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Thursday, November 19, 1964 The Daily Nebraskan Page 3 Status Unless many county govern ments in Nebraska and the Great Plains can cooperate among themselves and with other levels of government and reassess their position, they may lose their identify as "functioning units" in the same way that township gov ernment has become dor ant. This is the opinion of two University staff members, contained in a paper prepared lor the State of Society con ference, in session at the Ne braska Center for Continuing Education which ends today. Jack Timmons, Kxtonsion public affairs specialist, and 15erl Kvans, Extension agri cultural economist, expressed doubt that present institutions of local government, "still operating within a framework established a century or more ago," can meet "the equally critical needs in traffic, edu cation, police protection, and welfare, among others." Readjustment in thinking and the reorganization in ways of conducting economic, social and governmental af fairs at the local level have not kept pace with the more rapid technological innova tions, such as the development of supersonic aircraft within a 10-year period, the special ists said. "If counties cannot organize to solve the problems of to day and tomorrow, the state likely will assume these prob lems by default," the authors said in the presentation, which was prepared, along with papers on various other subjects, to brief church lead ers from northern Great Plains states attending the 3-day meeting. Seven northern Great Plains states the Dakotas, Nebras ka, Kansas, Colorado, Wyom ing and Montana contain on ly 4.3 per cent of the total U.S. population, but have 23.1 per cent of the local govern mental units. While the area is nearly keeping up with the rest of the nation in reducing the number of governmental units, it is still far below oth er areas in population per units. The special district is one type of local government which has rapidly increased in number, Timmons and Ev ans pointed out. These units formed to take care of special problems such as irrigation, sewer and wa ter installation, mosquito, weed or flood control, library service and others have in creased by more than 50 per cent in the northern Gr e a t Plains during the decade end ing in 1962 "This trend indicates that the traditional local govern CtnUwje flWn- .... Guaranteed by a lop Company ....No War Clause .... Exclusive Benefits at Special Rates .... Deposits Deferred until you are out of school. Can You Qualify? 432-0146 a motion picture that explores the sometimes shattering world of physical love! 1SIBUCHHOIZ-W1EM-BIOI3 Of County Precarious ment structure is inappropri ate for meeting many tradi tional and current needs," the authors concluded. "In spite of considerable ef fort to encourage the consolid ation and reorganization of county government during the 193u's, there has been little real changa," the report said. The total number of townships are nearly dor mant, however, since they have relinquished their pow ers and duties to counties or municipalities, and are now no more than a voting unit. Like townships, few towns Social Workers Attend Seminar Twenty-five leaders in so cial work from Nebraska, South Dakota and North Da kota are attending a special seminar on child welfare at the Nebraska Center this week. The Missouri Valley Short Term Child Welfare Institute, sponsored by the University's Graduate School of Social Work, will provide special training for social workers to handle special problems in volved in the welfare of ne glected and dependent chil dren. Dr. Richard Guilford, di rector of the School of Social Work at the University, said attendance must necessarily be by invitation only. The seminar is made possible through a grant from the U.S. Childrens Bureau. Instructors for the five-day course will be Professor Beu lah Compton, University of Minnesota, and W. W. Nuern berger, judge of the Separate Juvenile Court, Lincoln. YMCA-YWCA Ask Entries For Booklet The Ag YMCA-YWCA Is again publishing a booklet of "Christmas Thoughts." All students are invited to sub mit their entries to the YMCA letter box in the East Campus Union no later than Wednes day, December 2. Students are free to write ideas, views, short stories or poems pertaining to the Christmas spirit. The book let will be printed and dis tributed the week before Christmas vacation. I W fiWi H ip HATE TO BE M I B6IN6 00RN IN13 THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH "ROUBLE EvMHERE M IF I WERE A NEU) 8A& I DON'T THINK I COULD STAND KNOWING WHAT I WS 60IN6 70 HAVE TO 60 THROUGH... THATS WfvY THEY DON'T SHOuJ THEM ANtf NEWS0flER fOR THE FIRST TuJO YEARS.' 1' j J'lrivi and villages lose or give up their legal Identification even though they may have lost most of their population and have all but discontinued pro viding public services, the specialists continued. Noting that 75 per cent of towns under 500 population in Nebraska continued to lose population between 1950 and VJbO, they warned that "un less major changes in trends occur, we can expect to see many more ghost towns In our rural areas during the next 20 years." "With modern transporta tion and modern farm equip ment, many small rural towns have lost some of their tradi tional functions. Unless they can develop a reason for ex istence more consistent with today's needs, they may be doomed to the fate of the ear ly gold and silver mining Soil Conservation Scholarship Set An annual $100 scholarship for University students inter ested in soil conservation was established this week at the University Foundation. Harry Haynie, Foundation president, said Mr. and Mrs. William R o c k i e of Wilson ville, Ore., are the donors of the Fund, which will as sist students in agriculture who are in financial need and show leadership and academ ic ability in the field of soil conservation. Rockie, a 1914 graduate and formerly of Fremont, is retired from the Soil Conser vation Service of the U.S. De partment of Agriculture. Dur ing the past year he was a Fullbright lecturer in Turkey. Mrs. Rockie, a 1913 graduate, is the former Edith Shank of Superior. Recipients of the award will be selected by the Universi ty's committee on scholar ship and Financial Aids. piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii PLACEMENT 1 INTERVIEWS I Monday, Not. Z3 Genera Electric Company, B.S., MS. Ch.E.. E.E., M.E., E.M., Chera., Physics, Math. Tueaday, Nor. 34 General Electric Company. As before. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Industrial Products Division, Industrial Sales. Campbell Soup Company, Bus. Adm., Bus. Engrg., Lib. Arts, Bact., Food Tech. Standard Oil, Division oi American Oil Company, B.S.-Agri., Bus. Adm., Ch.E., M.E., E.E. Wednesday, Dev. t Insurance Company of North America, Bus. Adm., Lib. Arts, Standard Oil, Division of American Oil Co; lpany. As before. City of Lincoln, Office of the City Engineer, C.E. Thuroday, Dec. 3 Arthur Young & Company, All degree levels Acctg. Federal Service. All degrees fields. all Internal Revenue Service U.S. Treasury Department B.S.-B.A.-Acctg.; Acctg. with any combination of Bus. Adm. Crim inology, Law Enforcement, Police Science. Poilce Adm., Education, Finance and Law; LL.B.-Law; B.S.-B.A.-Bus. related subjects. WE NEVER CLOSE 'j it l " V' jj Lowest Prices in Town DIVIDEND BONDED GAS 16th & P Sts. Downtown Lincoln towns in the west," Timmons and Evans predicted. Reflecting on the costs of maintaining small local gov ernmental units, they quoted figures from the 1960 Census of Governments, which showed that Nebraska county government per capita expen ditures for all purposes were $38.83 in countries with 100, 000 population and over, com pared to $74.11 for counties with a population of 10,000 to 25,000 and $98.59 for counties with under 10,000 population. Any attempt to measure and compare costs of local govern ment also must include meas urement of the quality and quantity of local services, Timmons and Evans conced ed. While higher costs can mean higher level of services offered especially when com paring municipalities of simi lar size and in making com parisons between states evi dence shows that a low level of governmental services and high costs are both part of the handicap of a sparsely set tled area, they said. Recommendations to im prove local government in low population areas have taken three forms, the NU specialists said, and listed them as: Consolidation. G r e a t e r coordination among existing governmental units without necessarily giv ing up their independence. Shaping of the population pattern to facilitate provision of public services, with such shifts including farmers resid ing in towns and commuting to their work on the farm or ranch unit. The majority of planners, economic and political science analysts and population ex perts consider the latter two recommendations "second- best in terms of solving lo cal governmental problems in a sparsely-settled area, they concluded. Business Seminars Conducted At Center The first of three seminars scheduled for training direc tors in private business will be held at the Nebraska Cen ter today through the au spices of the Nebraska Chap ter ot American Society of Training and Development. The program will include demonstrations which will emphasize the use of audio visual aids in training new personnel and methods ofen suring interest in new train ing programs. The session opens at 8:45 a.m. with an address from Frank Goodell, Omaha, pres ident of the Nebraska chapter of A.S.T.D. Discussion leaders include Jim Fargher, Omaha, Corps of Engineers; Dr. Richard Bourne, professor of business organization and manage ment at the University; and C. W. Bowmaster, program coordinator, Nebraska Center for Continuing Education. j3, JV Ml 1 LACEMENT luncheon li:30 p.m., 241 Student Union. QUIZ BOWL committee meeting 3 p.m., 332 Student Union. NEBRASKA UNION BOARD 4 p.m., 241 Student Union. A.U.F. Speakers Education 4:30 p.m., North Conference Room Student Union. A.W.S. COURT 4:30 p.m., South Party Room Student Union. YWCA Cabinet 4:30 p.m., 332 Student Union. YWCA Junior Cabinet 4:30 p.m., 334 Student Union. A.W.S. House of Represent atives 4:30 p.m., Pawnee Room Student Union. INTER VARSITY Exec. 6:30 p.m., 234 Student Union. STUDENT COUNCIL Quiz Bowl 7 p.m., Conference Room Student Council. JUNIOR PANIIELLENIC 7 p.m., Pan American Room Student Union. DER DEUTSCHE VEREIN 7:30 p.m., 234-5 Student Un ion. LITTLE MAN "WHILE THE REST op the mi VV(7(trHAL ALVAYS PAKRICAPGS HlMSElf ON THE THIIZP FLOOR. IN OfZOEg-TO PEVtTEAU, HITME TO H4 rUXEC-,'f 1. You can congratulate me. Congratulations. 3. You thought that and I thought that. But it turns out Jane didn't think it. You never can toll what girls think. 5. Here I am, unseasoned in the ways of the world, untried in the fields of commerce, second string on the soccer team and already faced with grave responsibilities. 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The adult animal is well over 12 feet high; the younger specimen is approximately three feet high at the shoulders. Among the first groups to get a preview peek at the new display last week were the fourth grade classes of Ashland school. Schultz explained that chil dren are particularly fond of dinosaur skeltons and that the Museum hopes eventually to display an entire roomful of the huge reptiles. ON CAMPUS o& vce. a wii n wcv-cnn 2. I'm getting Chriitmas. married durins; I thought you were a confirmed bachelor. 4. It used to be they would give you a hint when they had plans. Not any more. Now it's cool, cool, cool. 6. I'm going to get a Living Insurance policy from Equitable. It's really great the way it protects your wife and kins. And it builds up a cash value you can use instead for guaranteed retirement income. You're lucky to get a girl like Jane. Ordnance Recruiter Will Visit University A recruiter for the U.S. Na val Ordnance Lab oratory, White Oak, Maryland will ar rive at the University on De cember 9. The NOL representative, Dr. A. Lightbody, Chief, Chemistry Research Depart ment, is interested in inter viewing undergraduate and graduate students majoring in mechanical, electrical and aero space engineering, as well as physics. The Laboratory is the Na vy's largest research and de velopment facility for anti submarine weapons and other underwater ordnance. Graduates employed by tha Naval Ordnance Laboratory are integrated into its over all organization through a one-year rotational Profes sional Development Program. In this program, the traineo is given four consecutive three-month assignments in research, engineering and evaluation. Physical Plant Head Attends Convention George Miller, administra tor at the University's physi cal plant, attended the twelfth annual Central States Region al Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Uni versities and Colleges at the University of Kansas Nov. 8-11. The conference, sponsored by the University of Kansas Extension, was based on the theme "Your Plant Today." It included panel discussions, presentation of papers re garding the area of study, a problem clinic, a campus in spection, and an annual busi ness meeting. Campus Presbyterians Discuss Church Role Twenty-five midwestern ed ucational leaders and Pres byterian campus ministers will meet here Thursday to discuss the relationship and roles of universities and cam pus Presbyterian groups. who?who? none but you,you in Wear Dated Post-Grad slacks by You're the epitome of wisdom when you choose these long-and-lean pants. They trim you up and taper you down. 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