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Monday, October 15, 1934 Daily Nebraskan Pago 3 Values shaped by knowledge, speaker says Many post-secondary schools do not develop higher values in their students, according to a speaker sponsored by the Ne braska Commission for United Ministries in Higher Education. . Parker Palmer, a professor and author from Wallingford, Pa., spoke Friday at First Plymouth Church on "Professing the Gospel on Campus: Toward a Spiritual ity of Education." We cannot separate knowledge from our values and indeed our faith," he said. Palmer said the kind of knowl edge we have shapes our values. He said objective forms of teaching supply only the facts and students do not feel a part of their knowledge. "They end up knowing a world that has nothing to do with them," he said. Palmer said objectivism can guard against transformation. "What we know will transform us into a new way of living," he said. People can be possessed by their knowledge, he said, and then it may be used destructively. He used the physicists who detonated the first atomic bomb as an example. The bomb was detonated even though calculations showred that the explosion could destroy the world by a chain reaction. "We must move away from the knowledge that breeds violence toward the knowledge that breeds a loving community," he said. Palmer received his doctorate in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 19G9 and is the author of three books. Robert Fuller, a professor of physics and astronomy at UNL, said he agreed with Parker's con clusion. In his teaching experien ces, he has found that students don't really learn when knowl edge is just "poured" into them. He said this knowledge seems to leak out at some point before the exam. "The learner has to be autono mous...controlled by the environ ment and not the professor," he said. Campus endar r in" MJIAM 3Ail Ah n LVL Tcdry Founder's Day Dinner, sponsor ed by Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Tuesday "How Women Work Together," part of the Women in Perspective Series, 12:30 p.m. in the Women's Resource Center, Nebraska Union 7. Thcrsdsy "American Graffiti," 7 and 9 p.m. in the Rostrum of the Ne braska Union. Presented by the University Program Council American Film Committee. Fridcy Last day to file drops in the Office of Registration to remove a course from student records. Last d&y to change course reg istration to or from passno pass. International Students Organ ization Banquet Cultural Show, 6 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. If you're a musician who's serious about performing, you should take a serious look at the Army. Army bands offer you an average of 40 performances a month. In every thing from concerts to parades. Army bands also offer you a chance to travel. 15 -JU. The Army has bands performing in Japan, Hawaii, Europe and all across America. And Army bands offer you the chance to play with good musicians. Just Box 7715, Clifton, NJ 07015. to qualify, you have to be able to sight- n Flf p A PT demonstrate several other musical skills. L lM I 41 3 JL 4 U It's a genuine, right-now, imme diate opportunity. Compare it'to your civilian offers. Then write: Army Opportunities, P.O. if 1 " "il f A la-til . ' 1 i r .V h -r t iS1 J r If IK !i i- . i ' tx ; ' jr : 1 ft- ' " ; ill v " I A 50-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ' O I I - OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS Py I . a Ri ,M ; .fill - Lr J S 7 The Sower staff I 1 1 r & v it tti 3 M examines the I ME3KE331 W A J ( fate of smali i I If? farms, the state 1 I y y The Sower atop the state I Capitol casts his seeds to bring Nebraskans ythe good life." I . A. Hm k a DUL IIUVV X i good is it? The Sower, a monthly Daily Nebraskan magazine, will focus on Nebraska's agricultural, urban and rural issues through depth news stories, photos and fiction. - r jfair, agricultural robotics y - and what 7y.Gov. Kerrey sees in l il fl kl.l . i f S r lis -if. V t r h presented by Talks & Topics wl83t tha Candfsiate iV Monday, October 15 James Excn, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Tuesday, October 16 - Monica Bauer, Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, first district In the Nebraska Union main lounge at 2:30 p.m. f PI m mm S fti: ill ii M 6.: . , - 4 P tb B Si 3 I, a H M "Promise Them Anything" A film and lecture covering 50 years of political campaign commercials. Tuesday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m. City Campus Union . Free with student I.D. $2.00 general public "L "1 i i PRESENTATION rr:.-.