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i Vol. 75, No. H&- The Nebraskan s - . -kzz-" iv : Work Penalty Span Gap To CHEERS AND CHOW Students who volunteered to take part manent basis. Students above are (from In the test of coeducational dining in the left) Glen Borchers. Chuck Borgrink, dormitories, will have a chance to vole on Evonne Agena and Linda Launer. whether the practice will be put on a per- Dorm Students Will Decide If Coed Dining Will Last Law Team Competes Nationally The University's Moot Court law team left this weekend for New York where they will compete beginning Tuesday in the final national champion ship rounds. John Gradwohl, associate professor of law and the team coach, said the University team drew a bye in the open ing arguments and that pair ings would be made in New York prior to the beginning of the competition. The final competition is be ing held this year at tke House of the Assoc. of the Bar I of New York City. U.S. Su preme Court Justice John Harlan will preside over the final round. The University Moot Court team won the U.S. champion ship competition in 1953 and attended the finals in 1956. This year's team will be com peting with 21 law schools. The case to be argued con-: numoer oi nours. me num- Developed Between Probation, Suspension Coeducational dining on a permanent basis is up to the students, says Ruth Meier henry, business manager of the Women's Residence Halls. and Alfred Calvert, manager of Selleck Quadrangle. Both Miss Meierhenrv and Calvert said they saw advan tages in the dining exchange between residents of the two dorms and that they would approve the plan if the stu dents who particpiated indi cate they want to continue. Roger Dodson, president of RAM, said a questionnaire will be sent to all the partici pants to determine their re actions. The experimental program involved 94 men from SeHack and 70 women from WRA who agreed to for feit meals at their own dorm i during a two-week test Deriad lending Friday. I An informal spot check by ; the Daily Nebraskan indicates ; that the students w ho partici pated are enthusiastic about i the dining exchange, but would favor having it every other week rather than every week. Enjoyed Linda Schelbitzki said, "1 enjoyed it very mifch. It was a nice change in company, food and atmosphere." Janet Watson commented, "I like it very much. It offers a good chance for girls to meet new guys. Although it was cold during the test pe riod, this wasnt very much of a hinderance because it wasn't that far to walk. "The girls particularly liked the fact that boys at Selleck greeted them at the door and ; took their coats. I think most ' of the other girls enjoyed the program, too. and would like to have it on a permanent basis, but not every week." Joan Jirsa also noted that, it provided a good opportunity to meet new people. "I found it very enjoyable, but would like to have it every third week." she said. "The program should be on a permanent basis, if only one week of every month," said Sue Isaacson. "It provides for a better atmosphere and an opportunity for both boys and giris to talk together." The men had their com ments too. "I think it's just great," Continued on page four By Tom Kotouc University administration introduced a unique "work penalty" last week to breach the discipline gap that exists between conduct probation ana suspension. The new penalty will be ap plied for the first time in the Student Union theft case which involved five University stu dents. "The work penalty will be used in cases as these where conduct probation is not enough and suspension is too severe," said Dean J. P. Col bert of the Division of Student Affairs. Students sentenced to this penalty will work at Cedars Home for Children in useful, constructive labor selected by the Home's director for a cerns the alleged confiscation. by a dictator of a Sooth Amer ican country, of property owned by American citizens. Members of the team are Dick Shugrue, Richard Peter son and Robert Weigel. ; Other law schools attending i the meet include the universi ties of California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsyl vania, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Tulsa, Virginia, Al bany, Boston, Duquesne, Georgetown, Mercer, York, Notre Dame, ber of hours each will work will be decided upon by the Student Tribunal and myself,1 said Colbert. Work Penalty "Anyone sentenced to the work penalty must agree to same," said Colbert, "as we have promised the Home's director that we will not send any one who is unwilling by word or action. Also, we have no control over a student's free time." "The Union thefts involved two incidents on the same night," said Colbert. In the first incident, police stopped three students removing a piece of furniture from the Union valued at over $100 which constitutes a grand alrceny in Nebraska. In the second, two students were caught as they tried to remove an ash recepticle val ued at less than $100, a petty larceny. The Tribunal felt, and I Advisory Positions Open On Combined Publication new penalty up to cover State, Southern Methodist, Willamette and Washington. Two Weeks Left To See Advisors Students may make appoint ments with their advisors to arrange their second semes ter class schedules this week and the first week after the Christmas holiday, Jan, 8-12. University students may now apply for an advisory po sition to the newly created Campus Publications, com mittee of Student Council. The new committee will New combine the existing campus Ohio l Dublications. including AWS Handbook. Student Council Activities Handbook, Husker Handbook and On the Social Side. The letter of application shonld include name, grade point average, college, jour nalistic experience and should be in the Student Council of fice by noon Friday, Dec. 22. Interviews will be con ducted following Christmas vacation. Students working with the Campus Publications commit tee will Jurtner sruay ana re port the steps necessary to or ganize and structure the new combined campus publication. "The selection of advisory personnel follows administra tive approval of the Student Council recommendations to combine the four publica tions," said Susie Moffitt, chairman of the Campus Pub lications committee of the Council. Staff for the new publica tion will be selected after the report of the Campus Publi cations committee is accepted by the administration. Budget-Making Process Winds Through Maze Of Continuing Reappraisal, Readjustment By Mike MacLeaa "Compiling the University judget is a continuing proc ess, not just a one shot af fair, as some people seem to think," said Joseph Soshnik, University comptroller. After talking for a while with Soshnik, this becomes in creasingly clear. It seems to ;e a maze of recommenda tions, committees,, sub-com-m;tlees. hearings, more rec oT.ir.endations, revisions, op erating budget. Board of Re gents actions. Chancellor Har din's views, department chair men who want more money, controversy, priority, and fin al"7 the appropriations. . 'It is a process of constant reappraisal and readjust ment," continued Sokhnik. Because t h e, legislature makes biennial rather than annual appropriations, the University actually prepares three budgets within each two year period. One is the bien nial budget submitted to the legislature, and the other two are the annual, actual opera ting budgets which are drawn up by the University after the Union Hours For Vacation The Student Union will fol low modified closing hours during the coming Christmas Vacation. On Saturday, Dec. 23, the Crib, barber shop and main desk will operate from 8 a.m. to S p.m. These areas will be closed on Dec. 24, 25 and 26. The Crib and barber shop will reope from a.m.-S p.m. on Dec. 27, 28, 29. The Crib and barber shop wfa be closed on Dec. SO, 31 and Jan. 1 but will reopen from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 2 thro Jan. 4. The areas will close again on Jan. 6 and 7. Regular hours in the building will be resumed on Jan. 8. The cafeteria and Colonial dining room w'H close on Dec. 23 and will not reopen until Jan. 8. biennial appropriation has been made by the legislature. Evaluation The first step in drawing up j the biennial budget is the' evaluation by each depart ment chairman as to his de partment's financial needs for the future. There are two cat egories which be considers, the first is the money needed for f'eidsting programs," and the second is the sum neces sary for "growth and devel opment." These departmental rec ommendations are submitted to the Dean of the college and his advisors who make any changes that they submitted to the chancellor. 4 Conferences The Chancellor then holds budget planning conferences with the several deans and j the written requests and nec essary adjustments are dis cussed. At this point the budget is ready for submis sion to the Board of Regents for final action. After review and decision by the Board of Regents, the budget plan is submitted by him to the legislature. The University appropriations are granted by the state Legisla ture since it is a state-supported institution. The budget for 1961-63 pre sented to the Legislature w as for teaching, .research .and public services provided by: nine colleges on the city and agriculture campuses in Lin coln; the medical center in Omaha which includes the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, and the University Hospital; the Agricultural Ex tension Service serving all S3 counties; The Agricultural Experi ment Stations at Lincoln, Mitchel, Alliance, Fort Robin son, North Platte, and Con cord; the School of Agricul ture at Curtis; the Division of Conservation and Survey; and the Extension Division. Forty-nine point two per cent was slated for instruction and 50.8 on research and public service. Salary Upon the submission of the request, Chancellor Hardin said, "The salary increases are vital if we are to remain at or near the average of faculty salaries paid in our region." "During the present bien nium, (1959-1961) the Univer sity has moved forward in salary adjustments and did close the salary gap substan- Proposed Budget For 1961-63 Biennium University of Nebraska General Current Funds Comparison of Proposed Expenditures with Estimated Expenditures During the 1959-61 Biennium by Activity wnicn was suonuaea to uie Legislature 195941 196143 General Administration Student Services and , Staff Benefit Institutional Costs Biennium $ 384,752 1,498,478 1.23,412 Biennium $ 429,782 Instruction and Departmental Research L25J.422 College of Agriculture L395,1I7 College of Arts, Sciences 4.606,774 College of Bas. Ad. 632,829 College of Dentistry 469,379 College of Engineering and Arch. 1,246,134 Graduate College 190,532 College of Law 258,049 College of Medicine L725.273 College of Pharmacy 17L3S9 Teachers College L276.216 Summer Sessions 684,909 Others 124,256 Organized Activities Relating to Eds: Col. of Arts, Sciences 64,276 Teachers College 281,20 Research and Public Service: Ag. Experiment Sta's. 3,439,040 Ag. Extension Service 3,961.136 64,977 over or (under) 1959-61 $ 45,030 M16.580 26,011 175,832 781.559 122,903 182,751 269,474 22,648 30,950 246,262 18,071 185,950 84,165 512 &&Mial Departments: 25.S4Z 33,554 1,570,949 5,288.223 754,932 572,139 1 ,515,608 223,180 288,990 1,971,535 189,40 1,462466 789,374 124,778 90,118 314,760 4456,767 1,531,265 7L834 Bureau Bus. Research Conservation and Survev Division 161,410 244,800 Eng. Ex. Station n,m 17,629 ieor. stcnooi of Agrc. Curtis Research Admin, and Research Council 236,218 252,08 University Ex. Division 346,742 38860 University Hospital 2,352,167 2,613,540 University Museums 157,465 171,445 University Television 231,500 262,450 University Libraries 1,083,632 1,422,716 Operation and Maintenance of Physical Plant: Building and Grounds 179,763 3,745,112 Capital additions and permanent equipment 134,210 182,800 Student Aid 8700 87,809 867,727 570,129 6,957 83,390 509 471,983 522,949 50,966 116,390 33.618 261,373 13,980 30,960 399,024 365,349 (3L450) Total Expenditures 132,417,496 $38,324,511 55,907,015 bally," he added. "However, anticipating what other states will be doing during the next two years and our need to 1 keep pace, we must have tne salary increases if we wish to keep this institution strong, and remain active in our at tempt to meet the national competition for faculty mem bers." Chancellor Hardin said the proposed salary increases would be given strictly on a merit basis and not across the board. About 8900,000 of the pro posed increase. Dr. Hardin pointed out, would consist of the University's contribution to the new retirement pro gram approved by the 1959 Legislature. Under the funded type program, the University will contribute an amount equal to 6 of each faculty j member's salary, which is matched by the individual faculty member. Funded Chancellor Hardin said the 1 u & a e d retirement p r e - gram is a "must" m keeping the present staff and in at tracting capable staff mem bers in the future. The University estimated, at the time of the submission of the request that in addi tion to the requested $30,701, 893 from the general fund, it would receive $7,622,618 from other sources to make up the current operating budget of $38,324,611. The increase of $5,907,015 see chart) amounted to 18.2. Of this $38,324,511 dollars, $30,701893) would come from the legislature, and the rest of the budget would come from the other sources of income. Approximately $4.1 million of the proposed increase was slated for personal services. Of this total slightly more than $3.5 million was desig nated for increased salaries and the addition of some new teaching and research posi tions. The remaining $500,000 was tabbed to maintain the pres ent staff at its current salary leveL This was due to the fact that salary increases were made during the second year of the past biennium. For the 1959-61 biennium the University received $25,- 096,000; for the 1961-63 bien nium it asked for $30,701,893 from the Legislature and re ceived 528.096.000. The appropriation is an in crease of $3 million over the 1959-1961 appropriation and $2.6 million under the pro posed increase over the same period. Thus the actual in crease is approximately 60 of the requested increase. Board Seeks Further Info On Triangle The Inter-Fraternity Board of Control has not yet official ly sanctioned the colonization of Triangle Fraternity, a na tional social fraternity of en gineers and scientists, at the University. However, the Board has en couraged representatives of the fraternity to continue their survey of interest in such a fraternity by students who would be eligible to join. According to Ernest C. Dewey, president of the Baard of Control, if the survey of students is favorable when completed, "then we win talk about other qualifications re quired for colonization. "We're going to have to know what type , housing and financing they have in mind; we won't approve any thing substandard." If the Board of Control de cides to recommend coloniza tion, the recommendation would then be forwarded to Frank M. HaLgren, Associate Dean of the Division of Stu dent Affairs and the faculty Committee on Student Af fairs. "The Board of Regents has not yet even considered the proposal," noted Dewey. If the proposal for the new fraternity received faculty ap proval, it would then go to the Board of Regents for the final decision. 1 agreed, that a should be set these cases," Colbert said. The Tribunal held confer ences to set up the "work penalty" in cooperation with Cedars Home. 24 Honrs of Labor The Tribunal recommended 24 hours of labor at the Horn and Dean Colbert upheld their recommendtaions. Informed of the decision Thursday and Friday, the students assented to the penalty. "If the students had not ac cepted the work penalty," Colbert said, "their cases would have been sent back to the Student Tribunal for further review and action." A student accepting the work penalty cheerfully and willingly, however, said Col bert, has the opportunity to move his name from the red side of the ledger to the black side and thus avoid immedi ate suspension. As soon as a student ac cepts the work penalty," Col bert said, "he must report to the director of the Home by a specific date to schedule his work times. "The director supervises the student's work and re ports on its quality and when it is completed." New Penalty If the director reports that a student's work is unsatis factory, the student's case will be returned to the Tri bunal for a new penalty, Col bert said. "The work done at the Home will be seasonal," Col bert said, "as putting up and taking down screens, washing windows, waxing floors, painting walls and helping on the grounds." The work penalty might be applied in cases of vandalism, dishonesty in the classroom and brawling or fighting, Col bert said, depending upon the seriousness of the offense. "The Home's director will not know the specific offense for which the students have been penalized," Colbert add ed, "and the children at the Home will assume that the students are with some serv ice club." The new penalty, said Col bert, gives the Student Tri bunal a great amount of lee way in finding a penalty that fits the seriousness of the of fense. Before the work penalty was instituted, the gap be tween conduct probation and suspension had bothered the office of Student Affairs and me personally for a number of years, Colbert added. i 4 days until vacation Bill Holland Tq Compete For Rhodes A University student, Bill Hollani, was chosen as one of two students to represent Ne braska in the Rhodes Scholar ship district competition held at Des Moines Saturday. The second representative was Robert Brodkey, a Ne braska student at Dartmouth who is studying political science. Holland is a senior in engi neering and ranks fifth scho lasticaHy among University upperclassmen. His average is 8.679 for 112 credit hours. The two Nebraska repre sentatives competed again 14 representatives from six states. Four scholarships will be awarded in the district providing two and possibly three years of study at Oxford University in England. - i 1 1
