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Friday, December 6,
AFTER GAME:
Indoor Wood si es
It all began several hours after Nebraska clashed Okla
homa with a crushing conference defeat.
You ask what happened?
University students learned two new words, and ex
perienced a new feeling. The new words "Open Campus."
The new feeling freedom to drink on campus without
fear W being caught. Students drank on the streets, in the
basements of fraternity houses, in the Student Union, and
at the Kosmet Klub show.
Dean of Student Affairs G. Robert Ross has many
times related the University drinking policy to students
so that by now everyone knows that it is verboten. But
then why the shift in policy on that Saturday?
University officials said that they did not give the
University police permission to declare an open drinking
policy. The University police said they didn't check on
student violation of liquor laws any more or loss that
Saturday than any other night. Students are cautio js enough
not to violate University regulations en masse without some
provocation.
At the Interfraternity Council meeting last night the
Daily Nebraskan reporter and all unofficial observers
were asked to leave. J. Winston Martin, Dean of Student
Affairs, spoke on the incident When a reporter is asked to
leave a meeting of people who represent us, every frater
nity member is, in essence, being denied his right to know.
I wonder where the blame lies.
1 wonder who cares.
Not knowing, however, we can guess the fault does
not lie with the students.
GARY LACEY
University Professor Asks:
College Teaching For You?
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By Royce II. Knapp
Regent's Professor
of Education
Have you ever thought
about a career in higher
education? The most recent
studies of the National Sci
ence Foundation indicate
that we will need 346,000
new college teachers by
1970. Other sources of infor
mation, including the Unit
ed States Census Bureau,
the United States Office of
Education, the American
Council on Education, and
the National Education As
sociation all verify the fore
cast of increased college
enrollments which under
gird the great demand for
qualified college teachers,
administrators, and other
experts in the field of high
er education.
My own belief is that
these estimates are not
large enough. I do not think
they properly reflect the
need for specialists for the
new programs and project
ed expansion into new are
as of study, research, and
service in the institutions of
education which are "on
the boards" so to speak.
Neither do they take into
account the pressing needs
for well qualified personnel
in the administration of
higher education.
One wonders if a bright
'" "' l college stu-
dent can
pro p e r I y
come to a
decslon at
to whether
be should
plan or pre
pare for a
a
It Sv
x,
; a career in
LLmI the colle-
DR. KNAPP giate world.
One study of the faculties
of institutions of higher edu
cation in Minnesota showed
that the large share of col
lege teachers then teaching
in Minnesota had more or
less "drifted" into college
leaching. Many of my cok
leagues cannot really tell
how they came into the col
lege world. From the point
of view of the national wel
fare, the industrial and sci
entific needs of the country,
and the widespread increase
in the amount of knowledge
available and needed in to
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1963
day's world, it is essential
that more of our ablest
youth choose college teach
ing careers.
The college and the uni
versity are the germinal
centers for progress, nation
al defense, aesthetic devel
opment, and health of our
civilization. This idea needs
no elaboration here. It is
self-evident.
There is a large and in
creasing body of literature
higher education available
on college teaching and
higher education available
for students to study if they
are thinking about a career
in higher education. The
University library has the
major publications that
treat problems of higher ed
ucation. I think it is well
worth the time of a student
to spend some time looking
through the books and mag
izing and treating the prob
lems of higher education.
Two books treating col
lege teaching that I would
recommend are Gilbert
Highet's The Art of Teach
ing, and Jacques Barzun's
Teacher in America.
Another suggestion that I
would make to undergradu
ate students who are inter
ested in careers in the col
legiate world is that they
visit with two or three fac
ulty members about careers
in college teaching. Yon
will find that most college
teachers are enthusiastic
about their careers and will
be glad to spend some time
discussing teaching as a life
work.
A third suggestion would
be to examine one's self to
see whether he is willing to
pay the price of several
years of graduate study aft
er earning the bachelor's
degree. Usually about five
years are required to earn
the doctorate degree and
get launched into a begin
ning job in college teaching.
Careers in junior colleges,
however.can be launched
from the master's degree
level. Usually a young col
lege teacher will be con
fronted with 10 to 12 years
of work, study, teaching,
and services to go from the
beginning rank of assistant
professor to f ullprofessor.
For example, a young
man who earns his bache
lor's degre at age 22 should
have earned his doctorate
at about age 27 and will
have advanced to full pro
fessor by the age of 37 or
38. This is an average.
Some do it faster and some
slower. So it is well that a
person looking for a career
in the collegiate world rec
ognize that he has along
road ahead of him after ob
taining the Ph. D.
It is perhaps ironic, but
it is true, that many full
professors on this and oth
er campuses have seen
some of their doctorate stu
dents take positions in in
dustries at salaries higher
than the advisor. Most of us
who guide and direct doc
torate candidates are used
to this. I do not think that
many of us like it. Never
theless, we have devoted
our lives to college teach
ing because we get other
kinds of rewards and be
cause we enjoy the college
atmosphere. Most college
professors are secure in
their jobs. The industrial
world is quite competitive
and usually does not guar
antee the job security of
the college world.
Over the years I have ob
served many successful col
lege teachers. It seems to
me that they possess some
qualities and traits in com
mon. I do not believe in sci
entific analyses of the qual
ities of college teaching nor
do I assign weights to each
quality. I do believe that the
questions which I list below
should be answered affirm
atively by one who is look
ing to a successful career
in college teaching. I be
lieve, moreover, that the
best life is the one that is
self-examined and self-directed.
Therefore, I have
put up the qualities of a
good college teacher in a
series of questions which
only you can answer truth
fully. Some of these ques
tions are founded on sub
stantial research in psy
chology and sociology. Some
of them come out of my
own personal feelings and
emotions on college teach
ing. 1. Have you enjoyed go
ing to school most of
the time?
2. Do you usually like
most people?
3. Can you express your
self adequately and
effectively so that
other people under
stand what your ideas
are?
4. Do you enjoy influenc
ing other people's opin
ions, behavior, and
ideas?
5. Are you energetic, en-,
thusiastic, optimistic
and "ready to go"
most of the time?
6. Do you seek intellectu
al activities? Do y o u
really like to learn?
7. Do you have some
sense of wonderment
HIGH SIERRA
Student Directory Lacking
Dear Editor:
Names of about thirty per
cent of the foreign students
and all the foreign, student
organizations do not appear
in the new Student Directory
of 1963-64 put out last week
by the Builders.
It Is difficult to under
stand why the Directory
Committee has omitted so
many of the foreign students
especially the organizations.
Quite a number of foreign
student organizations have
been fully recognized as stu
dent organizations and their
THE BELL
SALUTE:
I've known quickly on every job what was expected. Then
it was pretty much up to me, with help as needed," says
Northwestern Bell's Tom Hamilton (B.S., Business. 19601 .
Tom is Manager of his company's Clinton, Iowa Business
Office, and has a staff of seven to help him service his
35,000 telephone customers.
Tom's promotion resulted much from his impressive
records in two other company areas. He had been an
Assistant Marketing Promotion Supervisor helping develop
tales promotion when he was selected by his company to
TELEPHONE MAN-OF
constitutions have been
passed by the Student Coun
cil. If this directory is intend
ed to be of service to the
students then it is much less
effective with the omission
of names and organizations.
It appears that no effort
was made in this direction,
even though there is a For
eign Student Advisor's of
fice in the Administration
Building which could have
given all the possible help
they needed.
Sincerely,
Hem Tipnis
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
TOM HAMILTON
THE M0NTH
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Folk Songs Considered
Creative krt Of Protest
Since the advent of the
Kingston Trio, the American
public has developed a mis
conception about folk mus
ic in general.
What is folk music? By
definition, it is the music of
the people. It expresses
emotions; it conveys feel
ings; it tells a story, but in
a true sense it is personal,
not intended for mass con
sumption. The popular mis
conception is that, by and
large, the public has failed
to make a distinction be
tween folk singers and en
tertainers. I doubt very
much that the man who
wrote "Tom Dula" back in
1868, the year in which Tom
Dula killed Laura Foster,
thought "T o m Dooley"
would later be recorded
and make the top ten!
Does it surprise you to
learn that Tom Dula, or
Dooley, was a real person?
Folk song researchers like
the Lomax family have de
voted years to tracing the
origin of these songs. The
story of Tom Dula was
found in the Statesville,
North Carolina "American"
of May 1868, but the song
was not copyrighted until
1947.
Perhaps we now get some
sort of picture of what folk
music is. Entertainers like
Peter, Paul, and Mary only
put these songs into sing
able arrangements and styl
ize them tomake them sal
able to the public. Where do
we draw the line, though?
As one artist put it, the
distinction lies in the per
former's freedom of materi
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the drive-in with the arches
attend the special business seminar at Northwestern
University in Chicago.
Then, as Communications Supervisor in Ottuniwa. Tom
was both salesman and supervisor two other salesmen
worked under him. On this job he showed the versatility
that paid off in his Clinton promotion.
Tom Hamilton, like many young men. is impatient to
make things hapen for his company and himself. There
are few places where such restlessness is more welcomed
or rewarded than in the fast-growing telephone business.
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
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al. Many of Joan Baez's
songs are protest songs, and
she sings them as such.
True, "blowin' in the
wind" is one of the stronger
protest songs written, as
"If I Had a Hammer" was
intended to be, but their
adaptibility to popular style
has enabled them to be sung
by groups such as Peter,
Paul, and Mary. Anyone
could record "Blowin in
the Wind" and it would sell:
it's just that kind of a song.
' What harm does this mic
conception do? None,
really. By and large, the
public listens to music to be
entertained, not to learn,
which is only natural. Yet,
it does seem a shame when
"If I Had a Hammer" is
sung rock and roll just to
sell, and grossly defeats the
purpose for which it w a s
written.
Folk music has been sung
andor appreciated by a
certain percentage of t h e
population for many years
and will continue to be en
joyed by pretty much the
same percentage after the
current boom is over. Yet,
it seems to be a shame to
me that many of the people
who go head-over-heels for
Peter, Paul, and Mary and
the other commercial
groups will have missed the
importance of folk music al
together. It's quite true that most
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