Nebraska Curriculum
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By JUDY KOEPKE
English composition may be
viewed with more pleasure by
Nebraska elementary and
high school students in sev
eral years.
A new English curriculum
is being developed and
studied by the Nebraska Cur
riculum Development Center
which is located on the Uni
versity campus. "Project
English" is being held "to
conduct experimentation for
teaching of composition," said
Dr. Frank Rice, co-director of
the program.
Working as the Woods
English Curriculum Institute,
43 teachers are preparing
study units to be tested next
year in various Nebraska
Nebraska schools for grades
two, five, eight, and eleven.
They are also revising simi
lar study units tested last
year in grades one, four, sev
en and ten, which will be
taught again. Dr. Rice hopes
the study units for the re
maining grades will be in
troduced in a year.
- Instead of a textbook, the
Carpenter
Musi Press
By JIM RISSER
The University's failure to
get the money it wants from
the Legislature can only be
blamed on the University it
self and its alumni, Sen. Ter
ry Carpenter said Monday.
Carpenter, who will pro
pose a $1 million increase in
the Budget Committee's rec
ommendation, said the
school's requests will never
be granted until the admin
istration, the Board of Re
gents, and particularly the
alumni, become militant in
their demands.
"There's no reason for
them to be hesitant to ask
Marvel Wants Students
Jo Share The Burden
The budget committee's rec
ommendation for an increase
in tuition at the University
was defended by the chair
man of the Budget Commit
tee, as placing some of the
By VERL HATCH
After lunch, there were
three-legged sack races, and
the married men played the
single men in softbalL The
married men always lost
The women chased,
changed, and yelled at the
little ones. The little ones
ran away, got yet wet, and
did things to cause yelling.
The rest of as Joined the
community events except
cousin Minnie. She went
moonia' off under the trees
with her lover-fella. Uncle
Otto and cousin Jake sat in
Jake's pickup' truck, and
kept reaching under the
seat.
J only
INDEX 70 INSIDE
SCENES OF NEBRASKAIand The summer Nebraskan
suggests that summer students see scenic Nebraska during
the July 4 holiday weekend. For coverage of Nebraska in
pictures, see. . .
Page 4
COLLEGE FRATERNITIES A depth reporting student
asks leading college administrators if the college fraternity
is a dying institution. This story appears on
Page 2
UNIVERSITY EXPANSION Summer Nebraskan report
ers ask University officials about plans for physical expan
sion in the areas of athletics, living units and museums. For
these stories, see
Pages 2 & 3
Schultz Describes
Plans for
By RICHARD HALBERT
A Dinosaur Hall, a Hall
of Space and a Hall of Time
by 1971 these are t b e
projected hopes seen in C.
B. Schultz' plans for the fu
ture of the University's mu
seum. The halls would be part of
a wing that would connect
the south side of Morrill Hall
with Andrews Hall.
However, the new wing
could become a reality by
1971, the Museum's centenni
al, only through private fin
ancing said Dr. Schultz, mu
seum director.
This was but one of the
plans expressed by Dr.
Schultz who this month is be
ginning his 23rd year as mu
seum director.
Development'
h
teachers are preparing
mimeographed packets, con
tabling short reproductions of
selected works and suggested
procedures for teaching them,
Complete Curriculum
Some paperback books will
be used too. The teachers
feel a complete curriculum of
literature and language is the
tool for learning composition,
Project English began m
1961 when Dr. Paul Olson, the
other co-director of the pro
gram, ac
cepted the
chai r m a n
ship of the
Curricu lum
i; o m m 1 1-
tee of the
Neb r a s k a
Council of
Teachers of
English.
In a two-
week work- Dr. Rice
shop supported by the Woods
Charitable Fund, Inc., the
committee produced a 400
page book, "A Curriculum for
English."
Eh. Olson used this book
AW, Alumni
Demands
for what they want," Carpen
ter said. "If the present leg
islators won't go along with
them, then the alumni should
spend the time and money to
support candidates who will."
Carpenter said that other
groups campaign and go to
great expense to promote the
legislation they favor, but
that the University seems re
luctant to press its demands.
"If the University would
appeal to the alumni for sup
port, it could get enough
money from the Legislature
to carry on any reasonable
expansion program it want
( Continued on Page 3)
burden on those that benefit.
Sen. Richard D. Marvel
said that the taxpayers al
ready bear a big burden, and
the students should share It.
(Continued on Page 3)
About 4:00, Dad and
Grandpa fished several Tex
as Diamond melons out of
the ice tank in Grandpa's
truck. Everyone, including
Minnie and her fella, but
excluding Unlce Otto and
cousin Jake, lined up a n d
filed by while mom and
Grandma dished out smil
ing slices of melon.
Before the last of the
clan was served, sister
Jeanie was dancing up and
down, obviously in need of
adult supervision, but still
shouting, "More wa-melon,
mommy. More, mommy."
When the sun sank, and
museum
He hopes that a "Story
of Earth" and a "Story of
Mankind" can be soon added
to the third floor of Morrill
Hall
Dr. Schultz also hopes to
see the Health Galleries, El
ephant Hall, and African
Hall expanded.
Presently less than 1 of
the Vh million specimens of
the Museum are on display
at one time. The exhibited
highlights of the Museum are:
The Ralph Mueller Plane
tarium and the extensive col
lection of Nebraska meteor
ites. The world's largest ele
phant. -The Health Galleries
which contain: "Ceres," t h e
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as evidence "of Nebraska's
seriousness of what they're
doing" when he wrote the
proposal applying for funds
from the federal government,
Dr. Rice said.
The five-year grant of $250,
000 came early in 1962. The
Research Divison of the Uni
versity is the custodian of this
money.
Last summer 45 teachers
from Nebraska schools wrote
85 teaching units for all
grades during an eight-week
session. During the last school
term, 19 elementary, junior
high, and senior high schools
in Lincoln, Omaha, and Cork
tested the units for grades
one, four, seven, and ten.
Pilot Schools
These were pilot schools.
Another 20 schools used them
Tuesday, July 2, 1963
University Budget
By JOHN KESSEL
With the Nebraska Legisla
tive Budget Committee's 1963
65 appropriation recommenda
tion emerging through the
Unicameral, LB455 appeared
safely advanced beyond gen
eral file Friday. Passage
seems certain sometime next
week.
The measure, calling for
$363,398,281 in allocations, has
been under close observation
by University of Nebraska of
ficials since it appeared in
preliminary proposal form
months ago. It reflects dol
lar requests amounting to
$31,478,841 in state general
funds for education use.
The budget committee, un
der chairmanship of Senator
Richard Marvel of Hastings,
Hastings, had recommend
an increase of $3,382,841 for the
University to boost the appor
tionment from $28,096,000.
The University had request
the high school band
climbed down from the
stand, everyone went down
to watch the fireworks
everyone except Minnie, her
fella, Otto, and Jake.
Firecrackers popped, and
rockets whizzed skyward.
The last display was always
a popping, smoking, daz
zingly lighted United States
Flag.
As the last "fizzy" burned
out, we returned home to
milk the cows and wash the
dishes, but the 4th of July,
though gone in time, was
ours forever.
I wonder what ever hap
pened to the celebration of
that day.
Liberty? Philosophers
question it; Psychologists
sometimes doubt its exist
ence; men die for it, and
nations cry for it. Some say
we got it, and some say we
ain't neither.
Back in the "Good 01'
Days," we used to proclaim
it, and the 4th of July was
equalled only by Christmas.
Come the 4th of July morn
ing, brother Bill would jump
out of bed before the sun
was up, and shoot off his
biggest firecracker. Uncle
John had a muzzle-loader
which usually missfired at
least once. But, the day
started with an explosion,
to say the least.
When the cows were,
milked, and the breakfast
dishes were stacked in the
sink, everyone jumped in
the 23 Ford. Dogs, food
baskets, and kids, barked,
or almost fell on the floor,
or cheered depending on
who could do what.
Grandma and Grandpa B.
were always at the park
ahead of time to save us a
table, and the next to ar
rive was Aunt Effie and
Uncle Otto in their new-second
hand 28 Chevy.
By noon, every picnic ta
ble in the park was full.
There were uncles, cousins,
sisters, brothers, half broth
ers, inlaws, outlaws, and
lovers.
There was a band in the
stand playing "America,"
and "The Star Spangled
Banner." There were little
boys setting firecrackers
under the drum, and wish
ing they had nerve enough
partially or entirely, accord
ing to Dr. Rice.
The Woods Fund paid $27,
500 in stipends for the 45
teachers.
The same fund is paying
$24,500 to 36 teachers this
summer for preparing units
to be introduced this fall and
revising those tested last
yey""'Six more, teachers are
paytrrfcitheir own expenses.
Referring to future similar
summit- institutes, Dr. Rice
said, "There will be as many
as we can get financial aid
for. We don't like to ask the
Woods affain because they've
been so generous."
Dr. Rice hopes other
sources will contribute funds
During the remainine four
years in which the federal
grant will be ettecuve the
ed an increase of $9 million,
Governor Frank Morrison
had suggested a $5 million
figure.
Senator Terry Carpenter of
Scottsbluff made a last-ditch
effort to boost state tax
funds to $33,382,841, but this
attempt sagged under a 7-27
vote.
While Marvel was compli
menting his committee for
seeing to the Legislature's
33-0 approval of its recom
mendations without change on
the measure, the question of
how the University could con
tinue its fullest functioning
under the bill's eventual pass
age was forming thunder
heads over the campus hor
izon. As early as December, 1962,
University Chancellor Clifford
Hardin told Governor Morri
son at statehouse hearings
that in preparing budget
requests University offici
als are motivated by the
to drop one in the bass
horn.
By 1:00 or 1:30, the pic
nic was spread, Everyone
under three years old was
wet, Grandpa had run out
Otto was wabbling suspi
ciously while Aunt Effie
was pretending she wasn't
Here comet The Flag.
Hail U!
Who dare$ to drag
Or trail it?
Give it hurraht
Three for the $tar$
Three for the bars.
Uncover your head to it!
The soldiers who tread
(Lost i incp
TRIBUTE TO THE FLAG
By Senator George F. Hoar
have seen the glories of art and architecture
and of river and mountain, I have seen the sun set on
the Jungfrau and the moon rise over Mont Blanc. But
the fairest vision on which these eyes ever rested was
the flag of my country in a foreign port. Beautiful as
a flower to those who love it, terrible as a meteor to
those who hate U, it is the symbol of the power and
the glory and the honor of millions of Americans.
eaclhDinig
people working on the curri
culum revision "want to see
if the program we devised is
really teaching kids to write,"
Dr. Rice said.,
Nebraska Program
When Project English is
completed Nebraskans will
retain the right
to use the pro
gram. The U.
S. Office of Ed
u c a t i o n for
whom the
study is being
done, will de
termine the
program's use
elsewhere i n
the United
States. Dr. Olson
Asked to comment on the
benefits of the program to Ne-
Summer Nebraskan
Is Traveling Its Last Mile
aim to provide the best edu
cation possible for Nebras
ka's youth and thereby make
the state itself a more posi
tive force in America.
He pointed out at the time
that the budget is "a blue
print of what the University
can do for Nebraska and its
people. As a compilation of
proposed expenditure it is in
a real sense a further invest
ment of this state."
As explained by University
officials and department
chairmen, the budget in
crease was hoped to bring
salaries of the professional
staff nearer to the average
of other midwestern univer
sities, modernize the Col
lege of Medicine in Omaha,
expand and deepen agricul
ture programs and strength
en University libraries.
Two years ago the Univer
sity was given $28 million up
on its request for $37.1 mil
married to him.
By the time the food was
out and ready most of us
were on our second help
ing, but Grandma B. would
shush everyone, and Grand
pa would fold his calloused
hands in front of him, and
bow his yellow-white head.
His shaggy black eye
If
THE FLAG
Arthur Macy
to it
Shout at the sight of it,
The justice and right of
it,
The unsullied white of it,
The blue and the red of
U,
And tyranny's dread of
it!
braska students, Dr. Rice
reached for the May 27 issue
of Newsweek magazine.
An article on Nebraska's
Project English tells of the
enthusiasm of teachers, par
ents and even youngsters for
the new way to learn to write.
The teachers for the sum
mer institutes are chosen
competitively.
Each must submit a resume
telling of his experiences as
a teacher, his interests, and
his interest in the program. He
must send a credit transcript
from his alma mater.
In addition, his school su
perintendent must sign an
agreement saying that he will
allow the experiment to be
conducted in his school, that
he will release the teacher
from at least one of his
lion from the general fund.
While it is conceded that
the present measure provides
something for everyone,, the
general money-spread falls
short of University needs.
Joseph Soshnik, vice chan
cellor of business and finance,
last winter compared Nebras
ka University instructor sal
aries with regional payrolls,
saying, "We are from $600
to $1200 below this figure."
He cited U.S. Department of
Education figures.
Soshnik explained the me
chanics of the entire budget
at the time to the Governor
and tax commission officials,
emphasizing the budget, pre
sented in two parts, reflects
both the total amount of
monies needed to maintain
present academic levels and
a growth and development as
pect tailored to provide extra
money, initiate new pro
grams, and strengthen exist
ing procedures. He cited en
brows raised and fell as
he began to pray. He
praised God for the free
dom we enjoy. He remem
bered the men who died,
and the men who die, and
the men who will die to
preserve our freedom. He
confessed to God that men
are not free by the grace
v jt9
Here comes The Flag!
Cheer it!
Valley and crag
Shall hear it.
Fathers shall bless it,
Children caress it.
All maintain it,
No one stall stain it,
Cheers for the sailors that
Abraham Lincoln ...
"With malice toward none; with charily for all;
with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the
right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to
bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and
his orphan -to do all which may achieve and cherish
a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with
all nations.9
Abraham Lincoln
Second Inaugural Address
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duties to spend time on prepa
ration, and that he will buy
the necessary materials.
Geographic Areas
, Geographic distribution also
plays a part in a teacher's
selection.
The teachers this summer
come from Grand Island,
Omaha, Seward, Lincoln Nor
folk, York, Central City,
Chadron, Hastings, Scotts
bluff, Sidney, North Platte,
Ogallala, Bellevue, Hebron,
Holdredge, and Sutton.
Two of the teachers paying
their own expenses are from
Illinois.
Dr. Rice is presently direct
tag the program alone, as Dr.
Olson is in England on a
Guggenheim Fellowship. He
is gone for a year and will
return in September.
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rollment increases as reasons
for need of extra funds in
nearly all academic areas.
The emerging allocation's
$3.3 million increase shows
what the 1961 Legislature al
lowed a flat $3 million.
By incorporating a tuition
increase recommendation into
the University budget an ex
tra $933,000 might be realized
to make a new total of $4.3
million, allowing both the
Board of Regents and the nor
mal board to post salary in
creases of $7 annually.
The average resident un
dent undergraduate would
thus pay $46 more over a
two-semester period. A whop
ping $306 average fee would
face non-resident graduates.
Committeemen have specu
lated this would bring the
University an additional $350,
000 in 1964-65. At the same
time no tuition hike would
be recommended for Nebras
ka's four state colleges.
of God, but by his grace,
have the right to strive for
freedom. That Freedom is
won, over and over, in ev
ery generation. And he
asked God that we might al
ways to be alert to those
who would push in upon our
personal Freedom. With a
great Amen, he would close.
t , m
V Data by
fought on the) wave
fork,
Cheers for the soldiers that
always were brave for
U
Tears for the men that went
down to the grave for
it,
Here comes The Flag!
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