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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1939)
TVJO THE DAILY NET1R45KAN, SUNDAY. JVM AH V 15, vm Faculty Function "The faculty's productive research is an extracurricular function individually un dertaken, comparable to a degree to the stu dent activities which are extracurricular to scholastic pursuits." To this statement in a remit Daily Ne braskan editorial. Dean (11 father takes excep tion: "...1 voice the belief of ninety-five per eent of the ailministnitors of the most reput able universities of our country when 1 say that you nve totally wrmiir. Research is the. friietifier of instruction. A professor must be a student of his subject if his teaching: of it is in be iilive ;ind fresh." This writer holds no brief against the fac ulty's productive research, reali.iny full well our "diploma will be weighed in the world of educate. 1 men and women by the degree to which the individual members of the faculty of the I'nhersity of Nebraska are known be yond the environs of Lincoln and of .Nebras ka. ' But this writer is persuaded that he voices the belief of ninety-five percent of the students of the University of Nebraska when he says the students want their diplomas to represent more than the academic fame of their instructors. Too long-, the diploma has stood as the mark of education for the educators. What about those who receive the diplomas the students? Do they merit some considera tion? Are they merely the guinea pigs for the cause of faculty productive research? There is no student who actually resents fac ulty research and publication, as long as this productive research is confined to its proper place secondary to actual and direct teach ing. But if students are expected solely to bask in the educational light reflected by their instructors, the diploma of graduation falls short of representing the educated graduate of the University of Nebraska. The diploma then becomes just another shingle to hang in the family parlor as ungrounded proof of higher education. eonferenees can make or break a student, since the informality is conducive to frank talk. Stu dents in the large classes of which the univer sity has an unfortunately large number often require these eonferenees to discover if they are following the course properly. University administrative officials should be unhappy to know there are instructors with whom students have difficulties in ar ranging personal conferences. Without ex aggeration, there are instructors who bolt from the classroom the moment the class bell rings. And what student wants to chase an instructor down the corridor to ask an aca demic question iii- ' ( 'oiui: on t lie foiiri h rear in t Tersity of Nel.raka. lliis writer believes that the zluiisy pursued product h e research is one basic reason , ;, ,,f facility-student harmony. The family -enyuliVd in its extra curricular activities of texihooks. research, re laxation, and ci i,- affair: has little time left for students. The same applies to the students, for that ina'ter. because Hieir extracurricular activities sports, dates, beer drinkinir. theaters leae ery little time for the faculty. The fault is a common one. hut one in which the faculty is cxpeded to make the first advance in nreaKinu' down the harriers hetween plete faculty student harmony. "lil- Th e llaily Nebraska!! of last Thursday re ferred to the students' disability to meet with professors for individual conferences. These Marriage Roots Wil Uurant, philosopher, author and pub licist who speaks here Sunday afternoon on the "Problem of Marriage," comes to a state uni versity that could put to good use some practi cal knowledge of the marital situation. Outstate, the University of Nebraska is regarded as a state-sponsored breeding ground for the young men and women with inclinations toward marriage. Here the young women are sent to pick up a husband, and here the young men are dispatched to find a coed who would make a "good wife." Yes, altho reluctantly, university officials will admit there are persons in the university who enrolled for the social purpose of find ing a mate. Sororities do the best job in fulfilling this purpose, largely through such schemes as the "hour dances" and "exchange dinners.'' To a surprisingly large number of Greek-letter students, these schemes are revolting and high ly unpopular. Still they are continued, for not all of the boys and girls are able to get along "socially" on their own hooks. Perhaps this is attachinir undue importance to the subjects of "hour dunces" and "exchange dinners," hut since they exist in the midst of their unpopu larity, there must be some reason. This social maneuvering is nut confined to fraternity and sorority row alone. The barbs have their dances which aerve the same pur pose, (ioing as far as to set up a date bureau to holster the dances and eventually, N. L'.'s con tribution to the marriage mart. Another date bureau, along similar lines but unfortunately under 1 be management of non-students, was "frowned" out of existence by the administra tion. Iiecau.se its open advertisements cast a bad lijiht on the university. ' ne of these days, some one is going to lie downright honest with himself and herself and come out for the extermination of "hour dances" and "exchange dinners." Any such atritation should meet with instantaneous ap proval. Will Durant will be speaking Sunday on a topic near and dear to the hearts of many Ne braska I, students, but he will have to deal with the marriage problem with caution unless he wants Id step on some toes in a marriage minded audience. Modernizing Curricula Recently at Princeton univer sity, a committee of students was formed to participate in the ar rangement of curricular changes, as well as to serve with the group of professors that aids sophomores in choosing their courses of fur ther endeavor. This Is but one instance of the growing interest which is permeat ing American and Canadian uni versities in regard to curricular activities. More and more are students realizing the importance their voice can play in the im provement and modernization of the age old curricula of our uni versities and colleges. Here at Kentucky we are faced with a similar situation. We fol low a prescribed curriculum with little deviation. However, we do realize that the university senate has a standing committee that makes changes in the curriculum at the suggestion of professors and departmental heads. And we are not advocating radical changes, but are merely suggesting wider student participation in the deter mination of these courses. Perhaps our opinions are not rated highly by professors, but as university students we feel that we have some idea as to what should be expected from our studies. Intruders should realize the value of talking with students, and ascertaining what these stu dents think of their courses. Often subjects are too radically changed to be of any value to the student in his particular field. Yet, he is required to take such courses for graduation. Other courses may have been improved, still he must not deviate from the prescribed schedule. Students do not advocate such drastic action as complete control of the curriculum, but they do feel that they should have a repre sentative part in the determination of courses for their particular fields. Kentucky Kernel. Harry Tourtelot Heads Geologists Harry Tourtelot was elected president of Sigma Gamma Epsi lon, honorary geology fraternity, for the coming semester at a meeting held in Morrill hall Thurs day evening. Joe Johnson was elected vice president; James Fuenning, editor, and James Cros bie, secretary-treasurer. Resigning officers for the past semester were: Wade Turnbull, president; Paul Fuenning, vice president; Wilmer Shirk, secretary-treasurer, and Harry Tourtelot, editor. A rising vote of appreciation was given by the members of the organization to the resigning offi cers for their excellent work. A brief business meeting followed the election. I.C.N.Y. Mourns Policies of Nazis FESTIVAL iContinLcd fioni Page l.i will be graduated tiers on which ' the singers will be seated. Alter- j natir.g rows with members of the Glee rlub. who will w-ar white jackets, will be the members of j the University Kir.gns, wearing Dew wine colored roles. Nuiiilieis by the (j-e club will Open the festival. -Sweethearts on Parade" will be the theme of the second part, and will be pie-i gented by a male wtet from the Mens Clef rlub, feat unrig Louise Stapleton. soprano, and Nate Hoi- j man. jr., tenor. Vocal anil instru mental s'dos of fa miliar songs frim th" opeia will arid to the at-' tractiveiiess of this aer-tirm of the program, and all will join in clr.g- i ing the finale of "Sweethearts " The third ertion of the festival . will he thiee numbers sung by the UrUverytv Singers. According to Director Tern pel. the concert is the culmination of the semes'er work by members of thece musical or- ganizations. The concert is open without charge to the public. COMMITTEES Continued from Fage 1 easing the transition from high :h'ol to co liege. Advisor E'iciency. Working witn prof. J. P. Cuil ford, profescor of psychology, on I a more co-ii'i, rated program of' MU'ient guidance are ProfexKorx Karl Arri'lt. axsociiile profekor of. economic; p.. ". 11, a'.-ociate professor of e.lui atwiml psyhol .gy and ri.e;,.;i'ernent,; . (',. Demir g, prof, km r of hemiMry; O. J. hergiiMin, ii.n of the college f -rigin.-eriiig : . . Minteer. n oclnle pp.fo.v.r of vocation"! ed ucation, and Jmn- I'.. Wads fifth, acting cin,t man of the department v( Ivmuno. larig'rnes. Thin gn.'Jji v ill invetigte the sdvikiiiK system, the efficiency of VL and :rieijreri.enui arid va rious remedial rr, an'jrm that can be employed to aid the student. The rouinnttee working on in struction under Piof. D. A. Wor crter, i hair man of th depart ment of education! psychology nd tnesuremert. i rompopd of Professors A. R. Cnngdon. profes sor of secondary education; H. P. Davis, chair -man of the department tit daily husbandry; David Fell man .inntru'tor in political ari ence; B. C. Hendri ks, sk rate professor of chemist ry: W. A. Spurr, aitant professor of sta tistics, and fi. (). Kwayz.e, aoso ciste professor of j.-i aonu and latsir lelations. Ttils committee U at work ana lyzing grades and the grade sys tem. cl siw, examinations and the gord student. Various Mfiatant committees re rUIl lying organized and their niembtrihip will be announced at a later date. Daily Nebraskan Kntcr aa tertiBtf -r!xt mailer at the pottofflre la IJaeoln, Nebraska, saSer vl it roncreM, March S, 17, ant at aprelal rate of .tait prmldH for In aeetlia I10H, art of OetoSer t. 117. aatharlaes laaiur :. tint. Psychologically, Football Is O.K. Tulane Professor Soys Offers Needed Outlet NEW ORLEANS. La (ACP.. In all this debate about the value of cojlege football, a new point j )t favor Is its healthy influence on those who like to cut colleriate f apers. This new point on the favorable side of the gridiron ledger comes fiom John Madison Fletcher, dis tinguished psy hologist and re tired Tulane university faculty member, who rlmms that highly organized athletic systems make it easier to control the great n. asses of student found on col lege campuses. "It gives them an outlet which they need." he said "If they rould j not expend their feelings on foot j ball they would do it in more 1 harmful ways.'' Dr. Fletcher has studied foot I ball development from the days when it was tegarded as a minor sport. "As football grew there was a decrease In the planks and prac tical jokes which iiM-u to rharac , teriz college life." he Says. I "It is seldom today that stu , d.-r,ts resort to vandalism. There lias ten a tremendous iinieaae In i he number of students in colleges, 1 but discipline. Instead of becoming weaker, has become better. ' From my observation, I b. . lieve fotr.all Is greatly responsi ble for this. American Speech Prints Articles by Two Grads Two former students, Dorothy Bentr. who was Ivy Day poet at the 1937 -commencement, and Merle Herriford. who is now Those 'Nordic' Japanese With the announcement of the culture pact of Germany and Japan, the nails give the rest of the world a good laugh and suc ceed in demonstrating the "incon sistincies" a nation often commits in its path to a sworn goal. The world had just been given to understand that Germany con sidered her "Nordic" culture the one and only culture worthy of perpetuation. The Nordics, it was announced, were the only fit race and were the divinely appointed appointed group destined to rule the globe. But somehow nazis have now dicovered that Japan, too, has a meritorious culture. Their plans to disseminate each other's culture appear as a distinct reversal of former policy. Why do Germans suddenly think Japan's culture so worthy of ab sorption? The culture pact is fooling no one. It is but another of the diplomatic moves in the quest for power. Japanese are more unlike the Germans than the Jews who have been "degrading" German culture, but Germany doesn't need to be told that the way to get the other fellow's sup port is to "ok" everything he stands for. In vaunting her own culture there was implicit, if not always explicit. Germany's contempt "of work requires the use of la bora- all other cultures. Discovering tory facilities at times other than j that error when she wanted Jap- dauy scheduled class hours. But For Another New Building "The Horn Economics depart ment is badly In need of a foods and nutrition building. Students find it very difficult to produce the work expected of them under present conditions. Classrooms are constantly in use. "The nature of home economics classrooms are seldom free for study and if used at all must be shared with classes in session. This is most disturbing to both grcAips. How f an a class concen trate or get the most value from a class period with other groups moving about and using equipment when a conference is in session. How is it possible to do optimum work In a building such as the "Home Economics Annex" where a squeaking staircase drowns the teacher's voice and where the walls are so thin the classes have actually been forced to dismiss be cause of the noise of the slaugh tering of snimals on the other side of the partition? "How can institution maiors learn efficient management in j quarters intended to fill the needs anese aupoort. Germany ouicklv remedied the situation bv a special culture pact in which both parties aprove the "racial principles" of each other. Japanese are not Nordics, and their culture is a far cry from that of Germany. Are we now, pre sumably, to witness the spectacle of the Nordic Germans and Ori ental Japanese studying one an other's countries, exchanging films, art objects, and dissertations pais to the end? Daily Kansas. Faculty Research Enhances Diplomas To the Editor: Just a very brief note regarding one of the matters raised in your editorial of Thursday, Jan. 12; brief, because this is registration week, the busiest week of the school year for both students and faculty. Your editorial draws a rather sharp distinction between the function of a university professor as a teacher and his function hs a productive scholar. Your general position Is well summarized in your vigorous statement: "'The faculty's productive research is an extracurricular function individu ally undertaken, comparable to a degree to the student activities which are extracurricular to scho lastic pursuits." I am persuaded that I voice the belief of 95 percent of the admin istrators of the most reputable university of our country when I say that you are totally wrong. Research is the fructificr of in struction. A professor must be a student of his subject if his teach ins of it Is to be alive and fresh. But, you may ask. granted that I the professor must be discovering new material all the while and should be a student of his subject, why should he spend all the time : it requires in putting his research and study on the printed page? Because publication, among other I things, clarifies a man's thinking. I invites criticism of his ideas by other scholars and thus aids in the arrival at definite new discovery, enhances a teacher's self-respect , so that he "speaketh with author- j lty" irontrasting this manner of speaking sharply with bombast i. ' More reasons could be added. ! But one thing further: Whether I rightly or wrongly, research and j publication are at present expert i j of university faculties by the edu- j cational world. The value of your diploma will be weighed in the I world of educated men and women ' by the degree to weigh the individ ual members of the laculty of the University of Nebraska are known I beyond the environs of Lincoln ,t and of Nebraska. i With regard to the complaint j that students are unable to find i professors for individual confer- I ences, the most practicable method is for a student to make an ap pointment with his instructor after a class meeting. If theie are instructors who take their duties in so cavalier a fashion as to te fuse to nrrange such appoint ments, surely every administrator would be glad to have the informa tion. C. H. OLDFATHER. Dean. College of Arts and Sciences Chairman, Department of History College Drapes German Flag in 'Deep Sympathy' NEW YORK CITY. (ACP). The College of the City of New York hus gone into mourning over the death of learning and the search for truth in nazi Germany. As a protest against Hitler's treatment of scholars and students in German universities, the City college faculty council has given approval to a plan to drape in black the flags of German Institu tions which hang in the great hall of the main building. In suggesting the move, a joint student-faculty committee said; "We of City college, who serve scholarship, must understand the anguish suffered by the faculty and scholars of German Universi ties. They have our sincerest sym pathy." The committee also approved the following inscription, which will appear on the black drapings: "With profound sympathy for the real Germany and faith in her earlv restoration." Y. W. Vespers to Hear Child Welfare Worker I Mr. Harry Becker of the State Child Welfare society will speak I on the society's work with children at the regular Y. W. C. A. vespers Tuesday at Ellen Smith Hall, j The vespers choir will sing, and j Mary Bullock will lead worship services. tiKlvinir 4 1 T Vtti I T 4ao-va at Washington. D. C." have articles ; "f 80 p"'ple whereas today that appearing in American Speech. Herriford has written on "Slang Among Nebraska Negroes" and Miss Bent i on "American English as Spoken by the Barbadians." University of New Hampshire riflemen bsv won 23 matches in 24 starts. A Dartmouth college student has begun publication of a weekly newspaper for skiing enthusiasts. School Fight I he suggestion of Governor ux.htan that a constitutional amendment tie submitted placing the normals and the state univer sity under one head revives an ancient dispute. The cost of ad ministration under two heads is net I'r.t-u rr-Ab( n aa U . l . ' 400 t0 ,-000 f""" in I n.atter of sav.ng money by .-tI; v iix . . ' eonsolidation of boards is infin- !v r 1 """-! if-lmal. The chief argument for tLJ .rr . m'rn nr9,i' I thal lt '" co-ordinate admin The arrangement and equipment St,ation to the end that but one planned originally for a woman'. educational prog, am will be In ef dormitory to house 80 girls, now j fprt. The university now offers the must provide classrooms, confer-, .am. t.ourM ln nrm..i training as ence and ocial rooms for 435 ma-: ,0 lhe normals, and the latter show ... n.irai tumimui in m ii . tendency to develon into lifle slate universities. Llncln Journal. Pi Mu Epsilon Plans Meeting on Tuesday PI Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary, will hold a short busi ness meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Parlor A of the Union. Final plans for the initiation ban quet will be discussed at that time. Knds "NEB" Sai I rue Rnnrh'ad plr fr th wrfk fthmild n In "henn" 'Iftrh, G?orj( Jolmvin. Jrrrr l,a (nt. an4 Ja k Rit-. They left I Incoln TharttJay ii it: h I at n 1 nr n'cUtt k boa nd f(r Omaha, ( hit air. Net lork, nr om nheir. and didn't reiorn "lit rHday rtKtmins at U. Ihr. return trip frrnn "Mimruherr" tn the virlnlty of Omaha wa tinfiitful until, a tMliM-ldenrr tumid have It. ren time thai Jar would reM hiniM-'t from the arm nf M'lrphru r lijrrhil the rar Huuld he pawkinr iitrr a, hridte. Finally in dHeratlon JarU mumhlrd Imm ftom m hre In the- tut ! le p "Mow long r-ffre Here ilfic In jet orr Una nal hrldite." On 12th St Near the Campus house the Ag college cafeteria." Mrs. Marlon H. Wilson. 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