The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 07, 1952, Page 2, Image 2
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, March 7, 1952 EDITORIAL PAGE Let's Use The Teacher-Ratings Six weeks should be sufficient time for students who helped conduct the research on the system, to become well enough acquainted with instructors said: "Theachers are always being evaluated by to form an opinion of them and decide their other faculty members and students, so why not strengths and weaknesses. Since this is the end make . this evaluation official? The system has of the first six weeks in second semester, it is an value, and if, when made official, it will make stu ldeal time for instructors to' use the teacher rating dents think, it is important for the school and the scales adopted by the University last semester, students." Some faculty members already have userj the serv ice. H teachers would permit students to rate them now, results could be used for the remainder of the semester as well as for future courses. This way, students doing the rating should benefit from their own suggestions. ' Since the teacher rating scale is a continual service, faculty members may use it at any time during the school year. Henry M. Cox, director of the bureau of instructor research, says blanks are available in his office in Temporary A, Room 1. All instructors have to do, he says, is call his office and request the blanks. The time needed for this phone call, the time good point by saying that students always are needed for students to fill out the blanks in class "rating" instructors. The only real choice faculty and the time used in reading the blanks will be members have, they believe, is whether they want well spent Each instructor will know the atti tudes of students in his classes, and his good points and weak points will be brought in the open. The Daily Nebraskan believes the only rea son any faculty member would refuse to permit Bseage of rating scales would be fear to find out just what his students think of him. He said further that "only those Instructors who are afraid to be criticized won't ask to use the evaluation system." The Nebraskan recognizes that general ac ceptance and use of a new system, such as the rating scale, may take time. However, instructors as well as students should profit by its wide usage; it can be of no value without being put into practice. , Students naturally have a responsibility to rate instructors fairly and objectively if the system is to succeed. The authors of the Purdue system, G. C. Bran denburg and H. H. Remmers, have brought out a are. to know what the "ratings' Brandenburg and Remmers have said "if the instructor chooses to find out what attitudes are possessed by his students, he will be in a posi tion to profit thereby. He will have obtained the possibility of control of one of the important ele ments in the total learning situation." We urge instructors to give students an oppor- When the Purdue rating scale for instructors tunity to rate them. The entire University will was adopted last semester, Dr. Ephriam Hixson, profit from such a move. J.K. Who Will Fight? The winter has been long, cold and tough in Korea. War is always tough, even when a truce is being negotiated. Many men fighting to dam up Communist aggression on that hilly peninsula were drafted. They are crawling up enemy-held ridges, carrying wounded buddies and being carried, while we, their contemporaries, are going to schooL At first it may seem hard to reconcile the fact that we, because we are university students, en Joy warm beds, regular meals and a chance to prepare ourselves for the future. It must be even harder for the GI with the frost bitten toes. But there is a reason for continuing the education of certain scholastically able students. It is a logical and necessary reason: scientific and specialized personnel are few at a time when our techno logical superiority must be maintained at any cost The United States simply cannot allow it self to be drained of all potential technicians. lege men have not been made exempt; they have been deferred until they finish either the current school year or their education. They will take up their share of the fighting while the current soldiers are being discharged. If these men are allowed to get that education the future will not be stripped clean of the necessary college-educated section of our population. The government realizes this situation and has taken steps to insure students high in scholastic aptitude a chance to get or finfei their education. This is being done in two ways. First, high rank in class automatically will defer men who have showed they are able to justify continued educa tion. Second, a Selective Service college qualifica tion test is given to find high educational aptitude. These tests were given last year and another will be given April 14. The examination is divided equally betwen linguistic and quantitative ques- Barbed Wire J 5 S, Barb Wyie You can take all your old fashioned ways and signs of telling that spring is here, but there is another sign that is sure-fire and never misses. When department store win dows start showing winter fashions, you can be certain that the beer season is just around the corner. The creator - of women's "poodle" haircuts predicts the hair style will go out of fash ion this fall. What he didn't say was if there was any pressure from kennel clubs that forced the is sue. I wonder if any of the J a panese Wylie "Gishla" girls are wearing fur coats this season! It seems that auditors have uncovered wide spread cvorruption in the Japa nese government. If authorities have set out to Americanize Japan, they have certainly achieved what they set out to do. I've always heard that stu dents from other colleges in our viicnity have considered our Uni versity one of THE party schools hereabouts. I finally got a chance to talk with a student from Colo rado the other day, and asked his opinion on it. He told me what I had heard was true, and, after being on the campus for a couple days believed it himself. As an example he told of visiting his fraternity house on this campus and overhearing the "brothers" making plans for the evening. One was going to the Grill, an other 'hob nobing," and another more truthfully said he was just going to "get drunk." Why break precedent? This was Thursday night, not a weekend. "If this is Nebraska, I m go ing to apply for a transfer immediately," he said. tions designed for the maximum validity in Dre- Even the GI can see this logic. In the air, battles dieting general college achievement. It is not a are fought with jet planes. Right now the Red jets speed test or a trick test. But it is a vital test are faster and easier to maneuver than ours. Jet D0th to the individual and the nation. Letterip J planes are perfected by college-trained engineers. On the ground, the dog face is fighting with wea pons designed to eliminate hundreds of men at once. Wars are no longer fought just on the basis of brawn and startegy. Now a scientifically trained army must back up every battle army. The race of science is a vital and deadly race that we can win only if we realize the need for college-trained personnel. Estimates place the shortage of trained men at 100,000 graduates with a bachelor's degree in science and 6,000 scientists with the doctor's degree. The Daily Nebraskan has explored statistics which were seat on request directly to the paper by the Educational Testing service, administrator of the examination. They showed that students majoring In engineering made much better grades In the test than students in education; humanities students were somewhere in between. They also showed that 55 per cent of students from this section of the country who took the test passed. This gave the east north central region (includ ing Nebraska) the third best rank in the nation. The report from the ETS also explained that Sure, the former brick layer who was shipped students in this area were far above average in to Korea says, but what about the fellows study ing philosophy, English, journalism and the like? How are they helping any more than my brick laying did? Any answer we give him is going to look silly next to the shrapnel in his arm and the bitterness in his heart. Can we justify the con tinued education of artists and historians? We certainly can. There is hardly a category f study at the University that does not teach something vital for our future living. When the men in Korea win the battle, what would they come back to if there were no teachers, musi cians, even philosophers? They would come back to a ruined and unknown United States. Col- the number eligible for deferment consideration on the combined basis of test scores and class stand ing. In this same category, the report showed that 76 per cent of the engineering majors who took the test passed, and were also eligible for consid eration on class rank. Only 56 per cent studying education (including physical education) are elig ible on that combined basis. While the ETS report gives many interesting insights into the education students are getting nowadays, the most significant aspect is that a fair, sincere and enlightened attempt is being made to see that the boy in Korea gets all the help he needs and the America of the future will have the needed educated population., D.P. Making Unhappiness For Self 0Ultor( JTeies Each Friday daring Lentoa aeaaoa. The Dally now deeply We are attached to Creatures. Also, to minmii wm trial a facet editorial Br auiemn eteeeat atari.) By the RT. REV. MSGR. GEORGE J. SCHUSTER Every time we give a bit of our heart to some thing and every time we become wrapped up in some creature, we begin making unhappiness for ourselves. We become habitual smokers or drinkers and we give tobacco or alcohol power over us power to make us unhappy when we cannot se cure a supply. When in love with some person, we are at that person's mercy; absence from or silence on the part of the loved one causes deep anguish. We love neatness and tidiness about the house so much that the least speck of dirt is annoying. We love money so dearly that the very thought f economic insecurity upsets us greatly. We love the opinions of others to such a degree that we fear to draw a deep breath. see if we really look upon self as our treasure. There is something wrong with the Christian whose heart is so filled with self that there is little. If any, room for God. God created our heart to be filled by Himself alone. vVe spend so mucn time trying to crowd other things into it things and persons whom we think will give us pleasure and fill our hearts. And things and persons all turn out to be but dust. Daily Lenten prayers and practices should bring us closer to God. They will, if we recaty to mind frequently that we do love God, that we are doing Lenten penances because we love Him. By be coming detached from creatures, we will find it easier to become attached to God. By giving less of our hearts to creatures es ecially self we will have more to eive to God. Bv elvinz our hearts In the center of this problem of our own-made to God we are assuririg ourselves of happiness, unhappiness is self big as life. Christ has told us that where our treasure is, there is our heart. And, human nature being what it is, we treasure self above all things. Self is our treasure and our heart is wrapped up in self. Our mind is scheming al ways to please self every living moment. Lent is an opportune time to check and see Reserve Book Service POLITICAL GUIDE Probing Kefauver.. . . 'Friendly Kerr By KEN RYSTROM News Editor Ever since political boss Edward H. Crump "From log cabin to the . White pinned the name "pet coon" on Estes Kefauver, the lifetime" sounds unmistakably like an coon-cap senator from Tennessee has tackled one coln-and an achievement of a past ce y bear aftjr another nd toppled what has appeared tToS mer university star tackle was just an idealistic cabin in Indian territory in Ja' Jnt young member of the House of Representatives, ready possesses the first-th e a ri-re following general Democratic policy. for a modern Abraham Lincoln-and has a good But, in that year, after nearly ten years in the start up me pouutiu uuu, House, Kefauver set his cap for the Senate and sW Arrnrdinr to Time magazine, he is a "big burley man with a friendly eye and uie nana- shake o f life -ance man." a Insur-sales-One 7 won the Democratic nomination (the acid test in Tenness e e ) despite the strenuous o b jections of Boss Crump, who had controlled Tennessee poli tics for years. A year la ter, as chair man of the Senate crime investigatin g c o mmittee, KEFAUVER iveiauver set out to uncover national crime and cracked the skull of another bear. Through television, radio and newspapers he became a national figure and, as Newsweek has said, the hero of millions who are troubled by evidence of immorality in government. In winning the support of the corruption-con- that he was chosen keynote speaker of the uemo scious public, however, he alienated the Democratic cratic national convention in 1944. During the con party politicians. According to Newsweek, they ac- vention his name was frequently mentioned in the cuse him of both general and specific offenses: em- press as a possible vice presidential candidate, barrassing his party and injuring his friends, be- , ing responsible for the defeat of Illinois Sen; Scott Administration Allegiance Lucas in 1950 through the exposure of a Chicago police chief and giving the Republican party its best campaign issue for the 1952 election corrup tion, a Corruption Fighter New Republic, however, has remarked that Ke observer re marked, "He I can talk the language o f the farmer, laborer, bank er, or bus iness execu tive. He has a genuine en thusiasm for KERR people, a friendliness that is reaL" Although serving only his first term in Con gress (elected in 1948), Kerr has been known in Democratic circles ever since he became the first Oklahoma-born governor of the state in 1942. He was such an avid supporter of FDR's fourth term Since then Kerr has continued to support the administration in both foreign and domestic policy. In fact, his allegiance to the Truman administra tion has been so dependable (with two notable exceptions) that, according to Newsweek, Kerr is now the president's third choice for the Democratic fauver's campaign against corruption may be a nomination for president (the first two being Fred possible Democratic face-saver. Irregardless of the attitude of party leaders, Kefauver has launched his own campaign for the presidential nomination on his own merits and on his terms. He has declared that he will seek the nomination whether Truman decides to run or not And so the senator seeks another bear foot for his coon cap. Because of his reputation for defeating Crump and cracking crime syndicates, Kefauvers inter est in foreign affairs is frequently forgotten. New Republic has said that he is "as convinced and thoroughgoing an internationalist as is to be found among our elected offiicals." tie is opposed to General MacArthur. In Seat- Vinson and Adlai Stevenson). It appears, therefore, that Kerr's name on the Nebraska primary ballot will have a dual signif icance. It will, perhaps, test the fears of many northern Democrats that Kerr is too conservative for the voters. It may also determine the strength of midwestern Truman supporters in meeting Kefauver opposition. (Midwest Democratic lead ers have already expressed their desire for Tru man's nomination.) Kerr's support of the administration has been shown by nearly every legislative measure he has voted for during his four years in the Senate. Particularly note-worthy was his blistering attack tie he called the general a "defeatist and Monday on General MacArthur following his removal by morning quarterback." the president last spring. In 1949 he introduced into the Senate a resolu tion calling on the president to invite other nations Two Inconsistencies in the North Atlantic Treaty organization to a , . j i . . . , , w u 1UU Two instances, however, stand out against the conference on federal union. .. . , . u. consistent Fair Deal "blue" background. The first Supports Truman is the senator's attitudes on federal civil rights Kefauver has quite consistently supported legislation. He has declared that he will follow both Roosevelt and Truman administration legisla- the Oklahoma state law which provides for ra tion, although he is definitely not a "Truman man.' dal segregation in voting against any civil rights On particular measures he has supported the bill in Congress. lend-lease bill, abolition of the poll tax as a requi To The Editor: It may be helpful to students for me to clarify library service on books placed on reserve by in structors. When requests are made by instructors that individual books or lists of books be placed on reserve, tney are resirictea either to two-hour use in the building, overnight use, three-day loan, or one-week loan. The length of loan is determined by several considerations: what portion of a given book is to be read, over what period of time it is to be read, the size of the class, and the number of copies of the book in the library. The period of loan is usually determined by jonference between the librarian and the instructor. The librarian in the subject field concerned knows what books are on reserve, the length of time for which they may be borrowed, and for which courses they are re served. Students may secure ail necessary miormauon oj . t. consulting the librarian in the improving Machinery subject field in which the book Even before he defeated Boss Crump and un : . . a: x ... anc iui vuung, extension oi iraae agreements, ex tension of OPA and plan for a department of wel fare. He has voted against the permanent establish ment of the un-American activities committee, federal employment loyalty bill, two-term limit for president, Taft-Hartley law. Case anti-lynch law (he declared that he thought it was unconsti tutional and likely to encourage lynchings), ef forts to aid Franco and restrictive amendment to ECA appropriations. The other inconsistency was the so-called Kerr bill of 1950, exempting independent na tural gas producers from the price-control of the Federal Power commission. The bill, passed by the two houses of Congress by extremely nar row margins, brought a delayed veto from the president "one of the most difficult decisions he has had to make on a domestic issue," ac cording to Current Biography. According to a Saturday Evening Post article, the real break for cabin-bora Kerr came when the Kefauver has said that he opposes federal civil Phillips oil company arranged for Kerr's oil firm rights legislation (although he is not too emphatic). ne preiers state action. to drill its wells if Kerr a lawyer as well as business man would "take charge of the cam paign to convince the voters of Oklahoma City tha it was in their own best interest to approve drilling Arrofinno" r tti A a 4Via Yr - i 'covered the camblir.ff czars Kefauver wa aimin -" me campaign suc Students should keep in mind fff VB V f- JL2 T Z ceeded' and Kerr became millionaire. His com at instructors da not soecifv. asihl8h- In the House he was noted for his concern a u , ,7 .... uvn vticmm in cvcijr yuase oi me on aistn- Margin Notes' After 11 rounds of debate on price and wage J Jul (Dmhf VhJbAa&Jicuv FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member Associated Collegiate Press Intercollegiate Press Tka Dally lralu U pollb fcr tt tteSmta at Im Dnlvmlly f Nebraska aa nvtmion ml HotrMt' new and npin Imw Mir. Aerordlnf to nll H llw lX-I.aw fovnulne twtont vuhllratlofif ana aamlirltr4 fcy th rloara of I'uWIra lm, "It la tlx aXlarrd yntUj of ih Board (hat poMlratlniw. aarr IU JurlMlletlMi inaii irea irnm nuum cmrir that instructors do not specify, as a rule, whether the book is on two- hour reserve at the reserve desk in the education reading room, or whether it is reserved on open shelves in a reading room. They should also keep in mind that in structors frequently tell a class that a certain book "is on reserve in the library" before they re quest t he librarian to place it on reserve. in such instances librarians ire unaware, of course, that the book is to be placed on reserve, and consequently know nothing about it when the student asks about it immediately after the class has been told that it is "on reserve." We request that students and faculty members present their open brief cases to control at tendants for inspection, rather than removing material from them and prpse.iting it to the attend ant. It is no reflection on any one's honesty to 'have material checked as it leaves a library. This Is a universal practice, and con trol in many libraries is much more stringont than at Nebraska. Faithfully yours, CHARLES H. MILLER Public Kervifj; Librarian over the need for modernization of toe machinery buti t distribution of Congress and for the prevention of "monopo- Governor's Record listic mergers." On the modernization theme, Kefauver has written a book (with Jack Levin), entitled "Twentieth Century Congress," in which he sug gests a number of changes. Among them are a question period in which Congress could quiz cabinet members on administrative policies, voting by electricity in Congress, Joint national legislative policy committee, end to the Senate's exclusive right to ratify treaties, increase in term of House members to four years and represen tation fot the District of Columbia. In state politics, Kerr's aim as governor was . to "humanise the governor's office," winning "support for his program In quiet, congenial con ferences." He succeeded in establishing a sound fiscal policy, retiring the state debt and curbing power of government He was also active in soil conservation and agricultural and Industrial de velopment His popularity led to his successful bid for the Democratic nomination for senator in 1948. He won Daily Nebraskan CLASSIFIED ADS Although the New York Times has remarked the nartv's standard from a laro tMA h,u,i. that his 'sober, temperate study . . . boldly faces -but not without' a challenge from the Senate many problems which vex political mechanism," no elections investigating committee and later the Congressional action has been taken. Senate rules committee. The charge that Kerr scent After A 'Bear1 80016 $60,000 more on primary campaign expendl- In tossing his coon cap into the presidential tures than the law allows, however, was dropped ring, Kefauver has taken after a monstrous bear bV a unanimous decision of the rules committee, bigger than Boss Crump, probably more diffl- . . wins wver jaas He won the November election, Time maga zine has said, against the "best organized and best financed campaign in years." The Kerr smile and handshake, together with a conservative Vmtr n.i "I hope Truman decides to run," he declares, policy, have done all right in moving a 20th-cen-"111 beat the socks off him." tury pioneer along the unblazed trails of politics. cult to handle than Frank Costcllo. The bear is the American voter. But he Is still counting on his characteristic unconquerable enthusiasm a powerful instru ment In politics. Margin Notes1 controls last weekend, one University debater, Dale y - Xi7, $ it Johnson cf the runner-up championship team, was getting a little tired of arguing the same question. Consequently, he began his final round with this: "Win, lose or draw, we will finally find out whether we should have permanent price and wage controls." Unfortunately, the Judges must have be lieved we should havs permanent controls, for Johnson and his colleague, Wayne Johnson, who were against them, lost the championship round Hnlim, to a Northwestern university team by a 3-2 vote, FOR SALE Bupar D Oraflox 13.6. Unl- vcmlty Exunnlon 2240. NIhU 2-855. Bturttnt" Stor-Rntalt Hurvlea, Sala. Bloom TyiwrlUr Kchanr, 323 No. 13th St. Ph. 2-5258, Lincoln. Nebruka. kajf "1 1 bar! 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University Cora Cobs and Tassels' organiza tion rated high, and the faculty cooperation was the best to be found on any of the Big Seven campuses. "The Flying Enterprise" again will be a familiar engineering put the yearbook, the Royal Purole name on the ocean byways. For Capt. Kurt Carlson and the publications board in a quandry by posing will soon be in command of his own ship again. for his senior picture in a wig, stiff collar and ' Rejecting offers of wealth the courageous cap- glasses. tain asked only for another ship. Maybe the en- Refusing to give any reason for the action, the tire nation should take note of the captain who boy threatened to sue the board if the picture is turned down all offers of material gain to return not used. After all, he says, it is paid for. to his sole objective in life the sea. Although The Nebraskan has been threatened Members of Sigma Alpha Mu deserve a pat on at times because of printing certain material this is the first time we have heard of a publication being sued for not using something. J.K. ternity. Every evening, until their project is fin ished, both pledges and actives are painting the interior of the Newman Methodist church. The Daily Nebraskan hopes other fraternities will follow their example. Photo Good, Garb Poor For attention, some college students will go to almost any extent. At Kansas State college a senior in electrical alter thoe you have. Guaranteed work at Budget prlcea. Marian Svoboda. a-iuoit. Myfir""ornrfor "Btte7'F7nirimOTtho back for their participation to abandon Hell ta?wn;."XMTFMlc and Initiate a heip Week within their Ira-