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EDITORIAL OPINION
The High Costs
Of Higher Education
Higher !ucation costs like it sounds high. This is
evident by the fact that the University has requested an
increase hi $5.6 million from the state general fund for
operation in the 1961-63 biennium. And there is no ques
tion but what it needs every penny of that request. In
arutlition, it has also been necessary to increase tuition.
Most surprising about the Board of Regents approval
of a $12 raise in fees Saturday was the fact that the move
came as a surprise. We were more than a little startled
to hear of the increase.
When it goes into effect next September, the $132
resident tuition costs will represent a tripling of fees
over the past 20 years. In 1940, when fees were based on
a per credit hour basis, the average resident tuition was
about $40. Since 1955, fees have been boosted $52, from
$80 to $90, then to $120 and, finally, the increase Saturday
Education, like everything else, is becoming an expensive
product.
The possibility of such an increase has been under
study by University officials for more than a year, but
only recently did the need for a raise become apparent.
Figures for the fiscal year which ended last June 30,
showed that both Student Health and laboratories needed
additional support. In order to meet the deadline for in
serting the fee schedule in the 1961-62 bulletin of the
University, it was necessary to decide on a raise before
Dec. 1. For this reason, a comparison with other spools
in this region at this time might show the University
tuition running several dollars higher, although these
schools are likely to vote increases shortly. Officials note
that the University will still probably be in the "higher"
half of Big Eight schools as far as tuition is concerned.
But this is not surprising as the University ranks better
academically than many of the Big Eight schools.
With fees as they stand now, the University is not
likely to experience a major increase in enrollment and
possibly a decrease in the number of out-state students.
However, we would not like to see enrollment rise much
above its present level. The bigness of some schools often
Is responsible for an unfavorable academic climate. Un
fortunately, though, high costs do not necessarily weed
out those who are not qualified for college work. Instead,
they often prevent the financially handicapped from ob
taining an education which they deserve. This is some
thing that a state supported school must cope with as
best as possible, hoping that it can weed out the less
gifted early in the game.
Students still get a bargain in medical costs, despite
the extra $6.50 that will go to University Health Services
each semester. Even if you v i s i t Student Health only
twice a year, you have your money's worth, considering
the cost of medical attention today. The other $5.50 that i
goes for laboratory expenses saves the student far more j
than if he had to pay for all the lab supplies he uses dur- i
ing a semester.
In short, many will gripe about the boost and in a few !
cases it may have worked a hardship on students, but
the long range benefits that will be realized from im- I
proved medical facilities and laboratory materials will I
more than repay the student for his added investment.
The additional $165,000 that will be gained from this
increase, however, is only a drop in the bucket to what
the University needs to continue its growth and devel- j
opment plans at the present rate. This is why it is 1
imperative for the 1961 session of the Unicameral to adopt I
the proposed budget which has been submitted by the
Board of Regents. I
For several years it has been no secret that the !
salaries of faculty members at the University have not I
been what they should be. Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin i
has noted that improvement has been made in raising
the level of salaries nearer to the average of those paid
at other institutions in this region. However, this can't
go on forever, and sooner or later we will lose many of
our top faculty members to more lucrative positions.
For this reason, the necessary adjustments in state
funds must be made. Thanks to the awareness of Univer
sity officials who realize how acute the problem is, much
of the proposed $5.6 million increase will go to the area
of personal services, which includes faculty salaries. With
this money in its pocket, the University will be a step
further to paying its staff in line with their abilities.
The decision now rests in the hanJs of Governor-elect
Frank Morrison and the newly elected members of legis
lature. It is our sincere hope that they will recognize the
fact that the University needs full support to carry on its
progressive program. We urge them to concur with the
proposed Increase. If Nebraska is to continue to grow, so
must its University. There is no alternative.
Interstate Proposal
By Regents Praised
The Board of Regents may be fighting a losing cause,
but their efforts in attempting to relocate one of the Inter
state Highway access routes into Lincoln are commend
able. If the University is able to find the money to buy up
the land west of the campus, including that owned by
Northwestern Metal Co. and Hill Hatchery, it may mean
at least one of these companies will look elsewhere besides
Lincoln to relocate. However, the loss of one industry to
keep the University on a solid footing is hardly too big
a price to pay.
It is hoped the Regents are successful in their efforts
to pctect the Western edge of the campus and allow for
expansion in future years.
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have been victims of Stu
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HHNNTAPOl IfsUaWHt
mW POLITICAL MAP OF THE
Nebraskan Letterip
TW 011? Nebraska wtD publish Ml? those letter watea in signed).
Latter attacking ladlrtdnals most carry the author'! asm. Others may
ass Initials or a pen name. Letters bonld not eieeed MO words. Warn
letters exeeea this limit the Nebraska rearms the right to eonaeaa them,
retaining the writer's views.
1 Council Member
Criticizes Reporting
To the editor:
I Some one of these fine
I Wednesdays the Daily Ne-
braskan had really ought to
i send a reporter to Student
1 Council who is at least a
h competent stenographer,
i So far, Mr. Norm Beatty
has managed to miss the
i point of most of the discus-
sions occuring in the course
I of Council business. Not
I only that, he has yet to
I quote anyone correctly on
anything.
Take, for example, the
I story about the faculty
1 evaluation study. There was
I no motion for an investiga
I tion to point out undesir-
able faculty members. Any
statement to that effect is
I purely a figment of Mr.
Beatty's rather active
imagination. Steve Gage
moved that a committee
be appointed to study stu-
dent faculty evaluation pro
I grams on other campuses
with an eye towards getting
I one started here under Stu
I dent Council sponsorship.
This committee was ap-
pointed after Gage's motion
was passed and Gage is not
a member thereof. Gage
I did not promise to have a
I report on anything by next
Wednesday, but the motion
required that the commit
I tee make a report.
I The committee is com-
posed of Council members
Don Epp, George Moyer
and Don Witt. It. will meet
J in the Council office at 1:00
'1 p.m. Monday and will at
that time be happy to listen
to anyone who has anything
concrete to say about such
a program, even Mr.
Beatty.
1 It might be pointed out
that neither the Student
Council, nor the committee
I have inferred that there
f are undesirable faculty
members. Neither the Coun-
cil nor the committee are
witch hunting.
I It is extremely dangerous
I to use a phrase like "un
1 desirable faculty members"
in a student newspaper at
1 any time. To use it wholly
I without context, attribution
1 or support of any kind is
highly irresponsible.
1 The Daily Nebraskan
1 might not have so much
trouble getting a reporter
i into Council meetings if
I they sent someone who
could get things straight.
Council Member
1 Good Standing1
Plan Blasted
To the editor:
This letter is dedicated
I to all the poor souls that
Listen my children and you
shall hear
Of the threat o.' poor
standing which we
should fear
On the sixteenth of Novem
ber, in Sixty;
Many an organization will
not be frisky
To remember that famous
day and year.
Jack Hoerner said to his
friend, "If the orgs fail
To make the dealine by
5 o'clock tonight,
Send a letter to them
through the U.S. mail
Informing them all of
their sad plight
One, if no approved copy
of their constitution at
Student Affairs,"
He said as to his eyes
came a sneaky glare;
"Two, if no approved copy
of their constitution at
Student Council,"
He added, while we
wished he would swal
low his tonsils;
"Three, if no copy of the
Standard Activities Report
Form,
You know, we may even
kick 'em out of t h e
dorm;
Four, if we don't know
.where they keep their
finances;"
He gave us another of
those two-faced glances.
"Five and six, if no report
of officers' addresses
and names,
Oh, what a chance for
a claim to fame.
Last, but not least, a list
of all members,
just as well
Require six more copies
of their constitution;
After all," he snarled,
"What the hell.
Would we want them to
think there is a solu
tion?"' You know the rest. In the
Rag you have read
How the activity jocks
fired and fled,
How the Student Council
gave them ball for ball,
From behind each build
ing and on the mall.
Chasing the jocks through
the dark,
Then crossing the park
ing lots gay as a lark,
Under the trees at the
crest of the hill,
And only pausing for a
brew at the Grill.
,So through the night fought
the fearless Jack;
And so through the night
went his cry of alarm
To every organization on
city and farm
A cry of defiance and
also of fear,
That his whole plan some
body would queer.
Through all our history,
to the last,
In the hour of darkness
and peril and need,
The people will sleep,
'cause they don't give
a damn to hear
The last minute warning of
our modern day Re- ere
And the threat of poor
standing which we
really don't fear
H. W. Shortfellow
WEST INDIES
Rag Has Opening
For 2 Columnists
The Daily Nebraskan has
openings for two student or
faculty columnists on the
editorial page.
Interested persons should
submit a sample of their
work to the editor at the
Rag office in the southeast
corner of the Student Union
basement.
Columns should be of the
typo that will have a gen
eral interest for the student
body and should run about
500 words.
The Nebraskan 'is espe
cially interested in having
a foreign student column
ist to give the paper an in
ternational touch and to fos
ter relationships with the
foreign student on the cam
pus. Deadline for submitting
articles will be Dec. 5.
Ag YW Begins
Member Drive
The Ag YWCA will begin its
annual , membership drive
Tuesday night with a get
acquainted party at 7:15 in
the Cotner Chapel.
Membership at present is
about 20 and the Ag YWCA
is setting 40 as its member
ship goal. The members plan
to contact as many coeds as
possible, but urge those inter
ested, who have not been
contacted, to come to the
party.
Beverly Gray, Y member,
said the group would like to
encourage new members to
join this week so they can at
tend the fall retreat Friday
night. The retreat will ac
quaint the new members with
the Ag YWCA-YMCA goals
and purposes for the coming
year to be set.
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Stajf Views
BOVINE VIEWS
During the past week
much of the attention 'on
the Ag campus was focused
around the Sadie Hawkins
dance and the coronation
of uie first Miss Sadie
Hawkins.
The coronation, the high
light of the dance, could
have been tagged far dif
ferent than any refined
ceremony usually attributed
to a queen. However the
setting and the circum
stances seemed quite ap
propriate for such a cere
mony to take place.
Rarely would a queen be
robed in leopard skin and
carry a skunk as an ac
cessory, but in the little
ville of Dogpatch every
thing goes and so that fash
Ion was one of the most
explicit contributions to S
die. The crown of corti
cobs, and shucks and the
bouquet of yellow daisies
given to the queen would
have certainly been unap
propriate for other dances.
With everything legal
under these circumstances,
all dogpatch lovers c u t
loose with their formality
and enjoyed the spirit of
Sadie Hawkins which fas
cinated a large crowd of
400.
' The dance included -all
University students and
many were alarmed and
fascinated at the setting and
the spiri on the Ag cam
pus. Many mentioned that
few dances held on the
City campus could have
surpassed the Sadie Haw
kins both in preparation
and in enjoyment.
The" Ag Union workers
seemed to be working to
gether for a cause that
of the promotion of the Ag
campus. Far too often some
of the students have felt
isolated from the main
campus and have not been
included in some of the
activities. The Sadie Haw
kins dance was to prove
that Ag students welcome
Campus Roundup
Students Demonstrate
During Election Day
By UPS
History was made in At
lanta, 'Ga. Tuesday when 12
Emory University students
staged the first all white
civil rights demonstrations
in the Deep South.
Hundreds of students all
over the country turned
out for Election Day rallies
irt answer to the Southern
Student Non-violent Coordi
nating Committee's call for
demonstrations demanding
"immediate civil rights ac
tion from Uie victorious
candidate." Major rallies
were held in Boston, New
York, ' Philadelphia and
Chicago.
Starting at 7 a.m." on
Election Day, Emory Stu
dents picketed before Ponce
De Leon High School, a"
major precinct for DeKalb
County! They were joined
later in the day by stu
dents from Agnes Scott.
The white students' ac
tion received full support
from Atlanta Negro s t u
dents, who felt they should
not participate in demon
strations while negotiations
for lunch counter desegre
gation are in progress.
A demonstration in Jack
son, Tenn. resulted in the
arrest of over 150 Lane Col
lege Negro students who
were charged with disor
derly conduct, threatening
breach of the peace and
violation of a city ordinance
requiring a permit to stage
a parade. The students
were marching to Madison
County Courthouse when
arrested.
Close to 300 pro-integra-tionists
picketed Boston
Commons, demanding spe
cific proposals to fight dis
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by Jerry Lamberson
thi students from the main
campus to become a part
of the Ag campas aarf that
there should be a greater
spirit of t ogetherness be
tween the two.
Also motivating the Ag
Union workers into making
such a success of the Sadie
Hawkins dance was the
hope of a hew Ag Union
in the near future. Several
sources have mentioned
that the Ag Union failed
to have the spirit needed
to promote a new Union
and that they lacked a
large increase in students
to warrant such a facility.
However the Sadie Haw
kins dance proved that the
Ag students still have the
spirit and that a new Ag
Union is regarded essential
among all the students.
The large crowd more
than filled the ballroom
floor of the gymnasium and
proved that more facilities
will be needed by the Ag
Union.
Although the election of
Miss Sadie Hawkins was
perhaps the biggest thing
in promoting the spirit of
the dance, it was the other
activities that seemed to
round out the evening of
entertainment. The parade
of costumes, the outhouse
centerpiece, the presence
of such animals as a burro,
horse and skunk, the Sadie
Hawkins marriage cere
mony ant! the fiery talent
of the selected Miss Sadie
Hawkins all boosted the
spirit and the activity.
Also the success of the
dance can, in part, be at
tributed to Luther and His
Nightraiders who provided
music appropriate for the
occasion and which college
students like.
The Ag Union proved
that a success c an be
reached only when a goal
or purpose has been set.
With such spirit how can
University officials turn
down a new Ag Union as
soon as the funds can be
provided.
crimination in Massachus
etts in addition to action
on the national level.
Three hundred strong,
students marched on Re
publican and Democratic
headquarters in New York
City, demanding action
now.
Over 400 Philadelphia
students joined in protest
action Tuesday evening. Af
ter marching quietly before
Kennedy and Nixon head
quarters, the group pro
gressed to City Hall Court
yard where they sang songs
of the sit-ins.
Chicago area students
rallied at Roosevelt Uni
versity, where University
of Chicago students re
cently returned from Fay
ette County, Tenn. reported
on their trip.
Oberlin College students
chartered a bus to Cleve
land to protest at central
polling places there. The
trip was sponsored by the
student government and the
local chapter of the Na
tional Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People.
Placard carrying Rutgers
University (New Brum
wick, N.J.) students
marched to Middlesex
County Courthouse urging
voters to consider civil
rights in their balloting.
Washington area students
picketed the White House,
far r y i n g signs reading
The campaign is over
what do we do now Mr.
President?"
Demonstrations endorsed
by student government res
olutions were also held at
University of Minnesota.