptional crudeness and vulgar ity; the ability to perform the simplest mathematical operations is, to all intents and purposes, confined to teachers of mathe matics or to specialists in that subject. Alge bra and geometry, whether plane or solid, are as unfamiliar as the laws of Manu. "The state of good manners which are the instinctive mark of good breeding and sound discipline, may be observed in any public place. The extensive and intensive study of natural science, now carried on over more than a full generation, has made no impression whatever upon the public mind. That mind continues to come to its conclu sions and to formulate its choices with se rene unconcern as to whether any such thing as scientific method exists. "President Butler, of course, does not mean to imply that the universities are pri marily responsible for this deplorable condi tion of the body politic, but that the condition should have come about during the very pe riod in whith the universities have quadrupled their attendance is sufficient indication that they have failed to meet their public responsi bility. This failure is attributed by all of our writers to over-emphasis on vocational train ing, over-specialization, and the acceptance of purely quantitative standards. "That expansion of the curriculum which President Barnard could reasonably welcome in a day of narrowness has continued without check until now it has reached monstrous pro portions. The university, Professor Foerster complains, has become a huge department store in which very kind of ware is offered to every kind of purchaser; there is no 1 oncer a curriculum, "only a vast assort merit of courses." President Wriston agreeing, ex claims. "The curriculum is the educational jungle." A "system of education" that sug gests such metaphors to those best acquainted with its workings is evidently not a system but an approach to chaos." indicated their first choices among a group of objects or products. The applications to retailing and similar problems are now unlim ited. This refined metnod oi meas uring public preferences can be used to indicate to the manufac turer or retailer the relative dif ferences in the popularity of his products. Henzlik Praises Changes in Teacher Training wow (Continued from Page 1.) certificate, the Nebraska senior grade school certificate, the Ne braska secondary school certifi cate, and the Nebraska adminis trative and supervisive school cer tificate. Dual Registration. The new law requires that all students working for the junior elementary, senior grade school, and the administrative and super visive certificate will matriculate in teachers college thruout their course, and those who are work ing to receive a secondary school certificate with majors in a spe cial field, such as commercial arts, fine arts, music, practical aits, and physical education and athletics, will also matriculate in and re ceive their degree thru teachers college. Students not majoring in spe cialized fields and working toward a secondary school certificate are to register in teachers college not later than the beginning of their junior year. This will involve a dual registration in both teachers college and another college of the university. These students must secure 18 hours of education courses and practice teaching un der the advice and control of teachers college. Require More Education Courses. The student, now in another col lege of the university, however, can still receive his degree from that college. Students matriculated in teachers college and another college will be required now to have 18 hours of educational courses instead of 15. They will engage in practice teaching under the direction of teachers college, to insure that they have proper subject matter preparation for placement in the public schools. To illustrate the value of the new requirements for teachers certificates, Dean Henzlek pointed out that a teacher of English is required to do much more than just teach English when she ac cepts a position. She will prob ably have to help coach high school plays, sponsor the high school paper, and often help direct the debate work. In addition to her regular English training In the university, then, she must take extra work in dramatics, journalism or debating. Under the close supervision of teachers' col lege the student will meet the re quirements and she will be able to find a position much more easily. PHALANX MEETS TONIGHT TO ELECT LOCAL LEADER br - fx i Merrill L v if fnjlunj 11 f Jarring interest-lacking students at the University of Oklahoma this semester is a $3 "flunk fee." Extracted as a penalty for each and every hour in the F's carried, or rather not carried, by students at the end of the current semester, the idea is expected to bring roll ing into university coffers some $12,000 in return for the 4,000 hours of flunks anticipated as the semester ends. Passed last year, the regulation was uninforced for various res sons. Recently, however, it was exhumed and is to be put into active service at once. What is your opinion of such r fee? Would it work at this uni versity ? Arts and Sciences sophomore: "It seems like a good way to pick up some much needed money. Usually, the students who fail are the ones who fool around too much they have the money, and can afford to pay the fine, and the university could certainly use the money. "How would you collect it, tho? If it were added to the fees to be paid on the day of registration for the following semester, it would exempt seniors; and if this idea wouldn't treat everyone alike, it would be a failure from the start. I think they're just running into a lot of grief." Bizad junior: "No to both questions. It would be too hard to collect. Besides, most students down here are work ing outside, besides going to school. They fail because they haven't the time to spend on their lessons. There's no use penalizing those who want an education badly enough to work for it at any cost. "At $3 an hour, the cost of a three hour flunk would be $9, and that's quite a bit of money to a kid in college." Arts and Sciences junisr: "I don't like the idea at all. When I heard that Oklahoma was trying it out, I couldn't help but wonder how it was going to turn out. "As I understand it, there hasn't been any agency set up for col lection, has there? It seems to me that the offices of the registrar and the finance secretary of a FILINGS TO CLOSE J AN. 15 FOR PUBLICATIONS POSTS Application! for appointment to the following positions on the student publications will oe re ceived by the student publica tion board until Saturday noon, January 15: The Daily Nebraskan. Editorial. Editor-in-chief. Two managing editors. Six news editors. Business. Business manager. Two assistant business managers. The Awgwan. Editor. Business manager. Two assistant business man agers (unpaid). Application blanks may be obtained at the office of the School of Journalism, Univer sity hall 104. Material already on file ned not be duplicated. GAVLE C. WALKER, Chairman. Student Publication Board. Tassels. A regular meeting of the Ta, sels .women's pep organization" will be held this evening at 7 on 1' social science 105. m Kosmet Klub. A regular meeting of Kosmet Klub, men's dramatic organization will be held at 5 o'clock this after' noon in the Kosmet Kluh office in room 14, in the basement of tfte School of Music building. Corn Cobs. Corn Cobs, men's pep organiia Hon, will hold a meeting this eve ning at 7 o'clock in room 107b of social sciences hall. Engineering Executive Board. Engineering executive hoard will hold a regulate meeting this aft. ernoon at 5 o'clock in the cngi neers study room in Mechanical Arts hall. for time and money just as press ing?" Bizad junior: "It wouldn't do any good, it would only hit the students who are carrying a lot of outside work in order to stay in school." Red Ink Covers Collectivist Ledgers, Says LeRossignol (Continued from Page 1.) out that, this recently published study of the collectivist govern ments does, however, admit that the soviet union, for example, has made industrial advancements, but at a fearful cost. Quotes the dean: "The Russian people, if one may accept the plain evidence of soviet statistics, are worse fed than they were two decades ago under Tsar nether in Moscow, Berlin or Rome today the resident journalist must carefully watch his step. The university educator, in his review published m the American EcO' nomic Review, the official journal of the American Economic asso ciation, says that foreign journal ists must be exceedingly circum spect if they hope to continue to represent their papers. Their tele grams are censored; their mail tampered with; they soon become conscious of official discnmina' tion; and, failing to mend their ways, may be expelled from the country. Dean LeRossignol con cludes that in view of such revela tions of actual conditions, Arthur Chamberlin will not represent his paper in any or the collectivists countries for a long time to come. PLAYERS PLEASE FIRST NIGHTERS IN NEW DRAMA (Continued from Page 1.) dismal fate. Miss Burt quite dis gusts the audience after the first amusement of her interfering na ture has worn nff find thnt. of state university do enough things S course, is just what she should do. right now without adding some , She is convincing also in her less lengthy speech to Pat in act one needs a well-timed and convincing delivery. Virginia Nolte furnishes feveral bright spots in the action with her Swedish dialect role. Even such minute stage business as scooting guiltily away from the telephone as she hears someone coming pro voked amused appreciation from the audience. As the brother Charles Weaver needs practice in stage ease altho he does a credit able job. A tendency toward the melodramatic in his speeches about "not rushing into things'' in act three needs watching thn. Portia Boynton, Joan Gist, and Hart Jenks give creditable per formances in lesser roles, as do Donald Giffen and Robert Johns ton. Little Joan Gellatly ferries off her small role (which gives the play much depth) in fine style. Amazing Stage Effects. Al Boylen has really out. lone himself with his setting. Not only is it neat and attractive, hut the stage effects are nothing short (,f amazing. All thru the fust act an early summer shower falls outside a large window and it is quite evi dent to the audience that it is n-nl water. Moreover the sound of rain is so perfect as to strike a rather wistful feeling in Nebmskan minds. Gardner Handy js associate technical director and obviously deserves much credit too. To the director of "I Know H. r." Miss H. Alice Howell, must go a bouquet for obtaining the best possible results from a play which has not yet had the advantage of previous performances. University playgoers are recommended to see it for its attraction as an all-Xe-braskan effort (Mr. Kelton is an alumnusi, for its admirable stap- ing. and for its which, if not realizin possible effertivone has a certain interesting ness to it. admirable stag- I . unusual theme I '.ing in its fullest , I ess, nevertheless W resting forceful- Collier '8 Guide to Lovers of woman who deserves to be a bride. 1896 Advises Timid Girls to Confide All to Mother, Doubt Own Judgment. m her j Daily Nebraskan 1 never ' The lady's honor is now lover's hands, snd he should forget In his demeanor to and be fore her that that Udy is to be his i on. March a. ihth. i.nd m ipn-nu ntnrp u'ifi. !""' prnvLlM fr.r In uri'llnn Una, "It is the privilege of the be-, 2llr. authnrlrod Jariu. Fntfwi) u wnnd-i'lm.1 nutter at lh pnitnrrirf in Lincoln, Nbrahk. undir net (Continued from Page 1.) It is the lady who gets most of the advice. Tht. following: warning, however, is diluted with equal trothed lover, at it is also his duty, .. .,-.. frequency and vehemence toward to give advice to the fair one who ; n CTB onlv "ala at now implicitly confides In him Should he detect ft fault, should he mis raw ama may serve as s observe failings which he would rough indicator of popularity, First Lieutenant Bell Talks On Political Situations; Pictures Screened. both of them, Omnipreaent Chaperon. 'Young people are naturally prone to seik the company of tnose best. This wish removed or a mended, let him 1 states Dr. Guilford, tut it may be avail himself of this season, so ; misleading- II taken merely at its , . , , i avail in tunc w Linn n . , - n -- , vo "''""llftvorable for the frank Interchange , fce value. "The deference be- fiften at such times impatient of control, etiquette prescribes cau tionary rules for the purpose of everting the mischief that un checked intercourse and incautious familiarity might give rise to, "For instance, a couple known to be sttnrhed to each other should never be le't alone for any Irngth of time, no' be allowed to meet In any other place than the lady's home particularly at balls, con certs, and other public places ex cept in the presence of a third party. This, as a general rule, should be carefully observed, al though exceptions may occasion ally occur under unusual circum nianrea." "If He Behave With Ease . . The Book of Knowledge pres ents that a lady should be par ticular during the early days of courtship while still retaining; nome clearness of mental vision to observe the mariner In which her suilor comport himself to other ladies. "If he behave with ease and courtesy, without freedom or the slightest approach to license in manner or conversation; if he never speuk slightingly of the sex, and is every ready to honor It vir tues d.i'l defend It weaknesa; she may continue, to Incline towards him a willing ear. Other Pitfall to Avoid. "Should he come to visit her at Irregular hours; should he exhibit a vi.gue or wandering attention, give proof of a want of punctuality, how dtsrr.'ipect for age, sneer at thing sacred, or absent himself from regular attendance at divine nervier Jet the yount ley eschew the gentleman' acquaintance and allow it gently to drop." After the enamored couple have fsiely overcome the agorae rele vant to the proposal ana It ac ceptance, there are U11 other pit (falls to be avoided before the wedding may take place. Frowna on Familiarity. ' "In private, the slightest ap proach to Indecorous familiarity fnust be avoided; indeed it 1 pretty pertain to be resented by every of thought between the betrothed pair, to urge their correction. Loving Creature Liitena. He will find a ready listener; and any Judicious counsel offered to her by him will now be grate fully received, snd remembered in after life. Now the fair ana loving creature is disposed like pliant wax in hi hand to mold herself to hi reasonable wUl,e in all things." At last, however, the long awaited day arrive. The ceremony is performed, the wedding break fast i eaten. "And now the young bride, divested of her bridal attire, and quietly costumed for the Jour ney, bid farewell to her bride maid and lady frienda. Weepe on Mother's Bosom. "A few tear spring; to her gentle rye aa she take a last look at the home she l now leaving, fin ally. he fall weeping on her mother' bosom. A short cough is heard, a of someone summoning up resolution to hide emotion. It is her father. "He dares not trust hi voice; but hold out hi hand, give her an affectionate kiss, and then lead her, half turning back, down the stair and through the hall, to the door, where he deliver her a ft pr-cioua charge to her husband, who hand her quickly into the carriage, nprlnga in after her, wavea hi hand to the party who appear crowding at the window, half amtle at the throng; about the door. "Then, amidst a ahower of old fcllpper missile of good-luck ent flying; after the happy pair they are off, and nUrted on the long-hoped-for voyag on the eaa of matrimony.'' Prycbolotfcal Factor Aszist Merchant 'i, Nominee 'i Sue ceti Alike, Eayi Professor Guilford. (Continued from Fig 1.) tifle method of translating first choice into known scale position that the alert retailer or political candidate will be definitely able to measure customer reacl)on. "First The Phalanx club will meet to night in room 110, Nebraska hall, instead of "N" club rooms, as was formerly announced. The election of local commander will be held. First Lieut. William A. Bell of the sanitary reserve corps will speak on the world political situa tion. Lieutenant Bell saw active service in the World war. Sgts. Nels Nelson and Remond Shaefer will show service films entitled, "Flashes of Action," "World War Pictures." and "Anti Aircraft." All members are re quested to be present, as this is n important meeting. CAGE RECORD STILL SAFE more, "It adds an element of compul sion to college, which I ion't like at all. The way things are now, a fellow is here because he wants to be. If he wants to go to class, he can; and if he doesn't, he doesn't have to. The present sys tem places responsibility where it snouid tie, on the student. "If this idea is tried here, all that you'd gain would be a lot of dropped courses in the middle and along toward the end of the sem ester. Art and Science junior: "I wouldn t mind paying it a hit. obnoxious moments. One can al most like her Pat at times, and Miss Burt makes her seem quite a real person when she might so easily have become but a far fetched example of feminine mis guidance. Arrnand Hunter, as Pat's hus band, also turns in a highly credit able performance. His portrayal does much to make the action seem credible, and he handle the character with the convincing restraint of long stage experience. Niece Convincingly Naive As the niece. Jean Fwift appears if I knew where it waa going. If ; satisfactorily youthful and naive. tween neighboring candidates in the ranked list, ev.n though equal In terms of number of votes gained. do not give a correct interprets-1 tion of the spacing of the candi dates along Ihe line of public popu larity or approval. One who wants a more exact picture of the out come of flections must seek for ft means of translating votes in the scale positions on psychological continua." Millions Make Selection. Every day million of people are busily engaged in making choices between the various makes of car, radio, roofing materials, bath tub, necktie, novels, and count lesh number of other product in the public mart. Thus if the merchant and the clerk are con scious of certain psychological methods for analyzing first choices Saturday Crowd Believed Short of K. U. Mark. The attendance at the Califor nia basketball game 1 tat Saturday i expected to fall Just a little short of the record crowd at last year's 'Zansas game. The official attendance for this game was 7,400. The business office has not been able to give an official report of Saturday'a game as yet. The seating situation is be lieved to be in good order at pres ent. No more additional bleacher will be erected. Phi Tau Tli Ha to Hear ltrporl of Convention Members of Phi Tau Theta, MethodiHt fraternity, will hear description of the national Meth odist iitudent convention which was held in St. Louis. Dee. 2S-31. of individuals, their success will be Bt their meeting tonight. Klmer Menn, t'lvae Kleaeer, Harold the money were placed aside to be used for something definite, like the Student Union, it would be all right. The way it is now, we pay a lot of fees which are dizzier." Art and Science sophomore: "I favor it, too. This is a state university, and as such a certain amount is spent by the slate for the education of each of the stu dents. When a student fails in a course, he has wasted the money of the people, and it is only right that he be called upon to pay at least something for the trouble which he caused." Bixad freshman: "It doesn't seem to be such ft good idea. The idea is still the i .name as that used in high schools, the idea of compulsion. When j people come to college, they nhould ' be beyond the stage where they must be forced to do their lessons as they were in high nchnol." Art and Science Junior: "Yes, it' an exeelent idea only why not make the fine high er? Raise it to the point where a student Just couldn't afford to fail In a course. I've been in a lot of classes in which the instructor waste entirely too much tune on those who flunked out at the end of the semester. Our teacher wouldn't be so rushed if you'd go down the class roll and remove the names of all those who had flunked a course. 'The idea is ralher drastic, but isn't the need of the university TONITE IS STUDENT NIGHT Your registration card and 30c will admit you to see . . . She plays her dramatic scene well, too, sltho she doesn't quite get across to the audience in act two the "strange" behavior about! which o'her character speak. Laurence Lansing in his role of the father does very well altho hi I v ,am a mm v tt mi l.Vil I S' AIIIlKD JOV MWW! Ill tT HtVI,Thr lulllml, f IWi I I V POPEYE lU I rl, l,rk TED miu KNrli much more pronounced. Heretofore psychologist have evaluated object by pairing them off two at a time and asking a large group of Judges to say which they preferred. An improved method, as outlined by Pr. Gull ford, will accurately analyze first choices, whether they be vote or preferences for a proilucL From trie information gained, tthe object could lie placed upon a scale of value at appropriate psychological distance. But the same result is now possible when ft number of Judges have merely 02 ... oin f HI DAY I ttotil k l I III M. ) IJovu. ntaaiMoae . ... . . ... . - ' . ' T m fliDO YOU LIKE To PITCH WOO? if you do you're sure to have gobs of fun when you see CLAUDETTE COLBERT in the year' ellrit comtdy "T0VARICH" (Pronounced ''Toe -vnr-nih" and it mean a million dollar worth of fun 1c you!) Start Sat. vv Flnrh and Kllsworth Steele, all of whom were present al the conven tion, will be the speakers. The meeting will lie conducted entirely by the new member who finished their pledge period in December. naming Horror I ftlln Oil r- A SumfitlmM Ttir Eitbiw! 4 rf hmirimr , .. DICK FORAN FIREMAN'S LUCK" fcuht. Annrtrong Am tuwnM IJr Plut Sunt (irnabf-IWib SwnM Mvtba Itarr-Klilrtef Bunt M "Wailtild Wedding;" LIBERTY I'M HAPPY! U' nny nun t r Jjr back in our cequel to "THE THIN MAN" WILLIAM POWELL MYRNA LOY .... AST A' "AFTER THE TKIH KAN" HIT NO. 2 krttw m THE GAY DESPERADO i Im f lurrlll ? . A 1. 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