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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Editorials Commentary FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1957 Page 2 The Advisory Boards Student concern about the over-all ef fectiveness of tbe academic programs pro vided by tbe University has given rise to the development of college advisory boards the past year. Although only three Arts and Sci ences, Teachers, and Agriculture have been formally instituted so far, they prom ise to be greatly helpful in promoting change. The constitutions of these boards state four general purposes: 1) Curriculum, "to offer commendations, responsible criti cisms and Solutions regarding courses, programs and curriculum within various college departments;" 2) faculty-student relations, to "maintain primary responsi bility for the establishment and improve ment of faculty-student relations;" 3) ASUS relations, to maintain active liaison is order to facilitate communications, gain political support and obtain ASUX aid in completing projects that go beyond the scope of tbe boards; 4) publicity, to com municate results of their endeavors to tbe students of the college and the University at large. Evidence of the usefulness of tbe ad visory boards is provided by the Arts and Sciences group which bat been set up tern- BOOK REVIEW: porarily to set a precedent and by get ting programs in motion for the perma nent board, which will be elected April 12. Honors Program The honors program, for instance, has come under heavy criticism by the Arts and Science students. They feel that it should be greatly expanded to make it a four-year program which could be en riched by seminars and other ut-of class activities. Inquiries have been made into the possibilities of setting up extensive fresh men survey courses and a University de partment of religion, using the inter-disciplinary approach to some new courses, and organizing a "community of schol ars'" dormitory arrangement. A proposal for senior seminars whose participants woutf also review curriculum hat already bee forwarded by this board. Tbe possibilities seem almost EmiUess. Tbe advisory boards could work with the Student Senate in extending the pass-fail system, and adding greater depth to the faculty-evaluation courses. They could male students more aware of the possi bilities of obtaining appeal ia the matter of academic wart. Instant Ivy League (EDITOR'S SOTEz Tbe folk in is a bk review of rwe books, "Harper's Uni versity: Tbe RegtaBiEp,, by Richard J. Starr, and ""The Emergence f Hie Ameri cas University," by Laurence R. Veysey.) ' Tbe period between 1890 and 1919 saw American society grow and develop ia many ways. The age of large-scale capi talist industry's rapid expansion was bead ing for a eSimtx. Immigrants were swell ing tbe ranks of workers and city-dwellers. A new class f loiustaess-minded ""nouveaa rjcbe" was growing. America's attention began to turn outward as tbe internal wounds of tbe Civil War became less pain faL Americas System like She chamftkm it has always been, tee American system of education, too, changed its appearance. 7ia lunger could colleges turn out inore-ar-Jess polished mgx&mm" and ministers. Jiew angredi ents a touch of energetic, practical American bnsir.es spirit, a pinch of tra ditional British snuff, and a dose of tbe mew scholarship from Germany a! found their way into the bubbling pet of Ameri can higher education. ESfferent men com bined tbam in different proportions during the early stages of raqwimenlatioB before the cookbooks were standardized. By tbe turn of Che century, recipes called for a! three ingredients, and tbe cooks were borrowing from each other to make sure they did act fall behind in the eompetiiaon for customers. But even with tbe basic similarities among tbe new breed of luniversitiet, there were several not able diS arenoei of emphasis, style, speed of dwelopmenl and degree of success. The tw quite conplemenlary books under discussion, taken together, gave a good picture of the development of the university in America. One paints a broad canvas with scrupulous attention to form and detail; the other adds depth and even mare detail to one of the scene's more interesting liighliEjit. 'Dig Picture Laurence Veysey, an alumnus of tbe University of Chicago and currently as sistant professor of history at the Univer sity eff Wisconsin, has painted the big picture'" with skill and feeling in "the Emergence of the American Universi ty. T him, ""- . . the moet striking thing about the American university is its formative period is the diversity of moid snows ty the same raea who spurred its develop ment Although by the end of the century one can property speak of "the university, characterteed by a particular structure, mot even a powerful trend toward jmif arm ity of procedure could obliterate the pro found differences of opinion which sub dTylded the academic population." Veysey looks at lw types of conflict flfhat were waged to the goves of American academe m lb philosophies of learn ing Which warred for primary In tfoaphg uu-iuuia after the Crt-.il War, and i2) the emergence af a new bureaucratic, depart aentaliaea structure in the auiiversrty af igr lHSfii, which was not met with unbound othusiaszD by all tibnerven. Ch i W ar What kind of education did men of that period think Americas students should acquire Veysey sees one patters slowly fading out, the traditional .orthodox viewpoint of "discipline and piety which bad heiiS away to tbe denominational cloi sters until the aftermath of the CirH War and other social changes made it out slated. Three new concepts on the proper role of institutions of liigher education arose to take the place of this old pattern. These were: C2Hry, Which stressed professional training. Varying expression of this gen eral outiouk came from Andrew IX Slate s Camel, which pat all courses of study w am equal looting, and Harvard under Charles W. Eiiot. which abandoned the" atrirt rpthrmerGi far s certain set of courses in favor of the elective rrr.em. bssearcs insaanoa Tbe patters of a research anstitn fian was i1TSfa is America by those whs brought the seed from Gerxnary. it took not first SSmorw where Juhss Hcp kind CnSwrsifey fevsiSsi a sasuca iia rather institutions, uo2er the frees thumb of fnaTy, sizable group of educa tors set Uuersl cuZzurt" as their goal Humanism, adeaXisre, educatius fur the weIrBun3ad anas, and eves a amaHer fcg of oldashiosed rCian found homes 2a fihtus under WawSrsw aYikaa and bis CalvMsi predecessors, and in corners of such places as Yale, Harvard and eves the University of Wisconsin. According to Veysey, the proponents of these different p'hfflosophies of educa tion sever quite became reconciled. Est tbe clamor of battle muted as a mew framework for education arose; tbe uni versity eventually proved capable of bring ing differing factions under the same roofs. T Talent Perhaps the epitome of tbe Dew uni versity was aptly named ""Harper's Ea raar. William Rainey Harper, ia ener getically designing tbe new University of Chicago, included plans for a far-reaching Extension Division and a full-fledged uni versity press. This democralic effort to spread learning Harper combined with a search for the most outstanding scholars and researchers ia every field. Harper swooped down on other institutioTis, luring away their top talent with the promise of comfort. Tbe success of Harper's university fces mostly is Harper's own talents as a sales man bis ability to make people believe in him and his nmdarlakiEg. His grand schemes would have been severely iH-mft.M, however, iff there had mot been a buyer with plenty f wherewithal JohnD. Rockefeller. Rockefellers willingness to let Harper farm bis own plans and run Ms own show presented Chicago from the disaster that befell Stanford Uxuversity. where Jane LanXbrop Stanford looked upon the school as "her"' janrersrly, and forced president David Starr Jordan to Ere fac ulty imembers too publicly liberal for her tastes. Storr's book, "Harper's Universfiy," presents a detailed account of only one side of the story. Starr, an associate pro fessor of history at Chicago, has dug auto the University archives for every detail of the dealings, between Harper and the trustees, and Rockefeller and his advisors. The resulting study is much lite a drama, with the Dionysiae enthusiast Harper pitted against the Apollonian Rockefeller and hii bookkeepers who periodically re volted against the deficits in the Univer sity's budget. Dry Drama 21's pretty dry drama, though. Both antagonists have high zaotives Harper, is build the greatest center of learning is toe US, may, tbe world; Rockefeller. to make sure the infant institution is es tablished on a sound fisanriai foundation. The endless cycle ol appeals to Rocke feller for money to bail out the University one more time makes for some confusion -How long ago was that last grant given? What terms does sD-and-ss want for such-and-such a grant, and how much is X will ing to give if Y will match it? Us fxenried finance indeed. The curriculum, of course, is as Im portant as the cash, and Starr devotes great attention to the courses offered at each level and the requirements fur each type of degree. Much space is devoted t blow-by-blow accounts of faculty debates over Whether te require Latin for entrance to the Junior college or graduation there from. Far all its detailed accounts of nego tiations for money and discussions of cur riculum, however, Starrs book fans to bring the university of any of She peoplt connected with ft to life, ' are tuld only the hare essentials of Harper's actions, lest through first-hand accounts. "Tbe same holds true for Rockefeller, whs remains enigmatic throughout the book. The sup porting cast alas merits mur pe-sonal de scription than it receives. Oucags's Place One of She more critical aspects which Starr chooses not is trust is Qucage's place among other universities of the tune. Harper felt confident his enterprise was is same wcyt unique is the nation, eves the world. Inether or nut this was true, XL it certain that CMcags made a farce fu? impact os other tosffita&oas. OSher Shss one brief aHusios f s some other budirg universities, however. Starr gives ictie s tertias to tut place of Chicago is the world of academe. Fsr a gssd idas i th dvaii3 a Americas higher education around the turs of the century. Vsywf$ bouk is must use tvL U is hspefl Shst is She firSkwrning volumes fearr plant os Sht history of Chi cago, ht wis give some attention to fiedh-ad-Uood people and to broader social patterns, both of which have had as in pertam impact os the Jujversirs story. Uitrxiate fress tan1t Our Man Hoppi Fair Play For Hanoi Arthur Hoppe "As erjd.ence xaonsts that our planes, accidental ly or not, have been bomb ing civilians in Hanoi. Dr. pesfbooe gravely told a televised press conference, "onr Committee demands that the VS. Gsvernmert yield to the dictates of fair ptey." T5"e atscoe. Doctor, said a reporter with a yawn, "that your Committee it pTting for an tomediate end to the bombing of de fenseless civilians?' Oh, no," said Dr. Pstti bone, aghast A spait of fair play merely requires that we declare war os them frSL" Several reporters who bad jotted 'ieftwing dove in their notebooks scratched that out to write ia Tight' wing hawk. Tair play is fair play." said Dr. Pettibone. nodd ing. "The rules of war are perfectly dear: jva cosy bomb anyone yoa wish, as long as yoa have declared war on him, But to g9 around dropping bombs on people yoa are cot at war with is sneaky, infamous and dnright unfair. Re member." be added wKa a trows, Tearl Harbor? "WeTL" said Dr. PeKS bone enthusiastically, "as a first step all we hare to do is select one Congressman to stand up and propose that we declare war on North Vietnam. Which one had tbe Com mittee chosen? "Oddly enough, he said, "we've run into a little trouble finding one. Tbe doves understandably show htUe interest in declarirg war os the grounds there's enough shooting already. What about the hawks? "Well, they support the President And while they agree that St is tbe funcrSaB of Congress to declare war, they dasl wish to fcactkw unless tbe President tells them to. "He's against Congress dedarisg it Yoa see. Cut wosld reowe a spirited de bate ia Congress. And the President feels that a de bate at this time os wheth er or cot to declare war would seriously interfere with the war effort Dr. PetCbone sqcared fcis shoulders. Eat we of The Fair Play for North Viet cam Committee aren't grv feg up. Ssrely, out of cur mart fhss 938 Coagrest tnea there must be one w3 icg to suggest or perhaps eves just wp a vague hint that maybe we ought to declare war oa these peo ple we have long bees at war wiLh. Fair play wSJI prevail At this paint, the report ers scratched est "right wing hawk," wrote is "some kind of cat and the fLASEl. HAH Gale Polorny's PII'S PASTS As members of academia. it Is up to the students of our era to stop every once and a while and take a "good critical look at what is happening around us today using whatever perspective we best can. Who!!? Alarmed Then after becoming wholly alarmed, we roust pro ceed to evaluate our present college environment and the opportunities and possibilities fior change and self-improvement herein contained. On the brink of total pa l point, fcave the right and obligation to come to some sort of indi vidual decision as to what elements of the past Nebraska we wish to retain and what innovations of tomorrow we will choose to incorporate in our future. As we walk from one end of campus to tbe other these days, we become aware of many enlightening fac tors. First, it is a much longer walk than it used to be. Irma Sales. Pitch Secondly if we ever get trie chance to look up from the blackboard over which we tread, (if you've seen one Irma salespitch. you've seen them all) we discover that many of our fellow students are making that crucial de cision of which I spoke earlier, and it is quite evident that the only element of past Nebraska that a college student deems worthy of retaining it tbe beard. One day last week. I found it necessary to enter (cautiously) one of tbe local Houses of Prey and while I was determining which additional textbook I would be forced to go into (deeper) debt foe, I happened to overhear a couple of coeds commenting on one of the brothers of tbe bush that seem to thrive around campus these days. Said the coed. "Look at bun, I'm sure be s cot an SDS, (whatever that means) it's gettteg so these days, you can't tell the good guys from the bad gays." At first glance this may appear to be a rather point less quote, but it has certain bidden merits that the poor girl (ailed to realize. What she oSjvioasly overlooked was tbe fact that if a good guy wants to exist on campus these days, be almost has to do it iccognico. Bearded Wesders Bet tbe bearded wonders did cot choose the bush solely as a means of disguise, they serve other purposes. They rank high oa the list of safety precautiocs. For example the other day wJxHe walking to me of cy dawn daises. I spotted another hapless sort likewise trudging along the sidewalk. For jest aa instant his at tention was cazght by one of Iron's ads describing ber qsestjoxsable qualities and it was am over for him. A". be didst rush over to the Union to buy tickets. He tripped. Ia fact he caught Ms shoe on a break ia the sidewalk asd sailed forward not wi&e Chickenman earn ing down os his chia and knees. His beard then proved itself by performing two tasks at once. First it cushioned the imrect and CMckenman only lost a few teeth crrpared to the damage that ragbf have happened. Secondly be came drain on the next Irma ad dowa the line and his beard totally obliterated it mak ing the area somewhat safer tar th&se who were sure to kiBsm later on in the day. Exteashe Booagli A eke beard caa also be qnite instrumental ia tx&w tairacg ones health too, provided of coarse the beard is extensive enough. With sufficient faciei coverage, one can wander anywhere ia the dty quite cbiiiioms to fxAsrr smoke, exhaust fames, Avery odors aad other assorted eocsgestants. The S. Cans beard serves as a boOt in gas mask. Gives this fact, it is surprising that oce doesn't see rave of such beards around is perilous tcias such as these. (One never can be sure of what those sneaky reds are gsxzg todoiaext). And kt cs urA ignore the more practical aspects of the facial fchage either, ft keeps yw warm ia the wister. (bw many gays do you know with beards who walk around wi2i blue chins) it allows you to keep your record coEectwn free of dust, gtli you into all the local colfee buuses and provides you with cnasfant es 'erase (hey yam, job imJk like s boat, g 9 os get mating). All totalled, the attributes of a beard are hard to egsa!, but fortunate? we hare those who try. bib tKimuuiunmawiiiHiiip; Campus Opinion I A A I Doerr Commended For Work Dear TSStmi tffe think w caa speak for the whole Senate ia cms jseadmg Roger Doerr tor his ewn-UeBt work at thairmar of the lengthy Senate meeting oa the BJ1 of Bights. He is always fair is recognizing speakers, aed main tains order at a.1 tsmes. Thank yoa ItSr. Doerr. Al 5vwfVr SimtlAkxtt Desr&t Bariif Congratulations To IDA Winner Dear Editor: We woe14 Eke t9 eeegrstdata Mr. Fryar and Mm Uartsos os their saccts is the recent IDA dmXJ.'XL The large voting turnout assures the IDA of a fcrsn basis of support, at it insist have to be successful. 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