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m n ff II we r D)o)A(?Pf AN 13 KCHWES Vol. 75, No. 46 The . Nebraskan Colbert Tribun spend Two til Su -U Seeks. Ok on Dorm Bonds By Cindy Bellows Today the University will seek legislative permission to issue revenue bonds to finance two dormitory, buildings and a food-service facility, costing approximately $4,650,000. The financial program will be outlined at 10 a.m. before the executive board of the Ne braska Legislative Council, as required by state statutes. Board chairman is Sen. Ken neth Diers of Gresham. v Joseph Soshnik, University , comptroller, said the project will be financed entirely through revenue bonds in volving no tax monies. He explained that the proj ect includes twin tower dor mitories that will house ap- proimately 960 students. The towers will each be 13 stories high and are to be located on the west side of 17th street between R and Vine streets. The twin towers will be sep arated by a two-story food service building which will feed 1,500 students including the 530 women students in the present women's dorm. First Lien The revenue bonds, he said, will be secured by a first lien on revenue from the new dor mitory and food-service build ings. In addition, the pro posed bonds will be secured by a first lien on the revenue and fees now pledged to the 1953, 1956, and 1959 revenue bond issues after all present ly outstanding bonds have been retired. Dr. Soshnik also pointed out that careful consideration is being given to refunding the 1953, 1956, and 1959 bond is lues, totaling $4,850,000. If this H done, he explained $9,500,000 in revenue bonds would be issued to retire the bond being refunded and to provide sufficient funds to construct the twin tower pro ect. "Refunding of the present bond issues would eliminate the complexities of three sep arate liens on revenues and fees pledged in connection with the existing and pro posed bond issues." Future And, he added, to avoid similar complexities in the future the University may in elude provisions for the issu ance within the next five years of additional bonds amounting to $6,500,000. This money also would be used to finance dormitories, he said Dr. Soshnik pointed out that the Board - of Regents has not as yet decided upon the details or exact amount of the proposed bond issue. He said the need for add! tional housing can be pointed up by the fact that ail Uni versity lacumes were re served by last July for the present school year and that there now exists a waiting list for University housing. Of the 8,976 students en rolled on the Lincoln cam puses, 1,963 students live in University-operated housing, 1,688 in fraternities, dormito ries, and cooperatives, and 1,705 with parents or rela tives. The remainder, or 3,620 students, are required to find their own housing while at tending school. Twin Tower Describing the twin tower project. Dr. Soshnik said the first floor oi eacn tower win contain recreational and lounge facilities, house di rector's suite, and mail dis tribution and telephone facilities. Each of the 12 upper floors will have ' 40 beds, two per room. Two elevators will be in each tower. The towers will be constructed so that they may be used for either men or women students, de pending upon future needs of the University, ne saia. The food-service building will consist of a basement and two floors connected to the existing Women's Resi dence Halls and to the twin towers. The basement will be partial, providing for me chanical equipment and (tor age. The first floor will also provide for kitchen delivery, waste removal, recreational and lounge facilities. The second floor will house kitch en and dining facilities. Down-Slip Changes Approved Senate Gives Faculty Option After Debate By Nancy Whitford A usually cut and dry ten minute faculty senate meet ing erupted yesterday into an hour-long debate on two as pects of University grade re ports. Action taken included amendment and approval of two recommendations made by the faculty liaison com mittee: Instead of issuing down- slips at both the fourth and tenth week as is done now. faculty members will be given the option of issuing only down-sups for failing students or of giving grade reports for all students in a class, but the report will come only once during the semester at the seventh week. Incompletes may be giv en to students who are unable to complete class work due to illness, military service, hard ship or death in the family, The student must re-register if the course is not complet ed within two years. (At pres ent there is no time limit.) The instructor must indicate by departmental record what can be done to remove the incomplete, and the student must be notified of this ac tion. Supervisor If the instructor who issued the incomplete is still at the University at the time the make-up work is done, he must supervise the make-up work, it the instructor has left the University, the chair man of the department will supervise. During discussion on the first recommendation, J. P Colbert, dean of the division of student affairs, said the present "down" system has not worked well. He said not all teachers send in downs and since it takes seven school days to process the downs, the tenth week downs are not always received early enough by the student to be of any benefit to him. The original motion had been to send grade reports only at the end of six weeks. Colbert suggested the change to seven weeks. Debate Debate then followed on whether or not to require teachers to give reports on all students or only those who were failing. It was noted that some in structors keep the students informed as to their grade status throughout the semes ter, while in other classes there may be some confusion, especially when the teacher scales grades. ' Others observed that stu dents in the upper grade grade brackets, especially those who may be trying to maintain a grade average for scholarships, activities or 'en trance to medical school, want to be informed of their standing as well as those who are failing. N It was decided to leave it to the discretion of the teach er whether to give a report on all students or only those with low grades. i No Remedy ' Edgar Pearlstein, associate professor of physics, said the second recommendation on incompletes did not remedy the major abuse of the pres ent system: substitution of an (Continued to p. 4) C 1 b n I II ( Ij!j II) .rf O'Vjjr tJ " y HO: .-. a "I'LL DRINK TO THAT" x r ' " Members of the cast propose a toast on a successful opening night for "Light Up The Sky." From left right are Arnold Ot to, Charles Patton, Julia Williams Melvin Grub. and Tonight Marks Opening Performance Of Howell Theater 'Sky' Production Curtains will rise at 8 p.m. tonight at the Howell Memorial Theater on the opening night performance of "Light up the Sky" by Moss Hart. Director Joseph Baldwin, associate pro fessor in Speech and dramatic art said that the show is a "rocking comedy" and perhaps the truest and funniest play writ ten about Broadway theater. It is con sidered a "classic" in modern American comedy. Hart is the author of many hits and his book "Act One," concerning his ex periences as a playwright, is on the best seller list. The play deals with theater people, their joys and satisfactions as well as their frustrations in the process of pre senting a play in a large city. Many veterans of the stage are in cluded in the cast for "Light up the Sky." Miss Lowell Mary Teale, who portrays Miss Lowell, is a sophomore speech major and a mem ber of Nebraska Masquers. As a fresh man, she won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Lady India in "Ring 'Round the Moon." She was al so named the Outstanding Freshman in Theater. Julie Williams, a senior speech major in Teachers College is appearing as Irene Livingston in tonight's play. James Roach, portraying Sidney Black, has appeared in the University Theater production, of "Measure for Measure." Bonnie Benda, as Stella Livingsotn, is a Nebraska Masquers worker and a sopho more theater major. "Best" Award Sharron Purbaugh, a junior speech ma jor, will portray Frances Black and is a member of Nebraska Masquers. She won the Best Actress Award as a freshman for her portrayal of Anne in the "Diary of Anne Frank. Carleton Fitzgerald is portrayed by Mel vin Grubb, who has appeared in "Meas ure for Measure." Making his first appearance on the Uni versity Theater stage, Charles Patton, a freshman physics major, will portray the part of Peter Sloan. Barry Jonston, freshman, will be Tyler Rayburn. It is also his first appearance on the University stage. Max the Shriner will be played by Den ny Norwood, a freshman speech major. Music Major , Gordon Trousdale, sophomore music major, will play William Gallaher. He has acted in "Ring 'Round the Moon" and "Measure for Measure." Owen Turner will be played by Arnold Otto, a sophomore speech and English major. Making his first appearance on the Uni versity Theater stage is Larry Barron, who portrays the cop. Frank Vybiral, sophomore speech ma jor, will play the part of Swen. The play will continue through Dec. 16. Dean Colbert Receives One Request for Appeal By Tom Kotouc Dean J. P. Colbert accepted the recommen dation of the Student Tribunal Tuesday to sus pend two University students from the Univer sity until June 7, 1962 for "acts of vandalism" and "association with a forbidden sub rosa secret organization." The students were apprehended by cam pus police on Dec. 1 at 2 a.m. and charged with "committing acts of vandalism by using & stencil and paint on private property which re sulted in the placing of the insignia of a sub rosa secret organization on such properties. The sub rosa was identified by Colbert as Pi Xi. When reported to the Dean p j.1 tv! i trtA i a oi ine vmsion ui aiuueni ai- v fairs, Colbert added the If charge of "supporting the ac tivities of and thus being as sociated with a sub rosa se- ':r I cret organization which is ex pressly and absolutely forbid den by the University of Nebraska." Meeting Dec. 7 to hear the case, referred to them by the Division of Student Af fairs, the Student Tribunal rec ommended to suspend the two students until June 1, 1962 by a vote of six to three, the three judges verifying the in definite protation. Suspension This recommendation was reported to Dean Colbert, who studied the case and accepted the recommendation, length ening the suspension until the end of the seco I semester or June 7, "a te ;cal adjustment." Both students then appeared before Dean Colbert on Mon day, Dec. 11, to receive the charges and final decision of the Dean of Student Affairs in writing. Colbert placed the Rules of the University of Nebraska Senate Committee on Suspen sion Appeals in their hands, informing each that if an ap peal is to be filed, a request for an appeal is to be received in the Division of Student Af fairs by 5: p.m. Thursday, three days after the students had been informed of the de cision. Colbert said Tuesday that he had received one request for appeal. The names of the students were not released. The action was taken, said Colbert, Under Chapter III, Section 7 (Conduct and Disci-! pline) of the By-Laws and Rules of the Board of Re gents:" 1. Students found to be asso ciated with organizations not approved by the Dean of the Division of Student Affairs mmm mi shall be subject to disciplinary action. 2. Any student found by th Dean of the Division of Stu dent Affairs to be associated with or a member of an or ganization which encourages or requires as a condition for membership the drinking of intoxicating liquor or the prac tice of immorality in any form may be dismissed from the University. No Proof "Although we have no proof that Pi Xi , has as require ments for membership stated above," said Colbert, "the de cision was based on the pro vision that Pi Xi is not ap proved by me, as Dean of tht Division of Student Affairs." "The recommendation of the Tribunal was kept secret until final action was taken," said Dick Schmeling, chairman of the Student Tribunal, "be cause our decision is only a recommendation." It is Dean Colbert who must pass on, reject, or amend our recommendation in making his decision and in informing the students concerned. "The Dec. 7 Tribunal hear ing was closed at the request of the defending student," said Schmeling. "As required by a change in Tribunal rules (Continued on Page 4) Tons of Coal, Oil Equal NU Heat By Sue Hovik Fifty tons of coal and eight to ten thousand gal lons of oil were required yesterday by the Univer sity Power Plant to heat and furnish electricity for Ag and city campuses and the State Capitol building. i'aui owen, power plant engineer, said that the drbp in temperature caused the amount of steam produced to increase by 30y He cited another example in 1960 when the temperature dropped from the daily av erage of 37 to a daily av erage of one degree below zero, the plant needed 20 more steam. He explained that the in crease isn't proportional to the drop in temperature be cause of the large amount of (team used to produce electricity. The plant was built in 1929-30 for the purpose of heating city campus and the State Capitol building, and providing electrical power for those two areas plus Ag campus. . Water, Steam The water used by the plant as steam comesfrom both city water mains (called "make-up water") and water which has been condansed in the heated buildings and 'pumped back to the power plant. The "make-up water" from the city mains goes through a huge water soft ner, filter, and then it is stored in storage tanks. This water is then pumped to open feed water heaters where it is pumped to boil ers. The water goes into these boilers at the same rate that steam is gener ated. Two million pounds of steam is produced daily from these boilers at 250 pounds of pressure per square inch and run through the turbines which act as reducing valves. "Bleeder steam" is let off at 30 pounds of pressure to heat the campus. The dif ference in the pressure of steam is used to generate electricity. The steam is condensed in the buildings in the pro cess of heating them and pumped back to the power plant. 'lere it returns to the storage tanks. Two AT Fes The heating s:cam is dis tributed through about two miles of underground tun nels. The Power Plant distrib utes electrical power at 2,400 volts to the campus buildings where it is stepped down to 120-208 volts for building service. The peak electrical demand '.;t;-,.!U I i 'I t V - STEAMED UP University employee Ray Hahn check at the University power plant. makes a non-time in January 1958 was 4,300 kilowatts. The Administration build ing, Love Library, Burnet Hall, and part of Teachers College is heated by the power plant. Chilled water Is circulated through the tunnels to these buildings. This water is o'jia'ned by forced evaporation in a vacuum produced by low pressure steam aspirators. The plant has five boil ers, two are run by coal and three by gas or oil. Owen explained that on cold days they burn oil, be cause the gas is diverted to city homes. Oil is the most expensive fuel and that is the reason it is used only as a stand-by. Gas is the cheapest because of the handling cost of burning coal, according to Owen. Fuel Bill The , Plant, which has about a $190,000 yearly fuel bill, is financed through University funds set aside by the budget. Owen explained that the "big problem in planning the future is that the ex panding University, and the rate of expansion, is mak ing it difficult to keep util ity production ahead of de 'mand. "The Power Plant is now buying electrical power from Consumer plants be cause the generators are not big enough to supply the requirements at the present time. The plant, which runs throughout the year, has 27 employees in two plants, op eration and maintenance crews. The yearly amount of steam generated is 439, 000.000 and 16,700,000 kilo watt hours of electric ener gy are generated yearly. The Plant is also used as a laboratory for mechani cal engineering students. i r i i t. I . I t I J', - i b 4 I- v