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Page 2 Summer Nebraskan Tuesday, June 13, 1961 Workshops, Conferences Nebraska Center Aids Youth, No Prerequisites Education Adul Editor! note: Tlw Nebraska Center to Kfieduied to bold IU dedication la week. Due to a construction s'rike. how ever, the Adult Wing has not yet been completed. The Youth Hall has been in operation for a week, however, and has housed a First Aid Conference, a State Extension Meeting and Northwestern Bell Telephone conference. This week 300 4 H Dub members will stay in the Youth Hall dormitory during the Stat 4-H Club Coacraas. Editor's aste: Tbe Nebraska Center was scheduled Is hold Hi dedication last week. Dae to a comlrorUaa strike, how ever, the Adaat Wise has aot yet heea eenwleted. The Ysalk Hall has heea la sserallea tar a week, however, and has housed a First Aid Conference, a State Eiteesiea Meeting and a Northwesters Bell Telephone eoaferenre. This week 4-H Cluh members will stay In the Yeula BaH dormitory durmc the Male 4-H Clak CoaaTess. By Jim Forrest In keeping with the concept of adult and youth education throughout the United, States, individuals and groups will look upon the Nebraska Cen ter for Continuing Education as a place where education can be obtained, regardless of previous educational b a c k ground. The Nebraska Center, locat ed on the College of Agricul ture campus, has unlimited resources for making both young and adult citizen's par ticipation in a program of continuing education a memo rable and valuable one, ac cording to Dr. K. 0. Broady, director of the Nebraska Cen ter. Two Programs , Built at a cost of over $2 million, the Nebraska Center) will have a two pronged pro gram of continuing education -the Adult Wing and the Hall of Youth. Dr. Arthur B. Ward, direc tor of the Adult Wing, said the Nebraska Center's adult program was planned and will be maintained to help adults: meet, successfully, the ever increasing complexity of 20th century living; and and once once broaden concepts perspectives; acquire new skills abilities; reinforce skills learned and kbilities developed. In commenting about con tinued education, Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin said, "A single period of education, even if it includes college, is no longer enough to serve throughout a productive lifetime." The Nebraska Center, which was financed by a $1.5 mil lion grant from the W. K. Kel logg Foundation and over $1 : n: r 1 1I1UUUU iium pcisuiioi ClliU business gifts from Cornhusk- J ers throughout the state, will I offer study . and living facili ties for adult groups attend ing exploratory conferences or concentrated workshops. Three or 300 "The facilities available can accommodate a committee of three or groups of 50, 100 or 300 or more, all in a learning atmosphere, be the group businessmen, farmers, physi cians, teachers, homemakers or candlestick makers," Dr Ward said. The Nebraska Center plan ners have made certain that the conveniences needed by busy people away from their homes and businesses for just a day or for one or two weeks are "built in," said Dr. Ward. This includes parking facili ties for 300 cars. In the hotel, the Nebraska Center can. accommodate 196 guests in air conditioned rooms, sleeping two persons each with a private bath and closet space, to assure the adult student of privacy, com- a Xtnla V rood f show defeat Wear $adi lance The inspired artistry of tailored gold in the design concepts of these mounting doubly emphasizes the im portance of your preferred diamond. round oval A. m a r q u i s e $200.00, B. $120.00, C. square $175.00, $125.00. D SARTOR JEWELRY 1200 'O' Street NEBRASKA CENTER The million Nebraska Center for Continuing Educa tion, completed all but the f 1 n i s h i n g touches, stands ready to serve adults, youth and alumni of the University in the Nebraska area. fort and relaxed study atmos phere, according to Dr. Ward. A complete food service is available. As many as 750 can be accommodated in the State Room, and from 20 to 60 per sons in the smaller private dining rooms. Class facilities in the adult wing include over a dozen conference rooms and a mod ern auditorium that can ae comodate 600 persons sitting in chairs at tables on the first floor with room for note taking and working. "The auditorium," said Dr. Ward, "includes a stage area for speakers, panels and dem onstrations and a seating area divided into two sections with a capacity of 340 persons on the first floor and 260 persons in the balcony. This area is also used by the Hall of Youth." University Groups Dr. Ward explained that the Nebraska Center s facil ities are not limited to only non-university groups and that faculty and student education al conferences may also be accomodated. "Whatever the range of specialized interest, a pro gram can be developed through the Department of Conferences and Institutes and provide each group with the Nebraska Center's exel al leadership and professional counsel," he said. He went on to say that authorities and experts from every walk of life can be b Itained for a Nebraska Cen ; tr program. Where local ex : perti are available, be they professors, researchers or lay ; men, they will be provided. In i addition. Dr. Ward's office ts I in constant touch with experts , and outstanding speakers should the conferees wish to obtain the services of leading I authorities from other institn tions and from other walks of I life who may not be avail able locally. "The adult wing of the Ne braska Center will provide the groups with the most ad vanced teaching and learn ing aids," Dr. Ward said. Besides the very latest audio-visual and teaching aids and public address system, the Nebraka Center will have access to federal, state and University film lirariei and those from the National Edu cation Television network as well as many produced by trade, industrial and non-profit organizations, he said. Education Stressed Dr. Ward warned that the Nebraska Center for Continu ing Education is an education center, not a convention cen ter. "No matter what the group or what the program consists of, before they can use any of the Nebraska Center s fa cilities, they must obtain the sponsorship of a University department, he said. In addition to the Adult Wing, the Nebraska Center has a Hall of Youth which will have facilities for youth orientated conferences and workshops of short duration and also an 8-week Midwest Institute for Young Adults. According to Dr. Otto Hoi berg, director of the Hall's youth program, the H a 1 1 of Youth will fill a major gap in the educational opportuni ties for youth. "The Midwest Institute has been specifically designed to meet the practical require ments of thousands of young adults who do not go on to college," said Dr. Hoiberg. In a recent address, Dr. Hoiberg cited figures that showed that out of the total number of high school gradu-. ates in the state each year two-thirds or an annual 8,000 young adults do not continue their education on a college or university level. He also said that the Glenny report to the Nebraska legislature said that 70 per cent of the state's college-age youth are not attending a college or University. Terms The Institute program will include four eight-week terms during each biennium; that is, a fall and winter term each year. Each term will differ in content from every other and will be open to any mature, interested young adult from rural or metropol itan areas beyond high scnool age, he said. "The teaching staff will be drawn, with a few exceptions. from the regular faculty staff at the University on an over load basis in addition to their regular duties," Hoiberg said. The instruction, which will utilize the services of about fifteen different departments of the University of Nebraska, will be comprised of t h r e e basic elements including job related courses, home and community development and social and recreational activi ties. The job-related coarse In clude merchandising (intro duction to business, small business management, b a 1 1- ness and public speaking), of flee secretarial and clerical work (office machines, secre tarlal training, business cor respondence, advanced t y p- cient nse of farm power and machinery, welding, field crops, animal diseases). The oo-reiatea courses are designed to give the young adult practical experi ence and training in a field of interest so that he may get a better job than he has or do better in his present position, said Dr. Hoiberg. Courses in home and com munity development consist of such subjects as marriage and the family, world affairs, citizenship, reading for enjoy ment and recreational leader ship. Club activities, swimming, field trips, bowling, basket ball, ping pong, chorus, square dancing and discussion groups are some of the social and recreational activities open to the young trainees. Courses, Recreation Dr. Hoiberg explained that three-fourths of the student's work load will be selected from job-related courses while the remaining one-fourth will be from courses in home and community development. In addition, all students will participate in social and rec reational activities, he said. As a direct outgrowth of the experimental Nebraska School for Community Living con ducted in 1956 and 1957, the Institute's program was initi ated in 1959 by Dr. Hoiberg aiier me pians received final approval. The first session of the Institute will be held in the nearly completed Nebras ka Center on October 30. run ning through December 22. Dr. Hoiberg stated that the Institute was originally built and will be maintained around the clearly defined o b j e c- uves including: The development of leadership skills; Increasing understand ing of opportunities and re sponsibilities for effective citizenship in our democ racy; Provision for post high school residential training in such Job-related fields as business, office work and agriculture for young men and women whose formal education has ended with high school graduation; Personal counseling as sistance for young adults concerning selection of a life work; Provision for experi ence in group living. In addition to the Institute, thf Hall of Youth also has initiated a program which will emphasize snort training ac tivities for youth orientated groups. These special courses and programs are also ar ranged to serve such groups as the Future Farmers of America, 4-H groups, Junior Red Cross and otner appropri ate youth groups which may find the Hall of Youth suited to their needs. "Students are assisted in evaluating and developing their own potentials and their vocational possibilities," said Dr. Hoiberg, who also heads the University's department of community services. Length Varies In this short training pro gram, groups will come into the Nebraska Center and the Hall of Youth for periods rang ing from a day to a week. "Most of the ffrouDS that will come to the Hall win have their own training pro gram planned and their own leaders," said Dr. Hoiberg. "It will be up to the Hall to open its facilities to accomo date the groups during the training period." Both the young adults at tending the Midwest Institute and the short duration train ing programs will be housed on the two floors of the Hall of Youth. The Nebraska Cen ter is able to accomodate 280 young adults. 140 on each floor. "Movable partitions will be used to divide a single room into two areas when the ratio of boys and girls is onequal," explained the program direc tor. Permanent resident counsel ors will be assigned to the young men and women on each floor to guide them in their social and study activ ities and to maintain adequate and competent supervision. Food service is provided from the same kitchen that serves the adult wing but is served in a separate dinning room in the Hall. Facilities, Activities The Hall of Youth will also have the auditorium and train ing aids at its disposal that are used in the Adult Wing. Class and conference rooms are available to accomodate large or small groups attend ing the Hall. The recreation al program includes club ac tivities, square dancing, ping pong, movies, music, swim ming and bowling. In short' it provides all the social ahd recreational activities enjoyed, by the regular students at the University of Nebraska. V In facing the . unmet need for continued education for youth, Dr. Hoiberg called the Hall of Youth "a uniqw 'In stitution which will provide the student at the Hall of Youth with the essential train ing and knowledge in techni cal courses as well as hu manities and fine arts needed to earn a living and live a life by utilizing the most mod ern as well as the best of the traditional teaching tech niques of a university and al lowing our youth to live in a most stimulating enviro-ment." ONE MORE DAY AND THE BULLDOZERS , COME.. ON MONDAY THEY'RE S0INS TO DESTROY MY HOUSE JUST TO BUILD A FREEWAY... 8 15 . . . (fji YOU'VE BEEN A (GOOD HOME! 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