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University op nc&l LIBRARY Vol. 80, No. 96 The Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, March 10, 1965 Faeuify Changes UNITED STATES The University grading system will be changed from numbers to letters effective September, 1965, as a result of action taken by the Faculty Senate yesterday afternoon. The Senate passed a motion by Dean Walter Militzer of the college of Arts and Sciences urging the adoption of the grading system of A, B, C, D and F with point values of 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 respectively for these grades. The motion also called for "I" to stand for incomplete and ''W" for withdrawn. Militzer proposed the sys tem to Student Council last week as a substitute for the present 9-8-7 system employed by the University. Militzer said his main ob jection to the 9-8-7 system is the fact that there is "a bit of artificial competition in it which I have deplored over the years." Militzer said that students shouldn't be out to set marks Architecture Students Win Design Awards Two University fourth-year architecture students were named winners of the local Reynolds Aluminum competi tion for design Friday. The winners, Roger Wagon er and Charles Loughmiller, were awarded $100 prizes. The awards were presented by John McClurg Jr., Oma ha, president of the Nebraska chapter of the American In stitute of Architects. The awards, established to encourage creativity in archi tecture and to stimulate in terest in the use of aluminum, were made for the "best lo cal, original design of a build ing component." The students' design teach ers are Homer Puderbaugh, associate professor, and John Benson, assistant professor. Grad met By By Priscilla Mullins Senior Staff Writer Approximately one half of the total budget for the Graduate College will come from sources other than the Legis lature, according to Dean Merk Hobson. The budget for the 1965-67 biennium calls for $934,118, or an increase of $178,319 over the 1963-65 biennium. Hobson, who was recently made dean of the College after being Dean of the Col lege of Engineering and Architecture, said that when broken down the budget is fi nanced in part by private gifts and grants. The first area of expense for the Col lege is administration. The College is ask ing for $152,095, an increase of $34,324 over the 1963-65 biennium. Included in this area is the operation of the graduate office and the mainten ance of the on-going activities of the of fice. Approximately half of the expenses in this area are financed from the Leg islature's appropriation, according to Hob son. The second area of the budget cov ers the Graduate School of Social Work. The College is asking $186,875, an increase of $35,190 over the last biennium. All the funds fat maintaining the School are de rived from the Legislature's appropriation. In the area of research administra tion, the budget calls for $57,320, an in crease of $10,150. Funds from this area do not come from legislative appropria tions, but from over-head funds of the College, Hobson said. Explaining the function of research ad ministration, Hobson said that the Univer sity receives around $5,800,000 a year in gifts, grants and contracts from outside sources. These funds and proposals for re search from faculty members are handled through this office, be said. "There is a large volume of proposals generated by our large faculty' he added. The fourth area of the budget calls ,for $278,628 for the Computing Center. This is an increase of $174,932 over the in grades like they do for the 220 yd. dash. When asked about the effect on the overall average which the University maintains, Mil itzer said that an "honor point system" would go along with the letter grades. The main question behind the whole grading situation is how closely you can grade a student Militzer said. He cited an experiment at Carlton College, where stu dents may elect to receive a Black Muslims Topic For Lomax Lecture Author, Race Relations Authority To Address Students Next Week Dr. Louis Lomax, author, lecturer and social critic, will present a free public lecture in the Nebraska Union Audi torium, Thursday, Mar. 18, at 3:30 p.m. His talk will be on the Black Muslim movement. Born in Valdosta, Ga., Lo max was graduated from Paine College in Augusta and did graduate work at Ameri can University and Yale. Lomax began his profession al career as Assistant Profes sor of Philosophy at Georgia State College in Savannah, Ga., and then, at the age of 22, turned to writing. His .ar ticles have appeared in Life, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, The Nation and The New Leader. Lomax is the author of three best-sellers. His first, "The Reluctant African," won him the coveted Saturday Re view Annisfield-Wolf award for 1960; his second book, "The Negro Revolt," is con sidered to be the definitive work on race relations in America today. His third book, "When The College Budget Out side last two years. There are two sources of revenue for this area, Hobson said. There are some users from the University who have grants allowing for this expense, and can pay for the services of the center. The rest of the money must come from legislative appropriations. Hobson said that the increase of funds in this area would provide greater serv ice from the Center than it is now cap able of giving. This would include the ad dition of a new computer. Plans call for the computer to be purchased and op erating by January I9G7. Only a part of the expense of this computer is included in the present request to the Legislature, Hobson said. The last break down of the budget is for the Research Council. In this area, $259,200, an increase of $23,723 is being requested. The work of the Council is fi nanced in part by gifts and grants from outside sources, but 65-70 per cent of the funds must come from legislative appro priation, Hobson said. The Council is a group of graduate faculty members who support the research done at the University. They put the sup port of budget allocations for research behind various proposed projects. Since faculty members may suggest research projects to the Council, the requests are handled on a competitive basis for the Council's support, Hobson said. The enrollment of the Graduate Col lege is increasing faster than the rate of the rest of the colleges in the last four to five years, according to Hobson. Each year the College has added 10 per cent. He said the enrollment for the current semester is 1,534. This will probably be 1700 by next fall. Instruction for the College is not too . much of a problem, Hobson said, since the College calls on other University fac ulty members to teach graduate courses. "All the budget planning which has been done reflects the minimum needs we can anticipate in the next two years," Hobson said. "I believe the budget is re alistic in terms of graduate needs." ysfBsm 'pass' or 'fail' grade on as many as seven courses. This is to combat the traditional fear of students that they should stay away from "strange but interesting courses to protect a carefully nurtured B average." "There is less pressure with the A-B-C system, and even less with a 'pass' or 'fail' sys tem." "You ought to be striving to get more education and not striving so much for grades," Militzer said. Word Is Given," has sold over 25.000 copies and is consider ed a classic study of the Black Muslim movement. Lomax has been named to Who's Who in America. Ebony magazine elected him one of the one hundred most influ ential men in America today and he has been awarded three honorary doctorates for his work. Lomax's television appear ances include the Jack Paar Show, Open End, and the To day show, as well as appear ing periodically on news broadcasts for CBS, NBC, and ABC. Agenda Student Council members representing the Constitution al Convention will explain sug gested procedures for the spring elections and make recommendations to the elec tions committee. Funds lit S -7 f GOODIES INSIDE . . . AFROTC basic cadets welcome students to view the Air Force Documentary Art display on view in the Nebraska Union. Meters Protesting Mukmu Selma Violence Sparks March Monday a 24 hour protest march was held in front of the Post Office, by members of SNCC, Nebraska Wesleyan studentsmembersof NAACP and University students. According to John Murphy, one of the marchers, their purpose was to make people in the Midwest aware that the problem extends even this far and to protest what hap pened to Dr. Martin Luther King in Alabama. "Ke re ceived no federal protection." The march began Monday night at 5 p.m. Mrs. Matthew Toby, who had been march ing all night, said, "we were talking about what happened Sunday and decided to have the protest march. We started calling as many people as we could. It was sort of a spon taneous thing." Many of the students who were from Nebraska Wesleyan were connected with the Meth odist Student Movement. Karl Briner, another march er, said, "SNCC was asked by the national headquarters to have this march. Jan Sutton, one of the marchers, said "It's disheart ening the number of people that turned out. I have given quite a bit of my time to the civil rights movement and I have never seen such a small turn-out." He was carrying a sign that said, "What happens in Sel ma is your responsibility." Summer Bulletins Available A summer school bulletin and class schedule for the University summer sessions is available through the Of fice of Admissions. Dr. Frank Sorenson, direc tor of the summer session an nounced that several three week programs and a special six week program would run concurrently with the regular eight week classes. Applications and registra tion forms should be filled out prior to the June 14 registra tion date. Classes will begin June 15 and conclude Aug. 6. Anyone interested in attend ing the summer school may obtain a bulletin and catalog of class schedules by writing the director of admissions, 208 Admissions Building. Over 5,000 students are ex pected to enroll for this year's summer session. More than five hundred 1965 high school graduates are .expected to attend. Pic u kh u y ir Force Art Collection n Display Until Friday Forty-three contemporary works from the Air Force Documentary Art collection are on display in the north and south conference rooms of the Nebraska Union. They are part of a 2,500 piece collection maintained by the Air Force. The contemporary contribu tions were produced under a 'Y' Project In Need Of Tutors University students who wish to assist high school stu dents with their studying may sign up with the YWCA office as a participant in the Lincoln High Tutorial Project. The project was started at Lincoln High by Frank Bur den, a mathematics instruc tor. Approximately 200 s t u dents are now signed up for assistance in the tutorial ses sions. More tutors are needed for the project, according to Barb ara Miller, YWCA chairman of the tutorial project for Ma lone Center. Students may sign up to help in an area in which they feel they are best qualified. Sessions are held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. five days a week, but tutors may work for just one of these hours each day. If possible, however, tutors are requested to work the full two hours. Subjects in which students require assistance are mathe matics, history, science and English. The history sections require the most help, accord ing to Miss Miller. She said that the maximum number of students any tutor would handle is seven. Persons involved in tutoring should attend the YWCA meet ings at 3:30 on Tuesdays, she said, to report on their prob lems. Miss Miller stressed that boys may take part as tutors, even though the project Is YWCA-sponsored. ' Two Students Chosen For Speech Contest Two University sophomores have been chosen to represent the University at the "Heart of America" Speech Tourna ment at the University of Kan sas tomorrow and Friday. They are Roger Doerr and Terry Schaaf. The students will travel with their coach, Dr. Donald Olson, associate professor of speech and University debate coach. More than 30 universities and colleges from throughout the United States will take part in the competition. continuing art program, which originated in 1954. Under the program, distinguished art ists from the Society of Illus trators are invited by the Air Force to observe worldwide operations and record their impressions on canvas. The collection, beginning in 1950 with some 200 paintings and drawings, has grown to include over 2,500 works of art. According to A2C Ken Kan tola, who is traveling with the display, its purpose is "an in formative medium to educate the general public and mili tary men on the history and tradition of the Air Force." The exhibit is one of two which travel year around Phi Mu To Colonize Here; Interviews Begin Monday National representatives of Phi Mu sorority will arrive at the University Monday to hold an introductory tea for girls interested in pledging the so rority. The tea will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday in 240 Nebraska Union. All girls with a 5.0 average who arc interested in pledging the so rority should attend the tea, according to Miss Madeline Girard. Panhellenic director at the University. Any girls interested, but not signed up for open rush for second semester should sign up at the Panhellenic office before Monday, she said. Miss Girard said the Pan hellenic Council last fall in vited the sorority to come to the University because "we feel the sorority program is growing so much that we need another group to take care of all the girls." Sixty girls signed up for open rush this semester, she said. The traveling secretary for the sorority will interview the girls next week. In order to become an ac tive chapter, 30 to 35 girls must pledge a sorority, ac cording to Miss Girard. She said that a group may be come a colony for a year or so, if the number is not large enough at first. Tickets Go On Sale For Mancini Concert Tickets for Henry Mancini and his orchestra in concert will go on sale in the Nebras ka Union today and tomorrow, Mancini will perform at Pershing Auditorium, Friday, March 26. Block tickets for the concert wil be sold in the Program Office today only until 12 noon. Prices on the tickets are $2.25, $2.75 and $3.25. After Thursday receipts will be sold at the Union which must then be taken to Persh ing to get the actual ticket. .. . 5 U : f B II E throughout the United States. They are designed and con structed entirely by the Ori entation Group, USAF who are also in charge of their dis play and repair. Kantola said that most of the Air Force collection was kept in Washington D.C. and distributed to various A i r Force installations throughout the United States. Those that are on traveling display are changed regularly and pre sent a general view of the en tire collection. According to Kantola. the display will be open from 12 noon to 9 p.m. daily through Friday and will move to Kan sas Stale University Saturday or Sunday. ilBkiVllOi J lJl 1 ill Mu are Mrs. W. F. William son, Jr., president; Mrs. Lan don Freear, national Panhel lenic delegate; Mrs. Russel Jones, vice-president: and Miss Katherine Williams, traveling secretary. Spring Day Committee To Be Chosen Sunday Student Council elections committee is holding inter views this Sunday for Spring Day positions. Positions available are: Overall Chairman. Men's Games Chairman and assis tant, W7omen's Games and assistant. Publicity Chairman and assistant, treasurer, sec retary, trophies chairman and assistant. A sign-up sheet for inter view times Sunday will be posted on the Student Council door in the Nebraska Union. All University undergraduate students in good standing are eligible to interview. No pre vious experience is necessary. yfe ssafl The Quiz Bowl matches for tomorrow night include: Cleo versus Pharmacy Col lege at 7 p.m.; Pi Beta Phi II versus Alpha Gamma Rho Pledges at 7:25; Theta Xi I versus Gamma Phi Beta I at 7:50; Beta Theta Pi I versus Farmhouse I at 8:15. The Olds versus Theta Xi Pledges at 8:40; Four Frosh versus Sigma Nu at 9:05 and Fairfield versus Ag Men at 9:30. Teams 1, 2 and 3 mist check in by 7 p.m. Teams 4, 5, 6 and 7 must check in by 8 p.m. A study room will be pro vided for waiting teams.