THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WeSnesdccT, FeSruary 12,
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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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.
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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.
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