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PAGE WO THE DAILY NERRASKAN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 13, 1938 QoiikunfLDhahi Qommsmi They Want Integration At Darlmonlli-and Here "Feeling that there is a lack of opportunity at Dartmouth for many of the students adequately to integrate the subject of mate rial of the courses they take, the college announced yesterday that a plan would be initiated next semester, providing for two week reading periods preceding the Christmas and spring vaca tions. During these reading pe riods all classes and lectures will be suspended and students will be allowed to conduct their studies informally, making in dividual researches in the as pects of their studies that are of particular interest to them." The paragraph in quotation marks is not fact. It is not true In any respect, but Dartmouth would be a better liberal arts col lege if it were. Dartmouth students attend as many lectures as college students anywhere today. They bear lec tures that are as good as any that ran be heard anywhere today. They take as many notes as other students and they probably re member as many isolated items for as many weeks. But education for most Dartmouth students stops there. It stops with facts. Exams, Papers Don't Help. Dartmouth students are allowed two hours a semester per subject to attempt to integrate the facts that fatten their note books and tire their arms. These two hours are not very comfortable ones, of course, because they are the two flours that elapse while they are in the gym . . . taking finals. And how about papers? They CLASSES AFFORD HUMCR AS WELL AS SCULL DRUDGERY. (Continued from Page 1.) his out damn-spot complex." Dr. Guilford Contributes. The psychology department also Is responsible for a good share of the old semester's hilarity, its chief contributor being Dr. Guil ford. Finding himself lost in New York, Dr. Guilford tried the motor theory of nods in which he shut his eyes in the subway and con tinually nodded toward the north until a northbound tram came along. Similarity finding himself lost in San Francisco, Dr. Guilford used the same procedure, but much to his chagrin and anger the same results were not obtained. Catching the keynote of the po litical question, Dr. Deming can be accredited with the most terse re mark of the semester when, ad mitting a mistake, he exclaimed, 'At least 1 admit my mistakes, that's more than the president does: Elect Bernard Dalton, Milton Staab, Claude Fetharow To A.I.E.E. Cabinet. New officers who Were elected last night to head the Nebraska chapter of the American Institute of Klectrlral Knglneers are as fol lows: President, Bernard Dalton vice president, Milton Staab; sec retaiy-trcasurcr, Claude Fetharow The departmental chairman who will head electrical engineering nc tivitics in preparation for this spring's Engineer's Week will be Milton Mohr, he being elected nt Inst night's meeting also. Two senior members of the so ricty, Knoland Plucknett and liar ry Langston spoke on the mipject t)f "Hallway Electrification, I'ltirknett discussed "A Survey of Progress in Europe ami America and the General Features of the Pennsylvania Railroad Electrifica tion." Lnngston spoke on "A De scription of the Telemetering Equipment of the Pennsylvania P.ailroad." Till: WKATIIKIt Warmth replaces cold again as the weather bureau predicts fair and rising temperatures for today. Winter Just doesn't accm to be able to muster nn attack this year. write these during what time they think they can afford to steal from the process of learning facts to put on their exams, whatever they gain one way they lose the other. Society and the demands of society change constantly, but they change at the opposite ends of the order from education. Educational methods follow the change rather than lead it. Edu cation not only fails to keep step. It tends to fall behind. Today there is more needs than ever for men to know more than the facts. They need to know the relative values of facts. Dartmouth men need more time to discover for themselvts the meanings and relationships of the names and theories in their notebooks. Education for Sale. When Dartmouth was founded. leading colleges in the land went about selling education on th? theory that the more information a student could produce at the eno of his four years, the more he had gotten for his money. But at least they didn't go so far as to rank him as a student on this basis. Ranking in college was a matter of gcneology, of course. Dart mouth discarded that, and modern democratic sympathies would probably not make it advisable co return to such a system. An al ternative would be to rank th-? students alphabetically. A remedy would be to modern ize education on both ends by in stituting reading periods at Dart mouth. Daily Nebraskan Kntered ua scconl-clann matter at the postnfftce tn Lincoln, Nebraska, under act of congress. March 3, 1879, and at aperial rate of poataue provided for In section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized Janu- ry 20, ma. WALCOTT, CLAYTON TO FILL VACANCIES ON CAMPUS BOARD (Continued from Page 1.) amin were instrumental in getting the convention authorities to cut in half the membership fees for uni versities the size of Nebraska. To Convene in Purdue. "For the first time since the federation's organization," Nebras ka can afford to belong," Miss Benjamin declared in her mport The lowered fee will also encour age other large universities, like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa to join." The fee, formerly $(55 for Nebraska, was slashed to $32.50, Miss Benjamin revealed. Moseman and Miss Benjamin helped to engineer another piece of convention business favorable to the midwest, in supporting plans to hold the next N. S. F. A. con vention at the University of Pur due in Lafayette, Ind. Altho the two delegates did not have a vote in the convention, since Nebraska has not yet joined the N. S. F. A they were frequently consulted ns the only representatives of a large institution from this particular sec tion of the midwest. Co-operative Buying. Miss Benjamin, in presenting her report, recommended that the next convention be organized in conv mission groups according to re gions and to the size of the col leges and universities within the sections. Of the many plans and sugges tions the two delegates brought back from the convention, Miss Benjamin recommended only a few to the consideration of the council as prnctlcal for application on the Nebraska enmpus. She presented the Idea that the organized house on the campus engage in a co-op erative buying plan in which fooi would be purchased in large quan-! titles from wholesale houses, thus lowering board expenses. She also suggested that ' the editor of the campus newspaper be asked to sit in on the council sessions in order that the council and the daily be more closely In accord. As a last bit of business before the council meeting was ad journed, Helen Catherine Davis, as chairman of the organizations committee, recommended that the council accept the newly drawn const it m ion of Phi Sigma lota, ro- tun tire language department hon orary. The council voted to accept i the constitution FIVE WRITERS ENTER El Elias Holds Entries Open; Workers to Register By Saturday. Five persons have thus far signi fied their intentions of submitting song entries for this spring's Kos mct Klub show, according to Win field Elias, president of the group. Because of the press of other busi ness at this time In the school year, the Klub has decided to keep filings open for any additional per sons who wish to enter their name at the Klub office in room No. 14 of the School of Music Duilding. No songs need to be submitted at this time. They will not be called for until sometime after selection of the winning manuscript, an nouncement of which will be made in the near future. Elias stated that the Klub hopes to have some entrants in the song writing com petition from the School of Music, altho to date no one from the school has filed. A prize of ten dol lars will be awarded to the writer of the song used in the show which is judged best. All workers should file their names at the Klub office before Saturday if they wish to work during the second semester. The office is open from 2 until 5 o'clock every afternoon. Elias stressed the importance of filing immediately since work on the spring produc tion is already in progress. Wheth er they worked during the fall or whether they are filing for the first time, all men intending to work during the second semester as a means of gaining election to the Klub must enter their names at the office by Saturday, Elias declared. D. HEAD AG ENGINEERS Thomas Johnson Addresses Nebraska A.S.A.E. On Welding. "Welding" was discussed last night by Thomas B. Johnson be fore a meeting of the Nebraska chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Asso iated with the agricultural engi neering department of the univer sity ofr a number of years, Mr Johnson spoke with considerable authority on his subject, stressing the practical side of the process but also including some discussion of fluxes and welding rods. Elected last night to act as de partmental chairman for agricul tural engineers in making prepara tions for this spring's Engineers week program was Richard Cole man. It was announced that this ae mester's officers of the group will be retained until after the first meeting of next semester. At that time a new set of officers will be elected. DRAMA HOBBY GROUP MEETS Miss Thomas Conducts Tour Of KFAB Tonight. Members of the dramatics hobby group of the Coed Counselor or ganization will meet in the lobby of the Lincoln hotel at 7 o'clock this evening and be conducted 1 y Miss Marjory Thomas in the radio receiving rooms of KFAB where the group will see a presentation of dramatics methods used over the radio. Miss Jenn Olst, director of the group, and Miss Virginia Nolte, Coed Counselor board member sponsoring it, have made arrange ments with the radio station and Miss Thomus for the hour of study of radio dramatics. NEW DEAL BARBER SHOP Hair Cut 35c 1106 "O" St. B-6154 FILINGS TO CLOSE JAN. 15 FOR PUBLICATIONS POSTS Applications for appointment to the following positions on the student publications will be 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 need not be duplicated. GAYUE C. WALKER, Chairman. Student Publication Board. Co-Chairmen Vow Big Name Orchestra Will Play For Annual Hon. Special committees appointed last week by prom committee CO' chairmen, Ed Steeves and Frances Boldman, will present reports of tentative plans at the second prom committee meeting this afternoon at 5 o'clock in room 106 of U hall. The committee this year is cen tralizing its effort on securing an orchestra with a big name which has never played on the campus before. According to Steeves either big orchestra will get here or the committee will finally find the reasons why it can't be done. With the prom scheduled for March 4, sorority houses should hasten to choose their candidates for prom girl is the advice of the committee. Filings for the place of honor will be open soon at the stu dent activities offices. Members of the committees in charge of arrangements are: Or chestra, Stan Brewster and Har riet Cummer; presentation, Vir ginia Fleetwood and Paul Wagner; tickets, Barbara Rosewater and Dick McGinnis; chaperons and in vitations, Phyllis Chamberlain and Harold Benn: publicity, Howard Kaplan and Fhyllis Jensen. NEBRASKA TEAM MEETS CALIFORNIA DEBATERS Shoemaker, Woerner Match Words With R. E. Cohn, Raymond Rocca. Raymond E. Cohn and Raymond Rocca of the university of Call fornia debate team met Mer Shoemaker and Otto Woerner, Ne braska representatives, yesterday afternon at Lincoln high schoo before the deate class there. The subject was Compulsory Arbitra' tion. The Californians are making their annual tour of the middle west. The same pair met Ncbras ka last year. They will leave Lincoln tonight. Professor H. A. White, coach of the local squad said that this would be the last debate until after final exams. The schedule for the re malnder of the vear will be an nounced at the beginning of the semester. CHIPS f Continued from Tape 1.) $9 flunking fee. The professor was prejudiced. However, the fee must be paid right away. Hopefully yours, Son. Ey this time you are probably aware of the real facts. Son has not actually flunked anything but he is broke and needs the money more than what is left of his scholastic reputation. Well, what are we waiting for, regents? Let's have another fee. c LASSIFIED ADVERTISING 10C PR LINE UK-it tllX' 'lei Pulpim. Si D177H :i:t Km- Miit MUST W.l.L nl 'Hire. Kliw liund lull POSSIBILITIES OF OIL Harold Turnbull Takes Post As Local President Of A.S.C.E. The United States has no cause for worry that her supply of oil will be exhausted in the near fu ture, according to Prof. E. F. Schramm, chairman of the depart ment of geology, who spoke before members of the Nebraska chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers Jast night. Speaking on the subject of the Petroleum Industry," Prof. Schramm declared that through such processes as underground mining and extracting the oil from coal and oil shales an almost un limited supply of petroleum is avilable. fTnder present methods only 80 't of the oil present m oil 1: o i extracted. But the rest Cf j" 'btained by heating it out m Jie sand through a re torting process. Oil Need Increasing. Reviewing the petroleum situa tion in the United States during the past year, prof. Schramm gave the group production statistics both for this country and the world. The need for oil is ever increasing in the modern world, he stated, and last year 10 percent of the estimated reserve supply of petroleum in the United States was used up. These figures are baaed on the present methods of extraction, however, he explained, in view of the many other meth ods open there is no cause for alarm over the possibility of sub sequent exhaustion of the supply. Harold Turnbull was installed as the new president of the local so ciety at last night's meeting. Other officers installed by Prof. E. Mickey, faculty sponsor for the group, were Ray Crosson as vice president and Ed DeKlotz as secretary treasurer, Morris An derson is the retiring president. HOME ECONOMICS MEMBERS TO END ELECTION TODAY (Continued from Page 1.) the Y.W. C. A. cabinet, a member of the home ec hoard, and a mem ber of Phi Epsilon Omicron. Miss Holloway is a member of the home ec hoard, a Coed Counselor a member of Phi Epsilon Omicron. and a former chairman of the El len Richards dinner and Hospital ity day. Instead of having nominees for vice-president, the nominee for president who does not receive that position will be automatically placed in the office of vice-president. The post of treasurer, which is open to sophomore girls, will be filled by either Eunice Bere gren, Lois Hammond, Helen Kil mer, or Helen Krejci. Rhoda Ches ley, Helen Claybaugh, Helen Klatt, and Helen Scheze are. nominees for the position of secretary, open to freshmen only. All members of the society are entitled to one vote. (HIT GARMENTS Cleaned Blocked Perfectly SEND ALL OF YOUR CLEAN ING TO THE OLD RELIABLE Cleaners Soukup & Westover Call F2377 Service EVER SINCE 1904 Modern