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OUTSTANDING NEBRASKAN Dr. Dosald Clifton advises a student in regard to the
current Orthopedic Project which he works rfth. Clifton is described as a personal
friend of his students who helps them develop the?r potential as an individual and a
future teacher.
Boston U Students
Suggest Congress
Boston, Mass. (LP.) The
Student-Faculty Assembly at
Boston University recently re
ceived a report from its Stu
dent Government Research
Committee recommending the
organization be dissolved. The
committee in a 13-page pub
lished report, urged the estab
lishment of a. student congress
in which there would be no
voting administration mem
bers. Congress would have re
sponsibilities in the following
areas:
1. Recognition of all Uni
versity organizations with the
exception of fraternities, soro
rities, and student publica
tions. 2. Reflection of student
opinion on decisions made
within the University and
making recommendations on
these issues.
i. Negotiation for student
membership on University
committees in the policy
areas of calendar, athletics,
social regulations, discipline,
housing, academic standards,
curriculum, student publica
t i o n s, University facilities,
and fraternities and sororities.
4. Informing and expressing
student opinion on local, na
tional, and international is
sues relevant to the student
citizen. Student Council and class
presidents would constitute
one coordinating committee
to handle their own affairs
and petition the Congress.
An Organizations Council
would be a second coordinat
ing committee and would con
sist of presidents of all recog
n i z e d University organiza
tions. It would have the right
to petition in addition to its
function of internal coordina
tion. A Faculty - Administrative
Student Forum is a sugges
tion of the Research Commit
tee to serve as an informa
tion sharing body, although
not designed to handle policy
decisions.
Missouri, Kansas City Act
To Merge Campus Facilities
Kanras City, Mo. (L P.)
Representatives of the Uni
versity of Kansas City and
the University of Missouri
have explored extensively
dura; the past several
months the possibilities of an
arrangement wherebythe
State cf Missouri would as
sume support of the Uni
versity of Kansas City as an
additional campus under the
University of Missouri Board
of Curators.
Action by both boards has
led to an agreement, and a
request for the necessary
$7,100,000 support for the 1963
65 biennium has been made
to the Governor and to the
General Assembly.
Under the plan agreed upon
the University of Kansas
City will transfer to the Cur
ators of the University of
Missouri land, buildings,
books, equipment and other
assets having an estimated
value in excess of $20,000,009.
The University of Missouri
will assume the administra
tion of the University of
Kansas City under the title
"University of Missouri at
Kansas City."
The University of Kansas
City will maintain its corpor
ate entity and the Board of
Trustees will continue to
function in furthering higher
education through the Uni
versity of Missouri at Kansas
City, under a separate ap
propriation and budget within
the State University system.
Oregon Conducts
Classes in Cafe
An experimental program
undertaken by the University
of Oregon Honors College is
demonstrating that intellec
tual activities can be success
fully combined with dormi
tory life and social life as
well.
Four honors college classes
in "Introduction to Social
Science" were moved from
their traditional settings fall
term, to dormitory dining
rooms and the College Side
Inn, a coffee shop on the edge
of the campus.
Population Jumps
In Nebraska Cities
Growing at more than dou
ble the rate of rural areas,
Nebraska's 24 major cities
now account for almost half
of the state's total population,
according to est i m a t e s re
leased today.
In the April issue of Busi
ness in Nebraska, the Univer
sity researchers estimate a
population total of 700,184 in
the major cities, compared
with the state's overall total
of 1,481,060.
Campus
Calendar
TODAY
JAZZ AND JAVA. 4 to 5
p. m., Student Union Crib.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
STITUTE, all day, Nebraska
Center.
TOMORROW
CLASSES END, for fee 1963
64 second semester.
IWA CAR WASH, 10 a. m.
to 6 p. m., Nebraska Center.
MASQUER AWARDS DIN
NER, 6 p. m., Nebraska Cen
ter. SKY SHOW, 2:43 p. m.,
Ralph Mueller Planetarium,
Morrill Hall.
Rage Segrist Nebraska AppL
ebfaskan Applauds
Chi Epsilon, civil engineer
ing honorary announces its
new officers for the 196344
echo&l year. They are: Ron
Havekost, president; Dick
VanSickle, vice-president;
Merlin Iindahl, secretary
tre&surer; Marvin Criswell,
associate editor of Transit;
and Roger Hahn, marshal.
Omicron Nu, home econom
ics scholastic honorary in
stalled new officers: Bonnie
Wahl, president; Nancy
Wray, vice-president; Mary
Donlin, secretary; Charles
Koelling, treasurer; and
Joyce Svoboda, editor.
New officers of Block and
Bridle are: BUI Ahleschwede,
president; Tom Lewis, vice
president; Mich Harding, sec
retary; Alan Svajgr, treas
urer; Dale Travnacek, agri
culture executive; Bruce
Cheney, marshal; Keith Carl
son, historian; and Jay Bel
don, co-historian.
The Angel Flight announced
its new pledges yesterday.
The pledging ceremony took
place Tuesday night.
The new members include:
Jeene Anderson, Linda Booth,
Kay Cronin, Donna Eschli
man, Marty Greenhow, Jean
Groteluschen, Ruth Hayes,
Diane Houston, Lynne Irish,
Carol Jennings, Mary Lee
Jepsen, Ann Kezeor, Carol
Klein, Dianna Kosman, Kar
lyn Kuper, Marsha Lester,
Marilyn Masters, Donna Mc
Farlin, Chris Perrin, Cordy
Seward, Karen Schnurr, Bev
Schultz, Sheryl Soakup, Pat
Teel, Cindy Tenhulzen, Suzl
Trammel! and Becky Yerk.
By SUE HOVIK
Nebrastan Staff Writer
"Inspiring," "dedicated,"
"efficient," and "respected"
are some of the qualities es
sential in an Outstanding Ne
braskan according to friends,
students and associates of
Dr. Donald Clifton.
"One of ihe more highly
regarded members of the
faculty of the Teachers Col
lege, Dr. Clifton is a man of
outstanding character, and
unusual clarity or purpose
and dedication to his profes
sional and personal responsi
bilities," said Warren fl. Bai
ler, chairman of the depart
ment of educational psychol
ogy and measurements.
He has also won the respect
of his colleagues and the ad
miration of hundreds of stu
dents who have had the good
fortune to be in his classes,
said Bailer.
The father of four children:
Connie, 14; Jim, 11; Mary,
7; and Jane, 8 months, Dr.
Clifton said that the two most
important things in his life
are his family and working
with students.
"As far as my work and
my life are concerned, the
things that are the most im
portant are those activities
that can in some way relate
to the development of peo
ple," said Dr. Clifton. "When
something happens, I evalu
ate it in terms of what hap
pens to the person," he
said.
"I think of it as a theory
rather than a philosophy of
life and then I develop the
theory of how people develop.
The principle of the Nebraska
Human Resources Research
Foundation (NHRRF or Proj
ect) begins with the poten
tiality of the person. If yoa
are going to develop a per
son, yon need to know what
his strengths are," said Dr.
Clifton.
"li you are going to work
with people, you have to work
with them individually,"
stressed Dr. Clifton. He said
that rules that apply to hu
man behavior are difficult to
find because you have to
know what the person is like
and rules change for each
individual.
Teaching is the most sig
nificant business there is,"
said Dr. Clifton. "We live in
a time when we have to
change to survive and this
change means people will
have to learn to behave dif
ferently and this learning is
going to require some real
fine teaching," he continued.
The educator said that one
of the problems in the pres
ent educational system is
that so many things are
taught that nobody wanted to
learn in the first place and
nobody needed to know after
ward. Facts are always a
part of what a person is do
ing, but they must have rele
vance to the person, ex
plained Dr. Clifton.
If we are going to help a
person to develop, we have
to find facts that he really
needs to know. Things that
are important to a person
are those which help him to
get along better with others,
he said.
"I believe that almost all
people can produce or do
much more than thev are
currently doing if they will
only believe they can do so.
Our idea is to eive them the
experience so they know
what they can do," ne saia.
A native Nebraskan, Dr.
Clifton entered the Universi
ty in 194L He entered the
Air Force during which time
he flew 34 combat missions
and was awarded the Distin
guished Flying Cross.
Dr. Clifton returned to the
University and received his
bachelors degree fa 1918, bis
masters in 194S and his Ph.D.
in 1933. Before the war he
was a Theta XI pledge. He
is now an honorary member.
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where. My friends are in Ne
braska and I feel that I
would be selling myself very
cheaply if I moved out of the
state for an increase in sal
ary when it has taken years
to develop friendship.
"The main thing Nebraska
has is its people," said Dr.
Clifton. If it is to achieve
greatness with it, then the
stat.! must achieve it through
the finest educational system
possible, he said.
There is a need (or the in
dividual to take responsibili
ty wherever he is and to re
member that he does net
have to live in Washington or
Alabama to do it, he be
lieves. "One of the real problems
of the time is that we keep
relegating and giving up in
dividual responsibility to in
stitutional life rather than
allowing the individual to
make decisions for them
selves," he said. .
He pointed out that there
can be large organizations if
small ones can identify with
them in some way. He said
that this comes from a per
son needing to be in some
thing that is his own, some
thing that he can be proud of,
and something that can make
him feel like a better person.
"I believe that there are
higher levels of living which
can be achieved by people if
we study people," he laid. It
is not true that they win
have to be aA alike; the more
developed the people become,
the more individualized they
wiU be.
On the campus, Df . Clifton
is advisor to AUF, Mu Epsi
lon Nu, Doctoral Club, Junior
Division students and gradu
ate students. He is past ad
visor to the Nebraska Inter
national Association. He a 1 s o
served as associate director
of NHRRF.
The faculty committees he
serves on include evaluation
committee of the Nebraska
Center for Continuing Educa
tion, chairman of the scholas
tic appeals tommittee, and
the academic, standard and
certification committee.
In civic affairs, Dr. Clifton
has served the First Metho
dist Church as chairman of
the building committee, chair
man of the trustees, on the
committee of education, and
teacher of a Sunday School
class for college-age students.
His wife has served as pres
ident of the local PTA and
Dr. Clifton has served on the
council of the city PTA. He
was one of the originators of
the family night program.
He has been chairman of
fund drives and on the city
program plans committee for
the Young Men's Christian As
sociation. Active in the Rotary Club,
he is how serving the organ
ization as the District Gover
nor. The president of the Ro
tary International has ap
pointed him to serve on the
Board of Counselors for that
organization next year.
Summer Jobs Now Available
Nebraska Union
Waiter or Waitress For Interview
Hours: 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Other Positions Available
Evening hours & weekend
Contact
MR. BARNES
AsVt Manager Director
Nebraska Union
Adm. Office No. HI
ATTENTION!
Business Administration
Graduate Students
Excellent Opportunity For YaluaMs
Management Experience
At The NEBRASKA UNION
Part-time weekend night anpervhor position available Jane 1 to continue
into the Fall & Spring Semester
For Interview, Contact: Mr. Borncs, Au't Managing Director, Nebraska Union,
Admimtrrattv Office 111
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