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SUMMER NEBRASKAN
Thursdoy, JuTy 7, 1955
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Women's fashions are as changeable as the weather
in Nebraska, but changes in apparel for men usually, for
the most part, amount to an addition button on a suit
coat.
Many, many years ago women's fashion designers
decided to pull down the ladies skirts and hide the knees.
Ever since there has been a,, rather shocking absence of
knee exposure in the busses and restaurants of the nation.
A kneeologist must, of necessity, travel to the beach if
he wants to view leg joints, male or female.
But, now convention has been thrown aside and
men's knees are appearing in public. Bermuda shorts are
now seen on males of certain tastes and temperaments.
Presently, the only men who wear the Bermuda shorts, or
walking shorts as they are sometimes called, are those
who verge on being, or are, extroverts or those men who
have nice-looking knees. Philosophers have discussed
the possibility of good-looking male knees without con
clusion. Bermuda shorts are available in plaids or conserva
tive charcoal tones. There has been a great deal of de
bate among the experts as to whether or not belts should
be worn and a divisior a&s resulted into the formation of
bare-legged camps v; .lh the Ivy League group favoring
belts and also short belts in the back while the California
group favors no belt at all. The Ivy Leaguers also insist
that the socks must be rolled down at the top or the
dress is not correct.
Persons wearing Bermudas have been thrown out of
some Of the best restaurants on the East coast. Many
eligible hangemts exclude dogs and Bermuda short en
thusiasts. Well, pants were called crude and barbaric when they
were introduced in the 18th century. It has been said that
"the human knee is a joint and not an entertainment."
This may be true, but it has also been said that Bermuda
shorts are most cool and this most assuredly is truth.
"Well, yon might say I'm going to school on 4h 'G.l. bill'
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Southern nationalism died quietly one afternoon 90
years ago in Appomattox, Virginia, according to histor
ians and bitter experience. But the ghost of this region's
lost cause flared forth in Georgia recently at a Board of
Education meeting.
Georgia educators banned three textbooks for not
being in accord with the "Southern way of life." In this
day of an urban and industrial South, it's not altogether
clear just what the "Southern way of life" is. But a look
at the reasons given for banning the three books clearly
shows what it is not.
A sociology book, "Our Changing Social Order," was
charged with teaching that white people are unfair to
Negroes in elections, .'in school facilities, and in recreation
facilities. The book tries to "condition" white children
into the idea that color doesn't' matter, charged the
educators.
"America, Land of Freedom," a history "book, was
shoved off the school lists because one Board of Educa
tion member said it didn't give the South sufficient credit
in the Revolutionary War.
And a song book, "Together We Sing," was branded
objectionable because the wording of Stephen Foster's
songs, "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Old Folks at
Home" said "brothers," instead of "darkies."
The banning of these three books is absurd and con
trary to the concepts of democratic government, which
allow for dissent and disagreement even in education.
Perhaps even more regrettable is the fact that the
Georgia educators don't realize just what constitutes the
"Southern way of life" today. This is the region of atomic
plants, booming cities, and economic opportunity not
plantations, the Ku Klux Klan, and white supremacy.
The sociology book that teaches youths that color
doesn't matter is to be commended. Color doesn't matter,
and it's time Southern minds were conditioned to it. Re
writing history to glorify the South's part in the Revolu
tionary Yar won't alter facts. And censoring folk songs
Southern songs, at that is downright funny.
, Next thing we expect to hear from Georgia is that
Carl Sandburg's "Abraham Lincoln," was banned because
it portrays the South as losing the Civil War.
From the Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina
The Summer Mebraskan
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cause to be printed.
Editorial Staff
ditor Sam Jensen
Assistant Editor Roger Wait
Business Staff
"Business Manager Barbara Eicke
The Changing Role
Seminars Examine
Air Age Education
By KAY NOSKY
What is this thing called air age
education? To 17 elementary and
high school teachers, it means
many -different things, but they
agree on one pmmmpKmim
point their f
enthus i a s m j
and insistence J
that air age f , f
education is a ' 1
must for to- $ s ;
day's schools.. t ,
These teach- jt .
ers are n- S
rolled in two
of the Summer ' "
Session semi-
t -l Courtesy Sunday
nars for the joumi .nd stm
study of methods and materials
for introducing aviation ideas and
materials into both the elementary
school and secondary school pro
grams. These seminars help to
make the University of Nebraska
oneof the three leaders in re
search on' air age education, the
others being New York University
and the University of Illinois.
Why have air age education?
One reason is that the impact of
aviation upon the world makes it
necessary to produce a population
that knows, understands and is not
afraid of the airplane. To elemen
tary teachers, it is important in
merely keeping up with their stu
dents. They are convinced that in
this area, schools are lagging be
hind the -age we live in.
Air age education in action in
the public shcools would mean this
on the elementary level, the know
ledge teachers are gaining this
summer in the seminars would be
used chiefly in the social studies
and science classes, but teaohers
will be able to draw upon this
knowledge in any other situation
that might call for it. One teacher
enrolled in the seminar pointed out
this example. A young student ap
proached her with some questions
Quick
Quips
A kindhearted old gentleman saw
a little boy trying to reach a door
bell. He rang for him, then said,
"What now my little man?"
"Run like hell," said the little
boy. "That's what I'm going to
do."
regarding airplanes. "T e a c h e r,
1 1 like to talk to you," he said,
"because you know about these
things."
Students are interested in avia
tion, the elementary teachers say.
Not only must they keep up with
the students in new ideas which
they have, but they must "be able
to channel these interests within
the educative process.
On the high school level, air age
education would be put into action
in three ways: through specific
courses, in cooperation with the
local airport, through material in
tegrated into regular courses, such
as the science courses and through
extracurricular clubs.
As a laboratory, the two semi
nars use the airport. There the
teachers see a mechanic put an
airplane through an inspection.
They become familiar with facil
ities of an airport, for future use
in the classroom. And they learn
more . about the airplane.
Located at Temporary L is a
School Link Simulated trainer,
through which these teachers are
learning how to fly an airplane
everything, but landings and take
offs. In the elementary seminar,
teachers are supplementing new
gained knowledge by building mod-;
el airplanes to study their shape
and why they are designed the
way they are.
In both seminars, films, texts
and other materials for air age
education are being studied. And
the final result will be a suggested
plan for teaching air age materials
in the schools.
In the seminar for secondary
teachers, a dual purpose is to be
achieved. It is an experiment to
see how much a teacher should
have to know the airplane, and
therefore to see how much a stu
dent should have to know the air
plane. When this is established,
teachers can proceed in setting up
a recommended program for high
schools.
Even this is not the story of
air age education. The results of
extensive air education are not
something concrete with which to
attract the interest of teachers and
school administrators who are luke
warm to the idea. But as Travis
Williamson, instructor for the semi
nar on the secondary level, says,
these teachers have a feeling
that air age education will help the
student to know and understand
his world better.
From
The Editor's Desk
One place that seems to be -close
to heaven for the undergraduate
student of the University is located
close to the mountains of Colorado
and is Called Boulder. Here the
University of Colorado is situated
and here also are located various
and . sundry legendary campus
hangouts such as the Sink and
Tulagi's.
The mountians are but a few
miles from the campus and it's
not too big a stretch to Estes
Park where Nebraskans have been
known to congregate. Davy Crock
ett could make it to Estes from
Boulder riding on a bear in a few
days.
Academic credit is offered for a
course in sight seeing. There is, a
day long lab period on Saturdays.
Quite possibly it- is cooler in
Boulder than it is cool in Lincoln.
The national AAU track meet was
held in Colorado's Folsom Sta
dium last week.
Depending on which side of the
white fence you stand on, aD these
factors add up to a large debit or
credit, but whether you see things
on the profit or loss side of the
ledger, there is one statistic that
can't be disputed only marvelled
at.
There are over 5000 students en
rolled in Colorado's 1955 Sommer
Session. Glory, Glory Colorado. It
can't get much hotter can it?
Even thought spend the majority
of my time in the cold, dark.
I damp basement of the Union, I
I can tell that the Sun is shining
and the temperatures are rising
by observing the young ladies of
i the campus who appear in The
j Crib in various forms of dress and
undress. Those who look upon Sum
mer School as sort of vacation
have wonderful copper sun tans,
but I cant help feeling somewhat
sorry for those whose complexions
reflect the artificial light of Love
Library.
Bruce Brugmann, The Nrbres
lan's sports editor last semester,
has an interesting article in the
June issue of he Nebraska Alum
nus. He asks the question, "'Just how
far does the Busker Athletic De
partment intend to go to produce
winning teams?
He cites the recent relaxation
of eligibility rules passed by the
Faculty Senate this spring and
the step up in the University's re
cruiting program of promising
prep athletes. High school talent
is being contacted "from schools
as far -away as Pennsylvania," he
says.
"The reason for these recent
moves is that the Nebraska Ath
letic department. '. has been
caught in a web of web of 'eat
or be eaten, kill or be killed' dog
ma that has struck reason from
college athletics."
Brugmann believes Athletic Di
rector Bill Orwig to be in favor
of a policy of recruiting athletes
but Orwig also says we are inter
ested in athletes who are working
toward degrees, not just partici
pation in athletics.
Thirty-nine per cent of the
deaths and 35 per cent of the in
juries due to motor vehicle acci
dents last year occurred on Satur
days and Sundays.
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