Tuesday, December 1, 1959
Page 2
The Daily Nebraskan
Editorial Comment
Salvo Goes on Training
America's favorite iconoclast, the same
admiral who made headlines by getting
away with bullying Khrushchev, has again
leveled a salty salvo at our educational
system. Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover,
"the father of the atomic submarine," has
been a caustic critic of our educational
system for several years.
His latest comment in this week'svissue
of the Saturday Evening Post, "The World
of the Uneducated," brings the shortcom
ings of our system into clear focus., Adm.
Rickover underscores the reason for this
failure by explaining the all-important why
as he sees it.
As he testified last August before a
House committee: "I am a customer for
the products of our schools. I tried to get
people to help me do a job in nuclear
power development, and I found the prod
uct of our schools quite unsatisfactory, so
I set out to find the reasons."
These "reasons" he found to be a mis
conception on the part of educators of the
difference between education and train
ing. Said Rickover: ."Education is but one
of the two processes by-which children are
guided into adulthood: the other is train
ing. . . As understood in the West, edu
cation goes to the whole of a man's person
ality, seeking to enrich it by widening his
intellectual horizon. In contrast, training
merely seeks to fit the young into their
native society."
A quick review of the high school classes
recently left behind will emphasize the
validity of the admiral's observation that
our system has become so engrossed in
, the training of children that the education
of children has been left wanting. The
school is being asked to perform the func
tion of parents, of the church, of the com
munity as well as that of the educator.
Twelve years is a short space into which
to cram the rudiments of writing, of
" mathematics, of language, of history, of
music while at the same time teaching
how to drive, how to sew, how to cook,
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Take one example drivers' training.
Law enforcement officials, safety experts
and parents largely concur that driver ed
ucation in high school is worthwhile. The
trained instructor perhaps can teach how
to obey the laws of the road and manipu
late the old Chevy better than can dad.
But does this justify taking the semes
ter, or the six weeks spent in learning to
drive away from the study of something
which most dads cannot teach like lan
guage, like math, like German? It is eas
ier, yes, to say that the school must be re
sponsible for the training of the young.
In saying this, however, it must be real
ized, that something else must be aban
doned for each item of training undertak
en. In this case, it is what Rickover has
called education.
Again a retrospective peek into the 12
years preceding entry into the ivy halls
fails to conjure up a picture which would
even approximate Rickover's wonderful
formula of what education should be.
What then of training? Again the ad
miral's view:
"Training . . . develops in youth char
acter traits to suit the predominant ethical
and religious beliefs of the community,
and teaches socially approved manners,
mores and personal appearance. Such
formation 'of attitudes and habits can be
called 'life adjustment,' or adjustment to
the 'peer group,' to borrow favorite ex
pressions of progressive education. Train
ing also develops vocational skills which
qualify one to earn a living by doing a
specific type of routine work.
"Training does not stretch the mind.
The intellect is not improved by, acquiring
habits or learning mechanical skills, nor
will routine work enlarge one's mental ca
pacities, as hard thinking will."
End of indictment. Training is needed,
but the schools should not have to bear the
entire burden of training. Only the schools
are geared specifically to educate no
other institution or group is established
specifically for that purpose. Only they
can remove us from the "World of the
Uneducated."
Freshmen All in a Lump
Administrators at Florida State Univer
sity believe they may have found the so
lution to the problems created by the college-switcher
and the major-changer. An
Intercollegiate Press Bulletin reports that
all freshman at FSU except basic majors
are in the new Division of Basic Studies in
the College of Arts and Sciences.
One purpose of the change is to cut
down on the complications and work
caused by students changing from one
school to another so frequently. Begin
ning with the current freshman class stu
dents will not declare a major officially or
register in another school until their junior
year.
Arts and Science received the new di
vision "because the faculty is already
there. "The division provides a home
for our general education," according to
the new dean of the division. Florida Uni
versity already has such a university col
lege. Apparently experience at the larger
university ha convinced a sufficient num
ber of Floridians on the value of the old-
fashioned liberal education first, special
ization after theory.
Obviously such a program would have
kinks at first. Some students might feel
that they were being forced to wait too
long before leaping in with slide rules and
books flying into their chosen field. In the
long run, however, our guess is that the
students of FSU will benefit greatly from
this change.
The declaring of a major before entering
the freshman year is frequently a hap
hazard thing. In many cases, students are
kept from changing majors to something
more "up their alley" because of the loss
of hours involved in making the switch
from oneiield to another.
FSU's new program, if it works as cut
lined, could make a twofold improvement.
First, it could eliminate a lot of admini
strative work and second, it could provide
a more solid background for all students.
Staff Views:
On the Other Hand
V
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By Sondra Whalen
Through the mist of a lovely, sleepy,
turkey filled vacation, it's awfully hard to
think of anything but more sleep, food
and fun.
But last week a profound thought oc
curred, of whicn rem
nants are still somewhat
in focus. Not an original
thought, it's an idea that's
been successfully tried at
many other schools.
It concerns women's
hours and is specifically
termed "late leaves."
It seems that at various
other places, women stu
dents may stay out an
hour later when the ne
cessity for such arises. A specified num
ber of these leaves are given to coeds
fcr each semester, and may be used eith
er only on week nights, or on any night,
depending upon the school.
Thus, when a female student decides
she would like to attend a play, and knows
the play gets out at 11 instead of earlier,
she simply signs out for a late leave.
Thereby she does not need to break all
speed records returning to campus, and
Sondra
might even have time for a cup of coffee.
While coming back to campus 15 min
utes after the event is over (when it's
University approvtd) is all right, a sys
tem of late leaves seems to be so much
better.
You can easily waste 5 or 10 minutes of
the alloted 15 simply getting out of a
crowded theatre, and, if the show was
downtown and you're walking, you'd bet
ter plan on 10 minutes for that.
AWS and the University don't have
the time to approve everything either, and
those events not officially approved require
, regular hours.
As an example, Stan Kenton at Turn
pike was certainly worth hearing, but col
lege students had to leave early for 11 p.m.
hours were enforced even though the con
cert lasted until 11.
Late leaves would also allow for the un
expected, if they could be called in.
'Twould be a lovely privilege, if 'tweren't
abused.
A KU coed started smoking a pipe be
cause it was the only way she could find
to have something in common with the boy
she dated. s
Could it be they weren't meant for each
other?
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Sororities Should Be
'Marriage Markets'
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Errant Thoughts
dear di
well kid sitting here in a
meleiicholy state of mind
you know what a sip or two
of suds does to me i got to
thinking of things past in
relation to the effect they
may have on things future
like last spring when the
fourth floor union purge was
going on as you know
certain groups were worried
about the seemingly grow
ing power of other groups
on campus and were anx
ious to put a stop to said
growth
statements like i think she
is and there is reasonable'
doubt and i think we should
look into this more fully
were bandied about reck
lessly with the result that
anyone mentioned or con
nected with the other group
or groups was slipped the
black bean without hesita-'
tion
white flag raised
all of this was of. course
designed to keep or perhaps
finally raise the waving
white flag of purity and
truth if this could have been
accomplished these people
reasoned it would remove a
lot of the temptation the
younger generation might
be exposed to in later life
to join these other equally
mystic groups these youths
who must be guarded would
then not join the bad mys
tics and their power would
diminish rapidly
well dear di it !s obvious
that the one group failed to
cut out all the undesirable
since almost a majority of
its membership is made up
of bad guys.
the ; other fourth floor
purge was more thought out
and better planned and per
haps the particular method
of selection for membership
is more adaptable to head
rolling than the other at any
rate it was more successful
of a dozen apples but one
turned out to be rotten
speculation
all this is the ancient his
tory which has caused me
to do a certain, amount of
speculation about the future
first of all the question
arises will the two groups
continue or attempt to con
tinue the blood baths for the
politically over anxious
es for the first of the
fourth floor clans i think
answer will be no no one
seems to have a burning
desire for a return to cal
vinistic propriety group two
is more of a question mark
certainly great inroads
were made towards a ma
jor house cleaning but the
same attitude must prevail
among this year's elite or
the efforts of last year's
crop of masked marvels
will have gone for naught
the second question re
lates to whether or not
such purges as 1 have cho
sen to .call them are ac
tually good or valid things
i have heard via the
Graduates Hear
Indian Students
Political economic and
cultural developments in In
dia were discussed at the re
cent meeting of the Univer
sity Graduate Students Asso
ciation. ,
An open forum followed the
discussion, which was led by
Indian students.
The association will hold its
next meeting Friday at 4 p.m.
The Christmas p a r t y to be
held Dec. 11 will be planned.
The meeting will be held in
the Indian Suite of the Stu
dent Union.
by caesar
grapevine that the admuv
istration would not outlaw
any organization that ex
isted for the good of the stu
dent body therefore there
are those of us who reason
that such groups are not
good and can serve no real
ly useful purpose but should
otherwise deserving juniors
be denied the honor of ivy
day. recognition simply be
cause they may also belong
to one of these no good or
ganizations alas dear di tis a question
but twenty five can answer
to beware that , which is
done in the name of good
jittery already
my final errant "thought
on the subject is one of
amazement that juniors
should be so jittery already
aad also that these same
people should allow 'them
selves to be coerced by a
group that at best has only
potential strength at the
present time
knowing 1'ttle as i do
about illegal elements on
this campus green i none-
theless get the impression
that the subrosa exists be
cause of the weakness and
selfish desire of those
preyed upon
and that such character
istics are apparently prev
alent in some hopeful cir
cles is a sad commentary
on the youth of today
with bleary eyes sad
dened heart and pretzled
breath i remain yours in
the bonds of the up and up
caesar
One of the three assets
of sororities is that they set
up a good marriage mar
ket, the dean of women at
Penn State told a PanheJ
lenic conference at Syra
cuse University recently.
The Daily Orange reports
that the other two assets
outlined by Dr. Dorothy J.
Lipp were establishing close
human relationships and
providing a variety of ac
tivities. "If you're not dead, you
ought to be very much
alive," Dr. Lipp com
mented. She explained that
in today's world of revolu
tionary trends, no one can
arrord to be apathetic about
life.
A Daily Kansan writer
muses:
"I've been comparing
Max Schulman with H. L.
Mencken and find today's
college student a Knight
astride a lame-legged stal
lion hobbling toward a
rotting inn to rest his brain.
"His steel armor takes a
heavy toll on stamina,
leads to the muddled state
of his mind. His wit has all
the sharpness of a lecture
on thermodynamics, h i s
goals the virtue of a ward
politician and his thoughts
the clarity of Los Angeles
smog.
"So there's not too much
hope for him as the ma
jority of educators have
turned their balding heads
to the heavens in search of
truth and a better place to
land a rocket. The few pro
fessors who kept their eyes
fastened to the ground are
being labeled as 'Hinder
ances to Progress' and will
no doubt be shoved into re
tirement along with the
humanities, man and other
things which slow the ad
vance." Leading scholars and sci
entists at Harvard are join
ing with selected freshmen
this year in an experiment
with "colleague
ship." Freshmen of Har
vard and Radcliffe College
are doing lab research,
field work and reading be
yond normal first year
work.
This work is then . dis
cussed with senior faculty
members and in small
seminar groups and labor
atory workshops.
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To Campus
On 3 Routes
Ever wondered how the
campus mail service oper
ates? Three mail routes serve
campus two are business
routes and the other is a
residential route, according
to C. E. Camprath, residen
tial mail carrier.
Camprath delivers letters
and packages once a day,
while Clarence A. "Doc"
Green and Art Berkehim
each make two business de
liveries a day.
Campus mail is handled
at the Lincoln city post of
fice in the same manner as
other mail and then is sort
ed by the carrier, Camp
rath said. On delivery, each
campus residence sorts its
own mail.
He said campus mail car
riers offer the same serv.
ices as do regular city mailmen.
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