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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, September T5,J95rL
EDITORIAL PAGE
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Youth Must Judge The VJorld
Youth, when thought is speech, and speech
Is truth. Walter Scott.
The position of youth is one of the great
est problems facing any society. Its place
cannot be assigned like that of a coal miner.
For a miner has a definite purpose to extract
coal from the earth. Youth has no pre-de-termined
function. Each society must define
that function for itself.
The Puritans dealt with youth simply and
forcefully. Youth should be seen and not
beard, they said.
The Nazis and the Russian Communists
settled the problem just as simply by appro
priating youth for indoctrination with the
ideals of their society.
According to a cliched tradition, youth of
western civilization is expected to prepare
itself for the time when it will control the
affairs of the world. In the past youth sup
posedly has not been told what to believe.
We have been informed that society intends
to teach youth what society knows and then
to allow youth to choose its own path.
Theoretically youth has been offered the
opportunity to judge western society.
,". " That day, however, appears to be drawing
to a close in our country. Youth is instructed
in the character of American society, and
rightly so. But it is also told that any varia-
-tion, any deviation, any change from certain
predetermined characteristics is un-American.
Tak, for example, the case of one fra
ternity which recently, at its national conven
tion, entertained a proposal which would
have removed racial restrictions from its con
stitution. While the proposed amendment
would undoubtedly have been defeated any
way, one of the national officers, a man of
pome fifty or sixty years, warned the dele
gates that the constitutional change would
have been '"the first step toward Communism"
and that "any change is a victory for the
forces of Communism."
What kind of thinking is that?
Our society seems to have reached the
point that whenever a change is suggested, all
the opposition has to do is shout "Commu
nism!" and the proposal is certain of defeat.
Youth is not beingallowed to judge the
world on unbiased terms. Whichever way it
turns, youth finds the world already judged,
with each characteristic labeled "American"
and "un-American." The objective of the
labelers is an unchanging society. But the re
sult of their effrts may be a lifeless auto
maton with no depth of thought or feeling.
Believing that youth must be free to con
sider all situations, ideas and beliefs on their
own merits. The Nebraskan editorials during
the coming semester will be dedicated to a
frank, uninhibited analysis of facets of west
ern life from the college campus to the
halls of the United Nations. We will not have
our opinions formed for us. We shall feel
free to draw our own conclusions whether
or not they agree with prevailing official
opinion.
If we arrive at somewhat different answers
to the problems of the world, we shall not
feel "un-American." We shall consider our
selves all the more American, for our aim is
a continual testing and re-testing of our so
ciety in an effort to keep it superior to any
other way of life in the world today.
But the objective of youth , is not change.
Change must be made by men who run the
world's machinery. Youth can only judge.
Perhaps the thinking of youth, if it is honest
and accurate, will influence the affairs of the
world. What is more important is that youth
discover what the world is like and what
youth itself thinks.
The difference between these two concepts
challenges youth to progress when youth has
grown into positions of influence in society.
In the meantime youth can only search
and test. It can only call the balls and strikes
in the world game of baseball.
We hope that youth is not afraid to dis
agree with the umpire, who too has only two
eyes and two ears.
The Nebraskan's editorials will not be
afraid to disagree. K.R.
The First Steps
- Uncertain steps in a strange new atmos
phere. The first contact with a dream of things
io come.
An uncertain, if essentially brave, swagger.
These are the signs of the freshman.
But they are natural signs. One must
blunder first before acquiring the carriage of
. v confidence.
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A long-sought goal when reached sort of
lakes your breath away. The high school vis
ion of collegiate life come true is beyond im
''mediate assimilation. So, the first steps are
,,,. liesitant.
JiLiu - The vas an seemingly impersonal machin
.ry of the University is too imposing for one
to go unimpressed. You can only pretend to
be sophisticated. And, at that, not too well.
Don't let the xipperclassmen fool you with
...their ease and casual unconcern. They have
.only learned to pretend a little better than
-you. They have bad more practice.
, And don't let the buildings fool you either.
.They are only stone, wood, desks, chairs, lec
terns plus a little ivy here and there. Oh
. yes, and miles of corridor. You'll learn that
quickly.
The professors. Hard to say. Some will
scare you at first, some will always -scare
you. On the other hand some of ut should be
scared. Others will bore you, many will in
spire you. They all want to help you some
(; will wait, however, until you help yourself
; first.
You may think they are teaching you. Not
altogether. For, they too are learning. Among
themselves they say, "You do not really begin
to learn until you teach."
The learning process? Becoming educated?
You do that yourself. The only thing the pro
fessor's really teach vou is how to learn.
College life it not easy to explain, but then,
neither; is anything which involves many in
dividuals with separate personalities. Rallies,
down slips, hour dances, pinnings, cuts, mi
grations all these are a part of it. They will
have more or less meaning to you dependent
on. your personality and the circumstances
under which they occur.
It would take something away from col
legiate life if you did not find out yourself.
Kind cf like finding out the ending of a
mystery before reading the book. Thus, cer
tain phases of campus life defy explanation
and must be reserved for future experience.
So, instead of being satisfied to say, "Wel
come Freshmen," The Nebraskan thought it
might be better to say, "Don't worry if your
first few step falter a bit. Just remember
where you are going."
You'll make it. E.D.
I-D vs. Economy
Today's Nebraskan carries the story of the
government's cancellation of orders reducing
trie AFROTC enrollment. No explanation is
given for the change of policy.
Does this mean that the administration is
relenting in its drive for economy in the
armed services? (The original cut in the
AFROTC program wras supposed to reflect the
reduction in the objective number of Air
Force wings.)
Certainly nothing has hinted the restora
tion of any of the Air Force's budget cut.
In fact, all indications point to even greater
slashings next year.
Although all Air Force cadets are no longer
assured of a commission upon graduation, ac
cording to the latest order, they will still re
ceive the same government pay during the
school year.
Why then the change in orders? Any hoped
for economy has been eliminated. The cadets
may not even receive commissions.
But their draft deferments will remain in
force. At least the cadets will be allowed to
complete school.
Perhaps the Department of Defense has
taken pity on students who stand to lose
their deferments.
Or perhaps a few influential heads were
threatened in the economy drive. At any
rate, the 3-D draft status of several thousand
Air Force cadets has been saved.
May they spend the year paying homage
to an unknown intercessor. K..R.
A Missing Word
'. Tf e going to be hard to call the University
newspaper The Nebraskan. Somehow, the
"Daily" seems to belong there.
It's going to be even harder to miss pub
lishing a Thursday paper.
The effect that the reduced publishing
schedule will have on news policies of the
paper is not known. Articles of course will
have to be shortened, perhaps even eliminated
in some cases.
Undoubtedly the paper's effectiveness in
publicizing campus events will be reduced.
Thursday night's activities will have to be
announced in Wednesday's paper. Wednes
day's news will have to wait until Friday for
reporting.
No . one hates to see The Daily Nebraskan
lose its name more than the staff. No one will
work harder during the semester to restore at
least four issues a week.
While the future of the paper is not known
some members of the Committee on Student
Publications appear to believe that the paper
might resume its daily status if a substantia
profit can be shown this semester.
The responsibility for that profit rests on
the shoulders of the present staff. Expendi
tures must be held to a minimum and adver
tising must be increased appreciably.
We shall cut every possible corner to save
money, believing that the University needs
and deserves a daily newspaper. But we shall
not forget that The Nebraskan must serve
the University this semester. No amount of
savings will justify poor newspaper service.
While the staff regrets the elimination of
another issue a week, we shall remain dedi
cated to producing an outstanding publication
three times a week.
And we shall continually strive to put the
Daily back in The Nebraskan. K.R.
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by Dick BibW
The Student Speaking
"After reviewing- your case we're still In a quandary Mind
stepping around here for a moment?"
Too Smart To Teach?
Curious New Philosophy
Hurts Bright Teachers
(The following editorial is re
printed from the St. Louis Post
Dispatch.) This may come as a shock,
but it appears to be a fact that
some school administrators who
are responsible for selecting
teachers believe that a teacher
can be too bright for his own
good. A person with high grades
in college and a deep knowledge
of the subject matter he pro
poses to teach is thereby con
sidered disqualified for teaching.
For this lesson in the anti
intellectualism of the age, with
special application to what is
called "life-adjustment educa
tion," we are indebted to the
Richmond Times - Dispatch,
which had a recent traumatic
experience along this line that
will probably leave permanent
scars on its editorial conscience.
The Times-Dispatch had noted
with horror an address by Pro
fessor Arthur E. Bestor Jr., of
the University of Illinois, in
which he offered evidence to
show that young people who do
well in college may find their
scholastic achievements a mark
against them when they seek
employment as teachers.
One such college graduate who
had met all requirements for
teacher certificatieti told Profes-t
sor Bestor of her interview with
a professor of education in
charge of teacher placement. Her
grade average in English, she
was informed, was too high. Said
the prospective teacher:
"He told me that prospective
teachers of English who had
straight-A averages were very
apt to become scholars rather
than good teachers. He stressed
overenthusiasm for subject mat
ter, saying that good students
seldom have the ability to un
derstand people. Emphasis on
subject matter and knowledge
of it, he implied, were out-dated
because we don't teach subject
matter, we teach children.' "
Understandably enough the
Times-Dispatch found the idea
that a teacher could know too
much about her subject "little
short of insane." Not all good
scholars are good teachers, obvi
ously, but it certainly a weird
sort of logic which holds that
all good scholars are bad teach
ers. The Times-Dispatch ex
pressed itself to this effect, and
then complacently remarked:
"We haven't heard of any such
idiocies in the public school sys
tem of Virginia. It is fervently
to be hoped that none will put
in their appearance."
The bad news came in by re
turn mail. Several teachers
wrote the Times-Dispatch to say
that Virginia, alas, was as much
a prey to these "idiocies as other
states. One told of having been
lectured by her principal about
the grave handicap she carried
of a cum laude degree:
"He insinuated I was doomed
to be a failure as a teacher. He
maintained that a thorough
knowledge of the subject matter
which I was to teach was not
necessary. On the contrary, the
best teachers, according to him.
art those who have only a slight
knowledge of subject matter.
We do not doubt that Missouri
and Illinois, as well as Virginia
can produce examples of this
curious philosophy of education.
The teachers' colleges have put
so much exaggerate emphasis
on educational methods at the
expense of content that it was
probably inevitable that some
day the educators would come
out into the open with a claim
that teachers can know too
much. Well, there it is.
Hybred I Expanded Ag Union
Corn i Plans Festive Year
By D WIGHT Jl'NDT
Ar Editor
As this is our first issue of
the current semester and perhaps
my first meeting with many of
you, editorially speaking, may I
welcome you to the Ag College
campus. An especially hearty
greeting goes to you students
who are getting your first
glimpse of college life.
As you probably noted the
title of this column is "Hy
bred Corn." Although you farm
folks know that the corn crop
wasn't record breaking in Ne
braska this year, 1 guarantee
there is no shortage as far as
this column is concerned . . . but
you'll find that out yourself.
I was talking to Mrs. Peters,
Ag Union Social Director, last
week and it looks like Ag Col
lege is in for another big year if
the Ag Union hag anything to say
about it. Plans are already being
formulated for the Fall Roundup
which will be held Oct. 2. The
first meeting of the Board of
Manager's of the Ag Union will
be held Tuesday at 4 p.m.
The Ag Student Union and
Dell are an excellent place for
students to get acquainted, per
fect for coke nd coffee dates.
Plan to stop st the Ag Union at
least once every day as it is the
hub of Ag affairs.
Best wishes for a successful
semester to Carolyn Ross who is
chairman of Ag Union Activities.
Carolyn is also a member of the
Board of Managers along with
Junior Knobel, Don Laes, and
Evelyn Lauritzen, These four
represent the Ag Union on toe
Student Union Board of Man
agers. Campus athletes will be glad
to know that the Ag Union has
expanded its facilities for spoils
and is now equipped for football,
softbull, tennis, and horseshoes.
This is the first time that equip
ment Xor all thew fporti has
been available for a number of
years. If this equipment is
handled with reasonable care
and properly checked in and out,
this practice will be continued.
Reports say that the senior
livestock judging team has been
practicing all summer and are
really in shape for coming con
tests. Of course reports didn't
say what the boys have been
judging, but that is immaterial.
In fact some of the boys are so
eager that they have been down
to the state fair judging all week
and Alex had to twist their arms
only half way around.
Well, that's all for now. So
long till next week.
QhkkktA,
BY CHICK TAYLOR
New classes, new professors,
new subjects maybe), new
school paper, new editor and a
new humor column. We'll even
try to give
you a Jew new
jokes. We
have orders to
keep it light,
clean and
somewhat
a m u sing. No
heck ling, no
satire, no per-
""tE sonal opinions.
O. IC, so it ain't no editorial col
umn. Joke.
"Mr. Jones, I'm afraid your
son is spoiled."
"I beg your pardon, Mr. Smith.
I disagree with you.
"Well, have it your way, but
come and see what the steam
roller just aid to him"
And that brings to mind the
young NU co-ed who was asked
why she had selected the college
she did.
"WeU," she said, "I came here
to be went with, but I ain't yet."
"I guess Fve lost another
pupil," said the professor as his
glass eye rolled down the sink.
Del-za-poppiiV
By DEL HARDING
Hello, hello, welcome and wel
come back as the case may be.
Now that the frats and sororities
have as usual pledged "just our
best pledge class ever!" and the
freshmen have struggled through
the maze known as "New Stu
den Week" things are approach
ing normal classes.
Hear it's not so normal, though,
for over 100 members of the
Country Club set of ROTC
the non-flight boys in AFROTC.
If the AF would plan with the
money it has on hand instead of
the money it hopes to get, both
the AF and its ROTC students
would be much less confused
and much better off.
Although the latest word is
the deferments will continue, a
number of seniors will most
likely not receive commissions
upon graduation.
SCOOP Playing for the
Homecoming Dance following
the Colorado game will be one
of the top three recording or
chestras in the country last
year: either Ralph Flanagan,
Ray Anthony, or the Sauter
Finegan orchestra. And as "an
extra added attraction" will be
one of the country's leading
male vocalist who should
suit you to a T.
Also heard the editor of this
paper had a trip to Russia in
the offing but it fell through
someone no doubt informed the
American Legion.
As you probably know, the
Nebraskan will be published
thrice weekly, but if the Board
of Student Publications runs
true to form the mast will event
ually read "The Occasional Nebraskan."
Stolen Goods
'Stop' Says Cop;
Forgets Himself
By PAT BALL
Even policemen sometimes fail
to their own orders. The Batta
lion of Texas A&M College re
ports an incident in which a
traffic patrol car submitted an
ancient jalopy to a safety check.
The driver was told to proceed
at 25 miles an hour in front of
the police car and to stop when
the heard the police car's horn.
The driver did so. The police
car rammed the jalopv.
Then there were the two stu
dents from Texas A&M College
who decided to sepnd an after
noon swimming in Lake Trinidad
near Corsicana. After what they
termed as an "invigorating
swim," thhe two found out the
"lake" was a sewage disposal for
Dalls and Fort Worth.
Even with the fish kingdom
has been touched by the far
reaching arms of television. Uni
versity of 'Wisconsin scientists
are now using a submersible
television camera to snoop on
the private lives of fish. Ex
plorations have been carried on
to a depth of 100 feet.
Crock-of-the-week: Lincoln-
Stuart theater after 6 p.m.
price: 80c. At the Varsity it's
74c. Remedy: no show, just
park.
In case you frosh are wonder
ing who the students are going
around with the woebegone
"what'l! I do with myself" look,
they are the senior "has-beens'
the frustrated M.B.'s and In
nocents who are now "activity
less." Monday morning I had the
displeasure of having to go
through the most aotiquaiq and
asinine registration proeedure
known to this campus tne Drop
and Add.
My "drop slip," signed by the
Director of the Journalism
school, seemed satisfactory
enough until I got to the Check
Table, when the axe fell.
I was informed that I must
return to Burnett Hall to have
my drop slip signed by the Dean
of the Arts and Sciences college.
Why? No one seemed to know.
So I went.
Arriving in the Dean's office,
I was greeted pleasantly by a
secretary, who took my drop
slip, smiled, and stamped it. 1
asked her why I had to have the
signature, and she replied rather
uncertainly that it was a check
on the number of hours being
carried. Did she look my regis
tration form up and see? No.
I asked her if our advisors
were not considered competent
enough to check on this when
they filled out our drop slips,
and she had no reply. So I
grudgingly trapsed back to the
M & N building, back to the
Check Table, and up to the
woman who had sent me on my
chase.
She smiled also, looked at the
signature, folded the forms and
put them in an envelope and
handed them back to me. I
asked her why I had to come all
the way back over just to have
her fold a few papers for me.
She just laughed and said "My,
you just can't win for losing,
can you!"
No, guess not.
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