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4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Monday, Aprff 2T, 7952 Kp 'PEG RARTITNEK lw have todav are ot identical! Adler's philosophy "not valid.'Mare admirable but whose meansl 4, B PEG BARTUNEK Staff Writer The case of Moi-timcr Adler vs. present day teaching methods was set before a group or uni versity faculty members in a re cent survey by The Daily Ne- braskan. The survey was aimed at get ting the reaction of those effected by an article in the March 17th is sue of Time magazine in which Adler's theory blasting education methods appeared. The opinions and comments brought forth should interest students and fac ulty alike. Anions those making- state ments regarding: Adler's phil osophy was Frank E. Hcnzlik, dean of Teachers college and professor of school administra tion. "In my opinion," Dean Henzlik said, "Mr. Adler is an extremist who loves to make sensational statements. These people rarely, if ever, propound balanced phil osophies or pr6grams of educa tion. I do not think higher edu cation meets all of the needs of the young people as well as it could at the present time." Supplementing lis last state ment, Henzlik went on to say that "we .should have a broad general education supplemented by tech nical and specialized courses to enable one to be effective as a person, as a worker and citizen in a free society." Expressing: much the same sentiment set forth in Henzlik's last statement was George Babi lot, an instructor in economics, who said that "we can't get everything- from the Great Books. We also need the tech niques of facing and solving problems of living." we have today are ot identical to the ones we had yesterday or back in the Greek civilization. He questioned if we could solve the oroblems of today Dy going DacK and reviewing contributions made bv the authors of the Great Books. , Commenting on Adler's person allv. Babilot cited him as a "non conformist inconsistent with the traditional type of learning." He added that Adler's personality is hardly a good salesman for his ideas. This trend of liiought was fur ther established by the comments of William H. Werkmeister, pro fessor of philosophy, whose main criticized of Adler's methods was that "if we get education which is so thoroughly centered on the Great Books, we must wade through so much material which is no longer of vital significance to us today." On the other hand, Werkmeis ter defended Adler somewhat bv savine that he thought "Ad ler's objection to the principles or philosophy of education of Dewey and the Deweyites is, in all essentials, sound. What is needed." he said, "is a facing of the fact that our education is 10 be not simply a preparation for making a living. "Education should stress the fundamentals in subject mat ter," Werkmeister said, "and provide a rounded out cultural education which will bring the student in contact with the humanities and arts as well as the sciences." From the science department came the remarks of John F. Dav idson, assistant professor of botany. "Things are seldom white or Babilot said that the problems black," he said, thus stamping Adler's philosophy "not valid." He added that he thought the American t education system can and will be improved. In Davidson's opinion, "if an AB degree is to mean anything it should not be in the attainment of everyone." He felt that the achievements at a college grad uate level were equal to those of high school graduates at matricu lation, and the current AB degree could be attained from two to four years earlier. From the language department came the comments of Stanley T. Vandersall, an instructor in the classics. Vandersall stated that he thought Adler's ideas were basically "sound" but that he did not come to the same con clusions as Adler. Vandersall concludes that "given' present circumstances, this sythesis of education is a desirable goal but is too Idealistic for attainment in the predictable future." J Vandersall went on to say that he thinks "specialization will be with us for a long time because it is not only essential to our acad ercic setup as it now stands, but it is also the basis of research." He further said that without re search, broad concepts of educa tion would become impossible. - He agreed with others inter viewed that all Americans or all students were not capable of at taining an AB degree due to their varying abilities and qualifica tions. Last, but certainly not least, is the opinion of Nathan B. Blum berg, associate professor of jour nalism, who had no trouble what soever in setting forth his opin ion of Adler and his theory. "I think Adler is an intel lectual McCarthy whose goals arte admirable but whose means to the end are hardly worthy of respect. "His major contribution," Blum- berg said, "has been to explode the traditional teacher college approach to education which has not worked, is not working and will never work. "Education is not a variable susceptible to the whims of the moment or even of the cen tury," Biumberg- continued. "It is a constant Only through the liberal arts can a man become truly educated." An interesting note, especially to students, is the reaction of these six faculty members to Ad ler's belief that students are to day being "indoctrinated with the local prejudices of professors and their textbooks." Three definite sides were taken when asked, "Do you believe students nowadays are thinking for themselves?" On one side of the fence was one faculty member who said the majority of students were de cidedly not doing their own think ing and cited papers from his classes as examples of "illiter acy" on the part of students. On the other side was an other who felt the students were definitely thinking on their own and cited the mock primary election. Engineers Week and the model UN conference held an this campus as examples of student thinking. And sitting on the fence be tween these two were the other four, who declared students were thinking. They qualified this statement, however, by saying that they were not thinking to the extent to which they were capable and should be stimulated to do more thinking for themselves. Adler Calls US Education System 'Racket' good life (the aim of all liberal The first U. S. answer, neipea education), but merely how to along by John Dewey, was free make a good living. Education colleges and the elective system, merely for specific jobs, cries Ad- with heavy emphasis on userui ler, "is the training of slaves." . subjects like science. Most u. i. (Kdllor'i noti The following If a re print of portion! nr an article nn Morti mer Adltr, professor of the philosophy f law at tht University of Chlcaso, from Time manarlnt. March IT. Conrtesjr of TIME, Copyright Tlmt Inc., 1S31.) uur, is me naming ui oiavco. . ., , th Two Latin teachers recently, what to do about it? Adler, educators today agree tnat. ina r,nA v. o nunt nrhioVi tt..u:. 1 - .,a AaAindnA einptivp Rvstpm leads generally to would give them most pleasure fellow guerillas . . . have answered an aimless nibbling at Knowledge, and at the same time mienuiy aa- inner and loud: mane u. &. eau-or to excessive dh;-.""'- vance the cause of true education cation truly liberal. That means, would be to blow up Teachers according to Adler. that 1) Ameri- Colleee at Columbia University. Van collcee professors must com- Mortimer Jerome Adler would mit academic hari-kirl by giving probably volunteer to light the up their specialized fields; they fuse He felt that organized IT. S. education, dominated by the pragmatists, was "one of the largest rackets in this country," turning out students "chaoti cally informed and viciously in doctrinated with the local pre- ' judices of professors and their textbooks." Most U. S. college graduates, says Adler, can neither read, write should be able to teach anything in the liberal arts; 2) The scientific method should stick to science, and leave to philosophy the job of and wrong; 3) all Americans should get the same kind of li beral education till they take their A.B. (from two to four years earlier than at present) and specialize later. Whether such a program can be nor think properly. They are put into practice in 20th century, not being taught how . to lead a I America is a question. I Rut there is bitter disagree ment as to what should be done. Most Deweyites Insist that 20th century students must comoine the liberal arts with "useful" studies, and that the learning of the past must by "recon structed" to fit present needs. Adler feels that this view has led to totally inadequate half measures, I.e., digested "survey" courses In the humanities. But there are signs that the great battle . . . Adler vs. the rest of U. S. education is slowly be ginning to turn. The ground swell Is strong and deep: Adler, Hutchins and Co. are only part of it. Union Cues Fifteenth Birthday Celebration To Feature 'Burning Of Bonds' 'Shirley Murphy Fifteen candles will birthday cake a t the Union's birthday party, Friday, May 2. Not only does the celebration commemorate 15 vears on the University campus, but also that light the Union board members at the time of founding will be honored guests at the party, according to Bob Meehan, hospitality com mittee chairman. The informality of Shakespear's Stolen Goods Poem Asks For 'One Little Lull, Power For Passing Last Exams Calmly awaitint; a zoology exam I One little lull, Lord, that's my the other day one of the other plea, "Marilyn Mangold On The AP Haywire Amy Palmer Those who like to talk about the weather must have really had a heyday last week, There were water, wind , ,J " " ,,;'age will predominate at the Mad- tne DOnas ana mouStSe uu w,ria, rnnrorr in thA ITninn hnll. room at 8 p.m. Thursday. sufferers in the class handed me this coming poem. Good for now, good for later, in fact good any time of year at our dead alma mater, it goes; Dear Lord, observe this bended knee, to Then loose the storm again; Bless all my profs and ask them earthauakes. If that isn't enough. "A Gal's Like a Smoke." Leave us tv vt At fnr tho lat- . : " xix.-v - I'uuuuue. Be reasonable. Amen. Notice From Utah An April snow is the Dairy ?!-!k! JSeVT ays' thVutah Sly STlLIKX HV-VA v. v i- . Voiced in a reverent mumoie. I ask no miracles or stunts, No heavenly radiograms: I only ask for once, just once, to pass these last exams. Chronicle. Ladies And Tobacco Mm-o sae wisdom was gleaned from the Kansas State Collegian today. The title of the little bit NU Flood Workers Stranded On Barge By JIM ADAMS As Told To DICK RALSTON Feature Editor Don Hodge, Ted Simmonson, Ben Zinnecker and I went to Ne braska City Wednesday afternoon and were immediately put to work filling sandbags. Thursday morning we began loading sandbags and lumber into barges. The barges were being towed up the river to the weak ened Plum Creek dikes, and late in the afternoon we were told to go along with one of the barees. When we arrived at Plum Creek the dikes had broken and were beyond repair. Our tug left us tied to a tree in the middle of the river and we spent the next three hours waiting for it to come back. We were spotted by another tug after dark and we were finally towed back to Nebraska City. By this time it was pitch dark and the tug had only one small light to guide it. We ran aground sev eral times and once we got tangled in some trees. It was almost mid night when we got back to Ne braska City. The main threat to Nebraska City was at the power plant where water was being held back by hastily constructed dikes. If the dikes fail, Nebraska City will be without water and electricity for the duration of the flood. Some ware houses along the river were flooded but no more flooding is expected at the power plant which is lower than the rest of the city. When the dikes broke at Plum Creek the pressure was relieved at Ne braska City. Most of the flood work there was directed by the army and the corps of engineers. Volunteer workers were assigned work areas by the chamber of commerce. We had to sleep in hotel lobbies and our only meals were sand wiches and coffee fixed by volun teer women workers. I don't think I'll ever be able to face another minced ham sandwich. There is a' subtle ana logy between women and tobacco. 1 1 declares that sop homores want their women to be like cigaret tes, slender and trim, all in a row, to be selected at will, set li - If I v! 1 Mangold est atomic blasts. I guess enough already has been said about the flood. Harry Truman said it was terrible; and if Truman -tNiks it was terrible, that's good enough for me. Right now there's a little hot water around here over elec tions, as usual. Everybody seems to always get 'het up' over one of the vestiges of high school, class officers. Per son a 1 1 y I'm for the fac tion. Their election may be the last chance they'll ever have of getting their names in the paper. And if it makes the boys happy to be mentioned Palmer in the Yearbook before they fade into obscurity, let them. The rest of us who want to do something for the University can pay our parking fines or walk on the sidewalks instead of the grass. O Union are paid. A burning of the bonds cere mony will take place at the intermission of a Union street dance. R. street between 14th and 15th streets will be cleared off for dancing from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Square dancing will have pri ority from 7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. and ballroom dancing will follow at 9:45 n.m.. until 11 P.m. Jimmy and Phillips band will play for the latter part ol tne .evening. Outdoor movies will be shown on the lawn east of the Union. Refreshments will be served to the guests. aflame, and when the flame is subsided, discarded only to se lect another. A junior wants his woman to be like a cigar. They're more ex pensive, make a better appearance and last longer. A senior wants his girl to be like his pipe, something he be comes attached to, knocks gently, but lovingly, and takes great care of at all times. "A man will give you a cigarette, offer you a cigar, but will never share his pipe." Helpful Coeds While Nebraska coeds are help ing human nature these days by flood-fighting, University of Cali fornia nnprls arp currently man ning the switchboards at t h e cent of all right. Now if they'd ' assured The Daily Nebraskan that prove their unions. strike-bound telephone exchange oniy g;ve away cigarets and meals no University students win be ME Group Elects Eight New Pledges Eight students were selected to pledgeship of Pi Tau Sigma, na tional honorary mechanical en gineering fratrnity, April 8. Students are Clay Hutchings, N. J. Sidaris, Jack Keester, Duane Miller, S. R. Congram, Glenn Vest, Conrad Stahly, nad Herbert Saxton. Initiation will be on April 29. Flood . . . Continued From age 1 able to work where men are needed. Over the weekend, Dr. Thomp son received a call for 500 men to go to Peru where the situation was termed "extremely danger ous." Most of the real labor has been taken care of and the big job now is watching for weak spots. But a big job remains after the river returns to us normal neigni. uiuu Madrigal Singers, formally attired, will sit around tables on a platform at the north side of the ballroom. David Foltz, 'Madrigal director, said that he would like the au dience to imagine they are good friends listening to good music of fellow friends. The audience will be informally seated around the platform, ac cording to Barbara Reinecke, mu sic committee chairman. A coffee hour will be featured at intermission. Student tickets for the concert are free. Tickets may be ob tained at the main office of th Union, Samuel Shellabarger's best seller, "Prince of Foxes," is the Sunday night movie for this week. The films are shown at 7:30 p.m. in the Union ballroom. Tyrone Power, Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix star in this portrayal of Desare Borgia's court during the Renaissance. Power plays a young nobleman who leaves the court to aid the op pressed. Block, Bridle Names Yeutter Top Member Clayton Yeutter, Ag college j honors banquet, honoring the senior, was announced Friday night as the outstanding Block and Bridle club member of the year. The announcement was made at the annual Block and Bridle Weir, LaShelle Represent NU At Union Meet Nancy Weir and Bob LaShelle, student members of the Union board of directors, leave Monday for the four-day convention of the; National Association of Student Unions. Duane Lake, Union director, Marilyn Moomey, acting Union activities director, and Dorothy Speer, assistant food director of the Union, will also attend the convention to be held at Okla homa A&M, Stillwater, Okla. The 300 student and Union staff members attending the convention This free coffee deal the Unhands , oi I loads of dirt and th SSuST offered last week was a large Per,1" "officials, however, have not what, they are doing, to im- Mousel brothers, Henry Robert, of Cambridge. The Block and Bridle club an nually honors outstanding con tributors to the Livestock indus try. The Mousel brothers were early pioneers in the breeding of Here ford cattle. Blood lines from their early famous sires are found in the best Herefords today. Yeuttei is now eligible for na tional competition on the basis of his University activities and other accomplishments. Jack Bussell was announced as champion judge in the senior di vision contest held recently on Ag campus. Prof. M. A. Alexander Student presented Bussell a watch. Charles Watson was named top judge in the junior division contest. John Fox copped second place and Darren Nelson third in the senior division. Don Wiggins was second and Dale Van Vleck, third in the junior division. The Block and Bridle ban quet climaxed Feeders Day ac tivities. An estimated 4,509 farmers and their wives at tended the annual event. Rex Messersmith. Block and in Berkeley. However, they ad-:wJ couM aU gettle down and live mit tney re aoing n jtiuiwiuj the $12 day. All That Glitters From the Daily Kansan, Uni versity of Kansas: "A good way to restore glitter to your gold ring or fraternity pin is to rub the article with onion juice. Let it dry thoroughly and rub off with a soft cloth. You will find that all that is gold will glitter." i.n.ii..,."'!!!.! mliimij A Student Views The News Mobile Canteen Units Bring 24-Hour Relief To Floocl Workers needed in this operation. Charles Gomon "They said we'd never stop it, but they don't know the people in north Ojnaha. We aren't go ing to let anything break through here." If that statement made by a pump foreman could be expanded to cover the entire twin cities flood area, no better summary of the courage and tenacity of the people could be found. The story of the treat flood of 1952 has assumed the propor tions of an epic struggle. Millions of words will be written about the flood and the army of citi zens who fought it, but the immensity of their task cannot be imagined. It must be seen to be appreciated. One of the most impressive spectacles des cribed by University of Nebraska student vol unteers who returned from levee-duty was the frequent arrival on the dikes of Salvation Army mobile canteens. Together with the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army dispensed food all the way up and down both sides of the Mis " sour! along the fifty-one miles of levees and dikes. Many of these persons were housed at the center itself. Salvation Army Major E. A. Moyer, in charge of operations at the center, said, "When a need arose, a miraculous solution turned up." City officials suggested after Inspecting the relief facilities that a medical staff be provided for the hundreds of persons being housed at the center. Before the officials had left the building an appropriate "miracle" turned up in the person of Mrs. Maxine Negley, a registered nurse, who vol unteered to set up a clinic. Mrs. Negley and a former U.S. army nurse, Mrs. Michael Pitzel,' or ganized clinical facilities with a staff of 12 more registered nurses from the Nebraska Nurses As sociation, 50 student nurses from St. Catherine's and the University of Nebraska medical clinics, and the intern staff of Bishop Clarkson hospital in Omaha. The clinic is but one example of the response obtained from citizens. When the Omaha YMCA turned over its entire facilities to University of Nebraska students who worked on the dikes, the in the manner to which commu- University students, who are nists sav thev are accustomed. working with an estimated 20 000 msts say tney are accusiomta. volunteer crew, have been offered food and shelter at the Despite any expected bliz- Omaha YMCA. Glen Gillaspie, Y xards, It's nice to see so many residence director, announced that slims of snring One of the U regularly scheduled activities signs or spring, one oi tne huMing have been can most encouraging is the prepa- celled untji the flood emergency rations for Ivy Day. I've al- had passed. ready bought a new black suit The main job of the Y now, for the affair, but there's word Gillaspie said, is to house more , . t.. . ,, than 200 University students, going around that I won t even AU facilities ot the building;. need it. which include the swimming There's quite a variety of songs pool, gymnasium, television, on the slate for the great day. I'm card rooms, etc., have been glad to see none of them are turned over to the students. singing that snappy tear-jerker, Tne salvation Army has ar "Good Bye Maria, I'm Off For range(i to provide free meals to Korea." Evidently they h a v e an y university worker billeted at great faith in enlistment quotas lhe Y. This food is served in the or their null with a congressman. I Another sign of spring was noticed by Mrs. A. H. Bien, lo cal sorority house mother and eminent authority. As she puts It, It must be spring; the boys have started keeping me awake until 3 a.m. again. Ah, the vocal vitality of youth. "Girl Crazy," Kosmet Klub's YMCA cafeteria, These arrangements by the Y and Salvation Army were called "wonderful" by one student who had just returned from spending 24 hours on the leyees. Before these provisions were made, many students spent any time for sleep they might have on a floor anywhere. Civil Defense authorities reported tnat many frlT0 15 A University students spent Thurs. liw a-u JU1 llij TTVt-a- day night on the City hall floor. thp mpmhprc nf tia ract nrp Rnrvrt. ing bags under the eyes in the best) Authorities also reported that tradition of the theater. And if the American Legion club was you don't have a ticket, don't let used to house the overflow from George Wilcox know. He's been th YMCA known to corner customers in the; . Union until they agree to buy. Several University women of And of course everybody agrees fered their services as baby sitters with George. land canteen hostesses. Student discussion groups will'X Zlt-A t ' a ntw mi fiv tnnW i Bridle president, presented center on five topics: 1. How to get more partici pation in union activities. 2. Coordination of union ac tivities with other campus ac tivities. 3. Determining student needs for improved programs. 4. Publicizing union events. 5. Responsibility of union to students. Miss Weir and LaShelle are tak ing a complete summary of Union activities in Nebraska to aid them in discussion groups. The program also includes dis cussions for directors, assistant directors, college officers, social directors and food operators. Dor- traits of the Mousel brothers. which will be hung in the Animal Husbandry building. Speaking in tribute to the Mousel brothers at the banquet were Sen. Hugh Butler, Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado. HavP Walker of Kansas Citv and Charles Corkle of Lincoln. Lou's BLUEBIRD CAFE 12th & Q Sts. As with the diking project itself, the gigantic Salvation Army staff helped serve meals to the relief mission undertaken by the Salvation Army students. people seems incredible unless viewed against the overall relief picture. Up to 1000 volunteers and 70 of the organization's officers worked in shifts to keep 60,000 sandwiches a day and 4,444 cups of coffee per hour moving out tp the flood opera tions. The large rehabilitation center in downtown Omaha was turned into an operation headquarters and relief center which processed more than 500 displaced families in the first day of operation. By f. r the most spectacular of Salvation Army activities was the "servicing" of workers on thl levees. Forty vehicles operated on a 24 hour basis transporting the food to the dikes. 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