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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, Tuly 15, 1949 J Jul (DaiL VbdthatJuuv Member Intercollegiate Press FOBTT-SEVKNTT f EAB The Dally Nebraikaa to publish! br the itadrnte ef the Calrenitr of WUirlw u M expressioB af tndeaU mwi o4 opinions only. According to antito n Ik By Uwi foverninf ituticnt publication Hd administered bjr tiw Boar PuMloatlnaa: It to toe declared policy of the Board that publications mader Ma Jartodlettoa haO be free from editorial censorship on the part of the Board, or aa the part of any member ef the faculty of the nlvcmlty: bnt members af the staff af The Fally Nebraskaa are personally responsible for what they amy er do or eaaas to be printed." BabeerlpMoa rates are fZ.OO per semester, tJ.BO per semeiter mailed, er ft.M far the eotleare year. (4.00 mailed. Sinrle espy fe. Pnblishrd Catty arlng the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations and examination periods, by the University at Nebraska under the supervision of the Publication Board. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office la Lincoln, Nebraska, ander Act af Oomrrees, March S, 1ST, and at special rale of postage provided for la section 110S, Act of October a. 111. authorized September 1, mt. Editor M. J. Melick Business Manager Keith O'Bannon Karl Arndt Reviews "Greatest Book About World War II" "Their Finest Hour" by Win ston Churchill is the "greatest book to come out of the last war, thus far," Karl Arndt, econom ics professor, told students at the Unions weekly book review The book is the story of Churchill's first 18 months as British premier. It begins on May 10, 1940, the day Hitler marched into Belgium. "It is the world stage, but the player is Winston," said Arndt. "Seldom do we find a man who has done so much and can tell of it so adequately." CHURCHILL can "wrench more relish out of Anglo-Saxon English than any other living statesman," he added. The book is well documented, a fact which makes it a trifle tedious, Arndt explained. Arndt was particularly im pressed with Churchill's attitude toward Chamberlain. It was al ways one of praise and never of criticism. This attitude reveals Churchill's personal greatness, Arndt believes. A CRITICISM of the book stems from a Churchill state ment that the war in the Pacific was "naturally an American show," while his attitude toward the European war is definitely not that it was "naturally a British show." On the contrary, says Arndt, he leads one to be lieve that the British fought the nazi as a matter of pure choice and in the spirit of the cru iader. The second book in the re view program was "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Emily Schossber ger, University editor. This story of an efficiency ex pert who raises a family of 12 children according to the prin ciples of his profession "actually warms the cockels of your heart, in spite of the fact that it ends on a tragic note," Miss Schoss berger told her audience. The book is full of humorous family incidents which make every page worth a smile, she said. But it is the deeper story of family living and devotion that makes the book a best seller, she added. Bargain Basement We're getting awfully tired of hearing students on this campus yell about college and what a waste of time and effort it is, just to get that B.A., or B.S., or what have you. . .for there isn t another place like college in the world. You never had it so good before, nor will you have it this good again. The difference between college and the outside world is said neatly in one word: freedom There are two very fundamental kinds of freedom: physical free dom, that is, students away from homecan do just about what they want to do, whether it involves studying, drinking oneself to death, etc... and mental freedom, for no one tells you to study or not to study, you can line up with people who think the same way about things that you do, and you don't have to agree with the other groups at all. If you are smart, you 11 try to understand, but it isn't necessary. You don't have to, if you don't want to under stand. College will make you conserva tive, liberal, radical, an alcoholic, a cheat, a religious fanatic, a cynic or it can make you into nothing. College is an unknown quantity. It is the x equals how much? in your algebra book. After four years ot higher learnin' you can be the same as you were when you started out, or you can be the kind of a person you never thought you would be... or an endless number of other possibilities. So college is what one makes it. That's why we get a little tired of R AGEE S Your College Clothing Store Travel . . . Vacation Perfect Rayon Gabardine Dress Designed by Charles Hymen s14 95 You'll love every flowing line of this softly tailored dress ... for your vacation and for wear into fall. And you'll adore the smart new tucking on the pockets. Of Bur-Mil super whippet rayon gabardine in wine, blue, royal and grey. Sizes 12 to 18. I oU 0 Exclusively MAGEE'S Third Floor We Raise Our kid the way we want to. And when he's bad we hit him," said a student in our psychology class. The occasion was the end of a lecture which dealt with physical and emotional maturation. The prof had just finished explaining that many times small children are punished for failing to do things that they are not developed enough to do. The entire lecture was very illuminating and carefully attended by the entire class. The proud parent who made the statement probably put the whole thing down in his note book and could give all the correct answers to the problem of child training on an exam, but . . . The old gag that says most lectures pass from the note book of the professor to the notebook of the student with out going through the heads of either seems to be, sadly enough, too true. We of the student body come to college io learn and we do. We assimilate an astounding collection of facts, which we hand back to our profs on examinations and then promptly proceed to forget. A major portion of our pre judices are well established by the time we enter institutions of higher learning and we would rather die than give them up. So we take the knowledge which we eain from four years of education and wrap it around these mental fence posts. The portion of the material which simply refuses to wrap, we tuck into a cobwebby corner of our brains and proceed to ignore. The whole set up is extremely tidy. The svstem elim inates mental conflicts, to say nothing of mental exercise. When we graduate we will have a sheepskin and a larce collection of isolated facts, and the same old prejudices. College under this method is merely something to be en dured. - As our friend columnist says, many people complain that they get nothing out of college. They have hit the nail on the head. hearing people yell about the waste of time and effort. Taking the risk of being labeled as preachy, we say nuts to those who mope around. Fortunately, there are just as many people, we are sure, that appreciate the soft est four years they will ever have, and are doing something about it. Waleli Hcpairiiig On the Campus Dick's Watch Service Nebr. Book Store Union Calendar Friday, July 15 Square Dance cancelled. Saturday, July 16 8:30 Unionizer Walt Goodbrod and his Orchestra Admission 44c. Sunday, July 17 7:30 Movie "Enchanted Forest." Tuesday, July 19 4:00 Book Review Parlor "X". "Red Gloves" reviewed by Emily Schossberger. "Roosevelt and Hopkins" re viewed by Karl Arndt. Refresh... Add Zest To The Hour V v h 4 1 fit f t i -t.t 4NDH MJTWOtlTY Of THf COCA-COU COMPANY Y LINCOLN COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. O 1949. TWo Coca-Cola Coainaay t
