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Editor , Alan Jacob
Business Manager Betty Dixon
Assistant Business Managers Charlotte Hill, Morton Zuber
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Manaeing Editors Ceorge Abbott, Marjorie May
News Editors John Bauermei.ster. Pat Chamberlin, June Jamieioa.
Marylouise Goodwin, Mary Helen Thorns.
Sports Editor Norris Anderson.
Circulation Manager Don Papcz.
Unknown History . . .
(Editor's note: The following it mn editorial printed in the
Kern York Timet of April 4, 1943. It concern the results of a poll
taken by the newspaper which indicated that university students are
very uninformed of American history. A study of this campus is
How being conducted by the Daily Nebraskan.)
Highly discouraging is the report in this morning's Times,
based on a survey covering 7,000 students in thirty-six uni
versities, indicating that American college students are appal
lingly ignorant of even the most elementary aspects of United
States history. It is not a matter of failing to recall obscure
dates or of becoming entangled in insignificant dotails. Ac
tually 25 percent of these students did not know that Lincoln
.was president of the United States during the Civil war; 30
percent did not know that Woodrow Wilson was president
during the first World war. In this bicentennial year of
Thomas Jefferson, 84 percent could not cite two of the contri
butions made by this great American.
Even more distressing than the lack of information is the
astounding amount of misinformation disclosed by the stu
dents. J any college freshmen apparently haven't the laziest
notion of what this country looks like. Portland, Ore., is
placed on the Atlantic ocean, Hudson river, or Great Lakes.
Illinois, Texas, California and North Dakota are listed as being
on the eastern seaboard. Oregon, Mississippi, Wyoming and
Nevada are cited as among the thirteen original colonies. Stu
dents are uninformed even on fundamental questions, such as
the freedoms guaranteed by the Hill of Rights. To many, the
Bill of Rights guarantees the right to work, to play, to hap
piness, or to choose one's own recreation. A large number
believe it secures us against "want" or "fear." How can
anyone study American history and not know that the Bill
of Rights guarantees us freedom of speech, press, religion and
assembly f
Since most of these college students had only recently
completed high school courses in American history, the con-
cmsion is mcscapaoie tnat our nigh schools need better teach
jng in that subject. They need a course that will crive them
an intelligent picture of the growth and development of this
country. Moreover, United States history should be required
of all college students. When the Times survey of last June
disclosed that 82 percent of the colleges and universities do
not require their students to take this subject, the, argument
.was raised that the students are taught American history in
To the Editor:
On April 12th Admiral Ernest J
King made a public plea for funds
for the United States Navy through
the sale of War Bonds. A day
later representatives of the 1943
graduating class at the University
of Nebraska proposed the collec
tion of two dollars from every
senior to build a brick memorial to
themselves. Within a fortnight of
the time when President Roosevelt
launched the second nation-wide
War Bond campaign, a group of
middlewestern students have con
templated the spending of a sizable
sum for a campus decoration. Do
the seniors who advocate this
"gift" realize that there is a war
on?
If each graduating senior were
to donate two dollars to the Red
Cross, the War Bond campaign,
or even to the War Scholarship
fund, his gift would be patriotic
and worth-while. When persons
of supposedly above-average in
telligence suggest spending
money for a trifle at a time
when their federal government Is
discouraging superfluous spend
ing, I begin to question the value
of education in developing that
intelligence.
The place for this, year's class to
serve is on the battle field or the
home front. The service Ann Craft
and John Jay Douglass can render
to their country after graduation
will honor their university and
their class far more than any mon
ument they could erect. The class
of 1943 is unimportant in itself;
other classes will follow. A class
iti mportant only to the degree In
which its members become intelli
gent and useful citizens.
I trust my class will consider no
such proposal in 1944.
Sincerely,
DOROTHY JANE DOUGLAS, '44.
(Editor' note: The class of
'43 could dedicate the greatest
memorial ever conceived by any
group of students: by leading an
all-university campaign for the
S2 purchase of war stamps by
every, student. A memorial in
bonds or a memorial in
bricks?)
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.would be a waste of time. It would now appear that this
argument is fallacious.
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By Winn Nelson
For the more refined music
lovers, we offer this golden glo
bule of information. Andre Kos
telanetz and his "pause that re
freshes" orchestra will not leave
the air-ways per-usual when sum
mer comes this year, but will con
tinue the Sunday afternoon con
cert series right through the hot
ing the late evening study hours,
no doubt you have noticed the
new policy of Columbia Broad
casting System which bars swing
for the "better music" In its late
evening sustaining spots. This
department wonders what affect
the policy will have on the other
networks one we hope, except
for the outpour of more swing on
the sentimental side.
Spanish students at this uni
versity now can finish their
course and start being good neigh
bors with the Latin Americans,
The mystery of who owned the
cat that provided uie strings for
Jack Benny's violin is solved. One
of the U of N's Spanish profes
sors assigned his students to
write a sericl novel in Spanish en
titled, "El Violin de Jack Benny."
In it the heroine had to solve the
mystery of the cat that provided
the strings for said violin. How
the cat lost its inheritance at once
became a major problem to stu
dents. At last one of the brighter
scholars appealed to Benny him
self for an explanation. And
Benny wired him the answer:
"The cat that gave its all to
the cause of higher music, was
one starved out by Fred Allen
who would snatch the milk set
out for the pussy each morning
by a kindly boarding-house keeper
at Sixth Avenue and 58th street
In New York City.
Tommy Dorsey has replaced his
"Pied Pipers" with the "Four Sen
timentalists," a male quartet
group. Vocalist Bobby Canavin,
who is T. D.'s female soloist.
chimes in with the boya on the
background numbers.
Cedar Crest college. Allentown.
Pa., has added a ;"?-year nursing
curriculum in co-ODeratlon with
OWI Issues
War Program
Source Book
"Understanding the War," a
new OWI source book for gov
ernment information on the war,
should be of interest to all college
students in any phase of the na
tion's war program in their sum
mer school work, according to an
announcement sent from the Or
fice of War Information.
The bulletin divides the war
program into seven major areas:
The war on the world front, eco
nomics on the home front, man
power supply, training and dis
tribution wartime production for
military and civilian needs, the
community and the war, post-war
problems, and interpreting the
war to the people.
A suggested outline for class
work is presented for each of
these topics, and pertinent films,
posters, and pamphlets are listed.
Copies may be obtained free of
charge from the Division of Pub
lic Inquiries, OWL Washington,
D. C.
Uni Church Holds
Pre-Easter Service
During This Week
Pre-Easter services to be held
at the University Episcopal
church, of which Rev. L. W. Mc-
Millin is priest in charge, include:
Palm Sunday: 8:30 a. m.,
Blessing of palms and Holy
Communion; 11 a. m., Proces
sion of Palms, Choral Euchar
ist, and sermon.
Air crew members as well as
students are invited to to attend
these services.
California Coeds
Advertise Dance
By Cutting Grass
The newest thing In contests
was staged at the University of
California the first of this week
when 17 feminine activity heads
were pitted against each other in
a grass-cutting contest.
The contest was used to adver
tise and promote the college's Sen
ior Informal barn dance. Each
contestant was given a plot of
ground and a rusty knife, and the
three coeds who cut and sold the
most grass received prizes. Pur
chases of the most grass, whose
money was turned into war
stamps, received a bid to the barn
dance.
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BY BOB WILKINS.
Dr. Rufus Hooker, a ship's doc
tor who had planned to retire in
1941, went back to sea to bring
back the wounded from Pearl Har
bor. After such an experience he
decided to Temtain a ship's doctor
for the duration. Just recently
Dr. Hooker has published a book,
"Ship's Doctor," which tells the
experiences of his fourteen years
spent as a ship's doctor.
During these fourteen years Dr.
Hooker has traveled over a mil
lion miles, crossed the Atlantic
many times, sailed on world
cruises, and visited all parts of the
Pacific. His book gives the read
ers various glimpses into the life
of a ship's surgeon, who must be
an "all-around doctor." The book
also gives an insight into the lives
of the passengers and crew mem
bers who came under Dr. Hook
er's care.
Sergeant Jimmy Cannon has
written a new kind of book on
the subject of army life. His series
of sketches of army life which
have been running for some
months in the New York newspa
per "PM" have now been collected
and published, in the book, "The
Sergeant Says." Two years ago,
before entering the army, Sergeant
Cannon had a varied journalistic
career as a crime and sports re
porter and as an editorial writer.
Now that he is in the army, he
has turned to writing about army
life. He pictures the life of the
American soldier with many hu
man interest stories about former
lawyers, doctors, musicians, base
ball players, and others who are
now all wearing the same uniform.
"The Magical Realm," an au
tobiography by Kathleen Coyle
written on the pattern of a novel,
unfolds the story of her life, event
by event, to the climax. She spent
her early youth in the woods of
Northwestern Ireland. - Her book
is not only the story of her own
fascinating childhood but also a
portrait history of an Irish fam
ily and the colorful countryside in
which she lived.
Governor Griswold Talks
At Faculty Meet Tuesday
Gov. Dwight Griswold will speak
to members of the faculty and the
Board of Regents Tuesday in the
Union. Reservations must be made
by Monday, according to Prof.
C. A. Forbes.
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