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GRADING SYSTEM at the
University will be changed
from numbers to letters el
fectlve September, 1965, as a
result of action by the Faculty
Senate. The Senate passed a
motion by Dean Walter Mint
zer 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.
PHI MU national sorority
will begin colonization plans
on the campus next week. Na
tional representatives will ar
rive Monday to hold an intro
ductory tea for girls interested
in pledging the sorority.
PICKETERS PROTEST
march was held in front of the
Post Office, by members of
SNCC, Nebraska Wesleyan
students, members of NAACP
and students. The purpose of
the march was to make peo
pie in the midwest aware that
the civil rights problem ex
tends even this far and to pro
test what happened to Dr.
Martin Luther King in Ala'
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Five months of work was completed
this week as the Student Council Constitu
tional Convention presented its finished
document.
The convention, proposed last spring
and organized this fall by Student Council
President John Lydlck, made several
sweeping changes in the form of student
government at the University. It will be
presented to the student body for approv
al by ballot Friday.
Among the changes In the proposed
constitution are an expansion from
one branch to three branch government,
direct election of the president and elimi
nation of doubfe and triple representation.
The new constitution, If approved,
would provide for representatives chosen
from the colleges by direct apportionment.
The present Student Council is composed
of college representatives as well as repre
sentatives from several campuus organi
zations. The proposed student government
would be known as the Association of the
Students of the University of Nebraska
(ASUN) and all full-time students would
automatically become members. They
would be represented through a Senate,
containing 35 members and paralleling the
present Student Council.
. The current Council president and vice
president are elected from among the
hold-over members by the new Council at
its first meeting. The new constitution
would make the president and the vice
president run directly from the student
body.
New concepts in student government
would be the addition of the executive and
judicial organs of government.
The move for a new constitution at
the University has picked up momentum
for the last two years, starting with sev
eral parties and movements to drastical
ly amend the old document in an attempt
to add some power to the structure.
In the spring of 1964, a group of stu
dents presented a complete document to
Student Council with the required number
of student signatures for a constitutional
amendment. After a hard-fought battle in
the Council's Judiciary Committee and in
the Faculty Senate Committee on Student
Affairs, the proposed amendments were
held to be a "revision," for which there
was no current constitutional provision.
In overruling the proposals, however,
the faculty group implied that it was their
feeling that the proposed constitution was
basically good, but that they felt more
students should be involved in writing a
new constitution.
One of the men who proposed t h e
amendments was John Klein, who subse
quently ran for Student Council from the
Graduate College and was elected. Klein
was also a member of the Constitutional
Convention.
These actions set the stage for the
Student Council presidential elections. Ly
dick, presenting essentially the program
and schedule which has resulted, was
elected.
If approved by the students and the
Board of Regents, the new document will
govern this spring's student government
elections. Actual operation of the ASUN
would then begin for the first time next
fall.
. . . Students Vote Friday
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THE KEY S YOUSS VOTE FRIDAY,
CRIME RATE in Lincoln
and Omaha went up in 1964
according to the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation. The 1964
figures were higher in all cate
gories cited by t h e bureau,
with the exception of aggra
vated assaults in Omaha.
LINCOLN AIRPORT Au
thority has approved a $1.1
million improvement project
for Lincoln Municipal Airport,
including eventual opening of
the northwest-southwest run
way now closed to general avi
ation. The authority voted to
ask the State Aeronautics De
partment for $287,150 in
matching funds for a $561,800
construction program involv
ing a taxiway and runway
marking and lighting.
EAST HIGH SCHOOL action
was deferred by the Board of
Education in order to consid
er sources of funds for the
construction. School Board
president James Stuart's sug
gestion that architect Ellery
Davis be asked to go ahead
with preparation of plans for
bids was rejected until board
members were "sure of ev
erything." STATE . . .
BANNER WILL BE DIS
PLAYED near the American
flag on many public buildings
in Nebraska. The flag is a
reproduction of the Great Seal
of Nebraska charged on the
center in gold and silver and
placed on a field of national
blue.
SALES TAX BILL appeared
stalled in the Legislature's
Revenue Committee although
opponents could not muster
enough votes to kill it. The
bill would impose a general
three per cent sales tax ex
empting only feed, seed and
fertilizer. The committee vote
was four to three to kill the
bill and five votes were need
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NATION . . .
JOHNSON SIGNED the $1.1
billion Appalachian aid bill
and said "This legislation
marks the end of partisan
cynicism towards wants and
miseries." Johnson signed the
legislation in a ceremony in
the White House flower gar
den attended by several gov
ernors from Appalachian
states and a large congres
sional delegation from that
area.
RACIAL DEMONSTRAT
ERS confronted Alabama po
lice in Selma where they
stopped to "spend tonight, to
morrow and the next day"
on the street in a civil rights
' protest. Gov. George Wallace
told newsmen: "I have no
ideas about what should be
done or should not be done
about the group outside. It's
a city matter as to whether
they should be dispersed."
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Pharmacy 1M, CDs 115.
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Beta Theta PI I 360, Farm House
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Olds I5, Theta XI Plediea 70.
Four Fresh .ISO. Rlirma Nu 150.
Fairfield 215. Ai Men 110.
Special
Constitution
Issue
Vol. 80, No. 98
The Daily Nebraskan
Friday, March 12, 1965
Ag College
funds For
By Priscilla Mullins
Senior Staff Writer
Budget Request Includes
Experiment Station Plan
The major portion of a
$16.5 million budget request
for the College of Agriculture
and Home Economics is slat
ed to go for the Experiment
Station program and construc
tion costs, according to E. F.
Frolik, dean.
A total of $688,600, has been
requested for the Experiment
Station, and $2,540,000 for
building costs.
The term Experiment Sta
tion is used In two senses,
Frolik said. First, it means
the actual physical stations.
These include the Northeast
Nebraska station, North
Platte, Scottsblufff and Box
Butte.
In the other sense, the term
means the research activity
which is carried on at the
Lincoln campus.
There are approximately 250
research projects being car
ried on through the program,
according to Frolik, including
studies in agronomy, animal
science, biochemistry and nu
trition, dairy science and plant
pathology.
"There is a serious need for
more funds in this area," he
said. "We have been on a
plateau for several bienniums,
as far as finances go." The
money in this area will go
for wages, operating costs and
equipment.
Non-Salary Portion
The 1965-66 portion of the
budget request for the Experi
ment Station program is up
33.1 per cent over the 1964-65
appropriation.
The 1966-67 portion is eight
per cent over the 1965-66 fig
ure. In the area of resident In
struction, the 1965-66 part of
the budget is 12.5 per cent up
from 1964-65, and the 1966-67
portion is up 1.8 per cent over
1965-66.
Resident instruction in
cludes the instruction work
done at the Lincoln campus,
not instruction carried on
through the extension service.
In the area of cooperative
extension, the 1965-66 budget
is up 9.6 per cent over 1964-65,
and the 1966-67 portion is up
0.9 per cent over 1965-66.
Of the total request, $489,
020 Is slated to go to the Uni
versity School of Agriculture
at Curtis. The 1965:66 portion
of this request is down 4.8 per
cent from 1964-65, and the
1966-67 portion is up 0.5 per
cent over 1965-66.
Growth Portion
The growth and development
portion of the budget calls for
$979,680. This area includes
seven categories.
In the category of Utiliza
tion of Farm Products, $262,
000 has been requested. There
is a need to find greater and
more effective use for abund
ant agricultural products, ac
cording to Frolik. With addi
tional funds, the Experiment
Station will be able to give
increased attention to these
problems.
In the area of Effective and
Orderly University Field Lab
oratory Development, $158,
300 has been requested. These
funds would go for operational
costs and maintenance of the
recently acquired field labora
tory near Mead.
For the area of Efficiency
of Agricultural Production,
$118,300 has been requested.
"An urgent need exists for
research and education in the
engineering phase of beef
production." he said. "Analy
sis of research data in prepa
ration for release of informa
tion to all segments of the
agricultural industry requires
greater computor capacity to
handle the work load.
For Outstate Services, $96,
300 has been requested to Dro-
vide for more coordination of
the regional experiment sta
tion research programs. Ac
cording to the College's budg
et summary, "budgets for
pnysical plant maintenance
have never been established
for the regional experiment
stations."
In the area of Educational
Television and Information
Services, $86,500 has been re
quested to aid in transmitting
the latest scientific informa
tion to people around the state.
For the Human and Family
Resource Development area,
$40,500 is being requested for
additional support of the pro
gram of the School of Home
Economics. This would in
clude an Extension specialist
in family "life who would dis
seminate information relating
to such areas as child-parent
relationships, teen-age mar
riages, economic planning and
adjustment to old age.
Another phase of this area
includes providing students
with greater opportunities to
develop professional compe
tence in the area of interior
design. Research and educa
tion in the food and nutrition
area are also necessary, ac
cording to the summary.
In the Economic Growth
and Development category,
$117,780 has been requested.
A portion of this will go to
the Midwest Institute for
Young Adults for post-h I g h
school technical education.
According to the summary,
"additional resources are
needed to accommodate the
demand which has already
been demonstrated for this
level of instruction."
The Institute provides train
ing for Nebraska youth who
have graduated from high
school, but are too busy with
farming and ranching to at
tend college, Frolik said.
These young people come to
the Nebraska Center during
November, December and
February-March, when the
off-season for farming allows
them some extra time, he
said.
The purpose of the Insti
tute's program is to give
training which will be of use
in farming and ranching operations.
Also included in this cate
gory is a new staff position to
work in the area of rural so
ciology research, teaching or
extension.
Construction Costs
The construction portion n
the budget calls for $2.5 mil
lion. This includes $950,000 for
an animal science building ad
dition. The building was begun
with a $650,000 appropriation
from the 1963-65 Legislature.
The present request would add
a laboratory and office facili
ties to the structure.
For renovation of existing
facilities, $300,000 has been
requested.
For the Mead field labora
tory development, $285,000 has
been requested. A Child De
velopment Laboratory is slat
ed to receive $350,000.
Also included in the con
struction costs are campus
walks and drives. This area
is to receive $155,000.
The building requests are of
"great importance to the Col
lege," according to Frolik.
Salary Area
In the area of salaries, the
normal promotional increases
and a few new positions ac
count for $1,961,422 of the re
quest. Frolik said that t h e
College's greatest need was
not in this area, but for the
Experiment Station program
and construction.
The enrollment growth of
the College has been about
eight per cent since 1961, com'
pared to a 12.6 per cent in
crease of the University as a
, whole.
Front Page Editorial:
Welcome, Anyway
Our somewhat assorted campus has, in the past, been
the subject of hoards of bubble-gummers and their squires
during this glorious season known as State Basketball
Tournament time. We have high, but pseudo-enthusiastic
hopes that this year wil be different, although a large seg
ment of the annual heartbreak and exultation has been re
moved to our metropolitan neighbor (who obvioulsy wanted
to share the coinage enjoyed by the bubblegum business
during the three-day bull-fight.)
Perusal of various issues of this publication years past
during the Bubblegum Tourney presents an interesting
group of literary allusions to the high-school crowd. One
writer, obviously suffering from a losing tournament during
his own Golden Youth, speaks of the ugliness of multi
colored ill-fitted pep club uniforms, or giggling in the
Union, and of the serene peace and quiet when finally Mud
ville wins, gins, and begins to vacate . . . leaving the waste
for the Campus Upkeep.
Another,' a little more humanly constructed, ends his
column with "but we know that this is the weekend of high
school at the University, and we all become high schoolers
at heart for three days . . ."
Now we can hardly cope with the idea of becoming,
high schoolers again, but, at the same time, we do not be
lieve in comparing pep club uniforms to Sig Ep madras.
And we wonder if we, as University students, present
a comparable inmage to the outside world when we are in
the process of doing "collegiate" things. Sobering thought,
isn't it?
TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL VISITORS, we extend a hearty
and sincere welcome and an apology to those among us
whose coolness raises them far above you. Remember in
two years, you will be laughing at tournament crowds just
as they laugh at you now ... we will be laughing at you,
just as Lincoln is laughing at us now.
FRANK PARTSCH
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icers
Officers of the Associated
Women Students and 14 board
members were elected in
Wednesday's elections.
Seven girls will represent
each of the upper classes.
Jan Whitney will serve as
AWS president. Vice-president
in charge of program is Di
Kosman and vice-president in
charge of Judicial is Vicki
Dowling.
Senior board members are:
Vicki Cline, Lynn Irish, Patti
Teel and Katherine Weber.
Junior board members in
clude Janie Agee, Barb Beck
mann, Carol Bischoff, Karen
Gepford, P a m Hedgecock,
Diane Smith and Joan Spivey.
Sophomore board members
are Ann Boyles, Diane Mc
Donald, Ruth Rasmussen, Sus
an Sitorius, Carol Strand,
Stephanie Tin an and Ann
Windle.
The new president of the
Women's Athletic Association
is Kay Huffaker. Vice-president
is Mickey McCartney.
Karen Larson will serve as
secretary and Jan Buell will
act as treasurer.
Students, Administration
Judge Teachers' Worth
By Wayne Kreuscher
junior Staff Writer... .
Teaciiers are human and thus some
are good and some are bad.
But who is supposed to determine
which teacher is good and which is bad
or which should be 'promoted and which
held back?
In the past teachers have often been
judged purely by what they were able to
get published or by what the other facul
ty members thought of them, but another
means of evaluation is becoming increas
ingly popular today.
Students, say many authorities, know
their teachers best and should be used in
judging the efficient, stimulating teacher
from the indifferent scholar who cares
little about educating his students.
Dr. Roger Knapp, professor of educa
tion at the University has his own views
on the feasibility of students judging their
teacher?.
Knapp pointed out that students
definitely could recognize which teachers
are genuinely interested In them and want
to help them with their education, but
that is was not feasible to let students
judge the professors.
"Students," Knapp said, "are not in a
position, in many instances, to know what
the Board of Regents or the State Legisla
ture or the national need is for outstanding
men and women who may or may not be
gifted teachers."
"For example," he said, "students
usually are not in a position to know the
contributions which a faculty member
makes in University committee work, in
public relations and community activities,
in national professional activities, or t h e
basic, long-run, developmental needs of a
university all of which influence promo
tion policies and salaries."
He pointed out that if students were to
evaluate professors at different times in
their lives, it would make a difference.
"One doesn't always realize," he
said, "at the end of a given course, what
he has gained. Later on in life he might
rate a given professor much higher be
cause of some enduring values that he has
gained."
He said that most teachers agree that
teaching is the major responsibility of the
faculty member in a small college or in
smaller universities.
On the other hand, he added, it may
not always be the major responsibility of
some faculty members in the great multi
purpose universities which carry the
world's load for research, creativity, the
development of scholars and specialties
needed by modern states.
"Half of the University's budget, for
example, is concerned with non-teaching
activities," he said.
Knapp said that in reality students
actually already have more influence on
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