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(Editor's Note: The following article
Wm written on a nuirrstlon by one
of our readers on housing facts aod
fir ares, present and future.)
By TOM KOTOUC
An off-campus fraternity
center
University inspection of
all off-campus housing by
1965
Possible condemnation of
some fraternity houses if they
fail to meet University Hous
ing Code health requirements
by 1965
400 off -campus facilities
available for rent now and
next fall.
This is a story about houses
the houses in which we
live at the University.
It Is a changing story
ebout the new dorms that
will be built and the new so
rority and fraternity houses
that most likely will not be
built.
It is a story that could be
misunderstood w h e n the
University begins to disap
prove off-campus housing in
1965 for not meeting safety
health standards.
But it is the story of our
University now and in the
future.
300 Graduate
Five hundred men have al
ready registered to live in
fraternities next fall. Will
there be room?
Carl Donaldson, University
business manager, says he
doubts if we could get 24
more men in the fraternities
next fall, each being presently
filled. Only. 300 seniors will
graduate this spring to make
space for incoming freshmen.
And Dr. C. B. Schultz, In
terfraternity Council advisor,
said that national fraternities
and sororities, as Alpha Delta
Pi, who are interested in
founding chapters at the Uni
versity have been discouraged
from lack of space for build
ing. Vol. 75, rJo. 112
Outstanding Nebraskan
Will Be Named Friday
Shirley Gates, John Schroe
der, Bruce Williams and Di
ane Tinan have been added
to the nominations list for
the Daily Nebraskan's O u t
standing Nebraskan student
award.
Letters were received sec
onding the nominations of Dr.
Robert Forster and Miss
Mary Jean Mulvaney for fac
ulty honors. Dr. Henry Baum
gartners name has been
added to the faculty list
also.
Five Nominations
The five Friday additions
closed the nominations with
thirteen in the race for the
annual student and faculty
award. ?
Recognition of the top Ne
braskan student and faculty
member will be made this
Friday at a luncheon in their
honor.
Tickets for the noon pro
gram are on sale in the busi
ness office of the Daily Ne
braskan. In Dr. Baumgartner's let
ter of nomination his schol
arly awards and accomplish
ments were cited. Since join
ing the faculty in 1949 he has
written over thirty publica
tions, mainly concerned with
aliphatic amine chemistry
and synthesis. This year Dr.
Baumgartner received the
John Simon Guggenheim
award "granted to persons of
unusual capacity for scholarly
research."
Chemistry
In the organic chemistry
department he is a member
of three departmental com
mittees and is the chairman
of a fourth. He is a member
of the American Chemical So
ciety, Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma XL
His contributions to student
activities were also listed:
"Dr. Baumgartner has served
as advisor to the Student
Council for four years and
has served on the Publica
tions Board for two years.
As a member of the Pub
Board, his keen and percep
tive mind help him to make
human evaluation! which put
the best people in the proper
positions. On the Pub Board
and as an adviser to the
Council, he has consistently
supported the rights of stu
dents to discuss and hold
their differing opinions.
He has also urged that
students be given more re
sponsibility in the formulation
U University policy. His ca
"However," said Schultz,
the idea of an off-campus fra
ternity center similar to the
one at the University of Okla
homa is now being considered
by the IFC Board of Control,
the Alumni Committee and
the IFC Executive Committee.
But how will the University
Housing Code affect frater
nities and sororities when it
goes into effect in 1965?
"Several houses will need
to put new wings on their
houses if they are to comply
with the minimum space re
quirements for each man, or
even cut down on the number
living in the house," said
Edward W. Simpson, Univer
sity Public Health Engineer.
Frank Hallgren, Dean of
Men, said that a fraternity
house which fails to meet the
code requirements of the Uni
versity Housing Code by 1965
could be condemned, since
the failure could affect the
safety of the students living
there.
Requires Parking
One of the complicating fac
tors in new construction, how
ever, is the city ordinance
which requires one parking
stall on fraternity property
for every 400 square feet of
floor space in the house, if
the fraternity plans to con
struct a new house or add a
new addition.
Sorority houses, coops and
boarding houses must have
one parking space for every
700 square feet of floor
space.
"However, the Elgin or Ne
braska Hall parking lot will
fulfill the parking space re
quirement for those houses
within 600 feet of the lot,"
said Simpson.
"Some houses, however,
will not have to build new
wings," said Simpson, "if
they will simply start putting
some of the beds in the rooms
The Daily Nebraskan
pacity and wisdom in so
many fields allow him to
make timely and meaningful
observations which demand to
be heard," the letter con
tinued. Miss Shirley Gates, a senior
in the College of Agriculture,
was cited for her "ability to
be a campus leader in many
city and ag campus organi
zations." She has served as
treasurer and president of
Fedde Hall, has been active
in Phi U p s i 1 o n Omicron,
Omicron Nu and Home Eco
nomics Club.
She has served on the Ag
Executive board and in 1961
was the delegate to the Ne
braska Home Economics As
sociation state meeting. Miss
Gates, was secretary of 4-H
Club and received tbe 4-H
award for the highest aver
age in her class among the
members of the club for three
years. She has been honored
at the annual Honors Convo
cation for the past four years
and is in the top three per
cent of her graduating senior
class this year.
"Shirley has always been
willing to lend a hand at any
time to anyone including fac
ulty and students who need
her help. She works for their
improvement as well as for
her own," the letter said.
John Scboreder's letter of
nomination pointed oat his
contribution to tbe University
through his leadership and
friendliness. Schroeder a sen
ior in Arts and Sciences maj
oring in economics, has been
section editor of tbe Corn
busker, assistant business
manager of tbe Daily Nebras
kan and business manager of
Kosmet Klub. John Is a mem
ber of Kappa Sigma fratern
ity. "'Perhaps one of John's
most outstanding contribu
tions to tbe campus has been
through his work in the Ne
braska Union." He served as
president of tbe Union
Board of Managers and as
president of the Union Pro
gram Council."
Leadership
"This year under bis lead
ership 12,000 more students
availed themselves of the pro
graming sponsored by this
council i Union Program
Council) than the previous
year. John has been most
concerned with broadening
student Merest and general
knowledge."
instead of leaving them all in
the dorms."
Some of the davenetts and
overstuffed chairs will have
to go to make room for the
beds, but at least the number
sleeping in the house will not
have to be reduced if this re
arrangement is made, Simp
son added.
"Other houses will need to
move their kitchens and din
ing rooms out of the cellar
(which is defined as a base
ment which is more than 50
underground) unless certain
requirements are met," he
said.
Other houses will need to
put in walk down or stairway
type fire escapes by 1965, ac
cording to Simpson.
"Unfortunately, several
houses have not as yet set
aside funds with which to
make the needed improve
ments," said Simpson, "and
may not be able to afford
them when 1965 rolls around."
Enrollment vs. Expansion
But even if fraternity-sorority
expansion doesn't take
care of the increasing stu
dent enrollment, will the
dorms, like Twin Towers, do
the job?
Yes and then some, accord
ing to Carl Donaldson, Uni
versity Business Manager.
But there will be a shortage
in men's on-campus housing
for some time to come with
an excess in women's facili
ties. Here's why:
, In spite of the present
shortage in girl's facilities
now, there are only 500 girls
living off campus who might
be interested in living in the
new 960 capacity Twin
Tower's dorm, said Donaldson.
This figure excludes all
Lincoln girls living with rela
tives or family and all girls
now living in University
dorms or sororities.
As a result of his recom
mendation a liberal arts sem
inar will e sponsored by
the Union nxt year to sup
plement cL.5room learning
in an informal atmosphere,
the letter stated.
Bruce Williams, an engin
eering major, was cited for
his service as past treasurer
of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers; past
vice president and president
of Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical
engineers honorary; member
of Sigma Tau and Pi Mu
Epsilon.
E-Week Board
Williams was selected as a
member of the 1962 E-Week
Board and was a committee
chairman for the Pi Tau Sig
ma National Convention
He served as an IFC rep
resentative and as social
chairman for Acacia frater
nity. . . He has the type of
attitude necessary for today's
world, an attitude which has
fostered his hard work, his
frankness, his good nature,
his drive," the letter of nom
ination stated.
Miss Diane Tinan's contri
butions t the University
"exemplify her extreme loy
alty to the school, as well
a? to the student," her let
ter of nomination said.
Spring Day
Miss Tinan is a past mem
ber of Red Cross, Kernals
and Union. She served on the
Spring Day committee dur
ing her sophomore year, has
been a member of Tassels
and served as treasurer and
vice president of that organ
ization. Miss Tinan also
served as a chairman of the
Builders board and treasur
er of Builders and Mortar
Board. She worked as a skit
director of the Lincoln Proj
ect show.
"Her sincere participation
in activities, as well as her
friendliness, saw her an at
tendant to the Homecoming
Queen and also a finalists
for Ideal Nebraska Coed."
. As a member of Kappa
Kappa Gamma sbe has
served as past song chair
man, activities chairman and
vice president.
This year Miss Tinan
served on the central steering
committee of People-to-People
and as treasurer of
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"Based on the present rate
of increase in female enroll
ment, we don't expect Twin
Towers (which is actually be
ing constructed as a girls'
doim) to be filled entirely by
girls for seven or eight
years," Donaldson explained.
"As the men are gradual
ly forced out of Twin Tow
ers, we hope to have a 1000
man dorm across 17th con
structed by August 1965 to
WHERE THEY LIVE
Unmarried
Students
University owned housing 1922
In fraternities, sororities
and coops 1657
In the YMCA or YWCA 36
With parents,
(unmarried students only) ..1360
With relatives 118
With, private families 89
In off-campus rooms
and apartments 1311
Commute from nearby
small towns 126
Miscellaneous 48
Total
t h e m,"
accommodate
he
added.
The University is fortunate
that the city of Lincoln, be
ing the size it is, has suffi
cient space to house over
1000 men in off-campus apart
ments and homes, Donald
son said.
It would be this pool of men
plus those forced out of Twin
Towers that would fill the
new 1000-man dorm east of
Monday, May 21, 1962
Regents
Approve
Budget
The University will operate
on only a slightly higher
budget for the 1962-63 term
as a result of action taken
Friday by the Board of Re
gents. The Board approved an in
crease of $58,945 over the
current year's budget of $18,
886,255. This sets the budgrt
for the coming year at $18,-
945,200.
As recommended bv t h e
1961 Legislature, the 1961-63
biennial income from the
state's general fund was di
vided evenly between the
present and the coming
fiscal years $14 million for
each year. The additional
$4,945,200 in income will come
from federal grants, student
tuition and other miscellan
eous sources.
Staff Benefits
Making up most of the in
creases were added staff
benefits and additional needs
for operating and maintaining
tbe physical plants, both on
the Lincoln and Omaha cam
puses.
The budget calls for an in
crease in staff benefits of
$120,234 over the $932,441'
spent in 1961-62. Tbe proposed
Increase In maintenance of
the physical plsE is !! 49
over the current year's ex-j
penditures of $1,321,456.
Comptroller Joseph Soshnik
said the maintenance increase
on the Lincoln campus is due
largely to tbe needed services
at Nebraska Hall and on the
Omaha campus to the Uni
versity Hospital.
Faculty Salaries
Only minor increases were
noted in faculty salaries and
these boosts are primarily a
result of promotions in rank.
The University in the past
year has been able to bold
it relative position in the Big
S regarding faculty salaries.
Dr. Soshnik pointed out.
But he cautioned that Colo
rado, Kansas and Kansas
State already have approved
appropriation increases for
the coming school term.
"With these schools increas
ing appropriations, we will
clearly lose ground in our
relative position as far as
faculty salaries are con
cerned," Dr. Soshnik said.
Chancellor Clifford M. Har
din explained that major
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17th, and two more like it
when the need arises, he
added.
Construction Postponement
Depending on financing
and the housing shortage in
the next few years, the Uni
versity might postpone con
struction of the new 1000
man dorm until after it com
pleted work on 27 units of
married student housing on
Ag Campus, which would
Married
Students
65
1729
172
20
6667 1986
Figures courtesy University Rousing Office
hold 270 families when com
pleted in 1965, Donaldson
noted.
But why the Capital Hotel
facilities, which will accom
modate 140 men this fall at
rates lower than the dorm?
Donaldson suggested that
this remodeled hotel space
would take the edge off the
present shortage of space in
Selleck.
"If Twin Towers does not
take care of all our housing
demands in August 1963, then
we may continue use of the
hotel facilities," added Don
aldson. "Otherwise we will vacate
the hotel when Twin Towers
opens."
Asked whether or not the
University would lose money
by revamping the three upper
floors of the hotel for these
few years, Donaldson noted
that the onlv University m
vestment will be in furniture
bunk beds and wardrobe
cabinets, which would be
used in University dorms
when the hotel is vacated.
Off-Campus Housing
But now, let's leave the
University campus and
look into the apartments,
rooming houses, and private
homes where some 6000 of
our students live.
What is being done to in
sure that these homes and
apartments are fit for stu
dents to live in?
According to Frank Hall
gren, dean of men, and Ron
ald Wright of the University
Housing Office, inspections of
these facilities to date have
hwn on a "catch-as-can or
b reauest" basis.
Housing coae
The standards which the
Office of the Dean of Student
Affairs and the Office of Uni
versity Housing use are some
of the requirements of those
of the University Housing
Code (slated to go into effect
in 19651.
But as for which require
ments were being omitted
there was no explanation.
And according to the indi
vidual who has been desig
nated by the Board of Regents
to make the 6000 off-campus
housing inspections:
"We (1) have neither in
spected nor disapproved any
of the off-campus housing in
which students live," said Ed
ward W. Simpson, University
Public Health Engineer.
Some 1000 men are now
living in 500 places in Lin
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The proposed $1.2 million Ag College li
brary wil be one of tbe most flexible struc
tures on the Lincoln campuses. The two
story building, with basement, will have
no interior partitions except for those en
casing a central core and stairways. A
large portion of the exterior walls will
Fraternities,
H Meet Code
coln, many of which will not
be able to meet the stan
dards set by the University
housing code, slated to go in
to effect in 1965, said Simp
son. "We hope to get another
man to help me make off
campus inspections by July",
said Simpson.
Landlords Informed
Each landlord who has stu
dents living in his facilities
has been sent a copy of the
University Housing Code,
according to Simpson. Thus
each can know what require
ments for health and sanita
tion must be met in order
to have his facilities listed
with the University Housing
Office as approved housing,
Simpson added.
"Many of the landlords
will not be able to make the
needed changes to meet Uni
versity standards," predicted
Simpson.
The code will not affect
students living with their
parents or relatives, said
Simpson, and may not affect
married students, although no
decision has been made yet
on this phase.
University Power
What power does the Uni
versity have over its students
in forcing them to live in
University approved hous
ing? Hallgren said that the Uni
versity can force a student
to move to an alternative lo
cation by threatening his en
rollment. "This power over the hous
ing of both men and women
is given to the administra
tion by the Regents.
Approved Housing
According to the rules of
the Regents, "Undergradu
ate men who are freshman
may be required to live in Uni
versity residence halls for an
academic year, and all other
undergraduate men whose
legal residence is not in the
city of Lincoln are required
to reside in University resi
dence halls, cooperative dor
mitories ,l fraternity houses
or rooming houses listed and
approved by the office of the
Dean of Student Affairs.
"Exceptions deemed nec
essary may be made by the
Dean of the Division of Stu
dent Affairs."
The same requirements ap
ply to women students.
"Although we have im
posed the rules entirely on
women, we have been unable
to do the same with men
because of lack of inspection
personnel to check off-campus
housing and from lack
of University dorms for
freshmen men," said Hall
gren. Limited Inspection
At present, Hallgren said
that the University has no
personnel assigned to make
off-campus inspections, but
that when complaints of
flagrant violations are re
ported administrative person
nel check out the housing on
a catch-as-can basis.
"At present we have no par
ticular list of disapproved
housing," added Hallgren.
But who will make sure
students live in approved off
campus housing when the
University housing code goes
into effect in 1965? And
how?
Housing Office
Probably this will be the
University Housing Office,
which has handled about 1700
off-campus listings since last
Auzust. helping students to
find housing in the price
ranee they can afford.
"At present," said Ron
Wright, of tbe University
Housing Office, "there are
more than 2900 off-campus
houses which may be con
sidered University approved,
although all of the 2900 have
not been listed in our lues.
FLEXIBLE LIBRARY
This May the Housing Of
fice had 400 off-campus apart
ments listed for rent this
summer and fall, with 1200
off-campus facilities in the
inactive file.
Criteria
But how does the office
check out each of the 2900
off-campus facilities, and
what criteria does it use?
First, each student is re
quired to report his address
to the University Housing Of
fice before each semester be
gins, or by Sept. 10 this fall,
according to Wright.
"We then check the census
forms on each neighborhood
where students are living off
campus to see if the house
or apartment should be
checked.
"Then we try to check it
out," said Wright.
Approved
"At pressent we must as
sume that all off-campus
apartments are approved un
less specifically disapproved,
said Wright. '
But Wright would not tell
how many houses already
had been disapproved by the
University for student living.
Hallgren said that no par
ticular list of disapproved
housing exists, since his of
fice approves or disapproves
housing on a catch-as-can
basis.
Code Standards
Simpscn said that to date
iic had made no off-campus
housing inspections under the
standards of the Code.
"One of the biggest prob
lems in off-campus housing
when the code goes into ef
fect," Simpson had said, "will
be finding enough low-cost,
approved housing facilities
for international students who
have a limited budget."
One of the weaknesses in
off-campus housing inspection
is getting the student to re
port his address, said Wright.
Address
When a student comes into
our office, we ask that he
submit his new address, and
we do get a copy of the add
resses reported by students
on their registration forms at
the first of the semester," he
added.
As a freshman each student
is required to get permission
to live off-campus by request
ing a specific location on the
back of his housing applica
tion form.
"However, in more cases
than believed, the student can
have his off-campus housing
approved by the University
Housing Office and then move
to a new address without sub
mitting his change in ad
dress," admitted Wright.
How?
But when enrollment does
increase, how does the Uni
versity Housing Office hope
to find more off-campus fa
cilities? "We are asking juniors and
seniors who will be vacating
housing this spring and not
returning to it next fall to
report the name of the land
lord to us.
"We will be contacting the
landlord's, this summer, ask
ing them if they would like
to have students, especially
freshmen, again next year,"
explained Wright.
Size in 1970
And exactly what size will
the University be in 1970?
Will it double in enrollment
as the Glenny report pre
dicted? "1 doubt if the University
will double in the next 10
years," said Lee W. C b a t
field, Director of the Junior
Division, "but it probably will
increase by 50 per cent.
Youth and young families
are leaving tbe state at a
high rate, Chatfield said,
meaning that the University's
rate of growth will probably
not keep up with the national
average in the growth of universities.
be glass, with a roof overhang to protect
tbe second -floor reading areas. Bids are
expected to be sought next September,
with construction scheduled in early fali
The structure was designed by Clark and
Enersen architectural firm of Lincoln. (U
ol N Pboto)