Wednesday, December 16, 1959
Page 2
The Daily Nebraskan
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Why Ignore What's Here?
Someone asked the other day why stu
dents rarely visit Morrill Hall why the
Planetarium, the art galleries and the
wonderful museum displays are virtually '
ignored by the same students who 15 years
hence will be "bringing the kiddies" to
"see the elephants."
The glib answer is that most New York
ers have never been to the Statue of Lib
erty ... the grass is always greener . . .
and so on.
This may be the answer, but somehow
it seems too easy. Packed Into this one
buildingso close and so' cheap is a won
derful seeing and thinking experience. The
University has the largest mammal collec
tion in the United States. The choice pieces
from this collection are on display through
out the halls of the building. Who sees it?
Geology students waiting for class, art
students on the way upstairs, and the thou
sands who drive to Lincoln to look at this
very building and the Capitol.
The Planetarium, too, is a neglected part
of campus. Last year about two percent of
the enrolled students attended even one
Sky Show. This year the figure is closer to
one percent.
'
The, movies just aren't that good that
there is never an evening to go and have
part of the skies explained as they "move"
overhead.
Whether one "ought to'l or ought not
make the effort is almost irrelevant. It is
assumed that college students would have
a normally active curiosity and a normal
interest in things quote cultural unqu6te.
A tour of Morrill is an interesting expe
rience in itself regardless of the educa
tional value thereof.
And the Planetarium definitely deserves
going over to see at least one Sky Show.
The Christmas Star currently being pre
sented would be a good beginning.
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Errant Thoughts
by caesar
Rex Knowles-Friend
Mention "religion on campus" or "stu
dent house" and Invariably the name of
Rex Knowles come first to mind.
Pastor of the Pr esbyterian chapel, coun
selor, speaker, friend Rex Knowles has
been all these for 12 years to Nebraska
students. When Mortar Board wanted a
single person to speak for all the religi-,
ous houses this fall, the request almost
automatically went to Rex Knowles.
This has been typical of the student re
action to the man who has been so suc
cessful in fulfilling the role of a man amid
the hustla of campus.
As of second semester, he will leave the
University to go to a Presbyterian College
in Kentucky. There he will be pastor of the
Chapel, as well as a professor and coun
selor. Thus the move will.be a step for-
Christmas Is Coming
Christmas is coming
but who can think
about stuffed
goose, cranberries,
lots of presents,
Christmas trees,
mistletoe and kisses,
holly and bells,
. tinsel and snowmen,
reunions and friends,
sleeping and playing -Mom's
best silver, '
relatives running loose,
that once a year card
from the old friend,
candlelight services,
time to visit the
dish who moved in
next door last
October, or the
sharp guy you've
wanted to meet
since Thanksgiving,
ward in the particular gives which Rev.
Knowles can give to a campus.
He will be essentially the hub of the
campus religious life a job which he can
fulfill so well.
His loss will be deeply felt here. As far
back as Spring of 1952, he was named
"Outstanding Nebraskan" by the Daily
Nebraskan in recognition of his contri
butions to the campus.
Since arriving here he has not only
added to the religious side of the cam
pus, he has added a Ph.D. to the listings
after his name. Hastings College also be
stowed on him an honorary Doctor of Di
vinity degree.
The Christmas wish of the campus to
Rex Knowles is good fortune in Ken
tucky and Best Wishes for every New
Year.
kid brothers and
sisters hanging around
again, logs
burning in the fire
place; unharrassed
evenings "just watching
TV", New Year's Eve,
one lat fling before
hitting the books
again, shoveling snow
or wishing it
was a white Christmas
and all that jazz
when time is so
short right before
vacation and freedom
from hour exams and
papers and book reports
so we've written
a tiny editorial
so you'll have
more time to
study 'til Friday.
,dear di
i was a little surprised to
read your review of the lat-
, est issue of scrip magazine '
now i will grant you that
the masses must have their
. peanuts so there isnt always
. room in the rag to write
an adequate review of
such a publication but i
wonder at the glibness of
some of the criticism which
is never really backed up
by examples
not valid
1 have read the review
several time dear di and
must confess that i am not
exactly sure what your
complaints are-your plea for
less somber writing is not
a valid criticism of this is
sue for that which is good
need not be funny although
i will grant you that the el
iot waste land concept is
perhaps too prevalent in all
modern literature
and exactly what plots
were stale this - is never
made clear i am given to
believe that since you do not
mention stastnys story else
where that it is also stale
but i am inclined to go along
with jaffe in that it is the
treatment that s e e m s the
more important after all
most of shapekespeare no
ble bard is a rewrite job of
somebody elses plot
and my personal opinion
is that the best contribution
to this issue of scrip is j
coles the trucks several of
his lines s uch as quote
grabbing some hiway
tourists have left unquote
and quote hot as a cargo
wrapped in its own tatoo un
qu o t e are exquisite exam
ples of real perception and
feeling B
so i dont k n o w if i dis
agree with your interpreta-
M. E. Speaking
By Carroll Kraut
Adjustment, how to study, what college
to attend, how much social life, activities.
These are the problems a freshman has
to face If he stands a chance of ever get
ing a college degree, Robert Jameson
writes In the Saturday
Evening Post.
And intertwined with
the former dilemmas are
the questions of whether
and how much of drink
Ing, dating and driving.
And Jameson says two
out of three frosh can't
solve their problems and '
consequently never gradu
ate. Jameson's writing shows
a good insight into just what does arise
when a high schooler goes college.
But it seems ha may be raising a little
too much alarm when he says only one
of three will graduate. This may or may
not be true; 1 prefer to think the percent
of dropouts and flunkouts isn't that high.
In addition, his figures seem to be
taken from the ranks of those who go
straight through for four years, with no
consideration given to males who take
an army hitch after a year or two and
come back.
'And the dropout of college women is
pretty large not so much because they
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Krans
couldn't pull the grades but that they did
pull a husband.
Preparation is the only answer that can
feasibly make the academic transition
easy. High schools just don't teach a lot
of things the student should know to pass
his freshman courses.
So prospective collegians have to dig
for themselves to get a little education
that isn't prescribed by their prep profs.
Somehow someone will have to get this
across if the less brilliant high schoolers
want to get through even a year.
They'll have to find out to study by
themselves, too. Counseling courses help
but studying is an individual thing. Time
schedules for instance work for some like
a charm; for others, they only hinder.
Social life and activities are again
something you can't prescribe rights and
wrongs to. Combination PBK-activity
leaders can't be the carbon copy; neither
can the book worm who pulls down 9's
but doesn't have a date a year or belong
to any organization.
It all boils down to the fact that it's up
to the Individual in whatever he earns for
himself collegewise. The waves of coun
selling shouldn't be either dimissed or
held as the iron-clad, only solution.
Who says this is a conforming world?
It's up to individualism to Accomplish
anything anymore .N
Overheard in the Crib; "Who was that
girl I saw you outwit last night?"
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tions or not boss because in
the final analysis i just dont
know what they are even
though the g e n,e r a i tone
seems unfavorable you pass
out a lot of praise which
is n e vje r backed up very
well either
; not very fair
i guess my main feeling
on the subject is that the
way the review was han
led was not very fair to
anybody not to scrip be
cause you said it was in
many ways the poorest of
the three issues which isn't
the finest accolade ever be
stowed and not to the read
er because it does not really
tell him. any thing about the
material and not even to
you because it leaves the
impression that little
thought actually went into
the writing of the review
which i am confident is not
so
when the next issue
comes out and im sure
scrip will bear up under
the adverse comment per
haps page two of the rag
can dismiss the comic
strips and say nothing col
umnists for a day
and, boss it is interesting
to note the current squabble
between old hb and the
purchasing department
though little can be said
because the proof which is
necessary to" avoid slander
is undoubtedly buried deep
in the administrations
mountainous maze of care
fully hidden secrets it
should be pointed out that
this is the second such in
cident the department has
been involved in this year
may the new year bring
you a better basketball
team
caesar
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