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The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, February 8, I960
Editorial Comment:
Semester System Best?
Back during Christmas season a month
and a half ago, a lot of students com
plained that they really didn't have a very
relaxing vacation because the start of fi
nals only two weeks after the re-beginning
of school hung over their heads.
The one who studied said they had a
poor vacation because of that reason; the
ones who didn't study generally came
back to school more than a little angry at
themselves and perhaps with a little less
belief in their strong willpower.
In any case, vacations with finals com
ing up in just a few weeks often tend to
act as a psychological barrier to that free
feeling so welcome after a couple of
months of concentrated study.
Solutions? Well, a switch to the quarter
Instead of the semester plan of academic
scheduling could solve that problem and
perhaps a few more.
First of all, let's take a look at how a
typical quarter system plan might be set
up at this university. The first quarter
logically could start in about the last week
of September. The quarter could continue
for about 12 school weeks, through Oc
tober and November and the first two
or three weeks of December.
Then, after quarter finals, there'd be a '
free period over the Christmas holidays
until early January when quarter number
two could start. It could then continue
through January, February and March.
Then, after a short vacation, the last
quarter could start in early April and con
tinue to the last part of June.
Besides the single psychological effect
of having a worry-free, study-free Christ
mas vacation, the quarter system could
provide other benefits. For instance,
many members of this agriculture-oriented
state university could more or less go
back to the farm after the second quarter
to help out with spring plantir and carry
on through the summer until late Septem
ber when it would be time to go back.
At Colorado, State University, a large
number of agriculture students do this
very .thing. It may prolong graduation, but
it can help their fathers harvest bigger
crops in the fall, and consequently they
can afford to send their boys back to
school again.
And National Guard or Army Reserve
personnel might drop out of school at the
same time, to squeeze in their six-month
active training program, missing only a
quarter instead of a whole semester.
And near-graduating seniors could come
back in the fall to complete their work
during the first quarter, and set off on
their careers a month and a half early.
Another argument for a quarter system
is that the student probably will take less
subjects and concentrate on them harder.
Taking five or more subjects, which is the
average number now, permits students to
have diverse programs and to sample
many fields, but it also divides their at
tention and induces superficiality.
It might lead to better work and less
frenetic lives.
But of course all the arguments con
cerning a quarterly system don't support
such an arrangement. The argument that
students learn better in a quarter system
is countered by the complaint that courses
are so compressed that better learning
really doesn't result. '
Other arguments against a switch to the
system might be that it is harder to trans
fer to and from colleges using opposing
semester and quarter calendars. In both
instances, there's liable to be a layover of
a month or so if transferring in mid-year.
A quarter system would mean more
graduation ceremonies, more registra
tions, more paper work. Switchover from
semester to quarter plans would hardly
be a snap.
Neither system can please all of the peo
ple all of the time or some individuals
any time. But in the present time, when
our educational system is getting its clos
est scrutiny in years, no system is worth
overlooking.
Quarter systems, teacher systems, many
educational ideas all have their merits.
The important thing to remember about
them all.t hough, is that they are means,
and not the end.
Cardpulling No Fun
Late registrants are finding the going
a little tougher than their counterparts did
during finals week registration.
Latecomers had to go back to the old
process of handpulling cards, and in gen
eral the scene at the Registrar's Office
was more or less one of confused order.
In general the process carried on in the
P.E. Building in January went very
smoothly and quickly, in comparison.
The revised registration system may
have tinges of bureaucracy. But most of
us seem to like it that way.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Jm HuskerS
Who are the Huskers?
They're the Nebraska foot
ball team, of course, but I
think they're more than
that. Huskers are a very
special
breed of
people.
You can
tell a
Husker
first of all
by his or
her loca
tion. All
H u s kers
have, at
one time or
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Zen Buddhism Offered
As Iowa U Course
From the Editor's Desk:
It Seems to Me .
By Carroll Kraus
One of the more Interesting tilings about called "Spuren;" another magazine,
working for the Nebraskan is the oppor- "Youth and Communism," published by
tunity you get to read all the mail that the East European Stu ..lent and Youth
comes pouring into our basement office Service; and a pamphlet from the "Com-
every day. mittee for World Development and Dis-
Complaints, a little bit mc armament."
of praise, requests all ' V And, oh yes, we've received announce
these are a part of the lo- ment of a new safety floor finish from a
cal letters that staffers ' L chemical company, material from Gener-
open. r''' a Features Corp. trying to sell Paul Har-
But they can hardly sup- A . s $ , vey columns and more important news
ply the variety of reading vC" , from the American Water Workers Assn.
material that comes ' LfW'VK.' We're on the mailing list of newspapers,
through the many pam- fl college and otherwise, including such
phlets, letters, post cards, I I names as Greenwich Village's own "Vil-
magazines, newspapers " lage Voice," "The Ainsworth Star-Jour-
and book)? that have post- Kraus nal" and the James Madison High School
marks all the way from "Constitution" of Portland, Ore., which
Washington, D.C., to Munich, Germany. Incidentally is "dedicated to complete and
We recently got some material, for in- accurate coverage of school news."
stance, from a self-styled Jesus Christ II. A fine dedication.
He announced three' appearances to take
place In Protestant and Catholic churches Elvis Presley becomes a civilian next
and a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. month and an article in Redbook Maga-
He also sent us copies of telegrams sent zine (which also is on our mailing list, ap-
'to California Governor Pat Brown and parently), quotes E.P. as saying the army
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. has left him a "changed man."
The former called on Brown to release Hooray for the army.
Caryl Chessman, convicted murderer and Anyway, Elvis still says he's going to
author, from captivity. The latter tele- sing rock-'n'-roll, since his public demands
gram directed Khrushchev's attention to it.
world disarmament. . Why quit, says Elvis.
The letter to us said the same messages "Listen, if you could make a million dol-
had been telegraphed to Supreme Court lars singing rock-'n'-roll, would you sing
justices, President Eisenhower and UN ballads?"
Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. Enough to make a believer out of you.
Anyway, we felt rather important to be
on the mailing list. 1 Talking about music, I made my cul-
A few more provocative items we've had. . tural debut of the year Friday night and
In the mail lately included the announce- went to the opera "Die Fledermaus," at
ment of the Kansas City Midwest Cat Club Howell Theatre.
Show, a copy of "Hearings before the Se- It was pretty good and Viriginla Dux-
Iect Committee on Improper Activities in bury was terrific, as always,
the Labor and Management Field," direct But I was disappointed just a bit in the
from Congress.. plot. I thought the whole thing centered
A copy of a magazine printed in German around the life of a bat.
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The School of Religion at
Iowa University will offer
a new course in Zen Budd
hism this semester.
The seminars will cover
the Indian religious b a c k
ground of Zen and the Chi
nese influences and the his
tory of Zen in .China.
Instead of a regular
paper, students will be per
mitted to submit a painting,
sculpture, short story or
poem which they feel em
bodies the spirit of Zen.
Rose Bowl Okayed
The Minnesota Student
Association Senate recently
voted unanimously to sup
port Minnesota's participa
tion in the Rose Bowl.
As this year's game
marked the end of the pre
sent contract between the
Big 10 and the Pacific
Coast schools, it is now up
to the faculty representa
tives of the Big 10 to de
cide whether or not they
want to continue the tra
ditional game.
Cheap Living
The "Daily Lass-o" of
Texas Woman's University
reports that Brown Univer
sity researchers asked an
IBM computer how much
it would cost a man to live
if his diet were determined
strictly by scientific consid
erations. The computer reported
that minimum quantities of
needed protein, calcium,
iron, phosphorous and five
vitamins could be obtained
in only four foods at a
nominal cost of 21 cents a
day.
The four foods listed by
the computer included lard,
beef liver, orange juice and
soybean meal.
But Brown researchers
haven't been able to figure
out a way to combiae the
four into a palatable meal
yet.
Like, iVo Man
Southern Illinois Univer
sity "Egyptian" carried this
item:
"A beatnik received quite
a shock from a member of
the Office of Student Af
fairs recently.
"An unclassified student
was being advised for the
winter quarter by a mem-
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ber of the OSA staff and
wanted to take 14 hours
from the same department.
The staff member informed
the student this was not
possible.
"Snapping his finer fing
ers, the student reportedly
said, 'Like man, I gotta
have the 14 hours, cause,
man, I'm gonna turn this
world upside down.'
"The adviser leaned back
and calmly replied, 'Well,
like man, you're still not
gonna do it.' "
No MU Frolics
There will be no "Sa
vitar Frolics" this year at
the University of Missouri.
Producer Bert Brady
said the show was called
off because of "apathy on
the part of students."
another, lived, worked or
played on or near the Husk
er campus. Thousands of
them live there every year,
drinking Crib coffee' to
prove they have stomachs
of cast iron. Occasionally
they take a flying trip to
Casey's to check up on the
doings of the outside world,
but mostly they live around
the Husker campus.
More important than
where they are, though, is
what they are doing.
Among all the Huskers,
student-type or administration-type,
there is a very
special breed of Huskers.
They do things. They made
the Husker campus what it
is today. More of them will
shape tomorrow's campus.
Pepole make a school
great. When did a new
building ever inspire school
spirit unless It was a
monument to people? The
carillon tower, for instance,
is the gift of a Husker to
the Huskers who made it
possible for him to have an
education. The football sta
dium is more than just an
other stadium because it is
dedicated to the memory of
Huskers.
Huskers are deans, stu
dents, professors, activity
queens, athletes, Rag staf
fers, ministers, Greeks, in
dependents, Builders, work
ers, caesar, alums and men
and women from other
By Mary Lou Keese
schools who take an active
interest in the future of the
Husker campus. Most of
them are nice people, in
teresting people,
I hope you'll Join me in
getting acquainted with a
few of these very special
Huskers this semester.
We'll try to find out what
makes them work, what
sets them apart from the
main body of Huskers.
What do they think about
Nebraska today? How do
they feel about the campus
of the future? What kind of
school inspires Huskers and
the Husker spirit?
Spirit is getting to be
such a .Rag tradition that
no new columnist would
dare forget it. Don't tell
The Editor or Diana, but I
don't cheer too loudly in the
rain myself; when I do,
though, it's for the spirit of
the Huskers who are doing
their bit for the school in
the middle of a muddy
field. Or for the high tower
pealing out victory bells aft
er a winning game. Or for
the Husker who let school
out after we beat Okla
homa. Or the men with
cameras or markers freez
ing on the sidelines.
Those are the Huskeijs
we'll be meeting this se
mester, Ihope: the men
and women behind the
Husker spirit.
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