The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, July 25, 1961, Page Page 4, Image 4

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Chancellor Hardin: Humble, Well-Informed
(Continued from Page 1)
efforts to secure $1.5 mil
lion in funds from the Kel
logg Foundation were real
ized and the result was the
completion this summer of
the Nebraska Center for
Continuing Education lo
cated on the Agriculture
Campus.
Securing the grant from
the Kellogg Foundation was
only part of the work the
educator undertook shortly
after arriving on the cam
pus in 1954. He was also
active in helping secure
$1,104,000 in pledges from
University alumni and other
Nebraskans to help finance
the Nebraska Center.
According to Pittenger,
Chancellor Hardin "enjoys
tackling a problem which,
if it is completed, contri
butes to the improvement
of the institution." He added
that sometimes others think
the tasks that Chancellor
Hardin undertakes are "im
possible." Since he came to Nebras
ka, Hardin has also played
a significant role in clear
ing the way for the Eugene
C. Eppley Institute for Re
search and Cancer being
built on the University Col
lege of Medicine campus in
Omaha.
The Chancellor is ir dest
and quick to give crn iit for
work and accomplishments
such as these to other
members of the staff and
alumni, however. He sited
the recent gift of $400,000
from tiie Behlen family as
an example of the contri
butions others have made
to the University. This
money will be used toward
a physics research and lab
oratory building.
Proud
And Dr. Hardin is proud
of the University which he
heads: "The University of
Nebraska is among the top
2S universities for alumni
listed in 'Who's Who'," be
said.
The Chancellor's back
ground before coming to Ne
braska is equally impres
sive as his accomplishments
oa this campus. An Indiana
H rosier and 4-H dub mem
ber, be received four de
grees from Purdue Univer
sity: a Bachelors, Masters,
PhD (1941) and Honorary
Doctor of Science degree.
His major field is agricul
tural economics.
Hardia also attended tbe
University of Chicago for
ee year ra a graduate fel
lowship, bat has m decree
front there. The story has
it that Chancellor Hardia
and his bride speat their
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the fellowship.
Before coming to Nebras
ka, Chancellor Hardin was
dean of agriculture at Mich
igan State University in
1953. He and his family had
lived there for 94 years.
At first he was reluctant
to accept a university presi
dency, he said, "but the
quality of the University of
Nebraska, the ambitions the
Regents had for the insti
tution and the challenge
they posed" persuaded him
to accept the Chancellor
ship. According to John A. Han
nah, president of Michigan
State University, when Dr.
Hardin first came to that
university he was consid
ered "one of the most
promising young agricul
tural economists in the
United States."
"He (Dr. Hardin) was
clearly marked for a bril
liant career as a teacher,
researcher and administra
tor, and his subsequent
achievements bore out his
promise. He served this
University (Michigan
State) well at a time when
it, like agriculture, was in
the throes of adjustment to
wartime and post-war con
ditions. "He made friends easily,
and was quickly and readily
accepted by his faculty
colleagues and the farm
people of Michigan as a
man of true distinction in
his professional field," Dr.
Hannah said.
"He is a clear, objective
thinker and possesses all of
the attributes of an educa
tional leader," Hannah
added.
C. E. Swanson, president
of Nebraska's Board of
Regents, said he feels that
the Chancellor's "under
standing of an agricultural
state made it easy for him
to fit himself into the Ne
braska picture."
"Our Kind"
"Donl you worry about
keeping Cliff Hardin at the
Univers ity. He's our kind of
people," said former state
senator from Columbus J.
O. Peck.
Swanson added that he
thinks the Chancellor could
have been a successful ex
ecutive in any other profes
sion because of his ability
to make decisions.
Dr. Hardin's secretary,
Mrs. Louise Ward said the
Chancellor "delegates au
thority beautifully, then for
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gets it. He doesn't check on
his subordinates periodical
ly. He simply assigns a task
and expects it to be carried
out."
"He doesn't jump to con
clusions and impose his
opinions on others," she
added. Pittenger added that
he felt the Chancellor has
a "faculty for coordinating
small groups."
Dr. Hardin also lists
other achievements in ac
ademic circles, both at
Michigan State and since
coming to the University.
In 1947 he was a delegate
to the International Confer
ence of Agricultural Eco
nomics in England. Eight
years ago he traveled to
Colombia in South America
as a consultant for the Kel
logg Foundation.
In 1955, as a representa
tive of Michigan State Uni-
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1956 he made a trip to Tur
key where the University of
Nebraska, in cooperation
with the Turkish govern
ment, founded Ataturk Uni
versity in Ankara.
Laison
Last August, Dr. Hardin,
his wife and son spent three
weeks in British East Af
rica where the Chancellor
was a member of the Afri
can Laison Committee
studying an educational pro
gram for that country. As
a result of the findings of
this group, which was spon
sored by the Carnegie Cor
poration and the British
government, Columbia Uni
versity sent over 100 teach
ers there last week "a lit
tle ahead of the Peace
Corps," the Chancellor
noted.
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In January of this year,
Chancellor Hardin was ap
pointed director of the Oma
ha branch of the Kansas
City Federal Reserve
Bank. This is his second po
sition with the Federal Re
serve. From 1953-54 he was
director of the Detroit
branch of the Chicago Fed
eral Reserve Bank.
This year the Chancellor
is chairman of the execu
tive council of the Ameri
can Association of Land
Grant Colleges. In 1960 he
served as president of that
organization.
In addition, Hardin was
named a trustee of the
Rockefeller Foundation last
April. The objective of this
foundation is to "promote
the well-being of mankind
throughout the world," and
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it covers fields such as ag
riculture, biological and
medical research, medical
education, public health, so
cial sciences and the hu
manities. Although this list of ac
complishments and honors
would provide cause for
personal pride, the Chancel
lor does not "parade his
achievements and activi
ties," according to Dean
Breckenridge. He is propri
ety without self -righteousness.
Integrity
Chancellor Hardin's out
standing characteristic, ac
cording to Breckenridge, is
his "complete integrity and
fairness." He has gained
the respect and confidence
of many persons, even
though some don't know
him, Breckenridge said.
The dean added that the
Summer
Seven books have been se
lected by the Love Memorial
Library staff this week for
special summer reading.
These books can be found on
display at the front table in
the Humanities Reading
Room:
North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary
Schools. Working with Su-.
perior Students. The identi
fication, guidance and moti
vation of boys and girls of
superior ability are of criti
cal importance today. That
many of these students fail
to achieve their capabilities
is a problem which the Proj
ect on Guidance and Motiva
tion of Superior Students ex
amined. This book is the col
lection of separate reports
and studies. Talent discov
ery must be made before the
ninth grade level. The great
est wastage in the United
States is in the utilization of
the intellectual talent of
women. The relation of so
cial class to intelligence has
broadened in recent years.
A check-list of procedures
for a search throughout a
school population enables
the school to view each pu
pil as an individual and to
avoid overlooking the capa
ble student Pre-serviee and
in-service training and cer
tification of teachers for the
gifted are necessary because
of the impact of the teacher
on the student and the spe
cial need for the counseling
approach. Emphasis is
placed on the need for close
correlation with teacber
education institutions. The
community can participate
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Chancellor's calendar Is
"fantastic." Pittenger
added that "the only thing
that separates this guy from
the students is the clock."
Yet the Chancellor spends
a good deal of time talking
to campus visitors, lectur
ing to alumni groups and
attending scholarship meet
ings. He said his average
working day is about 13-14
hours long.
This doesn't leave much
time for hobbies, the Chan
cellor explained. He said he
likes to spend whatever free
time he has with his fam
ily, which includes his wife
and five children. Susan will
be a sophomore at the Uni
versity next September;
Clifford W. is currently at
tending the Summer S e s
sions as a freshman. The
other children are Cynthia,
Nancy and James, 3.
Bookshelf
effectively in the search for
and development of excep
tional talent.
Donner, Jorn. Report from
Berlin. A reporter from
neutral Sweden gives us a
most readable account of
many facets of life in the life
in the divided city of Berlin.
Taking an objective look at
both East and "West Berlin,
, Donner intersperses his per
sonal accounts of sights and
people with interviews with
Berliners, prominent in poli
tics, the theater and litera
ture. The translation from
Swedish is the work of Dr..
Albin T. Anderson, Profes
sor of History at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
Gregory, Horace. The World
of James McN'iel Whistler.
In his foreword, the author
states that "This book does
not pretend to be a defini
tive biography of James
McNiel Whistler. It is ra
ther an iterpretation of his
life and art." Horace Greg
ory is a well known Amer
ican poet and literary bio
grapher. The book includes
a numebr of interesting il
lustrations. International Symposium on
Biometrical Genetics. Bio-
metrical Genetics. In 1953
the Third International
Biometrics Congress
opened its meeting with
an Intrenational Symposi
um on Biometrical Genet
ics. The results were the
present publication which
deals with the mathemat
ical and statistical aspects
of the dynamic subject of
genetics.
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