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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, November 18, 1959
Forced Clmrchgoing Pushed By Georgel
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Schedule Problems
At Coe College in Iowa, the Student
Council took steps recently which appar
ently brought no outcry from the students,
but certainly should have. The move was
to bolster chapel atterdance. Two alterna
tive plans were described in an Intercol-'
legiate Press Bulletin.
"Preferred Plan: Be it resolved that
chapel be a 4-year non-credit require
ment for graduation similar to the PE
program but operated within a three cut
per semester system."
- "Alternative Plan: Be it resolved that
each Coe student be allowed three excus
able chapel cuts each semester. Be it
further resolved that for each cut over
the three allowed- that one hour's credit
be substracted from the total credit hours
the student is carrying that semester.
Pe it resolved that the chapel commit
tee devise a definite plan for implement
ing correct attendance taking and for pub
lishing the number of cuts each student
has taken."
In effect, the resolutions state that the
student is not to be granted the symbol of
an educated man, a diploma, if he has not
spent the prescribed number of hours sit
ting in a chapel listening to a similarly
prescribed dogma.
The first resolution is frightening
enough. The second, which would mean
loss of credit in subject areas if the indi
vidual decided on any particular day that
he felt more like listening to Bach than a
minister, or more like reading Freud than
the responsive readings is appalling.
Forced churchgoing is not the deeply mov
ing experience which worship should be.
It is an institutional substitute perpetu
ating stale systems.
Even when a school is church-supported,
the justification for forced "chapel" is
flimsy. To say that because the church in
large part finances the education of the
student gives that church the prerogative
to force its doctrines upon the student is
to deny the student that right to explore
and to think which is so vital a part of the
total learning experience.
Religion is not something so unrelated
to the rest of living that it is to be swal
lowed in one lump, unchewed, untasted,
and probably poorly digested. To force a
young adult to sit through a prescribed
ceremony as a part of his or her intel
lectual education is to slam the door on
one area of mental exploration.
Perhaps the most enlightening aspect of
the resolutions proposed by the Coe Coun
cil, though, is the comment "that chapel
be a four-year non-credit requirement for
graduation similar to the PE program but
operated within a three cut per semester
system." 'Perhaps they don't get three
cuts in PE. The juxtaposition of religion
and physical education class attendance
may be an error of syntax, but it looks
more like a confused value scheme.
However viewed, though, requiring stu
dents to attend a particular service a par
ticular number of times in order to grad
uate is not justified.
Other Side of Ataturk
The rector of the University of Ataturk,
Sabahattin Izbek, reported on the success
in the program of our sister school at
Eurzuram, Turkey when he spoke to the
Board of Regents Friday.
He tratlined the valuable . contribution
the University Is making in the war for
the minds. He pointed out the crying need
for educated men and women in the free
world. He noted the fine work of several
University instructors in Turkey.
But he made another point which de
serves almost .as much attention.
"One of the best things the University of
Nebraska could do for us now is to employ
a Turkish professor here in Lincoln," Dr.
Ozbek said. Nebraskans need to know
more about the Turkish culture and lan
guage, he said.
Nebraskans and Americans need to
know more about the Turks but they al
so need to know more about the Iranians,
the Brazilians, the Chinese and the Aus
trialians. Name a country, almost any
country, and what Dr. Lancaster loves to
term our "abysmal ignorance" will prob
ably show.
We have a tendency to think that be
cause we believe in the "American Way"
and in our democratic concepts that it is
all-important to export our thoughts and
our teachers. It is. We should be spread
ing more of our teachers and thinkings as
well as scientists and technicians across
the face of the globe.
But at the same time, why don't we
have more instructors from Honduras or
Japan or Canada or Spain? The term "ex
change of ideas" doesn't mean merely the
exportation of our ideas. It implies too,
the importation of knowledge of customs
and cultures vastly different from ours. It
implies some kind of exposure to the art
of India, the crafts of Ceylon, the music of
Italy.
We have so much to learn. We have so
little time in which to learn it. We scrape
the surface of this knowledge in some of
our language courses, and in some his
tory courses we dig deeper but rarely
deeply enough.
Dr. Ozbek told of crowds of 600 persons
who gather to hear the professors at Ata
turk speak at nightly conferences. The
topics inciude everything from prevention
of flu to politics. We should be learning
more also.
The hundred and some Lincoln families
who have invited foreign students into
their homes for three consecutive Sun
days are making steps in this direction.
They have made the step that many of us
right on campus fail to make of extend
ing the hospitality of our country to our
visitors. Many of these families have ex
tended the invitations with frankly selfish
motives they want to learn something
about another country via one of its citi
zens. Maybe a selfish motive, but certain
ly a good one.
M
. E, Speaking
By Carroll Kraus
An honors system.
Do we .need one?
Apparently the Army ROTC department
thought so when it installed the practice
several years ago..
Apparently otner cam
puses did for instance,
Stanford University.
And the Impetus that
started the fair play cam
paign there was the stu
dent body.
The students do their
own policing. Their idea is
that they don't care if the
student is cheating the in
structor but they do care
that the cheater isn't giv
ing his classmates a fair shake.
There has been cheating at Nebraska
and there will continue to be if the status
quo of examinations stays the same in
most departments.
As Dean Colbert says, an honor system
can work only if both students and fac
ulty make it work.
Faculty members open up the gates for
cribbing by using the same test year after
year without keeping too close a track on
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the examination papers.
A smart cookie manages to latch onto
an old test, mimeographs copies and the
result is a high grade curve and a fat
profit for the entrepreneur.
But that's not the only way things could
and have happened here.
Maybe it's not cheating for a guy who's
taken a test in an earlier section to tell a
friend all the questions coming up for the
buddy's test the next day. But I think it is.
Here's where the student comes into the
picture.
'And what should we do be selfish.
Most of us work hard for our grades.
It's not pleasant to think that someone has
the copy of a test when we're poring over
books at 2 a.m. studying for the same
exam.
Perhaps there really is no need for
alarm at cheating; maybe the problem
has gone out the window.
But if cheating rears its ugly head in
the upcoming days of 10-week and semes
ter exams, then the Student Council should
act on at least studying other plans and
seeing if such a plan could work here.
Army ROTC is proud of its honor sys
tem. The whole University could use some
of the pride that would rub off in the in
stitution of such a program.
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There is something very
pleasant about wrapping
yourself in a blanket to
watch a football game
especially if you wrap a
nice. look-
By George Moyer
tu
Moyer
everything
sharprelief,
ing, young
coed in
with you.
The
pleasure is
e n hanced
if the day
is one of
those rare,
p e rfectly
b r illiant
early winter
ones when
stands out in
like boldface print on glos
sy paper.
They say our New Eng
land ancestors had a game
called bundling which skill
fully blended the same in
gredients. Of course, they
didn't have football and the
scene of the contest was the
cold front parlor instead of
Memorial Stadium andthe
time was more like 9 p.m.
than 2:30 p.m. and thesun
didn't shine. But then, who
is to say we've improved
the sport by the addition of
a few ground rules?
It is enlightening to learn
after five years that the
ALL University intramural
football team is limited to
fraternity members only.
At least this is the only
impression that the aver
age reader can get from
Mr. Hal Brown's selec
tions. I would like to point out
that the second place club
gave the champion Phi
Psi's a rough go for the
title. Surely, theycouldn't
do this with a bunch of
duffers. After some exper
ience with the athletic abil
ity of dorm and independ
ent teams, I feel it is only
fair to suggest that football
ability of all-University cal
iber is not limited to the
- houses along 16th and R
streets.
When the University Fac
ulty Senate adopted the late
starting date for the 1960
61 school year, the Student
Council threw up its col
lective hands in despair ;
Their comment: "We
only got three letters from
the students offering an
opinion on the matter."
It might be well to re
mind the Council members
that they are the elected
representatives of the stu
dents. Once elected they
have not been elevated to
some remote plain beyond
the call of the people who
put them there.
,It might, therefore, be
suggested that the Council
members had a duty to so
licit personally the opinions
of their constituents. Cer
tainly, a post lunch bull ses
sion about the question in
a fraternity or sorority liv
ing room would have pro
duced some comment to
guide even the most be
wildered Council member.
I win admit that the
apathy of the students
toward this question, in
view of their original neg
ative reaction to an early
opening, was appalling.
However, it is up to the
Council to take the lead in
destroying such apathy. It
is always up to the leaders
in any community to give
voice and direction to the
protests of the rest of the
community.
After all, the Council is
composed of student lead
ers, isn't it?
Well, isn't it? '
Svmnhonv last nlftht.
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DIARY OF A COED
MONDAY: Prof. Pomfritt spranR qui. in English lit this
morninn. If Shakespeare didn't write Canterbury Tales I'm a
dead duck . . . Lunch at the house-turkey hash. Question:
how can we have turkey hash when we never had turkey? . ..
Smoked a Marlboro after lunch. I dig those better makin's
the most I . . . Played bridge with sorors in afternoon. When
game was over, my partner stabbed me several times with
hatpin. Must learn weak club bid . . . Dinner at house-lamb
hash. Question: how can we have lamb hash when we never had
lamb? . . . Smoked a Marlboro after dinner. What filter! What
flavor 1 What pack or box I .. . Chapter meeting at night. Motion
made to abolish capital punishment for pledges. Motion de
feated . . . Smoked more Marlboros. Quelle joit! . . . And so to bed.
TUESDAY: Faculty tea at the house. Spilled pot of oolong
on Dean of Women. She very surly. Offered her a Marlboro.
Still surly. Offered skin graft. No help . . . Dinner at Kosy
Kampus Kafe-24 hamburgers. But no dessert. Have to watch
waistline . . . And so to bed. .
WEDNESDAY: Got our marks in English lit qui. Lucky
for me Shakespeare wrote Canterbury Tales! . . . Afternoon duta
with Ralph Feldspar. Purely platonic. Ralph wanted to con
sult me about love trouble he's having with his girl Nymphet
Calloway. I assured him things would get better. Ralph said
he certainly hopes so because last four times he called on
Nymphet, she dumped vacuum cleaner bag on him . . . Smoked
several Marlboros. Wonderful cigarette. No confusion about
which end to light. Saves loads of time . . . Dinner at house
bread. That's all; just bread . . . And so to bed. '
THURSDAY: Three packages from home-laundry, cookies,
records. So hungry I ate all three . . . Quia in American history,
If Millard Fillmore didn't invent cotton gin, I'm in big trouble
. . . Dinner at house. Big excitement Nymphet Calloway an
nounced her engagement to Ralph Feldspar. While sorors
flocked around to congratulate Nymphet, I ate everybody's
side meat . . . Then smoked Marlboro. Oh, wh&t a piece of work
is Marlboro 1 . . , And so to bed.
FRIDAY: Got our marks in American history quiz. Was
shattered to learn that Millard Fillmore did not invent cotton
gin. He wrote Canterbury Tales . . . How very odd! . . . Lunch
at the house bread hash . . . Marlboro after lanch. Great smoke.
Must send valentine to manufacturers . . . Spent entire after
noon getting dressed for date tonight with Norman Twonkey.
Norman is dall, dark, loaded a perfect doll! Only thing wrong
is he never tells a girl where he's going to take her. So I put
on a bathing suit, on top of that an evening gown, and on top
of that a snowsuit. Thus I was ready for a splash party, a dance,
or a toboggan slide ... So what do you think happened? He
entered me in a steeplechase, that's what! . . . Would have taken
first prize easily if I hadn't pulled up lame in the last furlong
... Ana so to bed. s.
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