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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WeSnesdccT, FeSruary 12, EDITORIAL COMMENT Page 2 JhsL (Daily. TkJbutdJuuv Member Intercollegiate Press r- rOETI-riTTB 7 BAB Subscription rate arc 11.50 per semester. 12.00 per semester mailed, or 2.00 for the college year. $3.00 mailed. Single copy 5c. Published dally during the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations and examination periods, by the students of the University of Nebraska under the supervision f the Publication Board. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office In Lincoln. Nebraska, under Act of Congress. March S. 1879, and at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103. act of October 2. 1917. authorized September 30. 1922. EDITORIAL STAFF suitor Shirley Jenkins lmlnV 'Editors 1kl Novotay, Jack HU1 New. editors... Jeanne Kerrigan, Norm Legrr. Pa4 Jensen. WaUy Becker. Sim ldea Bporta Kditor "" Borirtv Editor rhS- At News Editor Charles Brim BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager mXmm I"'"!"" A..llnt Hn.inesa Manaiera GouM Hair. Al Lagmaa Cireolatloa Manager Keith Letter to the Editor: During the past year, our school has grown to a size of nearly ten thousand students. But with the increase in size came a corre sponding increase in student responsibility to its own university and to society itself. We owe our faculty and our administration a great debt of gratitude for the manner in which they have expanded the educa tional program with what little facilities they have had, and we owe them a greater debt of gratitude for the vision which they have employed. A student, returning to this university after two years of absence, looks with pride upon the rebirth of the institution in which he took much of his undergraduate work. Truly the stature of the University of Nebraska among the nation's institutions of higher learning has increased. But to give meaning and life to the vital forces which our uni versity can nourish and maintain is, above all, the responsibility of the student body. .To bring to life that which our university gives us is essentially our problem. .We are adequately trained in our selected field of study, and we are adequately trained for our pro fessions. However, the university does more than merely that. The university is an institution of education and "higher learning." Too much of our education, at present, consists of the formal process of taking an array of courses, studying for them, and passing an examination. Our college life is divided into two parts: One part consists of the job of attending classes and studying, and the other is our social life outside of our intellectual interests. In the process of getting a degree and having fun on the way, we have a tendency to forget that a college education is not only a good ex cuse for a white collar job or a valuable addition to the family al bum. A college degree does improve our chances for a white collar job. Training in a profession is likely to lead to employment in that profession. But aside from its economic value, the degree it self means nothing and our college education even less, unless we continue to make use of it Of what possible use can medieval history be unless we can see in it the roots of our present civilization? And how many of us think of our history in that manner? What possible good can the acquisition of philosophical terminology and a perusal of Plato's "Republic" do us if we have no concern for the issues which 'give rise to it, and if we have no understanding of the influence which his ideas had? What good does a first course in economics do the science student if be never had any interest in economics, and if be does not apply what be has learned to our economy? What good does any course do us if we forget nearly all, and at best remember a few tidbits of knowledge with which to associate sentimental mem ories of college days in the future? .And what good does education do any of us if we are not going to continue an interest in the is sues with which we were concerned, if we are going to retire our Intellectual life to the nationally approved selection of the "Book-of-the-Month Club" and the predigested outpouiings of Newsweek" and IL V. Kaltenborn at best, and the comic strip and the society columns at worst? How many of us will do that? To integrate our education and to give meaning to it is our job as students. That job does not require exceptional intelligence nor does it require the cessation of all social life. It does require a vital interest in what the university has to offer. It requires a re-examination on our part of our educational process and the contributions we can make. I offer the following suggestions to accomplish that end: (1) closer co-operation among students within a particular field of study to further the interests in that field. That means discussion groups, forums, outside speakers, and faculty speakers on a much larger scale than we have heretofore attained. .(2) closer co-operation among stueTenU in different fields of study to exchange information and consider problems with the special knowledge of each. (3) a closer examalntion of the function which any profession or field of study performs in our state and the country. (4) a greater interest in the problems which face all of cs today, viewed in the light of our varied background, leading to greater political interest and political ac tivity. (5) a closer examination of the function which the university should perform in the slate and more publicity for its activities, I believe that a serious effort in this direction would do much to enchance the values which we derive from our education and the contributions which the university can make to Nebraska and the country as a whole. PETER E. F. LOEW FirstPanel Endorsed By Council Initial Laws List Executive Duties Following is a report on the rec ommendations of Panel 1. con cerned with the organization of the National Continuations Com mittee, and which was one of four panels meeting as an integral part of the Chicago Student Confer ence. The Conference proceed ings will serve as a basis for this series of articles. 1. Organization of the NCC: Tho NCC Shall consist of the executive officers, the executive committee, do regional committees and a staff committee. The Executive Officers, a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and a secretary, were elected by the conven tion as a whole and serve only in an ex officio capacity. The Executive Committee is comprised of 30 members, each representing one of 30 regional caucus of the dele gates to the Chicago Conven tion. In addition to the 30 re gional chairman, the Execu tive Committee will seat three representatives of existing national student organizations sending delegates to this con ference, and elected at an or ganizational caucus. The Regional Committees will be comprised of delegates from each of the 30 geogra phic regions. Each group will elect a chairman, who will become a member of the Ex ecutive Committee. The Staff Committee shall con sist of the chairman of the Execu tive Committee plus four other Chicago conference delegates not members of the Executive Committee. II. Duties of the NCC The Executive Officers are di rected to carry on the administra tive work of the NCC, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is di rected: I. .To set the date for a nations stu dent convention at which time the NSO would be formally launched, the date of whlcn will be no later than Sept. 30. 1947. 2. To approve the draft constitution drawn up by the Staff Committee and to end It out by April 30. 1947. This con stitution must be approved by 23 vote of the Executive Committee. 3. To prepare and send out by April 30, 1947. a draft program, based on the rec ommendations of the Chicago Student Conference. 4. To send out a complete report on the Chicago Student Conference to all dele gates attending as soon aa possible. 5. To raise funds to carry on its acti vities. . To carry on publicity activities rel evant to the proposed NSO on s . national scale through newspapers, magazines. radio, etc. 7. To set np sn arrangements committee for the National Student Convention. 8. To carrv out In the period between the conference and the convention any other relevant activity in accordance with the mandates of the Chicago Conference. which would further student Interest and participation In the National Student Con vention. . To make available to an participat ing schools and organizations a financial report of the Chicago conference, said re port to be distributed by Feb. 28. 1947. 10. To carry out any activity recom mended by the Chicago Student Confer ence In the period between the conference and th convention. 11. To establish a commission to de termine the most equitable regional dis tribution, this commission to submit Hs report to the Constitutional Convention. 12. To assume the responsibility for seeing to it that regional committees Invite all schools In their region to participate. LEE HANCOCK'S ORCHESTRA Playing 9 to 12 SAT., FEB. 15 44c per person Union Ballroom No Union Dance Fri.f Feb. 14 regardless of race, creed or color. 13. To seek the counsel, advice and as sistance of the National Student Organisa tion and maintaining liaison therewith, by means of a National Coordinating Com mittee, composed of representatives from the NCO and the existing national stu dent organizations. The Regional Committees are directed to organize In the scope of the National Executive Com mittee's activities (red to pfoa speaking arrangements tat wraVver sities and colleges. , m - ' .w i STUDY IN GOOD LINE and versatility here's the Suit of Suits for your campus wardrobe. The style has everything for your figure ... the fabric is a screen-dot pure worsted by Miron. Wear it anytime . . . anywhere ... in Grey or Brown. Sizes 9 to 15. 55 Exclusively in Lincoln! Third Floor