The DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday. October 25. I939
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Pressure to Publish
A Phenomena of Mind
The central issue con
fronting the university is how
to adequately offer its students
the chance they deserve the
chance of intellectual attain
ment and preparation by means
of professorial stimulation and
"awakening."
In other words, altho it is the
obligation of every student to
his parent and his state to seri
ously and responsibly reflect, it
is, at the same time, a duty of
members of any university fac
ulty to implant and excite in
terest, to provoke intellectual
effort, and to fulminate schol
nrly thought and investigation
for the personal growth of the
Student who cares.
Faculty members here, if
they would only come to real
ize it, have the opportunities
to do just that. Some of them
do ; others, it must be admit
ted, have never had and nev
er will have the ability. But
the opportunity' still remains.
No faculty member on this
campus, it seems, is obligated
to the "powers of hire and
fire" to publish or do schol
arly research for the sake of
reputation and of publicly
advancing the name of the
university in the eyes of edu
cated men. No faculty mem
ber is in duty bound to spend
his time, which should be
more adequately dedicated to
the betterment of his students
and his classes, delving over
a "welter of treatises on
technical research in obscure
ly technical publication." The
"pressure to publish," as it
is called in pedagogical cir
cles, seems, however, to be a
natural phenomena in the
minds of those engaged in
the teaching profession. It
has been, and probably still
is, the belief of at least a mi
nority here that their "bread
and butter," their success or
failure, depends predominate
ly upon the publication and
research they produce in
their specialized fields. If
it is a case of "getting extra
spending money," perhaps
that is true. Generally speak
ing, however, it is not.
A week ago an editorial in
these columns referred lo this
subject from a broad viewpoint.
In the article we attempted to
draw a distinction between the
student's yardstick of nieasur
or inability to teach," and the
yardstick of the professors who
jng a professor by "hi ability
seem to judge themselves by
these other methods.
It was entirely coincidental
that one-week before the ap
pearance of that editorial,
Chancellor C. S. Voucher sent
to all members of the faculty
"excerpts from the recent 'Re
port of Some Problems of Per
sonnel in the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences by a Special Com
mittee. Appointed by the Presi
dent of Harvard University' "
which "seemed to be worthy
of contemplation by staff mem
bers of other universities." In
cluded in the publication were
such random quotations:
"The replies to the commit
tee's questionnaire reveal the
existence of a belief that teach
ing, and particularly the tuto
rial type of teaching, receive
inadequate recognition; and
that there is an overinsistence
on published research, with the
result that both teaching and
broad scholarship tend to be
neglected."
"This is 'pressure lo pub
lish,' in the. bad sense, and it is
more creditable to resist than
to yield to such pressure..."
"The standard of basic schol
arship eliminates two types of
individuals, embodying the two
extremes. . . .On one hand, it
eliminates the teacher. . .whose
sphere of usefulness is limited
to the relatively immature,
apathetic and uncritical under
graduate. On the other hand,
it excludes the man of research,
so-called, whose attainment is
limited to the detection of iso
lated facts or to the amassing
of data and bibliographies, or
to the performance of routine
operations and calculations;
and whose usefulness is merely
auxiliary to the work of others
who are qualified to integrate,
systematize and interpret."
And in his introductory ad
dress to the faculty on Sept.
20, 1938, the chancellor said:
"In many universities teach
ing has been grossly neglected,
because the faculty members
regarded themselves primarily
as members of a research insti
tute; and this attitude was
stimulated by the policy of
many university administra
tions under which promotions
in rank and increases in salary
were awarded almost solely for
'pure scholarly research,' and
very rarely if at all for effec
tive instruction. It seems to
me that the only sound and fair
policy is this: Significant con
tributions in undergraduate ed
ucation should receive recogni
tion in promotions in rank ami
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tickets fur the fall review in the office
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1)K(K TKNNI8.
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tournament will be plaved Tuesdiiv, Oct. 31.
KIDI.NU (Mil S TON SO US (O NT KMT.
A contCHt Is open for a clever name for
the University Rldlnc club. Those who
wish to enter are requested to get in
touch with Lillian Lutlgen at the Alpha
Fhi house.
CORN COBS.
Active members of Corn Cobs will meet
at 12 this noon for n special lonrheon
meeting in the faculty dining room of the
Union.
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cording to an announcement made yester
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weekly matinee dance to be held from 5
to 6. A meeting of all workers and ac
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ministration sorority, has elected Frances
Hcnn as recording secretary in place oi
Marjorie Poyer who has resigned,
STl'OKNT FKI.l-OWSHIP.
The Presbyterian Student Fellowship will
meet for lunch in Tarlor C of lh Union
at noon today. Dr. Wm. Patterson will
preside.
HTUDKNT CENTER PROGRAM.
Rabbi Jacob Ogle will speak on "Con
flict Between Church nnd State" at the
Presbyterian student center from & to 6
p. m. tolny.
From 7 to 8 P. m., Pr. O. K. Bouwsma
will disciuta "Discover Beliefs That Mat
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AMCK.
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night. The program will consist of slide
lectures by lonard Carlson on the Cat
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M. K. m.VNKH MKKTINU.
All sophomore, Junior and senior
mechanical rngineeung students have,
been Invited to attend dinner meeting,
sponsored by the American Hourly of
mc nanicai engineers, to be held to
day at A p. m. In the Union. All who at
tend the dinner will lie charged 25 cenls
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increases in salary comparable
to Die same form of recognition
(riven for significant research
scholarship at the (rraduato
level."
Chancellor, the DAILY, in
the interests of the students
of this university, sincerely
hopes that you may unjoy the
same measure of success in
this endeavor as is already
apparent in some of your oth
er innovations. Students
have for too long suffered
from the lack of teachers who
have and who manifest the
ability to stimulate student
interest in the courses offered
in the college mrricnla.
flDnn!sc
Dear Editor:
What, may I ask, is the differ
ence between II Duce's official
newspaper, which prints exactly
what Mussolini gives it to print,
and the "Rag" which prints (if it
follows orders and keeps its edi
tors out of "dutch") exactly what
the news and service bureau gives
it?
In Germany, the newspapers
hold stories until they are. "cold"
stone cold, because Herr Hitler
considers it best that the people
of the reich knows only the things
that the minister of propaganda
and Herr Hitler decide they
in the University of Nebraska to
daythat the United States has
the only free press in the world
that the Constitution gives the
privilege of a free press. k
I recognize that there must
a news and feature servicethat
stories with a release date must
be held Jn respect of that date
but I also recognize that this serv
ice must be fair.
A reporter is supposed to get
news not publicity releases. He ia
supposed to look for news wher.
ever he can get it and that source
must be the one that can give him
the news while it is news. He
should be allowed to get stories
and print them as soon as pos
sible the editors are supposed to
look out as to the truth and im
portance of the news, and will do
so if given a fair break.
If the news and service bureau
is going to hold all news and cen
sor it there should be a release
time established that will allow
the DAILY and the city papers
to get the story out at the same
time. The city papers have been
scooped so what? How many
times has the DAILY been scooped
in news that is properly university
news and the province of the uni
versity paper, because the city pa
pers have been given the news be
fore the DAILY could pos.Hibly
print it.
It is perfectly all right for the
city papers to print city, state
nnd national news but the DAILYa
should get "first crack" at cam
pus news, or at least an even
break in the time.
Perhaps Mr. Neimann did wrong
tlie facts of the case seem to
be pretty well censored -but I feel
that the thing he wants -the idea
behind his "misstep" is to get an
even break. After all -he lias a
$40 a month job it isn't likely
that he would throw that away
just for the hell of it.
Signed,
Phil Duley,
A. & S. soph,
Lincoln.
To the Editor:
The Kosmct Klub feels that the
"Bermudas" received last Thurs
day were well deserved. The Klub
feels, however, Uiat it should be
able to defend its position. The
faculty committee is of the opinion
that one month is enough time to
organize a Kosmet Klub Fall Re-
vue and give ample time for skit
preparation the Klub is inclined
to agree with the committee. As
we ail know, preparation and prac
tice on skits has been put off
and delayed in the past with tJ
shorter time allotted us this year,
that delay must be overcome. Thus
the shorter entry deadline.
Respectfully
Grant Thomas.
P. S. You know the Kosmet
Klub wouldn't hurry unless it had
to.
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