The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 13, 1938, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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1MI. TIJl'TH, WE
VOM)KR ABOUT YOU
Mr. I. M. Truth, sometimes wo
think you are a shiftless bastard.
Like little fragments of iHist in
the air, you wander around list
lessly, serapinp your sides with
your colleagues and relatives, Mr.
O. U. Justice and Mr. C. R. Vir
tue, but you knnwest not where to
settle. Sometimes we hate you,
Mr. Truth, because when we use
your copyright our opponents come
j i;ht bark and use your name in
vain. We think that you should
utilize your half-brother. O. XT.
Justiee, and put him to work more
l'teuently.
Sometimes we even think that
you died in misfortune and dis
place and that your little children,
nil little Truths, are running wildly
nboiit without a guardian. Now,
Mr. Truth, we accuse you of beinj;
unfair. How can you be in Wash
ington on the eve of a "fireside
chat" and then run way out here
to Nebraska to get in on a state
vide trial? Kither you have a lot
of descendants helping you, or you
are not getting your work done
properly.
ARE WE YOUR ENEMIES?
We are inclined to believe that
you have a number of brothers
and sisters, sons and daughters.
And many of them are dying
each day, but, on the other hand,
your reproductive machinery is
working overtime. You must
have some real strife in your
family. We wonder what hap
pened, for example, when the
people took one of your children
for evidence against Copernicus
who immediately took anotre
of your offsprings for his I'd
of the question.
We have often wondered if it
Isn't us - we the representatives r.f
trie highfr systems of learning' -that
make a liar out of you. We
think we have when we ie taught
the modem theories for the origin
of the earth and other occui rent es
in the realm of the physical sci
ences. If you exist. Mr. I. M. Truth,
you're sure putting yourself to
a helluva lot of work on the
campi of these institutions of
higher learning. You're on our
heels all the time. We go into
the science building and you're
there. We walk across the mall
to a philosophy class and you're
there with different clothes on.
We can go into a class of politi
cal science and then, in disguise,
you follow us up to the history
department. But what we don't
like is the fact that you can
change to exactly the opposite
from one time to the other.
YOU BETRAYED US.
r.ut what gits us most of all is
that you don't get your d gem rate
half-brother. O. IT. Justice, after
those people who use your name in
vain. Wt thought you had the
nerve to do sorm thing alioiit it
Ijtsi week we assumed that you
were at our heels at all times. We
think you were. And then some
of our opponent took your name
st 4 ins 7cHl
CIANT UNIT PROGRAM
l I. I IK-T III N HITS
Our American
Spoon Fed System
Recent indictments njrninst the American
oducationiil system ehnrge it vith 1 ho crime
of spoon feeiling' ntul pampering' the student,
tending- toward mechaiiiy.ation of liis mind ly
its lack of emphasis on thinking- aliility. Natu
rally largo classes, lecture courses, and the
general orgaiiiz-il ion of the student group are
not conducive to greater creative thought.
Thus, there is justification for such a charge
and educators are viewing; the situation with
alarm.
(pinions of a few prominent educators
concerning the indictment may help to clarify
the situation, resident Frank Aydclotte of
Swart limoi'o college helieves that the present
educational system is woefully inadequate for
those who are really eager for education and
who possess real aliility to deal with intellec
tual prolilems. On the other hand. President
Aydeloite asserts that for the mediocre stu
I dent our conventional academic system is at
least moderately successful. This system does
i not assume on Ihe student's part any high
. level of ahility or any consuming interest in
i intellectual things. Carciul direction is pro
vided day hy day. Py an elaborate system of
spoon fciding' even the idle and the ignorant
'are initiated into the elements of a large vari
' ety of subjects and are usually carried a little
! beyond the rlt ihi lit a ry stage in one. He main
tains that by freiplelit exercises and tests, by
j elaborate supen isioii of cuts, by constant ex
amination and marks, it is made certain that
every individual does some work for his degree.
Eut even the justification thai such a
system is valuable to the mediocre student
! can hardly be sufficient reason to retain
such an educational process. Such a system
does not train a student to think creatively,
nor will its pampering; prepare him to face
life's facts later on and do so adequately.
In addition to these objections one might
also ask, why should our educational system
be suited to the minds and abilities of the
mediocre student without regard for the ca
pacities of the more intellectual group?
I 'oiniiieiits from other prominent educators
1)0-
v'lo.li.-ntion fur swell n system.
Pauw university's President Clyde K. Y iM..in
declares, "I do not regard college as an intel
lectual fillinp station where you can go tot;tke
on n certain number of gallons of education,
lie explains that a trained mind, respect for
others, social imagination and ability to dis
criminate between values of life comprise a
oiler, education. Likewise. Dr. Wayne i.am
. ..... 1,.. f V....I K-..vf ...d!Mr, of
Iter, vice president m .'n - r- pji-w
education snouio ! n M
NEWS ;
PARADE
Mar'iorie Churchill
Nazarene. believes a mgner e.iucauou Moioij n.m-.xr"
develop a student's, character as well as 1,is , I'C
mind and that cramming students with Jaets, t$ffts'fcR'.m
u.i t rtf i 1 1' ii i Mi' ;i nil in i tun in umi i.t i t 'am-
who will have character
duce men and women
as well as information and be a genuine asset
to the society in which they live," comments
)r. (Jardner.
An interesting sidelight to the situation
is offered by Prof. Holland D. Roberts of
Stanford university. According to Professor
Holland if we would replace the obsolete,
sterile and repressive curriculum of our
schools with a dynamic purpose to build
originating, participating human beings, we
could have in a single generation a nation of
singers, poets," musicians, architects and
builders. Thus, there is shown the need of
replacing mechanical teaching of a subject
to that of creative education.
In surveying the remedies of such a situa
tion, one might suggest such plans as that cm
ployed at Chicago university where a student
works at his own rate of speed and eventually
takis a comprehensive examination over the
course. The degree of the student's success is
determined largelv bv his own motivation and
ib sire to aeh'u v
this type do not exist it is possible for students
Mh..
BKOTHKKLY LOYF.
STALKS AC, 1
They call it .ympathotic int. rn
in the welfare of little, fledgling
states. But there's another name
for it, too. It might be called am
bition for filthy lucre.
The United States is sending
a detachment of army bombers
to the inauguration of Argen.
tine's new president to "dem
onstrate the ties between the
two countries." Argentine "cir.
cles'' are seeing the case a lit.
tie differently. They're seeing K
as an evidence that United
States manufacturers re wor.
ried over valuable trade.
Mussolini, pa-st master in the vt
of propaganda threading, has kept
r.ritain and FYanoo in hot w:n
for some time. Irately he seems to
have mapped out a pretty fair j.io.
gram in Noiiin America r,tr
least, thai i niTed
enough, at
However, w here svstems of States manufacturers are lookinj:
to tneir laurels nnu musning up
..n their nroitacnnda technioutv
of a more intellectual nature to glean more There certain Argentine cir.
than the amount of knowledge handed to ihem cles are caMing a spade a spade
bv wav of a silver spoon. If th. v are of the these clays and tten't seem overly
,, ' . . .ihi . '. . . impressed with the high sound-
mlclloctual type they will be apt to get mate- jngH mctjvt, of tlXher COuntry.
litil outside of the classroom by their own The widespread publicity given
effort, in addition to that that is iiiired into by South American newspapers
1 l em in the classroom.
It must be admitted, howivir. that a sys
1eui that encourages the education on the medi
ocre Irvrl of intelligence and neglects intelli
gence of the higher rank is in need of some ro
Msion. Such a system would serve a better
purpose if based on honest and intelligent
thought, rather than spoon feeding'.
in vain: yon didn't do a thing
not even with your hiothei, (i. t'
Justice. It you treat c-vciynnc I ke
ymi did us. Mr. I. M. Truth, we're
going to loose faith in you. We'll
inn wonder if you are still alive.
Child Songs Play Cherished
I Role in Nebraska Folklore
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resent adaptations from children's
games:
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HlMM'k .
I mm a rtK-np -lilfrlia; rhn.fwr mid a
till! Mark lil(-k.
Two examples of
rhymes commonly heard
pl.'iVgiouiKN:
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llritl itatfii I, fxiilir III r Ihi-i-Hi.h
fi.uii Im.i itM h nrr
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Daily Nebraskan
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ii .tut tur i ri ijniiin. ltirMKii, urnlr '
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IN 11IK I.M IHMAKY
Ivan Venell, Ong.
Mymin Ross, Lyons.
Fred Griffin, Sutherland.
Roy Peterson, Red Cloud.
John Higgins, Rogers.
Dismissed.
Joh:i Vogler, Scotts Bluff.
Arthur Abbott, Hyanms.
Bill Wilhnger.
to Bruno Mussolini s flight to
Brazil was the first cause for
worry on the part of United
States plane manufacturers. Last
year a detachment of crack
Italian stunt fliers toured South
America, drumming up business,
of course, anet glvinq the plane
manufacturers something more
to think about.
So now there's the detachment
of planes polnff to the Inaugura
tion, fnited States air supply sali !
are still higK'T th;,n Italy's, tu:
then one has to play safe. All in
all tin rc doesn't seem to be mucn
difference among any of the inter
TTniveTsitv T.c rinl Piihlirntinn estt d or.rties. All the hue and etv
f,, ,. lover Mussolini's strategy mi
NEBRASKA LAW BULLETIN ;
NAMES THREE TO STAFF
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An ;.inf'(i 4f tt trhin r,vm.
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I r. and Mrs. I:ingan wi re ehap
erotis at the liaih dance riday
'vening in the Armory instead of
Or. I vi rton, as was i-;ate in Kii
( lay's pap r.
Chooses Outstanding
Freshmen.
As a leward for outstanding
scholastic achievement and excep
tional legal ability during the pre
, ceding semester, three first year
law student were named ye.-ter-iday
to the Nebraska Ijiw Uulletin
staff.
To Allan Smith, rcecivintr the
highest first semester average ever
attained hy a Vniversity of Ne
braska law student, Robert Tol
l( fs n. and Wendc II W'illmore. were
! given appointments tn the Iloard ;
; of Kditors of the publication. With'
; these new additions, the Hulletin
, has a student staff of 17 rnem-.
ihe appointments were n-
; nouneeil hy l'rof. Ister 11. (ir
ficM. rditor-in-ehief of the r.ulle-
tin.
TODAY, I AM A MAN!'
When itie threw
hini tn hil tr
. . C'y! MM!
ht (tartrd '
might
also to aimed at any nation which
has its fiiifcer in the pot. Th'y'rt
prctty ninth after the same thing
xcept that Ihe United States man
ufacturers scm to have got thur
bid in firrt.
TO THE ORCHID
ROOM THE
GAYEST SPOT
ON EARTH!
Stars! Gals!
G.i(;f! Music!
ITS GOT EVERYTHING ! '
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