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Page 2 Summer Nebraskan mesaay, June i, It's A Lot Easier Most Restrictions on Teachers Vanished with World War II By Jacque Janeeek Signing a contract used to b Lit signing your life away, veteran teachers aay. They promised they would "do or die" the special sets of mores, rules and regula tions demanded by those very necessary folk, their employ ers and the local taxpayers. The Idaho Education News recently published a contract Idaho teachers signed in 1923 for 75 per month! Terms of the contract were: Women may not jet mar ried or keep company with men. Be home between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., except for school functions. No cigarettes, beer, wine or whiskey. Do not leave town with out permission. Do not ride la a carriage or auto with any man except father or brother. Do not dress in bright colors, dye hair or use lip stick. Wear at least two petti coats. Sweep the schoolroom each day, scrub it once a week and start the fire at 7 a.m. each school day. . And last, but certainly far from least. It was verboten for teachers to loiter in ice cream parlors. It was in the contract! "Teachers have much more freedom today thai tbey had S years age," says Dr. W. C. Meirrtienry, coordinator el the UBrrerciry of Nebraska Teachers Placement D I v i- sJoa. "But there are still mar? unwritten restrictions," be adds. For example, be says many Nebraska communities frown when young women teachers da:e the local bachelors. 'There areat enough to go around anyway, and young women teachers are just more competition for the hometown gals," Meierhenry observed. Generally, however, the Ne braska educator says this state follows a recent Na tional Education Association poll revealing that only 35 per cent of the American communities place restric tions in teacher contracts. Only two per cent are con sidered serious. War Raised Restrktioas Many restrictions have van ished since World War II. Ed ucators also think the war was responsible for the in creased respect the teaching profession now has. William Bogar, principal of Lincoln High School, attrib utes the increased stature of the teacher as a professional Summer Nebra&Lan Tha Baiaiiii lalii to Or affinal VOblKWios of tbr liwveniv of Vmjtm ka Summer Seanona aa m i mtt! miliar Ow naMiiiio af fee icmnm mi Jouraalam. The aamim h hkoM T-imry Tiiianay dunaf the Sommm frea- luioromuoa tar aaMjcmuua mm be tarna a lit III Bumso ar caDad a as aumaina m ar ilSl. GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS SL2S Ptft DOZEN TiWfF Aflat aftttWF Aff ftvMCSai T euro rmrms co. t W mf thm "W. U.- Tamale J miowm nran as ftaudaya aa4 aaaaa a node. Staff Warr Leaiae Bun -. Kdttar iMaaMr m Haian aium TYPEWRITERS FOR RENT DURING SUMMER SESSION Bloom Typewriter Exchange Read quarters ef the OlYMNA Typewriter ZIX X. 12Ot Oi Block Soaflt at Lrve Library) HE 1-S25S H 2-3474 Today! and a ciuzen to the pure and simple law of supply and demand." "We've had a terrific short age since the war and a 35,- 235,000 or a 3.5 per cent in crease in enrollment in tie fall of 1959, according to Of fice of Education data. And people value scarce items more highly," Bogar com ments. He also noted the general increase m salary schedules. The principal of Lincoln's largest high school also be lieves today's teachers have more professional attitudes. Present Status Debated Although Meierhenry and Bogar agreed teachers rank higher in the community than previously, they disagreed as to how their status compares to other professionals. Meierhenry maintains lawy ers and dentists, for example, are more respected. Engi neers often have more voice in community planning than similarly trained teachers, he adds. "And some professionals can get by with a greater amount of immorality than teachers," he noted. Taxpay ers generally, parents in cluded, seem to accept a double standard of conduct A local doctor might act happier at a cocktail party than the principal across the room, who probably shouldn't be there at all. Meierhenry admits even the doctor will lose confidence of the community, but he has greater latitudes than the teacher. Meierhenry and Bogar do Campus Busy oil Graduation Week End 5 Receive Degree With Top Honors Five degrees with "high dis tinction," the highest academ ic honor bestowed by the University of Nebraska upon graduating seniors, were con ferred upon three women and two men Saturday at the 8Kh annual Commencement exer cises. In addition, 40 other gradu- BOOKS WE BUY THEM AND SELL THEM AT BEST PRICES o SU PPLI ES REASONABLE PRICES, HELPFUL SERVICE COMPLETE SATISFACTION for all your campus needs agree that people who dont want to conduct themselves moderately probably should not be teachers anyway. Psychologists and sociolo gists agree that teachers In fluence youngsters highly. And educators consider this proof that they play a differ ent role than most profes sionals. "Certain personal qualifica tions and levels of morality do go with the job, but not as much restrictions as re sponsibility," Meier henry claims. Bogar thinks teachers cas be as Influential ia a com munity as medical men, lawyers and religious work ers, who da appear higher oa NEA ratings. He says a teacher's esteem depends largely oa his individual agressiveness. A secondary teacher at University High School, John Lux, agrees. He says he has never felt inferior in anv of the three Nebraska commu nities where he has taught ''Bat it takes time to be come an integral part of-a community. Teachers dont feel they have the right to move in and run things and have as much say-so. "Af:er they're acquainted and established, they can us ually be as respected as they want to be," the assistant pro fessor of secondary education and assistant principal and su perintendent of social studies at the high school said. Today's Americans have been dubbed ''status seek ers." How do today's young people regard teaching pro fession? Does the promise ef higher rank as an entertainer, accountant or chief sales clerk deprive Americas schools of many qualified teachers? Statistics are discouraging. Business and industry con tinue to attract the more bril liant college graduates, ac cording to a recent survey by Science Digest Meier henry admits that a higher percentage of the better qual ified young men shy away from teaching, but says, "We are getting the women who are the cream of the crop.' " Salary Problems Salary seems to be the crux of the problem. Sociologists and erts?mists agree it's the major factor determining sta tus in our culture today. As Parents Magazine has pointed out, if schools doubled salar ies, industries could stiH out do them. j Even parents discourage their children from becoming aiing seniors were awarded their degrees with "distinc tion." Receiving degrees with "high distinction" were! Carole E. Crate of Lin coln, a Bachelor of ArU ia the College of Arts and Sci ence, daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. Arthur B. Crate. Karea L. Petersen f Lia cftln, a Bachelor of Arts ia Education, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C Peter son. Dewey L. Pleake of Lin coln, a Bachelor of Science ia Basinets Administration, soa of Mr. and Mrs. TV. W. Jackson. Mary E. Walters of Lin coln, a Bachelor of Science ia Home Economics, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin IL Walters. Alfred BL Witie, Jr., of Lincoln, a Bachelor of Sci ence ia Electrical Engineer ing, sob of Mr. and Mrs. Al fred BL. Witte. teachers. NEA reports that onlv 35 oer cent of the par ents with college-age daugh ters suggest teaching, while even fewer parents of sons, 18 per cent, encourage them to teach. Dr. Meierhenry said this was one of the major prob lems discussed at a meeting in Chicago resently for grad uate deans and educators. Many parents respect their judgment but think teachers have an unenviable job; they Jacque Janeeek, a 1960 graduate of the University of Nebraska school of jour nalism. U bow employed is the Hollywood, Fla., bureau of the Miami Herald. As a student, Miss Janecek was a Daily Nebraskaa staff member. Journalism Gold Kev winner and president tf Tbeta Sigma Phi, wom en's journalism fraternity. are over-worked, underpaid and required to be submis sive to parents and school boards. How to Recruit What can school systems and teachers' colleges do to attract the more capable yourg people? Above all, they must not lower their standards, pre sent teachers say. Lux noted that inadequately prepared people often reduce the nresuee of use enure group of qualified teachers in a community. "They teach to earn a liv inz and not for the satisfac tion of helping a child under stand, be said. This non-professionalism is harmful, he added, and many young- peo ple do not want to be as sociated wih it Lux also suggested that teachers become "better salesmen." "We should learn to sell nr profession to those we think win be capable of re placing hs," be claims. "Many teacher discourage students with gripes and their Iask of enthusiasm. Youngsters need to know the pill alls, but we shouldn't give them a negative atti tude," he continued. Eetr public relations have also been suggested. Educa tors agree that the public will have greater respect for tie school and personnel if they know how their tax dol lars are being used. While teachers realize they still have some problems, they have come a long way sac the days when they couldn't eat ice cream in pub lic. 812 Million Fund Set Up For Teaching An Endowment Fund for Distinguished Teaching, with a goal of $12 million to be ra.sed in the next 10 years, has been established by the board of directors of the Uni versity of Nebraska Alumni Association. The fund will be used pri marily to augment faculty salaries, create special chairs, and encouraee and reward re search activities at the Uni versity, according to Charles W. Steadman of Cleveland, chairman of the special com mittee wnicn proposes: me program. He said the committee's study "plainly shows faculty salaries at the University shauld and must be substan tially increased." 1245 R Street 62 Visitors To Lecture On Campus Visiting Profs From 18 States The Summer Sessions facul ty for I960 will include 62 visi ting professors, including 10 special lecturers and consul tants, from IS states and the District of Columbia. The faculty members repre sent more than i-W colleges, universities and school sys terns. The visiting staff also includes specialists from rela ted fields from the Nebraska State Department of Educa tion and guests active in fields of special interest to Summer Sessions students. The first guest lecturer will be Nicholas DeWitt of Har vard University, who will lec ture in History and Principles of Education and will present the World Affairs Preview "Spotlight on the Soviet Un ion." The list of guest lectures includes speakers for the three World Affairs Previews pre sented by the Summer Ses sions office. Nicholas DeWitt of the Harvard Umiversity Russian Research Center will present "Spotlight on the So viet Union" at 2 p.m. Tues day, June 14, in Love Library Auditorium. "Spotlignt on Africa" will be the subject of John Furbay, former presi dent of the College of West Africa in Monrovia, Liberia. The final World Affairs Pre view, "Spotlight on Japan", will be presented by Kazuo Kawai, former editor of the Japan Times, leading English- language daily newspaper of Japan, and now professor of Political science at Ohio State University. Travel Grant To Anderson Dr. Alhin T. Anderson, pro fessor of history, was granted a $1,000 Faculty Summer Re search Fellowship by the Uni versity of Nebraska Board of Regents for work in Rus sia and Fin land In addition, he has re ceived JL200 from the In ter - Univer silv Commit tee on Travel -4 Grants of L New York Andersen Cily for his research this summer. Dr. Anderson, who wfl leave Lincoln next week, will travel first to Helsinki. Research Aid Donated The Medical Research Pro gram of the National Fund tJt Medical Education has donated a 12,000 grant to the University of Nebraska. Past Year Called Best By Hardin University of Nebraska alumni heard the past school year described by Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin as "the best by a substantial mar gin of any mmm since his as- I s o c i ation f with the in- I stitution. t"lr The Chan- ' 42 cellor spoke R at tne alum ni Rosnd Up Luncheon in the Ne braska Union where the As- Dobsoa sociation's new officers were announced Robert A Dobson, Lincoln! president; Victor L. Toft, Omaha, first vice president; Mrs. Daniel C. Ramsey, Scottsbluff, second vice pres ident; and John C. Mason, Lincoln, executive committee member-at-large. Alan H. Wil liams of Scottsbluff is retir ing president LUNCHES "WHERE CAMPTS FCIE.NDS MLET" 1131 R STREET .NEXT TO NEBE. BOOK STOKE v J m SHACKS 11 Summer Features Russia Continued from Page 1 will be presented by Karuo Kawai, professor of political science at Ohio State Univer sity and former editor of the Japanese English-1 a n g uage paper. Kawai was born in Tokyo, but educated in the United States. He is a graduate of Stanford University, with ad ditional rraduat siudy at Harvard University. Twice chairman of the Sum mer Program on the Far East for Ohio State Univer- Parking Permits Students, University em ployees and faculty members new to t.e campus this sum mer should arrange to have the campus police put park ing permit stickers on their cars Immediately, according to James S. Pittenger, assis tant to the Chancellor. Pittenger added that tickets given during the first week of summer school for failure to have a parking permit will be dismissed if the violators turn in the ticket when they get their stickers. Parking permits are avail able for 50 cents at the Geog raphy building. Applicants will be asked to complete an ap plication form to be presented to campus police outside the building. Policemen will be available throughout the first week for placing stickers on car. The parking permits, like those issued during the reg ular school year, will be good until Sept 1. Pittenger said that the Uni versity is requiring permits during the summer for the first time this year. He said that the Univesity hopes to avoid parking problems as the summer school enrollment grows by enforcing regula tions now. SARTOR 1200 I K B. C ; I 4' "I hsjA ' - - --"rJ f ' - -vt- 4.:i'!' J i riA i , - -4U ':-7iv.' ' i' t f , ' ,-. I ; "... Ji n U, nr- f miO FOR THE charmed circlet that will capture, forever, the chjroi of the momentouf occasion. Whether the final loudt ot gtatnour to the lantorous event wL9 be a amond circle or a hoop of gold, the hide wiS find ket cfaotct here. Round dUmond and baguetKs S6D0.D0 8. Straight baguettes in platinum $315.00 . C Prong-set diamonds in I tk gold $121.00 D. Six diamonds in 14k white gold $90.00 E. Straight and tapered baguettes $100.00 F. Double row of twelve full-cuts $300.00 G. Florentine-finish 14 karai gold $27.S0 H. Three-quarters carat of diamond $250.00 L Traditional fourteen karat hoop $9.00 Prices include federal llluttritioni Special sity, he is currently chair man for the interdepartmen tal Committee on Interna tional Studies there. The annual Textbook and Audio-Visual Aids Exhibit will begin Monday. June 13, and last until Friday, June 17, in Love Library. The Superior and. Talented Students Project Conference will be held Thursday and Friday. June 23 and 24. Meet ings will be held continuously both days, including dinner Thursday and a luncheon Fri day. The Nebraska Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children will confer Wednes day. June 29. It will meet for a picnic dinner in Peter Pan Park at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June ' 28. Chancellor Hardin's lunch eon for visiting faculty mem bers will be held Tuesday, June 21. Thursday, June 30 and July 14. the Superintend ents' Roundtable Luncheons will be held. The All-Teachers College Conference will be held Wednesday and Thursday, July 6 and 7. A clinic on the "Implica tions of White House Confer ence for Parents and Teach ers" will begin at noon Men day, June 18, with a luncheon in the Nebraska Union. Residence Hall Hour Summer closing hours for women's residences, as an nounced by the Division of Student Affairs, are 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday 12:30 a.m. Friday and Sat urday and midnight Sunday. 1960 to be Flea Year With the University of Cali fornia: A professor of para sitology and entomology says 1950 will be a bumper year for fleas. JEWELRY "tr tax Charge or budget ilithtlj enJiriei )!