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SUMMER NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, June 9, 1954
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The Rev. William C. Pollard's- commencement address was
filled with implications for the graduating seniors, but it contained
perhaps even greater implications for those. who hold that a quest
for knowledge is an important and perhaps the most important
, thing in life. The nuclear physicist told the graduates that they
were facing a "Man-made and man-centered world," that felt
it could do anything- at all if it put its mind to it and acquired
sufficient knowledge. He stated that man has become so involved
with and has put so much' faith in science that he feels capable
of thinking God's thoughts and doing God's deeds. The result has
been, he said, that in making himself omnipotent he must be pre
pared to stand alone in the universe.
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Man has therefore become the slave of "unrelenting man'
made idolatry," he pointed out. Because the sciences are man-made
we are forced to keep up with other men who might use their
knowledge against us. The race is on, and as the Rev. Mr. Pollard
said, we dare not humble ourselves out of our omnipotency for
fear of disaster.
We have lost a certain amount of humanity in our efforts
for greater speed, greater efficiency and greater economy in every
thing we do. He looks to psychology; sociology or political science
for the answer.
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How are we to do as Pollard said to learn to live in the
world but not of the world? Certainly giving up the search for
knowledge is not the answer. Instead of trying to think God's
thoughts and do His deeds, we should look at knowledge as a
means to better understand Him.
We have come to sit smugly behind such terms as the eco
nomic unit or the family unit that classify man with as little
compassion as the terms mollusk or anthropod. We have been
forced into an Atomic Age because we must retain our superiority
in knowledge for the sake of our self-preservation.
In science, sociology and psychology, we perhaps have found
the means for a better existence, but we have come to make them
ends in themselves. The result is the return of the old feeling that
nobody knows where anybody is going and we deteriorate into a
sort of day to day existence.
The problem is that there are all sorts of knowledge which
seem to be incompatible. When we can begin. to see science in
literature, literature In religion and religion in science, we will
perhaps begin to recognize an evil of the Twentieth Century world
" a wealth of science and technology, with which we are unable
to do anything. K-N.
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Daily Kansan Blames Cheating
n College On Public" Schools
The University Daily Kansan ex
pressed the opinion a while back
that cheating in college goes back
to the average U.S.. public school.
"Too many youths come out of
high school in this country without
having put in as much effort in
four years as many college stu
dents put in on one term paper.
The students then come to . . .
college . . . expecting to get
through four more years on fath
er s money . . .
"Suddenly he finds the pressure
is on . . . and he resorts to any
number of crutches so well known
By DARWIN McAFEE
Columnist
Or do you? It seems to this
writer that a great number of
people voicing opinions and mak
ing decisions on important issues
of the times, do so in a haphaz
ard manner. They do not con
sider all the factors involved, nor
do they look at the pros and cons
with a discerning eye. They are
content to accept what has been
taught them without question, to
assimilate another's opinion and
use it as their own or read a
newspaper story or newsmaga
zine article (either of which may
or may not be slanted) and im
mediately express a cut and dried
opinion without benefit of sound
rational thinking.
FOR EXAMPLE, how many per
sons, professing to believe in a
certain religion, ever really ques
tion the principles upon which that
particular religion is based and
the doctrines taught by it? Or do
they prefer to follow it by the so
called "blind faith" instilled in
them by their parents and church
elders along with the fear of re
tribution which would surely fall
upon them if they dared to doubt?
It has been said that one does
not really know God until he has
doubted his existence and found
him again. What do you think?
Or take Joe McCarthy, the self
styled patriotic senator from Wis
consin, who has probably hogged
more bcaulinei and news and col
urn space than any other single
subject on the national and Inter
national scene ....
Do those who follow good Joseph
in the news columns take the time
and effort to dig out the disreput
able deeds he has rendered and to
evaluate the adverse influence he
has had on the "American way of
life?" Or do they indiscriminately
swell with pride, or whatever an
indiscriminate McCarthy supporter
might swell with, and say, "Thats
our boy Joe. He's really digging
out those Communists. Stay in
there Joe. Go, boy, go!?"
THEN THERE are the "expert"
critics of our national foreign pol
icy. To them formulation of policy
is a simple matter. If our allies or
enemies won't co-operate the thing
to do is cut off foreign aid, set up
nigh tarms and blockade nations,
However it is quite probable that
in no other field is there more be
hind-the-scenes maneuvering and
the need for caution and delicate
handling then in the field of in
ternational relations.
In many Instances It b possible
that the public can not get all the
information necessary to form a
rational opinion. One might qaes
tion then the validity of criticizing
those who formulate opinions on
this basis. To which the reply is:
formulate an opinion, yes. But do
not be "hard-nosed" about it until
all the facts are available.
Summer Nebraskan
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Editor Kay Nosky
Business Manager Chet Singer
But while they criticize foreign
policy there seem to be an ap
palling number of people who are
not concerned with the problems
existing today in Indo-China, Ko
rea, Israel and other hot-spots of
the world. They would rather watch
the televised McCarthy-Army hear
ings and ignore the possibility of
war, hoping, as the ostrich with its
head in the sand, that it will pass
tnem by.
. AT VARIOUS times in the past
the accusation has been leveled
that students on campus have al
lowed themselves to be "indoc
trinated" by certain professors.
If the accusers would only stop
and do some sound thinking
based not on emotions and hys
teria, but on reason, they would
see that is practically impossible
io indoctrinate a student who is
thinking for himself.
The student is in no way obli
gated to accept what the instructor
tells him and it is the student's
responsibility to determine the
snbstantiability of instruction re
ceived. .
The reader may find in this col
umn, and future columns, state
ments which he considers facetious,
but let him not wring his hands
in glee, for they may have
been put there for a purpose. The
fact that he finds a statement
facetious means that he -has prob
ably done some thinking on the
matter and the purpose will have
been served.
The aim of the column is not to
lay down any hard and fast opin
ions or statements or prove a
thing right or wrong, but rather,
by following the method of Soc
rates to arrive at the essential
character of an issue by clear
ing the atmosphere of false or
irrelevant and mistaken defini
tions. An attempt will be made in the
column to dig out and trace back
the facts concerning several cur
rent issues, present them and let
the reader draw his own conclu
sionthrough sound rational think
the nation over files, crib notes,
stealing papers, et al.
However, there's always that
distinct possibility a student is
plain stupid, too.
Two hep-cats , were walking
along the street. As they stopped
for a light at the corner, a po
lice car went." by. with siren
screaming. The girl turned to
the boy and looked longingly into
his eyes. "Listen, darling," she
said. "They're playing our song."
From Othor Pens
Survey Shows
Interest Lag
UCLA Dally Bruin, Los An
f eles, Calif.
The recently completed Bureaa
of Student Opinion Survey indi
cated student apathy toward
campus interest and participa
tion in student government
r The reasons for little interest
in student government were
there is too much petty politics,
students do not feel themselves
to be part of school and the be
lief that certain groups control
activities to the exclusion of
others.
Shallow interest in or unfav
orable misconception of ASUCLA
function and services were also
indicated. . .
nf 1000 students taken
from every 13th data card start
ing at the third card were chosen
to participate in the poll.
Lady Burton In "life of .Sir
Richard Burton"
There are four sorts of men:
He who knows not and knows
not he knows not: he is a fool
shun him;
He who knows not and knows
he knows not; he is simple
teach him;
He who knows and knows nof
he knows: he is asleep wake
him;
He who knows and knows a ha
knows; he is wise follow him.
The Battalion, Texas
Dean W. P. Akin, of Texarkana
College refused Wednesday to
admit a group of Negroes as
students.' Dean Akin said he was
following instructions from State
Education Corrfmissioner, J. W.
Edgar in planning the 1954-55
school year on the basis of con
tinued segregation.
About a dozen Negroes, ac
companied by John J. Jones,
Negro undertaker and political
leader, sought admission to the
state-supported Junior college.
Their application was the first
attempt by Negroes to enter a
white school here since the
United States Supreme Court
ruled that segregation must
cease.
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