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Rage 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN - Viday, October 4 1946 EDITORIAL - COMMENT J Jul (Daily ThbhcuJiarL rOBTT-FDTB HAS S"bcrjPt'0, 1-50 pr Kmeiler, $2.00 per semester mailed, or va.w tur ura micgg year. ouu maitea. aingie copy sc. Published daily during cnooi year except monaayi ana Saturdays, vacations and examination periods, oy ine students or tne university or Nebraska under the supervision or me ruoiication uoaro. tnterea as second class Matter at the Post Office in Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress, March 3. 1879. and at soecial rate of postage provided for in section 1 103, act of October 2, 1917, authorized septemoer au, iszz. EDITORIAL STAFF. Cdltor Phyllis Teaamrdea Managing Kdltnra Milrirr Jrnklnn, Mary Alio Cawood News Editors: Dale Novotnj. Phyllis Mortlock, Jack Hill, Mary Louise Blnmel, Jeaane Kerrigan. Sports id I lor Georre Miller BUSINESS STAFF. larinras Maaarer ... Jim Vaa Iaadlntluuii Anlntant BunlneM Man a Ken , , Dorothy Lather, By ma Kazoirk (.'Irrolattoa Manager Krlth Jones How About It?? Editorials are to be written on pertinent questions al ways. There are, however, certain ones that go unnoticed if lAft until suph time when thev are leeallv such. One of these is the question of finals. The process of final week has come back in all its two week glory again, according to the new N book and there fore should be discussed wnue tnere is sua ume ior sug gestion. It is hoped that this will not go entirely unnoticed by some influential persons. Finals at Nebraska might well be considered as part of tradition since the theme, vein and style in many courses has failed to deviate over a period of years. This is a form of retrogression in education rather than progression and should be dealt with accordingly. Progressive education does not promote standardiza tion in any form and such practices as finals and tests should be no exception to the rule. Age-old as they are they are deserving of revision to a great extent. Assuming that finals have to be given why not at least make them an instrument of increased learning instead of a sweat session, the outcome of which depends on an in dividual's power of memorization following hours of cram ming. Under the present system the degree of good a final does a student is practically nil. He crams and crams him self with too many abstract terms and titles that will be of little or no value to him. In the form of suggestion why wouldn't it be possible to adopt a system of final testing along these lines? Each instructor would accelerate his his program to cover the entire course m one week less than the time designated now. Then devote the last week to covering the five or ten most important points of the course and give a final over these points. Additional work would be required of the instructor to condense his course but the over all student benefit from the course would undoubtedly be greater. One strong argument always raised to the above plan is that by testing in such a manner the student would only have a few things to consider and would practically know the questions before they were given. This is true in every detail but what of it? If he at least knows these he would, under this system, konw the most valuable aspects of the subject and would re tain them longer since the pactice of cramming would be gone, replaced by actual knowledge of the condensed ma terial. Another argument might be that certain subjects can not be cut so sharply or reduced to a small number of ques tion. This too may be true but by simplfying complex questions and connecting related ones, the number would be reduced to a few, yet covering exactly the same material. If it is absolutely impossible to cut a course at least the hieroglyphic questions could be eliminated and the dual meaning ones clarified. By doing this the coin flipping prac tice would be eliminated. Instructors, how about giving us a break and trading us our mystification for your simplification ? D.N. Huskcrs . . . Continued from Page 1 the Nebraska starting lineup. Alex Cochrane, 168 pound Old wing man, may be at the right end post in place of Jack Pesek who is bothered with a sprained thumb, and 2.30 pound Mike Dibiase, for mer St. Mary's preflight perfor former, is slated to replace Vern Sliner at the right tackle slot. Otherwise the Scarlet first stiinc is unchanged. This means that Jack Hazen will be left at left end, Carl Samuclson at left tackle, Fred Ixrenz at left guard, Joe Partington at center and Ed Schwartzkopf at right guard. Vacanti is the probable starter at quarterback, with Dick Hutton and Cletus Fischer at the halves and Tom Novak at fullback. Ready for instant duty behind these backfield performers are quarter back Fred Metheny, game captain for the clash, halfbacks Bill Moo mey, who scored the only touch down against Minnesota, and Jim Myers, plus Fullback Jerry Moore. 36,000 Expected. Business Manager A. J. Lcwan-. dowski expects a crowd of 36,000 fans to jam Memorial stadium for the contest. This number will in clude knothole section kids, as well as 17 high school bands. The bands will present a color ful halftime program, as well as a parade before the game, begin ning at 1:30. Nebraska's gridders will be at tired in white uniforms for the game, for new red jerseys, always a part of the Huskcrs' home game g;irb, have not yet arrived in Lin coln. Chancellor R. A. Gustavson will toss out the football to open the game, with Corn Cobs and Tas sels, student pep organizations, massed for the occasion. Nebraska's squad will spend Friday night at the Ashland na tional guard camp, returning to Lincoln an hour before game time. The Kansas State squad will ar rive in Lincoln tonight and will headquarter at the Cornhusker hotel. Eight coaches of student rooters have been chartered for the pame. as Kansas State Presi dent Eisenhower has declared Sat urday a holiday at the Manhattan school. To Whom It May Concorn: One of the things which was most apparent to me upon my arrival on the University campus was the fact that in order to accommodate the vast sea of students, which have been allowed to enroll this semester, every service and facility that the University has to offer would have to be geared to its absolute limit. It was not long, however, before it became equally ap parent that this was not being done. Though in most in stances neither time nor expense has been spared to pro duce the maximum in convenience and efficiency from these services, there is still room for a great deal of im provement in some departments on the campus. The one with which this article is particularly concerned is the library. Due to the tremendous influx of students and the lim ited supply of essential reference books it has become necessary to place time restrictions upon the use of these books. Also, for a student who lives any distance from the campus it is a near impossibility to check out a reference for overnight use. These books cannot be checked out be fore the last hour that the library is open and must be re turned within the first hour of the next day on which it is open. It is perfectly understandable how necessary these restrictions are to give the maximum number of students the opportunity to obtain this material: however, for no obvious reason, the library remains closed on one day out of every seven. I have been told that the reason it did not open on Sunday afternoons in former years was that a sufficient number of personnel could not be obtained in order to start all the rooms on this particular day. burely this is not the case this semester. If it is, why would it not be feasible to staff only the main reading rooms where most of, the ref erence material is kept and leave the remainder of the library closed. There are many classes in which all the assignments must be filled from reference material. I am sure there are other students who, like myself, would find it very con venient and helpful if we were allowed to spend a few hours each Sunday afternoon toward the fulfillment of these as signments. Nearly every other type of experiment has at one time or another been carried on within the halls of our great in stitutions, so why not place this on an experimental basis unitl we can determine whether or not it is worthy of per manent consideration. A fellow grind, Bob Caffrey. tivities. If you are a group formed for mutual admiration, pass your selves the hand mirrors and en joy your reflected glory. But If you are a pack of power hungry master minds, why not transfer to some other school? Finally, this cmpus, too long overloaded with big time opera tors, has never needed the Inno cents Society, and does not need it now. Why not choose up sides and vote yourselves out of exist ence as Innocents, gentlemen. Then ;ou might look at men's ac tivities for the fun that is in them and not as an excuse for vonr society's continued burdensome presence. Sincerely, ELMER SPRAGUE. Ag Exec Board, Faculty Sponsors Reception Tonight Ag college students and faculty are invited to attend the Ag Student-Faculty party, to be held from 8:30 to 11 in the college ac tivities building tonight, under the joint sponsorship of the Ag Exec. Board and ag college fac ulty. No tickets are needed for the party which will feature mixers led by Ralph Copenhaver, danc ing, and refreshments of ice cream and nuts. The purpose of the parly is to give ag college students and faculty chance to get acquainted. Dear Madame Editor: We choked on our oatmeal breakfast Thursday morning, when we read the Nebraskan's report that the Innocents will set up a point system "under which all men's activities will be con trolled." We were surprised at two things: first, that men's ac tivities need to be controlled; sec ond that the Innocents should do the controlling. For the last two years men's activities have bumbled along pleasantly enough. We have needed no guiding mind to an nounce who can do what and for how long. Men have played the activities game for the fun of playing; and we have all had something of a good time. But now we are told that men's ac tivities are more than the simple business of having fun at some thing. Men's activities are mys teriously significant matters that must be controlled by a masterful intelligence, The Innocents So ciety. For those who do not recognize the Innocents Society, we should explain that this is an association ior ine perpetuation oi wearing' red riannel nightgowns when every other male animal is wear- ng trousers. The purpose of the Society's existence is unknown; and when it went out of business n 1943, everyone supposed that it was happily defunct. Its mem bership now consists of tired vet erans who were big men on the campus way back in dear, dead 1943. But instead of being either quiet students in graduate school, or getting their diplomas in January and disappearing decently, these refugees from the rigors of adult life are back to run the campus for us children. This first step is to gain control of a point system for men's activities. Our humble advice to the Inno cents is this: If you want to play the activities game, get in and enjoy the fun. But if you do not want to play with the children, do not think that we are going to let you stand on the sidelines and make the rules for the game. If you are just a drinking society, stay in your cups and out of ac- TURNPIKE P resent The New Romantic Singing: Personality HARRY COOL and His Orchestra Featuring JIMMY DELL Evelyn Stalling; Direct frsn Glea Islsai Catiae. New Kerk TONIJE Adm. $1.25 ea. Plus Tax SAT.. OCT. 5 JIMMY IIOLYFIELD FREE VARIETY SHOW John Corson, Mogician ond Ventriloquist "LAURA" with Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb 3:00 P. M., SUNDAY, OCT. 6. UNION BALLROOM ' ' ' f - 1 CHUCK HALL and his Orchestra Playing 9 to Midnight SAT. OCT. 5 After the Nebr-K. State Gome 76c per person At The Student Union Tickets On Sale At Union Office
