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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, February 23, 1960
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ALL OURS Stuart Kutler, high scorer on the Student
Union bowling team, holds the team trophy won in last
Saturdays lHatch with Kansas State. His total points in all
matches were 1833. Other members of the Union team are
Ralph Holmstrom, Bill Cacek, Gary Starck, Jim King and
Jerry Dondlinger.
University Begins
Self Exam ination
By Carol Wilcox
The University is undergo
ing a self-survey in an "at
tempt to bring faculty think
ing to bear on University
problems and opportunities
in an organized way," ac
cording to Dr. Marvel Baker,
director of the survey.
Dr. Baker explained that
the "net result" of the sur
vey thus far has been to
"stimulate faculty in certain
areas and to make the fac
ulty sharply conscious" of
University problems.
Make Recommendations
He said that the survey
committees are concerned
with institutional analysis and
evaluation and make recom
mendations dealing with
present and anticipated Uni
versity problems.
One of the most important
problems to which Dr. Baker
referred is the "maintenance
of a faculty adequate in qual
ity and number for whatever
programs the University un
dertakes." Dr. Baker said that a uni
versity's ability to "recruit
and maintain" a strong fac
ulty depends upon many fac
tors. They are:
Salary and other benefits.
Richard Stacy Places First
In House Designing Contest
Richard Stacy, third-year
design student at the Univer
sity, placed first in the an
nual Architedual Design
Contest sponsored by the
Home Builders Association
of Lincoln.
Stacy received an award
for $200.
Scott Kllllnger placed sec
ond. John Reiter and Lynn
Vermeer tied for third place.
Seventv-two University stu
dents from the department
of architecture entered the
contest. The competition in
volved the design of a three
bedroom, one-story frame
home for a specific location.
The purpose of the compe
tition, according to Prof.
Keith Christiansen, is to de
velop house designs appropri
ate to the environment and
climatic conditions of a sub
urban community in a Mid
western state, including mod
ern efficient living conditions
and space economy with an
exterior of character and
beauty.
Scale models of the win
ning designs will be dis
played at the annual Lincoln
Parade of Homes May 22-29.
Tito To Attend
AF Assembly
Diana Maxwell and Brent
Chambers, University seniors
in Arts and Sciences, will
attend the second annual Air
Force Academy Assembly at
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
March 9-12.
The topic of discussion at
the four-day assembly will be
the representation oi me
t'nitPfi States abroad. '
Facilities with which to
work.
Ability to make profes
sional progress within a rel
atively free and stimulating
atmosphere.
Evaluation of Programs
Other problems according
to Dr. Baker are the evalua
tion of various University
programs, such as the under
graduate teaching program,
graduate program, research
program and the public serv
ice program. Improvement of
scholastic standards also falls
into this area.
Dr. Baker, Dean of Facul
ties, A. C. Breckenridge and
Chancellor Clifford Hardin
were responsible for the se
lection of the 20 faculty mem
bers who comprise one of the
survey committees.
Dr. Baker and four "area"
chairmen constitute a co
ordinating committee called
the "central committee."
These four chairmen are
Prof. William Allington of the
biological science depart
ment; Cecil Vanderzee of the
physical science department;
Jasper Shannon, chairman of
the political science depart
ment; and Charles W. Col
man representing the human
ities department.
The students were given
the problem during Christ
mas vacation and allowed
one wtek of class time to do
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Natiohul Defense
Student
Approximately $175,000
are in the form of outstand
ing loans from the regular
University, student loan
funds, according . to Dan
Pop, assistant to the direc
tor of University services.
Pop said that loans made
to students through the stu
dent loan program usually
total more during the sec
ond semester due to the
fact many students usually
are prepared for the first
semester with money ac
quired through summer em
ployment. Booming Business
"December and January
are our biggest months
since that is the period of
tuition and registration,"
Pop noted. "It also seems
due to the National Defense
Program."
Pop also pointed out that
loans have increased re
cently, bui; attributed the
raise to the increase in
student needs rather than
an increased number of stu
dents applying for loans.
There are two kinds of
loans that ;nay be obtained
by a student at the Univer
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NU Course
To Be Given
On WOW-TV
A University credit course
entitled "History of Nebras
ka," will be presented on
WOW-TV, Channel 6, begin
ning Tuesday, March 1.
The two hour credit course
is the first educational offer
ing by the University on com
mercial television.
The program will appear
Tuesday and Thursday
morning at 7:15 to 7:45. Dr.
James Olson, chairman of
the department of history will
teach the course.
KUON-TV offers the course
at 7 and 9 p.m. on Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
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the course will present Ne
braska's development as an
individual state and as part
of the Great Plains.
It covers Nebraska's early
exploration as well as its po
litical, economic and social
background from 1954 to the
present.
Those who wish to register
for the course should write
WOW-TV in Omaha.
Top Photo
Will Be
Announced
Contest 1 5th Annual
Sponsored by Union
Winners of the 15th annual
Student Union photo contest
will be announced at the first
show of the Art Film Series
Thursday in the Little Audi
torium of the Union.
The series, sponsored by
the Union Arts and Exhibits
Committee, will begin at 5
p.m. and last about 45 min
utes. Each show of the series will
be of the approximate same
length and will be composed
of a general art education
film and a short "education
al" film.
Thursday's feature includes
"Art in the Western World"
and "Fiddle De Dee," an ex
perimental film.
"Art in the Western World"
is in color and was photo
graphed in the National Gal
lery of Art in Washington,
D.C. It reviews the develop
ment of western art from
the 13th century, to the pre
sent. "Fiddle De Dee" repre
sents rhythm in color thou
sands of combinations flow
ing swiftly across the screen
in a color dance of ever
changing patterns.
Admission is free.
and Tuition:
Loan Business Booms
sity, depending upon what
he or she needs. The emer
gency loan is given to those
students who need money
in a hurry, yet expect to
receive some sort of capi
tal receipts in the near fu
ture. The other kind is the reg
ular long ternt loan, which
is made to students who
need financial aid to con
tinue their education at the
University.
Two Types
Loans to students are
classified into two types.
There are 66 loan funds set
up by individuals, firms or
trusts which are in the cus
tody of the Board of Re
gents. Students may quali
fy for these various 1 loans
by fulfilling the various re
quirements connected with
each loan fund.
Restricted loans are
made to students through
the University Foundation.
These loans are restricted
to persons from various col
leges or majors who fulfill
the requirements of the
loan.
Loans are made to stu
:Uti through application
made witft the office of Unil
Parkinson Humor,
Displayed to Crowd
By Jacque Janecek
A British' professor who
has made himself famous
criticizing modern diplomacy
told University students Mon
day that committees suffer
from "organic growth."
C. Northcote Parkinson, on
a temporary leave of ab
sence from the University of
Malaya, spoke to a crowd of
about 750 in the Student Un
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CROWD CHUCKLES These faces, and the day at which C. Northcote Parkinson, Brit
amusement they portray, are typical of the ish professor and former Harvard lecturer,
750 seen at the University convocation Mon- spoke.
'ParkinsoiTs Law"
Book May
Parkinson's
someday be
Law may
made into a
movie. j
Parkinson told guests at a
luncheon yesterday that he
had discussed it with Holly
wood producers but no deci
sions had been made. He
added that Walt Disney would
be the one to do it if he is
willing but the author has
not personally conferred with
Disney.
Fan Mail
In reference to his book he
said that without mentioning
business or industry he re
ceived an abundance of fan
mail from business men all
over the world immediately
after publication.
"The letters all started out
with "How did you know
about our organization?" he
said.
"What is true of govern
ment is also true of industry
and commerce. But there is
a tendency to do something
about it in business but not
in government," he re
marked.
An example cited of where
something was being done
was in a British chain store.
Girls were cataloging cards
but they didn't know what or
why they were doing it.
After an investigation sug
gestions were made to get rid
of the two million cards filed
by the girls each year. The
company did this by trusting
the sales girls.
The experiment, included
dispensing order slips for the
stockroom and exchange tick
ets. Instead the girls were
allowed to go to the stock
room and get the merchan
versity services. A student
must file a written applica
tion with that office. It Is
then reviewed by the Stu
dent Loan committee, which
is comprised of five facul
ty members and William
Harper, director of Univer
sity services.
This committee either
grants the full loan, part of
the requested loan or rejects
the application. A base of
guides - in relation to stu
dent costs of living is estab
lished and these costs are
loans made to students.
Loan Policies
General policies listed by
the Student Loans comit
tee are:
1) Applicant must be
regularly registered in the
University for not less than
12 hours as an undergrad
uate or nine hours as a
graduate.
2) Applicant must have an
accumulative average of 4.5
or higher for all hours of
credit earned at the Uni-
i versity.
3( The amount loaned to
any one student shall be de
termined by the Student
Loans committee, but shall
not be greater than the ap-
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ion Ballroom at 11 a.'m. and
held an hour-long discussion
forum with students at 2:30
p.m. in the Union's Little Au
ditorium Monday.
Committees Cut
Lambasting committee pro
cedures, Parkinson said they
grow so large that eventually
members don't even discuss
the same things.
Parkinson also criticized
Become Disney Shoiv
dise and exchange articles
without discussion or written
reasons.
Honest Girls
The experiment proved that
the girls were honest and if
Parkinson
they weren't it was still
cheaper than the cards or
secretaries necessary in
maintaining the files.
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eminent and business is thethe. economist sees it they
measurement by yardstick
achievement in business,
Parkinson pointed out.
"The bureaucracy doesn't
go up forever. There is a
peak of achievement and
there are problems to solve
and failing at all stages," he
emphasized.
"That which is happening
in the modern bureaucracy
period is net peculiar to the
present age. It is also not
plicant's immediate needs
to complete the current
semester or school year.
4) Loans are expected to
be repaid on or before Sept.
1 following the date the
loan is made, except in the
case of graduating seniors.
Loans are not available to
made for the purpose of
making capital investments
and for needs after gradu
ation or after leaving
school.
6) Co-signers usually are
required for all loans. It is
recommended that a co
signer be a parent or a
relative, and preferably
one who is beneficiary of a
borrowers life insurance.
Chattel mortgages are not
accepted as security.
7) Preference will be giv
at the University for at
least one academic year.
Loans are not available to
entering student.
.8) Interest is at the rate
of two per cent per annum
while attending the Univer
sity, four per cent per an
num if not in attendance
and six per cent per annum
after maturity. Interest is
payable semiannually Jan.
1 and July 1.
planning committees for "sci
entific ways of adopting build
ings to a purpose."
"Too many times buildings
are dead before they're
started," he said.
Satirical Humor
Spicing his hour-long speech
with satirical h umor, for
which he is also acquiring a
reputation, the former Har
vard lecturer cited retirement
unknown in India. In fact the
same type of problems were
existing in the time of the
decline and fall of the Ro
man Empire.
"But it is the rising soci
ety to which it might be pe
culiar," he said in reference
to his satirical ideas on the
organized society.
Parkinson's current interest
is his book on taxation which
is being released Thursday.
Muck To Say
"This is a subject in which
much remains to be said," he
believes.
"Xo one has ever written
a general history of taxation
in all the world. If they
would have my work would
have been much simplier,"
he said.
The problem he' discusses
in the book is, "At what point
shall taxation start?" In it
he touches on a number of
things including the govern
ment's waste of money and
Parkinson's second law which
is "Expenditures rise to meet
the income."
In his book he suggests
I that there is a point of taxa
i tion. But he's sure that when
will rise, nashing their teeth
and demand that Parkinson
is wrong.
"I hope this will compel
them to produce their own
idoas if they won't accept
mine," Parkinson said.
Large Waste
The large amount of ex
penditure waste is taken up
in two chapters. One on Bri
tain is entitled "British Waste
Line and the other on Amer
ica is "American Bust."
Much of the money raised
by taxation is simply stuffed
down the drain, he said.
The many officials between
the person and the man you
want to see is what take up
the waste and Parkinson calls
it "Administrative Constipa
tion." The higher the taxes, the
more worthwhile it is to
avoid, but the only real way
to avoid income tax is to
have no income or capital
while you're alive or have
capital and no income when
you die, Parkinson believes.
Debate Squad
Scores Well
In Tournament
The University debate
squad won 15 out of 20 de
bates at a tournament in Eau
Claire, Wis. this past week
end. Susie Moffitt and R e n y
Ashleman won four and lost
one debate in the senior di
vision. Kathie Madsen and
Sylvia Bathe won all of their
debates in the junior division
and received third place in
points.
Two teams, John Wehr and
Gary Johnson and Bernice
Dvorak and Ellen Nore, each
won three and lost two.
Ashleman placed third in
discussion. Miss Moffitt got
into the finals in extempor
aneous speaking but did not
place.
Satire
of 750
plans as an example of
what's wrong with today's
"organization men."
Retirement, or "how to get
rid of the boss," involves put
ting him on an airplane and
sending him all over the
world, Parkinson said.
Then, he added, the prac
tice nowadays is to suddenly
deprive him of means or
money to travel.
Tax Laws
Parkinson called today's
tax laws "basically tragic"
and said his soon to be pub
lished book, "The Law and v
the Profits," deals with exist
ing laws and business admin
istration. The professor drew laughs
as he described "the scien
tific purpose of today's cock
tail parties." Important peo
ple are assigned strategic
spots near the center of the
party room and the less im
portant usually wind up in
the corners due to centri
fugual force.
Later, in a brief interview,
Parkinson denied there is any
"ideal committee member."
An "ideal committee," he
says would exist of two op
posing leaders, an expert on
money matters, one to strike
a balance and another mem
ber, just to make a five-man
committee.
He also denied today's com
mittees are "anyone's fault."
They are simply the result
of "organic growth," he main
tained. Satirist Makes
Recommendation
"Too few students at the
universities realize the im
portance of the general av
erage of student attain
ment. Many think if they
indulge in social activities
that it is doing them no
harm and that it leaves the
field open for others to at
tain the average.
"If it is too low it is too
easy for anyone to be above
average. The higher the av
e r a g e achievement the
higher the good students
must try to stay above it.
AH students have an im
portant part in each univer
sity in maintaining or
establishing a high general
average."
The above statement is
C. Northgate Parkinson's
message and advice to stu
dents of the University.
Youne GOP
Will Hear
Trip Reports
Two Young Republican of
ficials will address the Uni
versity group in a "For
members - only" meeting
Thursday night at 7:30.
Gary Rodgers, state organi
zational director, and Mon
roe Usher Jr., Midwest
chairman, will report on their
recent trip to Washington,
D.C, for the National Young
Republican Leadership Train
ing School and on Republi
can campaign issues in the
1960 election.
Roger Struve, program
chairman, said attendance at
the meeting will be limited
to card-carrying members
because of the nature of the
reports.
Ceres Club
Offers Grant
Ceres Club of the College
of Agriculture is offering a
scholarship for meritorious
effort in school life as 1 well
as scholastic attainments.
Any woman registered in
Ag College who will have suf
ficient hours to graduate in
June 1961 or at the end of
summer school may apply.
Conditions of the award are
that:
1. She must have earned at
least one-third of her credit
hours in Home Economics at
the University.
2. Have a scholastic aver
age of not less than 5.5.
3. Be wholly or partially
self-supporting.
Application blanks can be
obtained in 111 Home Ec
Building. Complete applica
tion must be mailed to Mrs.
M. G. McCreight, 5460 Walker
St. before March 19.
Applicants will meet with
the committee for personal
interviews at a later date.
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