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TIIIKTY-SCVEM1I YEAK
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Student Critics
Pan the Profs
To the Editor:
A university is uuule up of. two jrroups:
Ptutlents nul pru lessors. The former are "on
the s)ot," the latter once were. The former
can afford to make no slips, for their work
is constantly evaluated by the latter on a rec
ord which cannot he erased. Hut not so, con
versely. The professors can afford to do infe
rior work occasionally in fact quite often
without their students turninjr around and
riuiikinsr" them out. of school. That privilege
was one the students lost in the genesis of the
modern university.
There is one tliinjr 1 think is quite cer
tain: These two "roups exist in combination
mainly that students may learn. No matter
vhat the modern, trend may be, toward con
verting schools into matrimonial bureaus and
social pedigree houses, it isn't an exaggera
tion to say that many students still attend
universities to lie taught. Furthermore, the
providing of livelihoods to professors is also
secondary, because they are kept only to be
used in teaching. So let us agree that a uni
versity, this university, is set up and main
tained chiefly in order that students may be
taught.
Now, if this university does not accomplish
its purpose as well as it might, it is oen to
criticism. And open to criticism it is. because
certainly it is not so effectual as it might be.
Compare this school with another, and unless
you are careful in your selection, this will be
the inferior school by most standards. Indeed,
forget oilier schools, and look within this one
itself. Obviously this school could be improved
by dismissing certain professors. And so it is
open to criticism, and 1 criticize it. on the
right that it has for a year criticized me.
In the first place, there can be a great
difference between a good teacher and a good
student a difference that apparently is not
appreciated by those who select departmental
assistants. Assistantships go to the "best
man," or, in other words, to the best students.
These "best men" will later add to the pres
tige of the school, when their graduate-work-on-the-side
is completed. Hut meanwhile the
paying students and the freshmen who will
"make or break," according to circumstances,
may be severely handicapped by having poor
teachers. Of course, our assistants should not
in scholarship be poor, but while being good
students 1hey should also be good teachers.
Some of them are both by acident. 1 suppose
but. all of them should be.
In the second place, our assistants and
professors alike have many little faults that
impede leaching and learning. Disorganized
courses, lectures that are only partially ar
ranged (or not at, alii, outlines with sub-points
out of place, and careless speech, all work to
destroy the student's interest or to disgust
him. The social science professor often uses
poor Knglish. the English professor is insuffi
ciently asquainted with social science, the sci
ence professor is often unscientific, and the
"education" professor frequently violates his
own rules. Not all professors are offenders,
and some of them are even quite satisfactory,
but the majority are careless and slovenly in
little matters. It is the little carelessnesses 1 hat
together have a great, effect. It is because of
them that in many classes if a student, is to
take interest, he must do so in spite of the
professor.
They say at the honors convocations that
good students are ihe ones who best respond
to what is offered them. Professors say that.
It is all very fine 1o throw responsibility upon
the student, but 1 he student is 1o be aided,
not hindered. On a given amount of effort a
good student can respond belter to a logical,'
careful professor than to a careless one.
A freshman lecture director told us, if 1
remember correctly, that "We of Nebraska
university have no apologies to make. You
are here of your own free choice." Unfortu
nately, however, our choice was not free, but
forced by a lack of money. If we had had
perfectly free choice, many of us would not
be here, ami not unwisely.
I'm not asking that our professors show
us favors ami treat us like simpletons. Nor
am J asking that they give us more work to
do. I am merely asking that what they give
us. they give us gith greater interest and care.
Wo have too much invested in these four years
to let them pass at less than full value.
Sinccrelv,
C. D. R.
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Actual Work on Newspaper
Best Training, Says Writer
(Continued from Fage 1.)
in town which needed a jack-of-all-there
was a struggling little paper
trades. They gave me a job, or I
should say, jobs, for I did every
thing: reporting, head writing,
scouting for society copy and even
selling a bit of advertising. And
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Burned Power Cables
At Plant Disrupt Ulass
Schedules Wednesday
Class schedules were upset and
some students suffered through ex
tra minutes in the classroom while
others were dismissed early when
the electric campus clocks were
off for Reveral hours Wednesday
afternoon. Some of the clocks
elected to speed up while others
slowed down. A burned cable at
the power plant was the cause of
the trouble.
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was the bist training I possibly
could have had.
"The paper was a morning daily
and we never put it to bed until 2
m., so I just had to do my
studying when I got the chance. I
learned the business from the
ground up, tho. and I'm often
thankful for every minute of those
days."
New York or Bust.
Mary Margaret's training stood
her in such good stead that she
landed a job on the Cleveland
Press right after her graduation.
New York wan her goal, however.
end she caught a train at the first
sign of an opening there, with a
religious publication. When that
folded shortly after she arrived,
she caught on with the old New
York Mail.
Jane Arden has nothing on Mary
Margaret when it comes to her ex
periences as a feature writer on
the Mall. She got all sorts ot
assignments, from fire alarms to
stunt flying. She even went to
Europe on special stories, and her
by-line was one of the features or
the Mail until the paper was sold.
Mary Margaret turned magazine
reporter. She did several biogra
phies for the Saturday Evening
Post; she wrote articles for all of
the big publications. And in her
spare time, she wrote books
biographies of Dwlght Morrow
and Paul Whiteman, travel books,
one on charm.
Depression to Radio.
She turned to radio men when
the depression knocked the bot-
to mout of the magazine market
and here again kept up the re
porter tradition. Slated to do a
"womani hour," she begged off
the household hints after the first
few days and stuck to feature
stories on what she saw around
her In New York.
Today on a coast to coast hook
up with her CBS Column of the
Air, she does the biggest report'
er'i lob she ever dreamed of. It
takes her practically 24 hours
day to dig up the material she
uses for her 15 minute national
program nd another 45 minutes
she does over a local eastern sta
Uon.
"I still get as excited about get
ting; no the trail of a good story
as I did back In the days of that
little old dally In Columbia," she
says. "And many's the vote of si
lent thanks that city editor has re
ceived since then!"
The monkey cages of student
activities have just about barred
their doors for the summer months
and the circus is just about ready
to move from the campus into ex
amination town on the classroom
front. The big top of activities
railroaded into town last fall and
railroaded out with the Corn Cob
election of officers last night. The
Student Council menagerie, tired
of sitting in their administration
made cages, threw its hands intu
the air and turned their routine
over to a group of fresh. newlV'
elects who are ready to pace their
wares before the student nubile.
Kosmct Klub has closed it's week's
stand at the Temple building and
the elephants found the left over
peanuts very dallclous. Faction
politics got off the merry-go-round
just before it broke down.
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A good show has been going
on beneath the big top alt year.
Several of the boys couldn't be
clowns because the administra
tion said that their averages
weren't high enough, but on the
whole, the pageant has moved
on quite profitably. The man
agement decided late in the year
that it would put nets beneath
all the high trapeze artists. Con
sequently, the men's activity
point system was erected. It's a
funny thing, this circus manage
ment. They put the nets beneath
the senior artist and leave the
novice sophomore and junior
free to do everything, including
landing on his head.
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But we have noticed a conspic
uous absence of Nebraska's fust
rate trick rider TNE. They say
that TNE used to ride ahead of the
entire parade when the appoint
ments blasted from the spring
horns. This year, however, TNE
hasn't been there. His name has
been mentioned only spasmodically
in the newspapers. He did get
some real publicity when a Mr.
Wadhams walked into the wrong
one Tuesday afternoon. And Mr.
Wadhams endeavored to publicize
Mr. TNE's regular dressing room
which was finally discovered to be
only temporary quarters.
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Last year, TNE rode with his
fanciest of tric!s. He could
paint little skulk and crossbones
on the run. He could even pull
the wool over the campus cop's
eyes. He was so good with a
paint brush that he rode up to
the Ivy Day at noontime of Ia3t
year's Ivy Day and did his fancy
work. Every sorority and fra
ternity house on the campus
boasted of his having been at its
house. Rushees looked with
judgment on the Greek house
that had the most emblems on
its sidewalk. TNE was a good
rider but his horse must have
died.
TNE is said to be a very mys
terious person. They say that ho
is an awful drinker and that he
had friends in most every frater
nity house on the campus. They
think that his name symbolizes
something more than a social fra
ternity, something like a frdtemity
within a fraternity. The old timers
tell us of times when TNE rode
ahead of the entire parade. About
ten years ago, his name appeared
on bitter protesting handbills. He
had rated big spaces In every fire
and sword ever published.
He Is a mysterious fellow, at
any means. No one knows his
real name, but they say that he
wears a symbol of recognition
beneath his coat collar. Girls
who are his very best friends
have boasted that they have
worn his crest on their unmen
tionables. Mystery, we again
say, shrouds this old character.
Maybe he rides only for the mid
night show. Maybe he rode in
last night. We think he did be
cause someone told us that he
was going to.
Spanish Department Plans
To Use Next Text
Next Fall. . .
Dr. Hilarlo Sanez, assistant
professor of romance languages,
has received the first copies of the
new Spanish text he edited In col
laboration with Dr. Juan Cano,
associate professor of Italian and
Spanish at the University of
Toronto.
The book, "Easy Spanish Plays,"
Is a collection of six Spanish plays
with exercises In vocabulary. The
plays selected are typically Span
ish, have a Spanish setting, and
depict Spanish customs and
characters.
Limited Vocabulary.
Recognizing that most Spanish
texts have vocabularies that ara
too advanced for the beginning
student, the authors have prac
ticed the limited vocabulary plan
thruout the text. A special exercise
on cognates Is included.
Spanish writers whose works
appear in the book include Scca,
CJuintero, Baus, Carrion, and
Barranco. These authors are rep
resentative of Spanish p 1 a y
wrights. Dr. Sanez' new text will be used
In second year Spanish courses
next fall.
RED GUIDON HOLDS DINNER
IN STUDENTUNION MAY 20
Count Rosenzweig to Address
Artillerymen at Second
Annual Banquet.
Red Guidon will hold Its second
annual banquet at 7:30 p. m. Fri
day, May 20 In the cafeteria at
tho Student Union. Preceding the
banquet, officers of the organiza
tion will meet at 7 to elect officers
for next year and to name new
honorary members.
Besides the 89 members of Red
Guidon, some 22 guests will be
present, with Count Rosenzweig
of Omaha giving the main address
of the evening. Others who will
speak are Col. Oury, Col. Faes,
Col. Crosby of Omaha, and apt.
Gardner.
The newly elected honorary
members of Red uidon, all of whom
are In the officers reserve corps,
will be presented. They will be
selected for their work in having
the artillery unit installed at Ne
braska and in boosting the Red
Guidon association.
TAKE 2,000 PUS
Regler Commends Students
For Cooperation
Jn Drive.
Barb council members will meet
at 12 o'clock today in Parlor Y
at the Student union to elect of
ficers Hnd make plans for next
year. Final arrangements will be
completed for the annual barb
banquet to be neld this evening at
6:30 in the Student union.
Phi Tau Thela Takes
Seven New Memhers
Inlo M. E. Fraternity
In a special initiation ceremony
held following Bishop G. Bromley
Oxnam's speech at Trinity churcn,
seven members were received into
Phi Tau Theta, Methodist frater
nity at the Wesley foundation.
Taking part in the service was
Clyde Kleager, the fraternity's
new president, Elmer Glenn and
Paul Sprout, retiring president.
Rev. Robert E. Drew, chapter
sponsor, also took part.
The initiates were: Thane Ris
tine, Otto Wocrner, Floyd Morris,
Rodney Setorius, Clement Emer
son, Warren Emerson, and Willis
Regler.
Campus officials, conducting the
fingerprinting of university stu
dents, reported today that 2,000
Nebraska students recorded their
prints in the campaign completed
yesterday. Students on the Agri
cultural campus and many on the
city campus were given two ad
ditional days to provide an oppor
tunity for all to have their finger
prints recorded.
"Good co-operation has been
received from the student body."
Officer L. C. Regler reported. The
possibility of having freshman
students record their prints upon
entering the university will be
taken up with the student council,
he added.
The fingerprinting drive was
sponsored by the Alpha Phi
Omega and the campus police in
co-operation with tne civil ae-
partmcnt of .the FBI.
Any students who failed to file
their prints in the first drive may
have their fingerprints recorueo at.
any time at the campus police of
fice in Social Science Annex,
authorities reported.
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ATTEND COM!
Director A. A. Reed Heads
Delegation of N. 1).
Employees.
A delegation from the Uni
versity Extension Division headed
by Director A. A. Reed has gone.
to the twenty-third annual con
vention of the National University
Extension Association held at Hot
Springs National Park, Hot
Springs, Arkansas, from May 18
to 21. Those attending from Ne
braska besides Dr. Reed are C. K.
Morse, E. T. Piatt, Natalie Strom-
berger. John Straka, and Mrs.
Pearl Herman.
"Trends In University Exten
sion" is the general theme of this
year's conference and the three
day meeting will be made up of
round table discussions, general
sessions, and conferences on such
subjects as radio, visual aids, vo
cational and in-service training,
extension library service, publicity,
correspondence study, graduate
extension forum and debate ma
terials, extension and evening
centers, and prison education.
Professor Morse will. participate
In the round table discussion on
prison education, and Mr. Piatt
will take part in the discussion on
I supervised correspondence study.
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