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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, January 15, 19411
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Union sponsors
discussion series
Those hectic days of preparedness and argument over aid to Britain oc
casion something more than just a little discussion by students. With the
newspapers full of war news, newspaper editors are making the most of this
opportunity to let readers know what they think.
On this campus, there is enough variance of opinion concerning the war
and aid to Britain to provide inquiring reporters and anyone else, for that
matter, enough material to write dozens of articles, stories, or even a thesis.
Even though the latler might be turned into a psychological study on the
"Instability i v'egiate Thinking," it would be interesting.
The U i with the help of the DAILY, will inaugurate what it
hopes to be a series of round table discussions, carried on by students,
with a faculty member as supervisor. Friday, the first of these round
tables has been scheduled.
Miss Patricia Lahr, Union social director, lias asked several students,
Oiv JIisl Sidsi
by Boh Aldrich
So, final exams have got you
down, have they? Well, it's all in
your head.
Trouble is you've been studying
all by yourself. No wonder you
look so peeked. The only way to
cram for finals is to get together
with two or three other misfits
who are taking the same course.
Following is an example of a
typical cram session. Three men
whom we shall call Xerxes, Ya
hoodi, and Zilch, have gotten to
gether the night before the final in
Psych something-or-other.
Xerxes. Well, fellas, how about
a little good ol' hittin' the books?
Yahoodi. Okay, let's go. Shall
we divide up and each take ten
chapters or everybody review the
whole book? Or shall we each
take a page?
Zilch. Let's each take one of
your cigarettes and throw the
books out the window.
Xerxes. It says here, "Condi
tioned reflexes are set up when "
Yahoodi. Did I tell you about
the girl I ran into at the dance last
night?
Zilch. You mean Ethel? Oh,
I've known Ethel all my life. What
did she look like?
Xerxes. And the book goes on
to say, "Fourteen canaries tested
by this method were found to lose
their tempers at the first sight of
Professor Schultz."
Yahoodi. If he's the guy that
wrote the book, I can't blame
them. Well, fellas, shall we break
it up? No use wearing ourselves
out, you know.
Zilch. I read somewhere you
ought to go to a movie the night
before takes your mind off books.
Xerxes. Well, nobody can say
we didn't study. I always say
there's nothing like a bull session
to get a strangle-hold on a course
like this. Come on, we'll miss the
newsreel!
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A Anne aponwrod by tar Barb Ooanefl
will be hold Saturday Vcb. 1 from S to II
p. m. All Ntndrnt are Invited to attend,
lea eent or a barb activities card will
be tbe admialon.
8TITENT tOl NCTU
Student Council will meet la the I'nloa
at 6 p. m. today.
YW election-
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chairman of the Office and Per
sonnel staff. Frances Drenguis is
chairman of the International Re
lations group.
Shirley Kyhn and Sylvia Katz
man, both sophomores, are candi
dates for treasurer. Shirley Kyhn
is a freshman commission leader
and was in the training group.
Ag YW will hold its election at
the same time. Marie Anderson
and Monetha Newman are candi
dates for president.
Ag officers.
Marie Anderson has been on the
ag cabinet for two years and
attended conferences at Estes
Park for two years. Monetha New
man has been on the ag cabinet
for two years and attended Estes
Tark Conference one year.
Dorothy Schudel, a sophomore,
and Elizabeth Lobddl, a freshman,
are candidates for secretary.
All paid members may vote in
Ellen Smith Friday from 9 a. m.
to 5 p.m. The elected officers will
be installed at the beginning of
the second semester.
The president-elect selects for
her cabinet those women not
elected to office. This procedure
has been established by precedent.
The losing candidate for president
has first choice of cabinet positions.
Editor, The Daily Nebraskan,
Student Union.
Dear Editor:
May I call your attention to a
misunderstanding which is likely
to arise from one item in the story
of Jan. 10, entitled "Grade Survey
Shows First 100 Hours the Hardest
at College." In the second para
graph on page 2 is the statement,
"Marks in the same courses but
under different instructors varied
considerably, however, as the
median of 92 in Educational Psy
chology under one instructor
dropped to 78 in another section of
the same course." This might
imply that one instructor is much
easier in his marking than another.
(In this instance nobody would
assume that the instructor having
the highest median is the best in
structor.) The facts are these. We
have recognized in this department
that some students because of sim
ilar courses or wide, reading
already know a gTeat deal of the
material which we ordinarily give
in this course in Educational Psy
chology. Therefore, last semester,
and we are continuing the practice,
an examination equivalent to a
final examination was given to all
of those registered for Education
63 during the very first week of
the course. Then a special section
was made up comprising the top
20 of the 268 who had registered
for the course. This class of stu
dents already possessing- a gTeat
deal of knowledge, worked inde
pendently on a program, read very
widely, and attempted not only to
fill in those portions of the course
that were not known at the begin
ning; but to extend their informa
tion beyond that which is ordi
narily reached in the ordinary
class. X think you will see then
why the median seore of this gToup
was so very high and why it is
not at all appropriate to compare
their scores with those in other
sections of the course.
As the comparison given in the
NEBRASKAN story has attracted
quite a little discussion among both
faculty and students, I shall appre
ciate it if you will find space to
publish this explanation.
Cordially yours,
D. A. Worcester, Professor
Educational Psychology.
Epidcniic-
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mothers of all the fraternity and
sorority houses instructing them
what to do in flu cases. Because
nursing- is not necessary in most
cases. Dr. Lyman urged that sick
students be kept isolated in the
houses rather than sent to the in
firmary. The epidemic of influenza which
has hit many parts of the country
is under control and not serious
in Nebraska, according to Dr. A.
L. Miller, state health department
director. K. said that altho the
number of cases in Nebraska is
the greatest since 1918, the disease
is generally mild.
Dr. Lyman cited the warm
weather aa a source of mcch of
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representing intervention and non-intervention opinions, to participate itf
the first roundtable.
Professor R. A. Winnaeker, whose interest in student thought and whose
efforts to help the DAILY in presenting current events to the students has
earned him our appreciation, will be the faculty representative at this first
meeting.
The discussion will be open to all students interested in the war, and,
incidentally in Union coffee. Miss Lahr will use the turnout and perform
ance Friday as an indicator of what her future course should be.
Naturally, the Union hopes that those who attend will have some
thing to say or ask; that they attend because they are interested in
discovering other opinions, or in presenting' their own. A successful
roundtable Friday will pave the way for a whole series next semester.
In the meantime, lelters from readers of the DAILY concerning domestic
or foreign affairs are invited. The future of this nation and of our form
of government may be at slake: and it may not be at stake. We would like
to know what you think. Should we go to wart Should we send all we have
to Britain? Should we let Britain fight alone and not help her? What should
we dot Purely you have an opinion. Your name will not be divulged unless
you consent, so why not write? Use Uncle Sam's postal system or the uni V'1
versity's. But write.
Behind the Headlines
by Olson and Ordol
Roosevelt and limitations
Tho not commenting personally, the president revealed today, thru
his secretary, Stephen Karly, that he would be willing to accept rea
sonable limitations, as urged by Wendell Willkie, on presidential pow
ers sought under the administration s legislation to aid nations at war
with the axis powers.
At the same time, Speaker Rayburn announced that administra
tion leaders in the house would be willing to accept similar limitations;
and republican representative Simpson of New York introduced amend
ments to the bill which would limit the president's authority to two
years and would specifically name the nations to be aided with loans
of war equipment. Whether the administration will consider these spe
cific limitations as satisfactory has not yet been indicated.
Opponents of the bill in the senate do not seem at all inclined to
accept the lease-lend program, under any sort of limitations and Sen
ators Taft, Wheeler, Clark, Vandenburg and others are devoting their
efforts to get the bill killed, regardless of modifications.
Senator Taft has suggested, as a substitute for the leAse-lend
measure, a cash loan to Britain, ''when and if" British credtis are ex
hausted. In presenting his counter
administration program yet offered,
tant thing is to keep British aid separate from our own defense," and
predicted that Willkie's "in principle" endorsement of the lease-lend
program, would not have any effect
On the face of it, Taft may appear to be advocating aid to Britain
with his cash loan plan. However, in his attempt to distinguish our
own defense from British aid, he reveals himself directly at logger
heads with the administration, the republican standard bearer, and
others who believe that our own defenses are inextricably entwined
with those of the beleaguered democracies.
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named Mary Anderson, and Lois
Ranson were the only people on
the train who starred in the movie.
Neil Hamilton, veteran of the
screen and stage, who describedj
himself as "Participant A" in
premiere festivities, is the distin
guished looking actor with a slight
English accent you'd expect him
to be. Hamilton thinks Mrs. Aid
rich has a "nice knack of observ
ing Americans." He doesn't place
much faith in the community the
ater movement which is sweeping
the country, and he thinks the
university theater groups do more
to develop writers than actors.
Movie star worshippers got a
thrill when they saw Wayne Mor
ris of "Brother R.at" fame step
off the car. Monis is himself a
hero worshipper of Nebraska's
football team, that is.
If people were expecting to see
a sophisticated movie star when
they saw Mary Anderson, who
plays Amy in the movie, they were
surprised. Mary, who also played
a bit part in "Gone With the
Wind," is a smiling little girl who
gets a bang out of telling about
her own college days and about
her brother, now under contract
at Warner Erothers. To Mary,
"drama is portraying life," and
the story of "Miss Bishop," with
its human appeal, meets her re
quirement Other stars in Lincoln as pre
miere guests who spent their time
in the club car looking over Ne
braska's rolling prairies or in the
diner eating a belated breakfast
were Martha O'Driscoll, Daisy
Mae in the current picture "L'il
the Infection. The change to
lighter clothing was too sudden,
and a cold wave would greatly im
prove the situation, he said.
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