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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950
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Nebraska educators are tackl
Ing the problem of trying to
make classroom knowledge more
applicable to every day living
experiences or public school chil
dren.
Ways to economically and ef
lecuveiy achieve this goal are
being studied in a double-bar
reled program at the University
Summer Session.
First, according - to Dr. Floyd
Miller, who is coordinating the
study, a workshop composed of
University and public school
teachers and administrators is
mapping details of a proposed
program which would serve as a
guide for classioom work.
Experimental Classroom Work
Second, some of the ideas de
veloped by the workshop, plus
proposals from other states, are
being tested in an experimental
classroom of 30 Lincoln young
sters who volunteered to do the
job. During the regular school
term they attend Whittier junior
high school.
Dr. Miller, state supervisor of
secondary education in the State
Department of Public Instruction
who is a visiting summer instruc
tor at the University, sums up
the problem this way:
"The basic fund of human
knowledge such as mathe
matics, science, history, govern
ment and the like remains un
changed in this new program.
But we do not spoon feed it to
youngsters in daily doses to be
swallowed by memorization. We
show them how this great store
of knoweldge is alive and real
by relating it through reasoning
and application to their day-
to-day living experiences in the
school, home, community, state,
nation and the world.
"This simply means two things:
First, that ways of teaching do
change, much the same for ex
ample as our system of transpor
tation has changed from the
horse and buggy to airplane
partly because of our increased
knowledge of how humans learn;
and second, we are thinking in
tearms of the whole individual.
"These two objectives are im
portant because our high schools,
once used mainly by the few stu
dents going on to college, now
give the final formal education
received by 80 percent of the
students. This makes it doubly
important then that high schools
not only impart knowledge to
youngsters but also that the
knowledge be given a real-life
meaning.
"Out of this effort we hope
to make our schools even greater
and better incubators of not only
democratic thought, but demo
cratic action. When we look at
the world about us it must be
completely apparent to all that
education for effective citizen
ship in a democracy is an abso
lute necessity."
Engine Prof
Says Teachers
Too Talkative
College teachers talk too much.
That's the belief of Professor
Neil P. Bailey, head of the
Department of Mechanical
Engineering at Renesselaer Poly
technic Institute.
In a memorandum of "Teach
ing Pitfalls," which he prepared
for the use of members of his
department, he stated, "The
worst temptation in teaching is
excessive talking by the instructor-Professor
Eailey declared that
the greatest asset of any teacher,
interviewer or administrator, is
the ability to ask wise and pcna
trating questions and then have
the patience to await the for
mulation of answers. One nicely
sharpened and carefully aimed
question will often bring to a
head hours of student thinking
about a subject.
Pointing out that too many
questions asked in class are
either superficial, out-of-focus,
or too general, Professor Bailey
said that all too often teachers
fail to await a student's answer.
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AN EXPERIMENT Theme for the experimental classroom this summer was how Nebraskans can
become "world builders of tomorrow." All were Whittier junior high school students who volunteered
for the summer work. They are (left to right around the table): Jane Michaud, Eleanor McCauley, Hal
Rowe, Jack Curtis, Mrs. Ruth Wagner of Denver who has directed similar programs in Colorado, Bar
bara Wells, Sharon Littrell, Joyce Bockoven, Sharon Moore, Elberta Womack and Delores Ehrlich.
K-State Welcomes
New President
Kansas State College students
put out the welcome mat last week
for the new president of the col
lege, James A. McCain.
McCain will take over the
duties of guiding the Manhattan
school this fall, replacing Milton
Eisenhower. The new president
was formerly president of Mon
tana State College in Missoula,
Mont.
McCain said he feels the pro
fessional field should not be mini-m-fl,
but that stress will con
tinue to lie on general education,
as it did under Eisenhower.
Iowa Teachers Study 'PR'
A workshop in public rela
tions is being held at Iowa State
Teachers college, according to
the campus newspaper, "The
College Eye."
Seventy-eight Iowa superin
tendents and principals are at
tending the workshop. They
heaxd Stewart Harral of the
University of Oklahoma say that
public relations is "both a neces
sity and phenomena of our
times." Those attending the
workshop also heard ways and
means of putting across cam
paigns for bond issue, and other
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COORDINATOR Dr. Floyd Miller, (second from left) is coordinat
ing the work being done at the University summer session in vital
izing public school teaching. In charge of the experimental class
room testing the program is Miss Nora Veerhusen, Adams, a teacher
during the school year in Whittier junior high. Two of her students
are Bernie Kermmoade, left, and Ronnie Johnson.
means of securing the aid of the student activities office The
press and public in support of, "Putting Husbands Through"
school projects.
Now It's PUT Degrees
PHT
degrees are now avail- Gold,
able at the University of Colorado paper.
award is given to the wives of
recent graduates of the univers
ity, according to the Silver and
Colorado, campus news-
Union Calendar
. . Friday, July 21
10 to 12 noon: Photo Lab.
Union
8:30 p. m.: Square Dance.
Union ballroom
Sunday, July 23
7:30 p. m.: FHcker Film,
tnion ballroom
Monday, July 24
8 p. ni. Summer Theatre play
"Three Men on a Horse." Union
ballroom
Teachers college Parent
Teacher association clinic, Love
Library auditorium
Tuesday, July 25
8 p. m.: "Three Men on a
Horse." Union ballroom
Teachers college clinic. Love
Library auditorium
Wednesday, July 26
8 p. m.: String Ensemble in
Chamber concert. Union ballroom
Music Teachers
Secure Positions
Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook, di
rector of the School of Fine Arts,
has announced the names of stu
dents who have secured teaching
jobs for this coming school year.
The students secured the jobs
through the University Teachers
College Department of Educa
tional Service.
The students and the city in
which they will be employed:
Roma Johnson, Beaver Crossing;
Norma Keuten, Aurora; Ronald
Barnes, Stanford University; Wil
listine Clark. Tabor, la.; Marilyn
Voorhees, Tecumseh; Jeanne
Wood, Nelson: Gordon Flood.
Chester; Robert Parks, Ogallala;
Kobert uilbnde, Stanton; Jean
nette Hause, - Alvo: William
Splichal, Lincoln; Helep Ander
son, Lakewood, Colorado; Pa
tricia Gerhold, Battle Creek:
Alice Saunden. Manistee. Mich
igan; Nancy Lieber. Davton.
Washington; Ted Thompson, Lin
coln; Joan Reynolds, Omaha; and
Lawrence Chia-Lu Lee, Nanking,
China.
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Hi 'lrti -
This fall will be the 27th an
niversary of the dedication of Me
morial Stadium. It was dedicated
in 1924, in a game against Kan
sas. The opposing team was coach
ed by Potsy Clark,' present NU
athletic director.
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