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EDITORIAL PAGE
Teacher Rating? ,
Injhis, the 13th week of the 1952 fall semes
ter, it Is estimated by the office of Henry M.
Cox, .director 'of the bureau of instructional re
search", that more or less than 10 University in
structors, have used the Purdue Teacher Rating
scale in their classes.
" ' integrating- scale, approved in the Ml of
1951-hif the Faculty Senate, Is available, if in
strncKtrs so desire, at Cox's office telephone
4203--and the tabulation of and results of are
kept absolutely confidential and are made avail
able only to the instructor.
Teacher rating was quite highly regarded in
some quarters last spring on our campus but
seems to have fallen into quite a state of disuse.
Perhaps some instructors feel the scale has no
valued is only a popularity contest, might cause
them to lose their jobs or that students have no
right to-rate, their instructors.
The Daily Nebraskan has championed the
cause of the teacher ratine planever since
its Inaugural apearance here in the spring of
1950. The Nebraskan looked with favor Upon
the Faculty Senate approval of the plan. This
paper also applauded those instructors who used
the rating scale. " . ' ' ' '
We would again like to recommend use of the
Purdue teacher rating scale. It's results are con
fidential. It is designed only to help instructors
improve their, classroom technique. It was es
tablished on the assumption that students are
thoughtful and intelligent enough to rate their in
structors. The scale was designed for the benefit of
Instructors. In this 13th week of school, an es
timated 10 instructors in the entire University
have used the plan. R.R.
France Is Cooling
, America wasn't even the United States when
the Faench sent Lafayette across the Atlantic to
help our patriots with the revolution. This was
the start of friendly diplomatic relations which
have oever really bogged down. There have
been,, however, some very definite strains one of
which occured right after the revolution and one
of which is occuring right now.
There is no chance of a dissolution of dip
lomatic relations but France seems to be cool
ing toward Uncle Sam. She feels, and well she
should,, that she is in a very shaky position. She
also feels that the United States might not be
the very best way out of that position; it is not
so well that she should feel this.
china. This does not mean that we haven't
overlooked the Orient in favor of Europe; it
means that we have made the right choice by
placing our emphasis on Korea instead of In
dochina. Both contests are severe but they ate
fundamentally different.
In the first place, Indochina is a colony of
France and the communists there are ostensibely
fighting for the "freedom" of the country. In
Korea, the Communists attack an independent
country from another territory. It was not in
ternal as is the disturbance in Indochina. Sec
ondly, the United States and the United Nations
supported the young Korean Republic ever since
its birth. In effect, an attack on South Korea
was an attack on the U.S. The French felt the
To" France the best looking way to security same way about the P"sing in their colony.
Is a military union of Western Eurone and. if an ec- Lastly, the whole resources of the Chinese Reds
onomic market free from trade barriers is to be have been thrown into the battle in Korea. In
established and industrial resources are to be Indochina, only devilishly clever guerillas are
pooled effectively, a complete United States of carrying the Communist offensive. Granted, these
Europe.. : France, then, has put her faith in the euenuas are armea witn munitions irom roreign
continent. She seems grateful enough that we and captured trench material, but they
have -donated the Marshall Plan money; but she are not able to carry on the same style of bat"
looks t-it gjf something tha we really ought to ue Inai me -ommunis" in K.orea can. ,
have .oorie. When we do what we really ought
to doTiq one "pays much attention except us. But
whenwe don't do something that someone else
thinks Iwe ought to have done, they raise a stink.
The French-4hink We should offer more lively aid
to them wUSTtheir Indochinese trouble.
Francs has a right to be sore about not
getting much more than active moral support in
Indocbjna Much the same as the United States
would have that right if we had more Intense
trouble Jn . the Philippines and no one helped
. us to any appreciable extent. They have the
right to be sore, but the U.S. has done the right
thing by not putting a larger emphasis on Indo-
The French, then, are fighting a battle that
they might not win. They are pouring money
down what they think will end up being a
drain. The U. S. can't help them because we
must give our entire suport to the conflict in
Korea. . This leaves French-American relations
in a rather shaky position, but there doesn't
seem to be much that we can do about it now.
It is not a conscious effort to make the French
mad, it is just putting American lives and res
ponsibilities before French lives and responsi
bilities. Actually, it is more even than that. It
is a recognition of the greater strategic and
propaganda importance of Korea to the whole
world. D.P.
A THOUGHT FROM THE FACULTY
Wanted: Bipartisan Policy
By NORMAN HILL
Professor of Political Science
DuSftiC the presidential campaign just ended
General Eisenhower on at least one occasion spoke jore
lavorawy oi a Dipartisan roreign policy. Still
more Recently he and Dulles have intimated that
they intend to give the leaders of the Democra
tic paxST.some part in policy-making.
not in others, certainly we have learned from
our experience in Korea the fallacy of such a
doctrine.
We should know, too, by this time that our
ign policies cannot be placed in water-tight
geographic areas and that what our government
does in Europe bears closely upon what it is able
to do elsewhere and vice versa. If bipartisanship
is to work, it must be applied to all foreign noli
Should- bipartisanship (or "nonpartisanship" as cies, rather than to a certain few designated by the
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oecreiacjL-nuu preierrea to can it) he undertaken, majority party,
succesrrrtailure will depend upon the exact na- fc
ture of 4ho system to be set up. The hit-or-miss A second fault of the old system of biparti
methodOr consultation which characterized the sanship was that the consultation of the major
bipartisanship of a few years back will not do. Vriy with the minority party was wholly
Certainly no one should be better aware of that haphazard and sporadic. Relying on informal
fact than Dulles, who not only helped to originate discussions initiated by the administration when
it in 1944 but also was one of the two or three ever 14 was pleased to call them, the old method
Republicans most prominent in its functioning. was irritating to the minority and puccling to
, the publlc-at-large.
What is needed is a permanent consultative
One fault of the old bipartisan system that organ of high-levej officials from the Department
snouia De corrected was us limned application. It of state and from the leaders of both parties in
originated as a metnod or getting tne lull support congress, before whom all important policy prob
of the American people for the new United Na- lems would go. The recommendations of such
tions then in process of formation. Later it was a body, adopted by the President or congress as
extended to a few selected European problems, the foreign policies of the United States, would
but no pretense was ever made of applying it to be stamped with no party label but with the label
tne momentous problems that faced our govern- of the USA.
ment In the Far East and the Middle East.
The practice of bipartisanship in some places
and partisanship in others is not realistic. If
the practice be based upon the idea that our
foreign policies are important In some areas but
Wjahqin TLoini
ffeervy Votingl
A rather small news item indicates, on Dec 8,
that incomplete returns in the presidential elec
tion still remain from 10 of the 48 states. More
than one month after that historic Nov. 4, those
all-important Eisenhower and Stevenson ballots
are still being tabulated.
How thankful both Eisenhower and Steven
ton shkuld be that the vote was a landslide.
They might have extremely gray hair by now if
they ctni weren't sure of their political fate.
In the diplomatic conflict now going on be
tween ourselves and the USSR we need every
advantage that we can get A revamped system
of bipartisanship is an advantage that we can
give ourselves. Properly constructed and op
erated, it can give our foreign .policies the
strength of unity that all too often is lacking.
JJvl (Dally. 7bd)haAkarL
FIFTY-FIRST TEAR
Member
Associated Collegiate Press
Intercollegiate Press
EDITORIAL STAFF
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We Congratulate
roar eueot Sararaan aa4 Baadan. wiln
sincere congratulations to Miss Joan Hanson, TnXZJtfZX? A
chosen by the members of the Candidate Officers mSft.
Association, to reign over this year's Military Ball iVt'Ht' 71 j1".?
as 1852-53 Honorary Commandant. We would also to, ins. .. , .'. ..
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UKtt to voice our approval or me u new Deauty Auutum m oca pIIMr
QUeen finalists. MUan San, Hall. Hal UaaMUtalca,
The Honorary Commandant title and the honor 8wl, Milm Dk ,Bfc ""s.
of being a flueen finalist are two campus honors fclJSTiStl
which have remained remarkably and relatively .". .7.' "iHaca bb
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Snadrru. Charlolta Dafo. Dee Jaokaon, Paddr Wrlfht, Mary
aa uanien, uraoa narrar, jo7 uiniman, auriija Halloo.
Keth Kltlnart, Jaaey Carman, Bart Brown, Tom Booker,
Howard Van Bok Sort. Mrj rraaaaa.
mental to other campus elections and honors.
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Nlrht ewt Kdltor .Tat Peek
It Seems
To Me
By GLENN ROSENQUIST
Staff Writer
Yesterday I took a few
minutes off to have a chat
with our editor, Miss Reeman
I asked her if she was going
on a crusade for more and
better aueens this month
'No,M she replied. "Why don't
you carry the ball for awhile. I
have wrote myself ragged, trying
to make the campl see tne value
of queens."
So I decided to neip out our ed.
I next took a poll. I found that
44 tier cent of the students be
lieve there should bo a queen of
queens, In other words, at the end
of the year we take all the queens
named during 1952-53 and from
them elect a queen of queens.
Miss Reeman informed me this
was not a new idea; that it had
been suggested before.
So I reDlied. "Okay, let some.
body else carry the ball for
awhile."
Formal season reminds this
writer of many years past, when
cocktail parties were held dur
ing the Military ball. Site: the
Coliseum, period: prohibition.
Among those caught: two Uni
versity faculty members. For
details consult Dally Nebraskan
files. The scandal was reported
on front page.
Speaking of faculty members
my father is a
faculty mem
ber, He teaches,
of all things,
a g r 1 c u 1
tural botany
and biology. He
thinks he has
the fraternity
"test file" sys
tem beat.
Realizing the
problem, that N
fraternity men '
sometimes have Rosenaulst
an advantage over independents
in that they keep course material
and old tests so brothers coming
after them have an easier time,
he has attempted to even it up,
He keens copies of all tests
given in his course at the Ag col
lege library where they are
available to all.
I wish some of my profs would
do the same.
Reminds me of when I was a
freshman. As a reported on The
Daily Nebraskan I did a few
stories on a teachers rating sys
tem. Vigorously and faithfully I
made a poll of teachers. I vis
ited with 43 of them in some
thing like 15 different campus
buildings.
What they thought of a teachers
rating system I have mostly for
gotten. But one prof commented
further:
"Since 1913, I have never had
anyone come into my office and
tell me what I am doing wrong,
or how I could improve my course
or method of teaching. This Uni
versity could use a man, one who
knows good educational methods,
trained man, who would visit
classes and report to professors
his suggestions and criticisms," he
said.
I remember some instructors
thought a teachers rating plan
would be absurd, technically.
Some thought it would wind up
in a popularity contest.
"The instructor who punctu
ates lectures with stories and
anecdotes is the most popular,
while the man who sticks to the
textbook and never cracks a
joke may be the better teacher,"
one commented.
This was in 1949; and I was
a freshman; and I was hot for
the student-rate - the - teachers
plan.
Now I am a senior. And I
realize that some of the teachers
I hated the most my freshman
and sophomore years are the
ones whose courses were most
meaningful to me.
Why couldn't the University
employ a man as the old boy who
has been on duty since 1913 sug
gested? You can always teach an
old dog new tricks.
Letterip
Vacation Games . . .
Dear Editor:
Recently I purchased a ticket
for Nebraska Basketball games
and other sports events. In look
ing over the basketball schedule
for this season I was quite per
turbed to notice that of ten home
basketball games two are sched
uled during the Christmas vaca
tion period. This seems to be a
way of cheating the students, not
only on the ticket but also on the
entertainment.
I can't see why the Athletic
department doesn't consult the
school calendar before sched
uling games during vacation
periods. It is certainly for the
students that the athletic set
up exists; so let's please con
sider the students in making up
future home sports schedules.
HUSKER BASKETBALL FAN
What Happened?
Dear Editor: '
What happened?
This is the question that came
to my mind as I read the article
concerning the "Messiah" presen
tation scheduled for Dec. 11. Four
singers of the Middle West will be
soloists in the University presen
tation, the story says. Yet, this is
a University production. Instruc
tors at the University will conduct
the chorus and the orchestra. The
chorus is composed of students,
the orchestra is composed oi stu
dents, the piano accompanists are
students. Then, why are not the
soloists University students? Why
are the powers that be importing
the soloists?
The presentation of the ora
torio has become a tradition at
the University. The Coliseum
is crowded for the performance.
University students make up a
large part of that audience. The
remainder is made up largely
of parents of University stu
dents or former students. These
people who come ta listen are
interested in the University.
Parents are anxious to see what
sort of music can be turned out by
a school to which ttiey are send-
The views expressed by columnists and letter- '
itLZ iM. naia da not particularly represent
The views expressed py wiuinuui nr.
writers on this page do not particularly represent
u .ri.wa tho Daily Nebraskan.
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White Angora Sweater Style
Shifts To Milady's Hat
Marlin Breo
The attention formerly captured by white an
gora sweaters has now been shifted, by the use of
a white angora cap, to milady's head region.
"That's a load off my chest," one coed ex
plained, as she donned the new bonnet.
Milady s new cap is com
posed of a flexible bit of
white angora, and is worn
clamped down over the head.
Although it Is a brilliant white
In color, the cap seems to blend
equally well with all colors.
Worn by big girls, little
girls, middle sized girls, and
scrawny girls, this cap can be
worn by anyone because it
blends so well with the fea
tures of the wearer, and becomes Just another
part of the complimentary color scheme. The
livid-white color doesn't clash at all much!
Of course, with the advent of every delightful
new style in women's hats, critics appear. This hat
has gotten it's full share of criticism.
Uttering a gleeful chuckle, the critics have
managed to lampoon this style. Some have be
come so engrossed in their criticism that they ac
tually follow the wearer of the hat, utter loud
Bree
guffaws, and point at It with their finger.
But does this cap actually warrant such ae
tion.
A young lady is approaching. She Is a bru
nette, and is wearing a dark colored coat. The
sunlight is striking a blob of fuzzy whitnesi upon
her head.
She is wearing a white angora hat . . . of course.
It can be said that the effect from a distance
away is striking, but, in order to Judge the hal
fairly, it is necessary to approach the wearer for
a close-up.
So I shaded my eyes with my hands, and at
tempted to look her in the eye.
"Where did you get that hat?" I inquired, coin
ing a clever new phrase, which, perhaps, will
someday be famous.
"I bought It, of course," she replied. "AH of
us girls wear these hats cuts down accidents
at night you know."
"But why wear it In the daytime?"
She summoned herself to her full height, and
answered the question . . .
"It's a fad. Everybody has got one. Are
these hats worse than those dirty, sloppy white
bucks?"
What could be said? It was a perfect squelch.
Just Around
Students Give Impressions
Oi 1952 Military Ball
Jan Steffen
Steffen
HTilitnrv Ralls rnmp anrl CO.
Now that the 1952 edition has
zone let's look at the impression
it made on some University stu
dents.
After talking ,
the affair over
with nine stu- vv
dents, it looks
as if the COA
could take a
few sugges
tions, but
mostly the
dance was
termed suc
cessful. As one "
sophomore $
woman put it,
"It was better
this vap than last."
One of the most consistent
complaints was the time the
Grand March and presentation
of the Honorary Commandant
were held. Nearly all students
interviewed said that they
thought those events came too
early in the evening. They com
plained that a couple hardly has
time to finish eating before that
part of the ball starts,
rif r-niirsp the COA would have
reasons"for the timing: the people
: 1 J V x 4 Vmi . 4tAe
tne people wno come just to waicn
fat tl i hoarit want, tn watch
this ceremony and some of those
participating do not nave aaies
and want to get tov tneir ouier
nrtiviHpc
Generally, those interviewed
thought that the presentation of
tne tseauty queens was a gooa
inir their sons and daughters
Teachers are anxious to see into
what sort of musical training they
will send their students if they
send them to the University. Stu
dents in the audience are interest
ed in the people that they see
about them every day, in classes
and in outside activities.
The students In music are re
quired to attend recitals each
week in which their fellow stu
dents perform. They will realize
that there are those of their own
number who are worthy of sing
ing the roles in the "Messiah." It
has been the practice in the past
to let senior, and even, on occa
sion, junior students at the uni
versity sing the solo parts in the
oratorio, perhaps with the sup
port of one guest star. v
The course in applied music
Is an expensive one. Students
are given very little opportu
nity to perform for a public.
The "Messiah" offers an oppor
tunity for valuable student ex
perience in performing, it ut
ters the opportunity for other
University students to see what
kind of a job the School of Mu
sic is doing in training students,
and it offers an opportunity for
the members of the faculty to
display their skill in training
voices and What happened?
As a student at the University,
although in no way connected
with the School of Music, I am
not interested in a soprano from
Union College, an alto from Des
Moines and a tenor from iowa
State. I am interested in what the
University can offer in the way
of vocal talent.
Is the establishment known as
the School of Music devoid of tal
ent or is it devoid of the ability
to train the talent that exists?
Sincerely,
PAT PECK.
An cs-iVt,Avi-trA man iv-
plained that he liked the idea of
filling the intermission with some
thing to keep students from "go
. , . . j . i
ing out ana guiung iuiuici
plowed."
As far as the band was con
cerned, the majority of those in
terviewed believed that it was all
right but that was about all.
One senior woman said that "I
like a dance band instead of an
exhibition band." Another woman,
this time a junior, said that she
thought that the band "was very
good."
The majority opinion could be
summed up as this junior man
put it, "The orchestra was good
in some numbers and lousy in
others."
Several of those interviewed ex
pressed some displeasure about
holding the ball in the Coliseum,
One junior woman said that she
was "tired of the drafty Col
iseum."
However, it must always be re
memDered that tne COA or
any other dance-sponsored croup
wouldn't chose the Coliseum if
there were a better place of equal
size available.
Another complaint was the
number of military uniforms
that substituted for tuxes. One
student, a senior woman, ex
plained that as the ball is the
opening- of the formal season,
everyone should come in formal
attire. She said that she could
see ROTC uniforms, every day.
To the contrary, a sophomore
man said that because it was a
military feature, all those eligible
snouid be encouraged to wear the
military uniform. He added that
this gave some men without tuxes
a chance to come without going
to the expense of buying or rent
ing tormai clothes.
Freshmen women said that ther
did expect to be more thrilled
than they actually were. One said
that it "wasn't as big a thrill as
i expected." She explained that
this was partly due to the fact
that "kids didn't seem too en
thused about it this year."
There weren't many com
ments about the decorations, ex.
cept that one junior woman
said that she didn't like the
parachutes.
Perhaps the best comment
even if was the least helpful
came from a junior woman who
said that it was "all wonderful."
She added that she may b
prejudiced " 'cause I went with a
Colonel."
Two pinnings were celebrated
in the Chi Omega house this Mon
day. Mary Jean Niehaus an
nounced her pinning to Don
Anderson, Alpha Gamma Rho, and
Yvonne, Mickelson revealed that
she is pinned to a Sigma Chi from
Southern Methodist University.
Bill Martin.
The Sigs from Nebraska went
to the Chi O house, however, and
serenaded for their SMU brother.
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December 12th
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p.m. 115 Home Economics Build
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Frovo Corp meeting, laao nours,
fndet lounpe in uniform. Corn-
husker pictures will be taken.
Leadership trauunr at p.m.
in the southeast room Ellen Smith
Hall. j
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