Thursday, November 19, 1964
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Status
Unless many county govern
ments in Nebraska and the
Great Plains can cooperate
among themselves and with
other levels of government
and reassess their position,
they may lose their identify
as "functioning units" in the
same way that township gov
ernment has become dor
ant. This is the opinion of two
University staff members,
contained in a paper prepared
lor the State of Society con
ference, in session at the Ne
braska Center for Continuing
Education which ends today.
Jack Timmons, Kxtonsion
public affairs specialist, and
15erl Kvans, Extension agri
cultural economist, expressed
doubt that present institutions
of local government, "still
operating within a framework
established a century or more
ago," can meet "the equally
critical needs in traffic, edu
cation, police protection, and
welfare, among others."
Readjustment in thinking
and the reorganization in
ways of conducting economic,
social and governmental af
fairs at the local level have
not kept pace with the more
rapid technological innova
tions, such as the development
of supersonic aircraft within
a 10-year period, the special
ists said.
"If counties cannot organize
to solve the problems of to
day and tomorrow, the state
likely will assume these prob
lems by default," the authors
said in the presentation,
which was prepared, along
with papers on various other
subjects, to brief church lead
ers from northern Great
Plains states attending the
3-day meeting.
Seven northern Great Plains
states the Dakotas, Nebras
ka, Kansas, Colorado, Wyom
ing and Montana contain on
ly 4.3 per cent of the total
U.S. population, but have 23.1
per cent of the local govern
mental units.
While the area is nearly
keeping up with the rest of
the nation in reducing the
number of governmental
units, it is still far below oth
er areas in population per
units.
The special district is one
type of local government
which has rapidly increased
in number, Timmons and Ev
ans pointed out.
These units formed to take
care of special problems such
as irrigation, sewer and wa
ter installation, mosquito,
weed or flood control, library
service and others have in
creased by more than 50 per
cent in the northern Gr e a t
Plains during the decade end
ing in 1962
"This trend indicates that
the traditional local govern
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Of County Precarious
ment structure is inappropri
ate for meeting many tradi
tional and current needs," the
authors concluded.
"In spite of considerable ef
fort to encourage the consolid
ation and reorganization of
county government during the
193u's, there has been little
real changa," the report
said. The total number of
townships are nearly dor
mant, however, since they
have relinquished their pow
ers and duties to counties or
municipalities, and are now
no more than a voting unit.
Like townships, few towns
Social Workers
Attend Seminar
Twenty-five leaders in so
cial work from Nebraska,
South Dakota and North Da
kota are attending a special
seminar on child welfare at
the Nebraska Center this
week.
The Missouri Valley Short
Term Child Welfare Institute,
sponsored by the University's
Graduate School of Social
Work, will provide special
training for social workers to
handle special problems in
volved in the welfare of ne
glected and dependent chil
dren.
Dr. Richard Guilford, di
rector of the School of Social
Work at the University, said
attendance must necessarily
be by invitation only. The
seminar is made possible
through a grant from the U.S.
Childrens Bureau.
Instructors for the five-day
course will be Professor Beu
lah Compton, University of
Minnesota, and W. W. Nuern
berger, judge of the Separate
Juvenile Court, Lincoln.
YMCA-YWCA Ask
Entries For Booklet
The Ag YMCA-YWCA
Is
again publishing a booklet of
"Christmas Thoughts." All
students are invited to sub
mit their entries to the YMCA
letter box in the East Campus
Union no later than Wednes
day, December 2.
Students are free to write
ideas, views, short stories or
poems pertaining to the
Christmas spirit. The book
let will be printed and dis
tributed the week before
Christmas vacation.
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and villages lose or give up
their legal Identification even
though they may have lost
most of their population and
have all but discontinued pro
viding public services, the
specialists continued.
Noting that 75 per cent of
towns under 500 population in
Nebraska continued to lose
population between 1950 and
VJbO, they warned that "un
less major changes in trends
occur, we can expect to see
many more ghost towns In our
rural areas during the next 20
years."
"With modern transporta
tion and modern farm equip
ment, many small rural towns
have lost some of their tradi
tional functions. Unless they
can develop a reason for ex
istence more consistent with
today's needs, they may be
doomed to the fate of the ear
ly gold and silver mining
Soil Conservation
Scholarship Set
An annual $100 scholarship
for University students inter
ested in soil conservation was
established this week at the
University Foundation.
Harry Haynie, Foundation
president, said Mr. and Mrs.
William R o c k i e of Wilson
ville, Ore., are the donors
of the Fund, which will as
sist students in agriculture
who are in financial need and
show leadership and academ
ic ability in the field of soil
conservation.
Rockie, a 1914 graduate
and formerly of Fremont, is
retired from the Soil Conser
vation Service of the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture. Dur
ing the past year he was a
Fullbright lecturer in Turkey.
Mrs. Rockie, a 1913 graduate,
is the former Edith Shank of
Superior.
Recipients of the award will
be selected by the Universi
ty's committee on scholar
ship and Financial Aids.
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PLACEMENT
1 INTERVIEWS I
Monday, Not. Z3
Genera Electric Company, B.S., MS.
Ch.E.. E.E., M.E., E.M., Chera., Physics,
Math.
Tueaday, Nor. 34
General Electric Company. As before.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Industrial Products Division, Industrial
Sales.
Campbell Soup Company, Bus. Adm.,
Bus. Engrg., Lib. Arts, Bact., Food Tech.
Standard Oil, Division oi American Oil
Company, B.S.-Agri., Bus. Adm., Ch.E.,
M.E., E.E.
Wednesday, Dev. t
Insurance Company of North America,
Bus. Adm., Lib. Arts,
Standard Oil, Division of American Oil
Co; lpany. As before.
City of Lincoln, Office of the City
Engineer, C.E.
Thuroday, Dec. 3
Arthur Young & Company, All degree
levels Acctg.
Federal Service. All degrees
fields.
all
Internal Revenue Service U.S. Treasury
Department B.S.-B.A.-Acctg.; Acctg. with
any combination of Bus. Adm. Crim
inology, Law Enforcement, Police Science.
Poilce Adm., Education, Finance and
Law; LL.B.-Law; B.S.-B.A.-Bus. related
subjects.
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Lowest Prices
in
Town
DIVIDEND BONDED GAS
16th & P Sts.
Downtown Lincoln
towns in the west," Timmons
and Evans predicted.
Reflecting on the costs of
maintaining small local gov
ernmental units, they quoted
figures from the 1960 Census
of Governments, which
showed that Nebraska county
government per capita expen
ditures for all purposes were
$38.83 in countries with 100,
000 population and over, com
pared to $74.11 for counties
with a population of 10,000 to
25,000 and $98.59 for counties
with under 10,000 population.
Any attempt to measure and
compare costs of local govern
ment also must include meas
urement of the quality and
quantity of local services,
Timmons and Evans conced
ed. While higher costs can
mean higher level of services
offered especially when com
paring municipalities of simi
lar size and in making com
parisons between states evi
dence shows that a low level
of governmental services and
high costs are both part of
the handicap of a sparsely set
tled area, they said.
Recommendations to im
prove local government in
low population areas have
taken three forms, the NU
specialists said, and listed
them as:
Consolidation.
G r e a t e r coordination
among existing governmental
units without necessarily giv
ing up their independence.
Shaping of the population
pattern to facilitate provision
of public services, with such
shifts including farmers resid
ing in towns and commuting
to their work on the farm or
ranch unit.
The majority of planners,
economic and political science
analysts and population ex
perts consider the latter two
recommendations "second-
best in terms of solving lo
cal governmental problems in
a sparsely-settled area, they
concluded.
Business Seminars
Conducted At Center
The first of three seminars
scheduled for training direc
tors in private business will
be held at the Nebraska Cen
ter today through the au
spices of the Nebraska Chap
ter ot American Society of
Training and Development.
The program will include
demonstrations which will
emphasize the use of audio
visual aids in training new
personnel and methods ofen
suring interest in new train
ing programs.
The session opens at 8:45
a.m. with an address from
Frank Goodell, Omaha, pres
ident of the Nebraska chapter
of A.S.T.D.
Discussion leaders include
Jim Fargher, Omaha, Corps
of Engineers; Dr. Richard
Bourne, professor of business
organization and manage
ment at the University; and
C. W. Bowmaster, program
coordinator, Nebraska Center
for Continuing Education.
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1 LACEMENT luncheon
li:30 p.m., 241 Student Union.
QUIZ BOWL committee
meeting 3 p.m., 332 Student
Union.
NEBRASKA UNION
BOARD 4 p.m., 241 Student
Union.
A.U.F. Speakers Education
4:30 p.m., North Conference
Room Student Union.
A.W.S. COURT 4:30 p.m.,
South Party Room Student
Union.
YWCA Cabinet 4:30 p.m.,
332 Student Union.
YWCA Junior Cabinet 4:30
p.m., 334 Student Union.
A.W.S. House of Represent
atives 4:30 p.m., Pawnee
Room Student Union.
INTER VARSITY Exec. 6:30
p.m., 234 Student Union.
STUDENT COUNCIL Quiz
Bowl 7 p.m., Conference
Room Student Council.
JUNIOR PANIIELLENIC
7 p.m., Pan American Room
Student Union.
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Dinosaur Skeleton
Goes On Display
At State Museum
The second dinosuar skele
ton donated by Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Behlen of Columbus,
is on display at the Univer
sity State Museum.
The fossiles went on display
yesterday on the second floor
of the Museum.
Discovered in a rock-quarry
in Utah, the two specimens
were purchased by the Beh
lens several years ago for
eventual preparation by t h e
University.
Dr. C. Bertrand Schultz,
Museum director, said the
pair of Allosaurus had been
placed in one room. The adult
animal is well over 12 feet
high; the younger specimen
is approximately three feet
high at the shoulders.
Among the first groups to
get a preview peek at the
new display last week were
the fourth grade classes of
Ashland school.
Schultz explained that chil
dren are particularly fond of
dinosaur skeltons and that
the Museum hopes eventually
to display an entire roomful
of the huge reptiles.
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income.
You're lucky to get
a girl like Jane.
Ordnance Recruiter
Will Visit University
A recruiter for the U.S. Na
val Ordnance Lab oratory,
White Oak, Maryland will ar
rive at the University on De
cember 9.
The NOL representative,
Dr. A. Lightbody, Chief,
Chemistry Research Depart
ment, is interested in inter
viewing undergraduate and
graduate students majoring
in mechanical, electrical and
aero space engineering, as
well as physics.
The Laboratory is the Na
vy's largest research and de
velopment facility for anti
submarine weapons and other
underwater ordnance.
Graduates employed by tha
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
are integrated into its over
all organization through a
one-year rotational Profes
sional Development Program.
In this program, the traineo
is given four consecutive
three-month assignments in
research, engineering and
evaluation.
Physical Plant Head
Attends Convention
George Miller, administra
tor at the University's physi
cal plant, attended the twelfth
annual Central States Region
al Association of Physical
Plant Administrators of Uni
versities and Colleges at the
University of Kansas Nov.
8-11.
The conference, sponsored
by the University of Kansas
Extension, was based on the
theme "Your Plant Today."
It included panel discussions,
presentation of papers re
garding the area of study, a
problem clinic, a campus in
spection, and an annual busi
ness meeting.
Campus Presbyterians
Discuss Church Role
Twenty-five midwestern ed
ucational leaders and Pres
byterian campus ministers
will meet here Thursday to
discuss the relationship and
roles of universities and cam
pus Presbyterian groups.
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