Vol. 75, No. 15
The Nebroskon
Wednesday, October U, 1961
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Fall Enrollment Total Figures
Show Increase of 735 Students
By Bob Nye
A total enrollment of 9,436,
the fourth highest in the Uni
versity's history, shows an in
crease of 735 students over
the first semester enrollment
of last year, according to
Chancellor Clifford Hardin.
The highest enrollment was
recorded in the immediate
post-war year 1946 when 10,
153 students were registered.
The returning war veterans
continued to swell the enroll
ments as 10.067 students reg
istered in 1948. The third high
est enrollment was recorded
in 1946 with 9,669 students.
This year's figure is only
26 students more than the
final registration of 1949
which, until this semester,
held fourth place honors
anions registration figures. It
a'so represents the highest
enrollment at the University
since 1949.
The enrollment breakdown
shows 6,612 men an in
crease of 456 and 2,824
women an increase of 279.
The total percentage gain this
fall :s approximately 8.4;
the gain in women students,
Student Scholarship Fund
Now Amounts to $272,000
By Janet Sack
Approximately $272,000 in
scholarships are available
this year to undergraduates
and students in professional
colleges according to Dr. Au
brey Forrest, director of the
office of scholarship and fi
nancial aid.
Of the total amount $152,
000 is unrestricted as to the
students college or major
field, he said.
Certain general qualifica
tions for scholarships have
been established by the facul
ty committee on scholarships
and financial aid. The general
qualifications apply to most
all scholarships with many of
them also having quite spe
cific requirements.
General qualifications in
clude: 1. A student who is an en
tering freshman must rank in
the upper one-third of his
graduating class and take a
Regents exam. Exceptions to
this rule are students en
rolled in the College of Agri
culture and the School of
Journalism.
2. Upperclassmen must
have a 6.0 average and take
the upperclass scholarship
examination.
3. Financial need is a con
sideration in most but not all
cases. Both Regents fresh
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10.9, and men students,
7.3.
This is the largest number
oT women, surpassing by 124
the peak enrollment of 2,700
set in 1928, and the fourth
largest total enrollment in
the history of the University.
Chancellor Hardin reported
the Graduate College has a
record enrollment of 1,126, an
increase of 144. He pointed
out that the Graduate College
enrollment has continued to
climb each year, now having
nearly four times the s t u
derits it had immediately
prior to World War II.
The Pharmacy College
showed the greatest per cent
of increase with its enroll
ment almost doubling from 32
students last year to 56 this
year. Teacher's Advanced
Professional took the largest
loss of students by dropping
to 302 from 323 last year.
Except for some freshman
sophomore level courses, the
University is handling the in
creases enrollment without
additional faculty, he said.
This is possible, he explained,
because the increased enroll
ment reported by various col
leges is distributed fairly
men and upperclass scholar
ships are not based on finan
cial need.
According to Dr. Forrest,
the Regents scholarship pro
gram for freshmen has been
going on since 1927 and up
perclass Regents action was
taken in 1948. The number of
Regents grants is 325 for
freshmen and 300 for upper
classmen. Some donors of scholarships
specify that need is not to be
considered, he said, and, oth
ers state a preference. An ex
ample is the Lincoln Hearing
Society gives a scholarship
and preference is given to a
student who wears a hearing
aid.
The office of scholarship
and financial aids has recent
ly been consolidated into one
department. Previously there
were three separate offices
of sholarships, loans and
employment.
"We are trying to produce
an administration of financial
aid which includes loans, em
ployment and scholarships
with rules fairly established
and well known," said Dr.
Forrest.
The new office came into
existence on paper in June
1960 and physically moved to
its present location of 111 Ad
ministration in March of this
year.
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evenly throughout the various
departments and levels of
courses.
Evening Classes
In addition to its regular
enrollment, the University re
ported 1,200 students in the
evening classes conducted by
the Extension Division; 222 at
the Nebraska Agricultural
High School at Curtis; and
272 at University High School.
Also, the Extension Division
expects to match its last
year's off-campus enrollment
of 611 for the first semester.
Including off- and on-cam-pus
and evening students, the
grand total enrolled at t h e
University is 11,741, compared
with 10,413 last year, Chan
cellor Hardin said.
Reports of the colleges are:
Agriculture, 980, up 28; Arts
and Sciences, 2,014, up 253;
Business Administration, 947,
down 13; Dentistry, 134, up 2;
Engineering and Architecture,
1,522, up 96;
Law, 143, down 7; P h a r
macy, 56, up 24; Teachers,
1,543, up 135; Graduate, 1,126,
up 144; Teacher's Advanced
Professional, 302, down 21;
and College of Medicine and
School of Nursing, 460, up 20.
Morrison: Invite Solons
"Bring the members of the legislature to the University
and make them feel a part of the program and life here,"
said Governor Frank Morrison before some 100 members
and guests of the American Association of University Pro
fessors. In his Monday evening address to the Nebraska chap
ter, Morrison spoke concisely on ways of promoting great
er legislative-University understanding, on federal aid to
education, freedom of expression and politics.
The governor challenged faculty members to invite the
legislators to their departments. And don't always invite
the leaders and committee chairmen, he said. This way a
legislator will have a better understanding of what he is
promoting or opposing when he votes.
Asked by a University professor how the University
could tell its story more effectively, Morrison emphasized
that "you can't get people to do favors for you by abusing
them and by calling them liars and similar names."
Student Contact
In discussion after the meeting, faculty stressed the
necessity for student contact with the senators. "It's ex
tremely important in a non-legislative year when the pres
sure is off as this is when the members have an opportunity
to see how student and faculty work and live, said one in
dividual. Another suggested that students and faculty take the
initiative to invite the senators to the University when they
are in Lincoln for a Legislative Council or an interim study
committee meeting.
Quoting a study by the Omaha World-Herald, Morrison
said the study showed that of all students questioned at
Omaha University's summer session, teachers ranked the
lowest in their knowledge of world affairs. -
"The teacher who thinks he is not a politician is living
in an ivory tower," Morrison said.
Quiet Teachers
The Governor agreed with the view of a faculty mem
ber that part of the reason that teachers were so lax in
knowledge of world affairs was that they have been encour
aged to keep still with their relationship to the political
system.
He added, "The minute you limit expression of opinion
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26 School
Delegations
Representatives from 26
schools will arrive t the
Nebraska Center for "Continu
ing Education Thursday for
the annual convention of the
Midwest Association of Col
lege and University Residence
Halls.
The conference, which will
last until Saturday, is ex
pected to attract delegates
from schools as far away as
Maine.
The main purpose of the
convention is to discuss prob
lems and ideas with students
from other colleges and uni
versity residence halls.
Dr. Vance' Rogers, president
of Nebraska Wesleyan, will be
the keynote speaker for the
meet. Bob Kuzelka, president
of the national residence
association group, is in charge
of the program.
Group discussions will be
held on such topics as student
counseling in the residence
halls, social activities for the
independents, book exchanges,
student apathy and the pur
pose of the national organization.
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Editor's note: The Daily
Nebraskan Is printing the
following plan and drawing
of an underground parking
garage and civil defense
fallout shelter In the hope
that students, faculty and
administrators will take an
active interest in such a pro
gram. Due to lack of financial
backing, no steps have been
taken toward building such
a garage-shelter on this
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Solans, University
Discuss Expenses
The Legislature's budget
committee will be holding fre
quent meetings with the Uni
versity to iron out mutual
problems during the next
biennium according to Sen.
Richard Marvel.
The statement came at a
meeting Tuesday when the
budget group summoned
'Activities NIP
Informs Frosh
"Activities NU" will be pre
sented tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom for
the' purpose of helping to ac
quaint freshmen women with
campus activities.
Five different general
areas will be discussed by
members of Mortar Board
and women leaders in organ
izations in the general fields.
The areas included will be
communications, student gov
ernment, community service,
entertainment and campus
service.
The convocation sponsored
by the Mortar Boards is pre
sented annually prior to the
AWS Activities Mart, which
this year is scheduled for next
Wednesday.
for fear of causing a clash of ideas, the society becomes
stagnant." Ijt x ,
On federal aid to education, the Governor said that he s
rather see the government solve the problem rather than
let the problem go unsolved.
If a community will not provide the money to run the
schools, then the state should. If the state refuses, then it
becomes the responsibility of the federal government, Mor
rison said.
Twice As Much
Today when Russia is spending twice the per cent of
national income on education as we are, how can we say
we are squandering money on education, queried the Gov
ernor. A society advances only as the gifted child is highly
motivated to develop his full potential and as he accepts
his responsibility to advance the society.
We cannot develop all the talent we need if we discrim
inate against race, color, sex, or creed, he added.
In the realm of politics, the governor lashed out at the
politician who publishes half-truths, seeks sensationalism,
tries to destroy rather than to build, and who Is interested
in politics only for what he can .get out of it.
Cooperation
We need men, Morrison said, who are more interested
in cooperation than in lying and jealousy to gain an ad
vantage, either political or otherwise.
The men who write editorials for newspapers must
know the facts, Morrison said, if they are to influence pub
lic opinion. , .
Yet it is ther esponsibility of the people themselves to
keep the political structure clean, the Governor concluded.
The group which the governor addressed, the Ameri
can Association of University Professors, is an organization
of faculty in the United States which promotes faculty wel
fare and defends academic standards, said Dr. Robert L.
Chasson, chairman of the Physics Department and local
president of the University AAUP.
In recent years, said Dr. Chasson, the Association has
been responsible for improving faculty salaries, increasing
faculty participation in college and university government
and in examining the relationship between government and
higher education.
campus, although the plans
were drawn up two years
ago. No action is anticipated
in the near future for the
same reason.
By Nancy Whitford
It's only & dream so far
but of the deam could develop,
the University would have an
underground parking lot for
418 cars, a fallout shelter for
8,522 persons and a beautiful
landscaped mall all rolled in-toone.
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Comptroller Joseph Soshnik
to explain a bookkeeping
problem concerning the ex
change of students with other
schools.
Soshnik explained that the
University needs to spend in
excess of the first quarterly
allowance in the exchange
program which sends 40 Uni
versity veterinary students to
near-by schools.
The appropriations bill lim
its expenses for each quarter
to $12,000, but Soshnik said
September registration fees
make it necessary to spend
$19,800 for the first quarter.
However, the total amount of
$48,000 allowed for the first
year would not be exceeded.
Soshnik said it is only a
matter of the rate of payment
and has not been considered
a problem in past years.
Judd Speaks Today
Dr. Walter H. Judd, Re
publican Congressman from
Minnesota and a graduate
of the University, will speak
at 11 a.m. today in the Stu
dent Union Ballroom.
"Where Do We Stand Now
in Our World Relations?"
will be the topic of his talk.
to NU
The combination project
originated at the Division of
Planning and Construction in
1960 as a means of beautify
ing the mall between 12th and
14th Sts. just north of Love
Memorial Library.
No cost estimate has yet
been placed on the project
and no funds have been ear
marked for the plan. Thus
the project is not expected
to materialize for some time
yet.
"It is only a Meyers brain
storm so far," said Verner
Meyers, director of planning
and construction, 'but it was
thought an underground park
ing area would eliminate the
clutter of some 382 cars
which presently e I a t f
around the mall.
Meyers said the recent em
phasis on civil defense haf
added the possibility of a
third use of the structure m
a fallout shelter.
Incorporating civil defense
features into the plan would
open the way to possible fed
eral funds to help finance the
project. Most University
building projects are financed
either by gifts bonds, c
through the institutional
building fund levy.
Meyers, who envisions the
underground structure as a
model for other colleges and
universities to examine, said
it would be equipped with
first aid supplies, air ex
changers and food supplies.
There would be 112 toilets,
42 showers and 15 square feet
of space per person.
If the structure were filled
with cars at the time of a
nuclear attack, the number of
persons who could be shel
tered would be cut about in
half to 4,578.
Carl Donaldson, University
business manager, said the
project might cost each driv
er $10 per month to park his
car.
KNUS Airs
Morrison's
Campus Talk
Gov. Frank Morrison wiH
be interviewed on KNUS 880
radio station at 8 p.m. Thurs
day, T)y Jim Pace, station
manager.
Gov. Morrison will spend
the fifteen minutes speaking
on things of interest to aU
college students.
Gary Gue, publicity direc
tor of KNUS explained that
"The purpose we are having
him talk is to make students
more aware of the people who
make our government."
Other important people
from our state governments
will be interviewed in the
coming weeks, he added.
Entries should also be
mailed in now for the KNUS
football contest, Gue said.
The winner this week will
receive a Ronson lighter.
Send your name, address,
and the composite score of
the Nebraska-Syracuse game
on a postcard to KNUS, Tem
ple building. It must be post
marked no later than mid
night, Friday.
Ag Group Sends
18 Men to Meet
The Nebraska chapter of
Alpha Tau Alpha, national
honorary fraternity for voca
tional agriculture majors, will
send an eighteen man delega
tion to the fraternity's na
tional conclave at Kansas
City, Mo., this week.
Dwight Heng, will serve as
the official Nebraska delegate
to the conference.
In addition to Heng, 17 sen
ior majors in vocational
education, will attend, accord
ing to Dr. James T. Horner,
assistant professor of voca
tional education, chapter ad
visor. ,
Those attending include
Rich Bringedson, Keith Chris
tensen, Virgil Gellerman, Al
len Wellman, Dale .Zikmund,
Richard Greenhalgh, Harold
Hughes, Robert Ambrosek,
Leon Janovy, Robert Todd,
Fred Bauermeister, Russel
Stolze, Gary Whitelay, Larry
Germer, Dennis Herling and
Robert Mason.
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