Tuesday, February 23, 1960
The Daily Nebraskan
Editorial Comment:
Four Week Exams
A Few Words ...
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Grade School Tactics
The fourth week of school has come in
the young second semester and with it is
the typical advent of a barrage of quizzes,
tests and hour exams.
Because, instructors say, they have to
turn In some sort of grade report for the
first four weeks of work and there's no
other way of finding out how the student
is doing than by testing.
So the tests are valid, at least in the
eyes of the instructors who give exams
just prior to time for the "first scholastic
reports." And most do.
So students step in for the exams . . .
and a pretty high per cent seem to get
clobbered. The results down hours many
F, many C campuses, compulsory study
hall, and in the case of freshmen women
still the same old 9 p.m. closing hours in
stead of the 10:30 privileges granted to
their cohorts who manage to squeeze
through.
Why the rather poor results in general
Religious Council
Should Keep R. E.
Week Precedent
A small story in the Daily Nebraskan
Monday announced there would be no
Religious Emphasis Week this year.
The University Council on Religion says
it decided to disciitinue R. E. Week this
year to re-evaluate the week's purpose.
Next year, perhaps, it will continue.
It hardly seems that it is necessary to
re-evaluate the purpose of a week that
states its purpose in its title religious
emphasis.
Perhaps the Council feels there is no
need for the Week this year or that in its
present set-up it would do no good.
We do not like to think so, but the Week
has been cancelled.
Maybe the week would not have been a
success; but it is unfortunate that many
students will not receive the privilege
of hearing learned men of many faiths
state their purposes, their beliefs and
perhaps help to strengthen the moral char
acter of many students.
It is the responsibility of the Council on
Religion to further faith on the campus.
R. E. Week certainly helped in some
part. Another cancellation next year would
be harmful to the precedent established.
after the four-week tests? Why seemingly
fewer down hours after the second scho
lastic reports?
The causes probably are two-fold at
least. First of all it's a little difficult to
get back to the routine of study after the
semester break. The first week or so
typically is sluff-off time as is easily wit
nessed by a tremendous increase in "cof
fee breakers," more late TV viewers, and
so forth. It's self-evident.
And why not? Assignments generally
aren't too long, lots of classes only last a
half to two thirds their limit and instruc
tors are a little slow getting back into the
swing, too. They also get semester breaks
and take them pretty fully for the most
part.
So most of the first week is spent in get
ting roll cards made, assigning the texts to
read and the papers to do, and telling
what the course is going to cover.
The instructors start getting to the meat
of the courses by the second and third
weeks, but along comes the fourth week,
a hurried review and a tough exam.
Cramming seems to be the only solution
for the typical student, perhaps not the
model one. It's almost like preparing for
a small-size final after the top of the se
mester has only been skimmed off.
And the down slips that come out soon
afterwards can be real convincers. Get
three or six hours of C downs and another
F down and something is sure to give
somewhere. What may give is the stu
dent $2.50 to be exact to drop the course
that zeroed a failing down in on him.
So granted that the four-week exams
aren't fun. But are they really necessary?
0
In many cases initial tests aren't given
until after five, six or even eight or more
weeks of classes have elapsed. In many
the course set-up just doesn't conform to
the four-week pattern.
But the profs still have to hand in a re
port on how their students are doing
just like making out report cards for third
grade students.
If the instructors have to test, let them.
But we really don't have to be treated like
ten-year-olds, with reports on us coming
out three times for each semester.
If scholastic reports must be, one plus
the final grade is enough. We're pretty set
and know what's going on in a course by
the time seven or eight weeks are passed.
That's early enough to let our folks
know if we're getting gold or black stars
on our report cards.
Staff Comment
Balm and Sage
Probasco
Dan Riley and Jess Zade are names
which probably don't register in any stu
dent's mind.
Their faces, however, are familiar to
any Cornhusker who attended the Okla-
homa-Ne b r a s k a game
Monday night. Riley was
"east side" and Zade was
"west side." They are the
custodians who sweep the
varsity basketball court
before every home game
and during halftime.
They command as much
attention as the cagers
until the game starts.
Taking their respective
positions at one end of
the court, broom in hand, they begin
sweeping as fans begin placing bets as to
which one will "win" the race; or in other
words, which one sweeps his half of the
court first.
Monday night, "west side," or Zade,
crossed the "finish line" first In the pre
game action, but Riley, "east side,"
evened the score during halftime. Obstruc
tions such as the cheerleaders or hawkers
slow the "contestants" down and loud pro
tents echo from the stands, such as, "It's
fixed!"
Monday night, the cries were unusally
vehement as "west side" stopped once to
talk to athletic director Bill Orwig and a
second time to visit with band director
Jack Snider. Halftime competition was a
different story, as "west side" got a head
start on his opponent and won hands down.
This didn't make up for the earlier loss,
By Herb Probasco
however, as I had a coke bet on "west
side" before the game, and nothing was
at stake at halftime.
Riley doesn't think much of the crowd
antics. "I think it's a bunch of baloney,"
he said, although he smiled. He explained
that he and Zade have worked out a sys
tem whereby the more the fans yell "go,
go, go," the slower the two sweep. "If
they (the fans) were to get up a pool," he
noted, "with about six or eight dollars go
ing to the winner, that would be a different
story. We don't have any sport in our
blood, I guess," he cracked.
This is Riley's second year on the job,
dating from a year ago January, while
Zade just took over in December.
My old friend Jack Paar has fielded to
the fans of his late, late show and agreed
to come back in a couple of weeks. One
columnist, John Crosby, was on my side
of the affair in calling Paar "a six year
old kid."
Undoubtedly, If he had refused to re
turn, the Brazilian government would have
warned the State Department that demon
strations might result when President Eis
enhower visits that country this week.
The State Dept., in turn, would have
warned NBC who, in turn, would have
raised Paar's salary a couple of hundred
thousand a year to entice him back on
the show.
For those of you who haven't been fol
lowing the Caryl Chessman case, this is
a slap at the proceedings which led up to
his 60-day reprieve last Friday.
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"We"!
Mary Lou
The other day I saw a
woman buying candy. She
liked one kind, but she fi
nally settled for another be
cause "most of the girls"
seemed to
prefer the
second
kind.
Then she
met a friend
and they
started
talking
menus.
Well, no,
she really
didn't care
for some foods herself, but
she served them quite often.
Most of the girls seemed
to like them.
By now I knew who
they were. They were
mothers on the Husker
campus, members of one of
the most unselfish groups
on any campus.
Sometimes I think we
don't appreciate housemoth
ers enough. Maybe that's
because so much of their
good work is done behind
our backs, quietly.
Housemothers are incura
ble romantics; romanticism
may even be one reason
they are housemothers. Aft
er their own .families are
married, they need some
one else to marry off. I won
der how many campus
couples started dating be
cause he told his house
mother about her, and his
housemother told her house
mother, who found out her
dating status for his house
mother to tell him she had
just happened to hear her
housemother mention.
It has to be complicated
because housemothers like
to stay In the background
like a quiet island away
from the activity of cam
pus. Open doors invite stu
dents to stop in for tea, cof
fee or just a visit. Their
special motherly - without
prying interest invites stu
dents to talk over problems
or just forget them for a
few minutes.
Besides ordering meals,
playing cupid, stocking up
candy and "goodies," tak
ing a quiet interest in their
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By Mary Lou Reese
boys and girls never grow
up in the sight of a mother
or housemother, you know,
although housemothers see
all their boys and girls as
almost-adults and taking
care of the greater details
of sorority, fraternity and
dorm itory housekeeping,
housemothers carry on
many more projects of their
own.
Who acts as a go-between
with alums and administra
tion? Who reassures parents
when something goes
wrong? Who calls at stu
dent health or sees that
someone else does? Who al
ways manages to find out
what her boys and girls are
doing so she can put in a
quiet compliment where it
will do the most good?
Who doesn't take her free
weekends because she's not
sure she could find a sub
stitute her children would
like? Who comes back two
.to four weeks early every
fall and stays alone in a
huge, empty house so it will
be clean and in good shape
when the children get
home?
Home, yes. Because that's
what a housemother really
does. She makes a house or
dorm a home. We might call
her a homemaker, but she'd
somehow rather be a house
mother because it sounds
more like a mother. Which
she is: a wonderful mother
away from mother.
Somehow when spring
comes, though, we don't
seem to get in to see them
too often. They know we're
busy, and even though they
miss us, they're glad we're
all having a good time and
getting along so well.
Even though they aren't
necessarily Nebraskans, I
think they're Huskers all
of them. They're a living ex
ample to us of how unselfish
and considerate a good lady
can be, and maybe the
nicest Huskers on campus.
On Sunday I was lament
ing the fact that I stayed
indoors all day, with noth
ing more than my glance
straying into the great out-
out-doors.
This is
terrible, I
t h ought.
Why, a
man could
atrophy sit
ting here
like this. I
should be
up and
about. A
Inns dailV
trek through fair and foul
elements is one of the guar
anteed prescriptions for vi
tality and long life.
Those were my Sunday
thoughts. But, alas, came
Monday and I ventured out
into that life-giving out-of-doors.
Life giving, H-! I
nearly froze to death.
Now I am convinced only
fools would willingly subject
themselves to a cold Ne
braska day if they had, in
stead, the choice of sitting
in a warm house, drinking
hot coffee and reading stor
ies of warm, passionate love
affairs.
But nvaybe spring will
come again. And then, if
it does, I think I might like
to take a daily trek.
I am not sure, though,
that' such an undertaking is
expected of people in my
neighborhood. In fact, I be
lieve it may be frowned
upon. I make this deduction
after noting that there are
no sidewalks within several
blocks of where I live.
It's true that I live about
50 blocks from the heart of
downtown Lincoln, but that
doesn't mean that I and a
few other nuts who wander
in and out of the area might
not like to stroll around the
block.
When only motor cars
are provided for in a resi
dential area, I think it
shows a certain decline in
values. The people are
more interested in having
an undivided lawn and sav
ing money than they are in
providing a place for the
visitor to stroll.
It announces that the
residents themselves are
through with walking, and
indicates, at least to me,
that these . same resi
dents feel the street is good
enough for any fool who
still uses his legs more than
is absolutely necessary.
I have a confession to
make.
I was very impressed
when I found that among
the achievements of a re
cent Outstanding Nebras
kan, were his endeavors as
a courageous and crusad
ing columnist for the Daily
Nebraskan.
Since I read that, I have
tried to think of ways in
which I might also be cor
rageous and crusading.
Anyone who has read this
far is witness to my failure.
Yet, I have faith. And per
haps I shall yet rise to some
great occasion fully equip
ped with crusade and cour
age. In the name of am
bition, which supposedly
becomes all men but
Caesars, I hope so.
Terry Carpenter has en
tered the race for nomina
tion as the GOP's candidate
for governor. He may or
may not be the best man
around for the job. I do not
know. I do know that he
has been aloof from the
unwarranted name calling
which has been featured by
several other state candi
dates. This is not to say that he
has not made a number of
harsh attacks on others. He
has. But his attacks have
seemed to include facts.
May a few others ape him.
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27. Mr. K's team
28. It's nothing
29. Man with a
burning desire
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refreshing
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in his sink?
86. 8nake that's
almost a dance
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48. Full of fun
44. Names (Latin)
45. Hand on hip,
elbow out
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4. Roman road
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may be (pi.)
6. Half a pack of
Kools
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10. Thin Man's dog
11. What Menthol
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12. Blyth, Arbor,
etc.
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89. Little Barbara
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