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SUMMER NEBRASKAN
TKursday, July 26, 1956
Summer Ncbraskan Editorials:
Why They Are Here
Chancellor Hardin's visit to Turkey to study the progress of the
University of Nebraska team at the University of Ankara, points up
one fact very clearly
There may have been a time when the University could have been
considered strictly a provincial "cow college" populated solely by
corn-fed lads and lassies, but, if so, that day is long since gone,
The fact that the University of Nebraska was selected as the
land-grant college to aid in the establishment of the new Ataturk
University, and to give assistance to the University of Ankara, which
is quite an institution in its own right, is weighty evidence of the
University's new horizons.
Another evidence is the increasing number of students from other
countries who come here every year to study in such specialized fields
as engineering, geology and agriculture
It is interesting to compare the reasons these students give for
coming to Nebraska with those given by the typical Nebraska students.
All too many of the latter say they came here because "it was cheaper
than out-state colleges, or "it was closer to home."
For the foreign students, however, usually neither of these reasons
apply. Most of them give such answers as "I was told the College of
Engineering was one of the very best," "It offers the kind of agrieul
tural program I want," "I was impressed with the records of the
geology graduates."
In almost every case, these students are here, because they wanted
to come here. It should give some of the native students something
to think about.
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The tellowlnr ai exerrpt fran Bae1aarratc MMnM flvrm at CMy
Catkve fay vr. m. . Bveckenrtdce, Dean ! Faculties.
Youth is a happy age of imitation, of discipline and 'conformity.
And, as youth matures into adulthood, the individual slowly merges
into the group, and the group merges into the community, and the
community into much larger complexes of society. It is then that the
individual is increasingly possessed of a sense of obscurity, of becoming
just another number.
Are we really losing our identity? Are we so devoted to common
pursuits and activities that we are preventing the development of indi
vidual personalities?
I think the danger to each of us in these days of similarities and
conformity is not that we may be forced into a pattern of conformity
but that we may want to conform. It is the path of least resistance to
go along with others, to take the path everyone else is taking at the
moment. To strike out into some wilderness is to venture into the
unknown and with probably difficulties.
Our goal, then, is intellectual courage and integrity and strength
tempered by appreciation of beauty and humane feeling. The object,
indeed, is to develop personality and spirit, to insure that the world i6
in the fullest possession of educated men and women, a world where
there is faith in the cultivated and inquiring mind.
I think we need constantly to re-examine and refresh our memories
about the fundamentals which Snark our civilization. We need to call
upon the record of our origins and through our knowledge of history
trace our direction. Then we may comprehend the purposes and objec
tives of our way of life, remejnbering that our nation was conceived,
born, and nurtured into maturity by intellectuals who were also our
most noted idealists.
We should always keep in mind that purpose and object. The
future belongs to the educated not merely the trained. And if it belongs
to the educated he must bav$ possession of that future. If worthy of
the possession he will have a mature mind, one critical and yet endowed
with a proper sense of social responsibility.
If we do these things well we shall come to know the glory of what
Is right and what is wrong, and we can ferret out the desirable from
the undesirable. We shall come to know and practice tolerance. More
important for all of us, the educated should emerge with a free mind
ready to accept any challenge. Our educated youth is the strength of
tomorrow; they have the vision we shall always need.
From The Editor:
Many 'Thanks Tendered
From Tho Copy Dctla
In Class D
n u iixiews
IJferenS"'
of sqfvicqs Licnaete
This being the last issue, I sup
pose I should have a parting mes
sage of great merit. Well, I had
thought about it, but finally 'de
cided, "why break a powerful
precedent by starting now?"
I would like to thank the var
ious people who have helped me
with the Summer Nebraskan. These
include various of my friends, and
relatives, who have contributed
items, members of the faculty who
have furnished information and ar
ranged interviews, the staff of the
Public Relations office, particu
larly Ed Uirsch who took over on
the night make-up while I was
gone. And thanks, also, to all the
others who in some way, gave
moral or physical support.
Some kind person has foreward
ed me a copy of the student News
paper of the University of Alaska
For years I had been hearing a
corruption of our own school song
called "Good Old Alaska U" but
this was my first introduction to
such. Funny, but the paper seemed
to contain much the same sort of
notices which occure in college
newspapers everywhere. There
was even a picture of the queen
of the ROTC Ball, gowned In a
strapless formal too, not a fur
parka.
Funny when I print some
thing which seems important, it
often seems impossible to find any
one who read it, but let me print
something like last week's rather
shaggy "Joke of the Week and
one would almost think the Sum
mer Nebraska enjoyed a circula
tion at least equal to The Satur
day Evening Post.
It is for that reason that this
week i. column will not close with
a joke. "ut simple " long . . ."
The Summer IMebroslcori
Editorial Staff
Editor .. . .......... Lucigrace Swifczec
Business Staff
Business Manager .......... Jerry Nlssen
For information concerning advertising or editorial matter in The
fcimnerNebrasku call 2-7&21, Uaiversity extension 4225, 422S, 4227.
By BARB SHARP
Guest Columnist
Oh for the life of a journalist
When I was in journalism class,
the professors dealt at great
length with the complicated defi
nition of news. News is a happen
ing, etc., etc., etc.
Do you really know what news
realy is? It is something any
thing that can be stretched or
pulled into typewritten lines' on a
piece of paper.
Working with news we cojjyread-
ers lead such exciting lives. You
have no idea how much I have
learned while editing the copy that
goes through my desk at the sews
paper.
Examples of news?
Well, did you know that fur
coats are easier to take care of
titan cloth coats? That is what -the
lead graph of a certain story says.
The story then goes on to tell the
37 things you must remember to
do when taking care of a fur coat.
Of course, a cloth coat you mere"
ly throw on a hanger and "stick in
the closet.
I also learned today that it is
possible to make dolls out of ap
ples. So don't throw away your
apples. You can never tell when
someone will demand that you
make them an apple doll
If there are any of you who find
yourself desperately in need of ny
lon pajamas for your dog, you
can purchase them in Germany.
These pajamas have lots of frills
and also come equipped with a
zipper up thhe back. Genuine camel
saddles are also available in Ger
many. That's news?
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"Friday International Luncheon
will be held again Friday, in the
second floor dining room of the
Union.
Both foreign and American stu
dents are invited. Students make
their owa selections from the
The closing piece of news illus
trating my point, if there is one
in this column, is printed especial
ly for those of you whose phoI .
numbers are similar to the nun v4
ber of a bread company. I
A newspaper reporter complains
that his phone number, too, ii
similar to that of a bread com
pany that gives the correct time
when you dial it.
He says that with annoying fre
quency his phone is rung by callers
trying to learn whether it's time
for them to get out of bed.
One morning about 5 a.m. his
phone rang persistently enough to
rouse him from a deep sleep.
He muttered something into the
phone and met with dead silence
on the other end.
"That's pretty maddening you
know so I foxed him," he said.
"with these words spoken in a dull
monotone:
"Blank Bread is encursted with
mold and is fairly alive with weet ,
vils. The time is Z.n.n 1
menu.
"4 Bible emd $empmpmr in eieftf
houtm, a good srhool in mtxery iiti
trietall tludled mnd ppreciated)
mi ifcey mark ra thm principal
euppert 9inm, mormlity, $
eivil liberty." -Benfrmin Frklli
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that voting booth with confidence
on Election Day -and vote as a
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