WEDNESDAY, FEDRUAUY 15, 1939
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DAILY NECRASKAN
Official Newspaper ot More Than 6.000 Students
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD KAPLAN
BUSINESS MANAGER RICHARD M'GINNIS
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Managing Editors ...Merrill Englund,
Harold Niemann.
News Editors ....June Bierbower, Richard DeBrown,
Norman Harris, Ellsworth Steele, Fern Steute
vllte, Ed Wittenberg.
Society Editor Margaret Kraus
Keporlers Marian Bremen, Stanley Brener, Jean Charahan,
James Camtll. Janice Felthanser, Gene Garrett,, Pat
Greene, Marvin Hoffman, Frances Kecfer, Betty Kline
el, Evelyn Lcavitt. John Mackay. M r t n Mar
golin, Clyde Martt, Donald Moore. Hubert Ofden,
Clark O'Banlon, Chris Peterson, Rae Robertson. Paal
Svoboda, Laeille Thomas, David Thompson, Ava
Wharton.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Assistant Business Managers Arthur Hill. Robert
Seidel, Helen Severs.
Solicitor .. ..Ed Segrist, Phil Simpson. Burton Th lei.
Circulation Manager......... ..Stanley Michael-
EDUCATION AND TOMORROW ..;
As a Nebraskan once said: , 1
I've traveled north, I've traveled, south,.,
I've traveled east, and west,
I've heard, the men of iany states, . . :
Proclaim that their 's is best. ' .
But the moje I see of out1 fair land,'5 ' ' " '
The farther I rriay roam, '
The more my heart is filled with pride,
To call Nebraska home.
Perhaps more than ever before will emi
grants from this stale, scattered over all the
world, reminisce with pleasant thoughts simi
lar to that above. Thruout the country, in
cities on both coasts, loyal Nebraska alumni
will unite this week to celebrate the close of
the university's seventh decade.
To students with no memories, no senti
mental attachments, it is difficult to imagine
the thrills enjoyed by alums of all ages upon
seeing again in mind and body the schoolhood
chums and pranks of never-to-be-forgotton col
lege days. To students harried with the
every-day task of gleaning an education from
classes and books, it is difficult to realize the
significance of those college experiences. That
degree of understanding must come later, if
ever, after the fermentation process of actual
life has mellowed the pictures with its years.
It seems most useless to prate of loyalty
and obligation which the graduate owes to his
alma mater if he does not, can not, feel it him
self. If his memories and recollections arouse
no smiles, no gratitude, then no requests can
arouse a contribution. If there was no spirit
in undergraduate days, there can be little fond
ness in later days.
It is not how much the university has
grown and developed thru its 79 years, but
what it has grown to, and what it is today,
that matters to the student. It is the quality
of his education, and the depth of his appre
ciation for the fields of understanding which
that education has laid open before him, that
will fire the spirit within hi3 body.
Concurrence, not assimilation, is the key to
a continued interest after graduation. It is
the student who actively and co-operatively
learns, who is the one who will be of value to
his alma mater in years to come. It is to
develop this type of student for which instruc
tors should strive. It is to become this type of
student for which all undergraduates should
strive . .s
Interest in the individual was at the heart
of the old liberal arts tradition. This, same
type of Interest can .be manifest in the student
who shows the desire for it. In him' can grow
and develop the mature feeling which in years
to come can result in. material, gain for the
university. ' .
The university needs this help and will con
tinue to need- it. There is no room for lack of
gratitude , for' the facilities that are on the
campus, nor :for lack" of realization that they
are afforded only at the cost of sacrifice by
the taxpayers of the state. But in the face of
steadily increasing enrollments, these existing
facilities are insufficient. A new library, addi
tional dormitories, modern laboratories will be
gained only thru gifts.
The donors of those gifts most come from
the students of today. In them must the de
sire to help be aroused. In all students most
the significance of true education be firmly
planted.
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Birthday - -,
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cations on migration and slum
problems, has been shown again
and again by numerous educa
tional institutions which have pre
sented her with honorary degrees.
In .addition to her standing as a
Ph.D. from Chicago, Dr. Abbott
has been honored with LL.D. de
grees from Beloit college in 1924
and from Oberlin college In 1937.
A degree of doctor of letters was
given her by Nebraska university
In 1917.
Outstanding highlights in the
career of the speaker is the work
she has done as the president of
the National Conference of Social
Work, and as Joint editor of the
Social Service Review and the So
cial Service Monograph.
During the Hoover administra
tion her publication on "Crime and
the Foreign Born" was accepted
intact as the seventh volume of
the reports of the tYickersham
commission sent out by cor.gress.
She is outstanding as a member
of the American )'on"nic asso
ciation, the American Statistical
association, the American Asso
ciation of Social Workers, and
American Institute of Criminal
Law.
As a writer as well as a social
worker, Dr. Abbott has shown out
standing ability. Among the ten
more important publications she
has edited in the last 30 years are
found treatises relating to the
tenement problems in Chicago,
child delinquency, immigration and
Industrial hardships.
Boucher opens convo.
Opening the convocation this
mornlne is Chancellor C. S.
Boucher, who will preside and in
troduce the speaker. Music will
be furnished by the university
symphony orchestra, under the di
rection of Don Lentz. playing Bi
zet's L'Arlesienne. Rev. A. H.
Rulkoetter, Union college presi
dent, will give the invocation.
Nebraska alumni and university
staff members will do their part in
commemorating Charter Day, at a
banquet in the Union at 6:30 this
evening. This affair will be car
ried on simultaneously with simi
lar celebrations in 34 towns and
cities scattered from coast to
coast
Presiding at the banquet will be
Vincent C. Hascall, president of
the Nebraska Alumni association.
Main after dinner toasts will be
delivered by the morning speaker,
Dr. Abbott, and Chancellor
Boucher on appropriate Founders
Day topics.
Within the state, alumni ctouds
will join together on the birthday
of their alma mater in Albion, Al
liance, Broken Bow. Clay Center,
Columbus, Curtis, Fremont, Ge
neva, Holdrege, McCook, Norfolk,
North Platte. Pierce. Scottabluff.
Sidney and Tecumseh.
The alumni of Chicago have
postponed the observance of Char
ter Day to March 31 in order to
hear the address of Chancellor
Boucher, to be in Chicago then to
speak before the North Central
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools.
Foundation to meet.
The annual business meeting of
the University Foundation under
the direction of Victor B. Smith,
Omaha, president. Is scheduled for
noon today in the Union. Annual
reports of the organization s ac
tlvities will be discussed.
In charge of preparations for
the morning convocation and gen
eral Charter Day activities is Dean
Girl Pre-Meds meet
to adopt 'constitution
There will be a meeting of the
Girl's Pre-Med organization to
night at 7 o'clock in room 305 of
the Student Union. A constitution
will be adopted and a name will
be decided upon for the group. All
girls interested in medicine, es
pecially freshman girls, are urged
to attend.
O. J. Ferguson of the engineering
college. Alumni celebrations as
weu as details of the evening ban
quet are being supervised by Ray
Ramsay, university alumni secre
tary.
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Today, in order to deviate from
the usual run of political and
campus "blow-by", we went into
the predictions of H. G. Wells and
found the original of our rather
unusual question.
Of course, it is to be realized
that the opinions and idess ex
pressed below are based on what
few indications of future trends
exist in our world today. None of
those interviewed put a good deal
of "stock" in their predictions but
they did feel that their ideas were
as good as the ordinary persons.
Wells, who's rather brilliant and
spectacular predictions have
gained the interest of the entire
world, in his writings such as
'Things to Come" and many others
deals mainly with the scientific ad
vancements that he feels will be
made. In the scope of our question
we also included queries on social,
family and moral life. With these
things to work with, students
made such predictions as these:
BETTY ATKINSON AFFILI
ATED TEACHERS COLLEGE.
"Perhaps one of the outstanding
changes will be In the famiiy life.
Families will be much smaller and
the population. of the country will
dwindle. Then too, this family life
will be very uncentered and disor
ganized. By 2039 the convertible
car which can travel on the land
or sea or In the air will have made
Its appearance. About the only
thing that will not be changed to
any great degree will be food. Peo
ple love it too much."
ARTHUR BLECHA UNAF
FILIATED, ENGINEERING.
"Before I say anything else, I
want to say that I have one main
desire and that is to live until I'm
85 years old so that I can see
2000 come in. Men and women will
be on an entirely equal basis due
to scientific advancement which
will make one as powerful as the
other. As far as clothing goes, I
believe that it will be as now
they won't wear any more than
they have to. Most of the advance
ment from now on will be in the
field of human relations and in the
science that we have already
brought to light."
EDNA GLEBE UNAFFILI
ATED ARTS AND SCIENCE.
"I think that family life will be
more centered than it is now. By
that time there will be a smaller
amount of work to be done and
there will be more time for family
relationships. Television will just
be one of the conveniences of the
day. Of course the materials which
are used in many fields will be
bettered but I believe that we can
count on the styles and lines re
maining somewhat as they are
now."
GEORGE PARADISE AFFILI
ATED, ENGINEERING.
1 predict that the 21st century
man will travel by rocket Our
entire highways system will be
changed to take care of convert
able planes and autos. However,
the laws of gravity would make
such things as trips by rocket and
planes to the moon and other
planets impossible.''
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