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4 , i Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN Tuesday, February 9, 1954 EDITORIAL PAGE udent Opinion Needed Trustees of the University Foundation have established a $1,000 award to be presented yearly to the faculty member "who exhibits superior teaching quality." The $1,000 plus n inscribed medal will be presented at the annual Honors Day ceremonies and is to be known as "The University of Nebraska Foun dation Award for Distinguished Teaching." This action by the Trustees is laudable. Their interest in teaching quality at the Uni versity is truly fine, and backing up that Interest with cash is practical. However, we believe the Trustees made a serious error in establishing the require ments for consideration for the honor when they set up the methods of nomination and election for the award. Students, the persons who receive the teaching from University instructors, have been left out of the nomi nation picture entirely. It is questionable if they will even have a word in selecting the winner. Students should have a voice In the nomi nation and selection of the "distinguished teaching" award winner. Nomination and selection procedure, as per- Might Have Been This past year, the nation has been shocked by the merciless deaths met by many young sters who had innocently played in discarded ice boxes. It is alarming to think that if a few per sons had only had the foresight to perform the simple task of taking a screw driver and removing the two screws that hold the latch stops on the ice box doors, 28 children who suffocated in abandoned refrigerators last year might be alive today. Now, to bring this figure a little closer to home, consider these 28 children maturing to college age. Had they chosen the University, they might have made up the Student Council, part of the Nebraskan staff, or half of a fraternity. This is just a speculation, but it shows the tragedy to be, that had only a simple task been performed, these children would be able to live their normal, happy and full lives. Acceptance Vs. Fear "A community of men and women, possess ing vitality, courage, sensitiveness and in telligence, in the highest degree that educa tion produce, would be very different from anything that has hitherto existed." This statement perhaps is familiar to a segment of the University student population because it was taken from an education ref erence book. But have we stopped to consider what it means? Have we stopped to consider one of the big reasons why our communities aren't like this? There is not enough education. Thus through our ignorance another factor is in troduced fear. We use this power of fear to force people to "behave" and not break our laws. Yet our mixture of fears destroys the chance for an ideal community before we begin. We fear social censure, losing our jobs, getting bad grades mostly little things, but when the whole list is added up what we seem to fear most is fear itself. As well as a fear-all, we look on fear as a cure-all. It is used to make women virtuous, children behave, people worship and John Doe stay at home with his wife and children. Thus fear prevents giving way to tempation. What would our society be like if people were not constantly living in fear? Possibly we would have a complete freedom no laws or anyone making them or attempting to rule or govern. We have laws to protect us from fear, yet we fear the laws! That is, we fear the consequence if we were to break them. In a complete freedom there would be no fear of laws. There would also be no family groups as we know them. Children would fight if they felt like it and do what they wished. If there were family groups, they could easily be broken up if one member of the family or another decided to go elsewhere and join another group. Yet in this fearless society, there would be no security. Therefore, the result would be fear. Our solution to this problem has been a cooperative freedom rather, than a pure freedom. In our society we work together to gain freedom from fear. We learn to fear from birth. This fear of others and of the "Bogey-man" is not easily dispelled by a democratic society. If these foolish fears were not taught us, would we grow up differently? We certainly would; It would also save society the job of re educating us. Why not teach our children acceptance In stead of fear? We must learn to obey, but we would be s step farther towards an ideal community If we behave because we respect and not because of fear. G.H. scribed by the Foundation Board of Trus'tees is this: 1. Nominations may be made by any fac ulty member or administrative officer of the University. 2. Nominations in each college wiil be con sidered by the dean and committees he cares to consult. 3. Each college will nominate one member to the Chancellor and the Chancellor shall select one recipient with the advice of any existing all-University committees or any committee established for the purpose. 4. The chancellor may select a committee to recommend the recipient entitled to the award, but the Chancellor shall select the recipient of the award from the nominees submitted to him. ' This arrangement for selection of the dis tinguished teaching award contains several omissions. First, the statement "Nominations may be made by any faculty member or administra tive officer . . ." Students, according to the written statement, University Foundation Trustees and verbal remarks by Director Secretary W. Branch, are not included in the nomination-making category. Secondly, "Nominations in- each college will be considered by the dean and committees he cares to consult." This is the first possible chance students will have in the selection of the award winner. Third, a possibility exists that students might be appointed to committees the "Chan cellor may select." In any case, student participation Is defi nitely barred la one case and only a pos sibility in another. Even if students are allowed to serve on the selection committees they will be able to pass judgment on per sens they had no word in nominating. To leave students so completely out qf the picture in the nomination and selection of a distinguished teacher is a serious error by the Board of Trustees. Student opinion could be valuable to both the dean's and chancel lor's committees in both nomination and selection procedures. Of course, instructors are far more quali fied to judge the technical perfection of their fellows teaching. Experts of any field are best qualified to select others in the same field who are distinguished in this respect. Instructors are also the best judge of a fellow teacher involved in research who has little or no contact with University students. However, the Foundation has set up the re quirement, "No specific criteria shall be es tablished except the nominee shall have teaching skills of superior quality, and the degree of interest in research need not be considered for the award." ' But students who receive instruction from University faculty members are also good judges of instructor-ability. How much stu dents learn and their reactions to a particular instructor are good measuring devices of that teacher's ability. It would be possible, and we believe, prac tical and necessary to have a student voice in nomination and selection activities for the honor "distinguished" among faculty mem bers. Student nominations are impossible, under the present Foundation Trustee Board policy, except by indirect methods. The only way students could nominate an instructor for the honor would be through another Instructor. This condition might well make it difficult or impossible for students to make a nomina tion. In addition, there is only a possibility of student participation on the selection com mittees. The end object of teaching is to impart knowledge to the student. Instructors in this or any university would agree with this view. True, instructors might be more qualified to judge how much the student should have learned under a certain type of instructor. Students, however, are far better judges of how much they did learn under a particular instructor. Student opinion is important within the University community. It should definitely be sought when a member of the community Is to be designated "distinguished." T.W. Margin Notes Disappearing Females The female sex, formerly considered an utter necessity in every Broadway produc tion, is rapidly disappearing from the latest hits. "Mister Roberts" was thought a sort of anamoly with only one representative of the fairer sex. But then "Stalag 17" came along and only made a passing reference to femi nine pulchritude. The clencher appeared last month when "Caine Mutiny" opened again, no women. The oddity, to every loyal Nebraskan, is that Henry Fonda, born and reared in the Cornhusker state, has starred in two of the three single sex hits. It would be a pity if the disease spread. FIFTY-THIRD YEAR Member: Associated Collegiate Press Advertising representative: National Advertising Service. Inc. 420 Madison Ave., New York 17, New York Wekraalwa la pnMtabeo by tbm students ot the edit.iriai ,rt OrttomKf at Nebraska a. rprewloi. ot stadentv - . 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CubMsboa offl Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday KtruKiEiuj arista; tb school year, except racutlon and exaralnatloa Beverly Deepe, Harriet Ruckc, Lnelgraee Swltier, Jack r Oao Issne BuMsshed d urine the month of An- Frandsen, Willamette Desch, Barbara Elcke, Mart-la M awe roar by the University of Nebraska ander too Mlekelsen, Sam Jensen, Barbara Clark. sw.9srvfaa a too Cosuntttee ot Student FubilcatloBs. featffiwi mm aaeeaa class matter at the Post Office la BUSINESS STAFF IJ-etta, NoNraasra, nndrf Act of Congress, March S. Business Manarer Stan fttpnle 1W, aad at special rv of postage provided for la Ast't Business Managers Cbet Slnrer, Doran Jacobs, Serttea IMS. Act f Cengrn-t tl e-t. 8. If)l7. ai'tnnriseS Scott Chiles ft. 10, tXS. Nlfht News Editor Marianne Hansen LlTtLI MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Blbler Student Forum rlimMmM Bess. "You'd think they'd want a 'picture window' like that In FRONT of their house." Slide Rule Student, Advisor Roles Receive Careful View By JOHN MARKS Occasionally we wonder what the function of faculty advisors should be. They do have a pur pose, else the University would not provide each student with the name of a faculty member to whom he may go for help. But the question is, in what matters should the advisor help the stu dent and to what extent? After asking several students as well as faculty members this question, I think there must be a compromise between student and advisor in order for either one to gain by the association. The primary function of an advisor is to guide the student in his choice of a curriculum, par ticularly in the freshman and sophomore years. In order to guide the student, the advisor must know or sense the direction in which the student intends to go. If the student knows, he should try to tell the advisor, but seldom if ever can a fresh man determine his own goals. The advisor should be aware of the capabilities of the student in order to encourage the student to enroll in courses suited to the student's interests. After a student gets to the ' Junior or senior level, he may wish to take courses in other fields in which he is interested. If he has not cleared the pre requisites for these optional courses while in the freshman or sophomore years, he is unable to take any courses at the jun ior or senior level in other than his own, special field after he becomes an upperclassman. " Thus, it is important for the student as well as the advisor to determine the interests of the student as soon as possible in a college career. The advisor must see that the student does not set a trap for himself in later years of college. After the student has be come accustomed to planning: a curriculum, his schedule will not require so much supervision, so long as he fulfills the re quirements for a degree by the time he wishes to graduate. Certainly the student should not wait until the middle of his last semester In v college to check with the senior checking office as to the requirements for grad uation. It may be wise to set one's courses in order two semesters before graduation. The prepa ration of the data sheet neces sary for graduation should be started by the student in ample time before graduation. The advisor is not responsible for reminding the student of his responsibilities with respect to the senior checking office or any other administrative details. The advisor often has no con ception of the various require ments set forth by the senior checking office in every case. Therefore, it is important for the student to complete the liai son between the administration and the advisor when an analy sis is being made of the stu dent's graduation requirements. When the student performs poorly in completing arrange ments with the senior checking office, he is bound to run into a lot of red tape. Also, during the junior and senior years, the advisor should serve to answer any questions the student might have. For in stance, the student may have a question as to whether a course will be applicable to his field of endeavor, or the advisability of choosing one course over an other. The student may not be aware of several changes in the requirements for his intended degree over a period of four years. The advisor should also be able to answer "questions concerning work on the grad uate level. One more point might serve to emphasize the importance of co-operating with his advisor to the student: the advisor stands to lose nothing without the student, but the student may waste fourv years without the advisor. Copped Copy Poll Of Drake U. Males Registers 'No Knee Sox' By BRUCE BRUGMANN The Drake University Times Delphis took a poll of "15 qual ified male students" "to deter, mine opinion on the latest fem inine fad knee-length socks. The general agreement was: "They do serve their purpose . . . however, we still prefer more leg with less sock." One student added, "I'm not for them I'm for what's under them." According to the Nebraska York College paper, the "Reason we have so many pennies in the church collection is because we have no smaller coin." Of the dormitory food, a col umnist in the Iowa State College Daily said, "I wouldn't say the food was bad, but last night In a bull session when I got a frog in my throat it was the best piece of meat I've had since coming to college." Quite a - demonstration of al chemy was performed recently in a chemistry class at Texas University. A cabinet-like 'ex-, periment table was brought into the class. On the table were crystal balls filled with red and blue liquid, a pair of scissors, a large funnel, and an egg. After mysterious motions, which in cluded inserting a plug into a socket, the red and blue water began to bubble vigorously. All was silent as the professor broke, the egg into the funnel and watched it disappear into the inner regions of the cabinet. Then the results! From the cabinet came a full-grown duck. , Comments an Iowa State Col lege prof of his 8 a.m. class, "My one faithful student Is a basket ball player who says he just gets up early to keep in shape." One of the sororities of the University of Wyoming campus decided to have a pledge-active turnabout during which the pledges ruled the roost. The ac tives, however, did not dress for the occasion and when one came attired in a sheet, the pledges "picked her up bodily and car ried her down to the police sta tion" where she was booked for indecent exposure and vagrancy. Shortly after, two riled actives paid the $150 bail and freed the "vagrant." Comments California State's College paper: "The Republican administration celebrates its first anniversary this month. Support ers will wish it a happy birthday and many returns from outlying precincts." Ken Stein, writing an emo tional appeal in the Iowa State Daily said the school needed not only "Brawny football players with padded uniforms and padded heads, a coach with a big salary and a big name, or a grid iron power with an impressive record. They need- girls," he laments. To combat the 3:1 ratio some of the fellows have formed a blind date club in which all members contribute $1 to the jackpot. The jackpot and dis tinction of "Pig of the Week" winner goes to the man whose girl most closely mutches these requisites: FEET: So big that when she takes off her shoes and stock ings she's half undressed. PERSONALITY: Brightens up a room . . . when she leaves it. LEGS: So bowlegged that she can be hung over a door for good luck. APPEAL: Everything a man .could want . . . muscles, mous- OVER-ALL APPEARANCE: So ugly that she could be con sidered for Little International Champion. Stein does not complain about the "Pig of the Week" club. "It pays for my tuition," he concluded. Second Look By PAUL LAASE When the Korea truce was signed on July 27, 1953, it marked an end, at least tempo rarily, to a long and costly war in which the United States neither suffered a total defeat nor won a smashing victory. But in spite of the military outcome, it can be said that the United States did win a declalve victory at the conference-t )le at Panmunjom. On almost every major issue involved in the course of the negotiations the United States position was the one which was written Into the agreement. The first issue of importance was the question of where the armistice line would be located. The Communists wanted the 38th parallel to mark the demarca tion zone, while the United States contended that the actual line of battle at the time of the armistice would be the logical place to fix the armistice line. After strenuous argument, the Communists agreed to the U.S. position. After this issue was settled the Communists insisted upon an im mediate cease-fire while negotia tions were conducted. While con t i n u e d fighting undoubtely caused increased casualties, the United States held her military power in reserve as an additional bargaining agent and refused an immediate cease-fire. This was an important factor in securing an armistice, for while the fighting continued the Communists stood to lose more territory under the agreement over the location of the armistice line. The most vital issue of the whole negotiations was the ques tion of prisoners of war. While the settlement regarding the other issues was achieved in a comparitively short time, this is sue tied-up negotiations for 18 months. The United States in sisted upon voluntary repatria tion of prisoners, allowing each prisoner to determine his own fate. The Reds demanded the re turn of all prisoners, by use of force if necessary. When it became obvious that the Communists would not read. Iry shift their stand, Major Gen. eral Harrison, our chief negotl. ator, made one of the shrewdest diplomatic moves ever pulled In any negotiation with the Com- munlats. He abruptly called oft further negotiations on Oct. 8, 1953, until the rommigtg would accept one ff the !, g. proposal or offer something new. In so doing he reviewed th Communists' actions of the pre vious months and placed the en tire blame for the lack of prog ress upon them. This move forced the Communists to taka the next step and placed them, propaganda-wise, on the defen sive. On March 28, 1953, the Communist commanders as sented to voluntary repatriation " of POW's. " The Communists made this concession only after a UN ad vance along the fighting front and after suffering heavy casu alties. The loss of territory and 1 the drain on their resources proved too much The POW agreement also il lustrated the judiciousness of the previous US positions. Had the US agreed to let the 38th par allel form the demarcation zone or permitted an Jmmediate cease-fire it is probabl no POW agreement would have ever been reached, since there would have been no ' ace in the hole" to play at the proper time. The POW agreement, based upon the principle of voluntary repatriation, was well worth the cost. The agreement means that the Reds cannot trust their sol diers, particularly those of '.he satellite countries, for now de sertion is rewarded by freedom, Any dissatisfied Communist sol dier engaged in combat now has a new path to freedom. Although Korea was not uni fled, since a military victory was not complete, the United States did do a credible Job at the eon- ference table at Panmunjom. All things considered, the United States won a decisive victory at Panmunjom. PAUL LAASE From Texas A&M Army Commission Policy af TP Jw B"" Suggested To Air Force (Reprinted from the editorial panel of Tne Tens Attn -uansiion i The Army-Navy Air Force Journal's estimation that the Air Force will only accept 7,000 of ficers during the next fiscal year makes the commission sit uation here more doubtful than ever before. This figure includes all offi cers, not just AFROTC cadets. If the Journal is right, this means that many students who would have received commis sions will not get them. A total of 16,000 students tak ing Air Science will be gradu ated In June, according to Air University figures. In Decem ber the figure for AFROTC ca dets outnumbers this latest pre- University Bulletin Board TUESDAY YWCA Community Tours Commission Meeting, 3 p.m., Ellen Smith Hall. YWCA "Is Marriage Your Career" Commission Meeting, 5 p.m., Ellen Smitih Hall. Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, 8:30 p.m., Stuart Theater. Sigma XI Symposium, 7:30 p.m., Bancroft Hall Auditorium. diction which includes all offi cers, by 1,500. To meet the Journal's num ber, the cuts in student officers would have to be great. And A&M is only one college out of hundreds which now offer Air Science. a The Air Force plant to glvs the surplus graduates certifi cates of completion. The stu dent will enter the service aa enlisted men. After two years service they will be offered a commission. But during thoee two years, they will not hold the privileges they expected when signing their contracts. However, Army surplus ca dets may receive a much mors attractive award for their ROTO training, according to the Jour nal. The Army expects a 10,000 surplus of students graduating from colleges this June. The Army plan would com mission these students. They would serve as little as a 90 day indoctrination period. Then they would go into active re serve units as civilians for the ,, remainder of their two years' service. It would be fairer to AFROTO students, If the Air Force would also adopt such a plan. Much of the trust and respect the service has lost In eolleges 4 would be regained. T --mm lOTTlED UNQE AUTHORITY Or THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 1Y COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF LINCOLN "Coke" It a registered trode-mork. 1934. THE COCA-COIA COMPANY