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Friday, April 23, 1943 DAILY NEBRASKAN F.rliiftntnii A fhmpfif p Ch fin&& I yipMnimmpMi, a.! -mi m. i. j ,."u'-:1,! J)11.1' . .!.-... 1 --TTrrrriiiP-f In U. S. History Teaching National educators, comment' ing on the New York Times history survey, expressed opinions that the survey was of real value because it disclosed the need for more in- (BooL BY BOB WILKINS. John D. Passos chose as the sub ject of his latest book, "Number One," the fictional character, Homer T. Crawford, a Southern demagogue who is the "number one" or big bass of the movement to "Make Every man a Millon aire." The story of his use from a newsboy to ice cream salesman, from a lawyer trained in handling wild-cat oil leases to the floor of the United States Senate is a story within a story. "Number One"' continues the story of the Spotswood family which was be gun in an earlier novel, "Adven tures of a Young Man." Herbert Spotswood, the father, Is in Geneva watching the prog ress of the League of Nations. The youngest son of the family has been killed in the Spanish Civil War and, at present Tyler, the eldest son, a veteran of the first World war, is Chuck Craw ford's publicity man and chief sec retary. It is thru the eyes of this man that the reader sees the rapid and unscrupulous rise of power of the gay, loud ana mimess "xsum ber Oone." The American Leonardo,' by Carleton Mabee, is a biography of the artist-inventor of the tele graph. It is surprising to many Americans to learn that Samuel F. B. Morse was not only the "father of the electromagnetic telegraph" and the originator of the Morse Code but also a dis tinguished portrait painter, busi ness promoter, and politician. This biographer pictures Morse as a friendly man and discusses his re lationship with his contemporaries such as Bryant, Cooper, and other distinguished men of the period. McKinley Cantor's latest book, "Happy Land," is the story of a typical small town in wartime America. Rurrtv Marsh, the main character, is the son of the town's dnierist. Earlv in the war. Rusty joined the navy and became one of the first casualties, ai ursi jar. Marsh found it difficult to recon cile himself to Rusty's death be cause he felt that his son naa noi seen enough of his own country really to know America. It is Rusty's grandfather, a Civil War veteran, who showed Mr. Marsh that his son had known American democracy thru his daily life and was thus prepared to fight and die to preserve it. formation on the subject. They did not, however, agree on the findings of the Times question naire. All educators seconded the papers' call for a better knowledge of history among high school stu dents and college freshmen. William F. Russell, dean of teachers college of Columbia uni versity, said "I am confident that the issue is not whether ignorance of American history is the result of the practice ot teaching history, geography, economics and civics in close relation to each other under such a title as 'social studies' or of following the older procedure of teaching each subject separate ly." Gives Three Reasons. Both systems have been tried in the New York school system. The reasons, Dean Russell stated, for the lack of knowledge are the short school vcar. poor pay of teachers and large size of classes Declaring that the survey con firmed his belief that histoi-y was thought "unstylish," Dr. Andre A Beaumont, jr., associate professor of history at New York university, laid the blame tor siuuenis poor showing on the curriculum planners. "Oood. sound courses In Amer ican historv are rare in our high schools. I do not think that the subsidiary school sciences are of much value without a sound back ground of political history, and I do not believe that the average hi&h school historv course could have prepared students for such questions." "improan msiorv snouia ue taught with the idea of making the youth of the country more . T a. world-rmnuoa, according 10 i ra. Nrisnn A Mead, cnairman or me history department at City College rf Now York. "A narrow nationalistic study of Amorimn historv is not likely to prepare young men and women to play an intelligent pari in neiping trt solve the serious problems which will confront the country when the war is over," ur. ieaa said. University of Tampa is offering an eight-month war emergency training course to prepare youin in snecific fields for war service, both military and physical. Twelve University of lexas naval ROTC students will win their commissions in the navy in June First products of tne tnree-year-old unit's speed-up program. 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