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Vol. 80, No. 100
The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, March 17, 1965
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By Wayne Kreuscher
Junior Staff Writer
John Eriksen, James Morris, Rose
mary Durkin, Wendell Gaillard, Carol
Trueblood, Jim Adams
What better could be used to describe
the Peace Corps than the example of
these six young, healthy Americans with
both intelligence and idealism?
That's exactly what the University has
on its campus this week these six young
people who believe in something deeply,
who represent American youth trying to
do something to help the world and at the
same time gain all the adventure and in
trigue that every young person dreams
about.
When this reporter went to interview
these visitors from the Peace Corps, who
are spending this week at Nebraska in
forming students about the Corps and
what it is trying to do, he expected to
find one that would speak for all in an
ordinary, everyday interview.
But instead he found himself listening
to six at one time.
"The Peace Corps isn't going to
change the world in a day." said Adams,
representative from the Washington Peace
Corps office, "but it can definitely help
some countries work out small local
problems which will help to make their
lives a little easier and possibly lead to
bigger improvements later."
Adams went on to point out that al
though the Peace Corps does often help
countries with local problems, another
just as important part of the Corps
work is promoting both a better human
understanding and an interchange of ideas
between Ameicans and the people the
Corps serves.
"One can't always measure the Peace
Corps work and success in miles of road
that are built," he said.
He said that the Peace Corps was
needing more and more volunteers all
the time. This year's goal is for 10,000
new members.
"There is no Peace Corps type," Ad
ams stressed. "Selection is made for in
dividual projects and every project has
particular requirements."
"In general," he added, "we are look
ing for liberal arts graduates who want to
spend two years overseas helping people
to help themselves."
The only specific requirements for the
Peace Corps, he said, is that a person be
18 years or older and a high school grad
uate. Adams said that he would like to re
cruit about one per cent of the Univer
sity students for the Peace Corps.
He pointed out that the Peace Corps
volunteer might be described as making
financial or material sacrifice, but that
the personal returns in other ways far
overshadowed the low $75 salary or may
be poor living conditions.
On the other hand, he did say, that a
Peace Corp volunteer's life wasn't "all
mud hut".
Volunteers, he said, live not as the
poorest or the richest people in the
country he serves, but on an equal basis
with his counterparts in the country. For
instance if he is a teacher he will live on
a level equal to that which the teachers
in the country he is in live on.
"A lot of volunteers," he said, "com
plain because they feel their living allow
ances are too high.'
"The Peace Corps," he said, "can def
initely be an added advantage on a per
sonal basis, but it is true that it might
not be an ultimate professional advant
age," Adams said.
Eriksen, who is a Peace Corps re
turnee from Niger in central Africa where
he vorked on a cattle development sta
tion, said that there was especially a need
for people with some technical skill and
agricultural ability.
Recalling his stay in Africa, Eriksen
said he was only the third white man that
the natives in his part of Niger had ever
seen.
"Americans just aren't what they
read about in the newspapers," he
stressed, "and the Corps gave me a chance
to change my stero-type idea of the Afri
cans and likewise helped them change
their ideas about Americans."
Eriksen said that he also felt like he
was able to contribute something to the
people in his area because he helped re
duce the rate of starvation by improv
ing the health conditions of the livestock.
James Morris, who was a Peace Corps
volunteer in the Dominican Republic, de
scribed his experience in the Dominican
Republic at a time when diplomatic re
lations had been broken off with the United
States shortly after the removal of the
Trujillio family.
"I really had no trouble in the Domini
can Republic at this time except for the
usual questioning and searching of my
car," he said.
He pointed out that the Peace Corps
was non-political and was not an instru
ment of foreign policy.
The six-member Peace Corps team
here at Nebraska is presently maning a
Peace Corps Information Center in t h e
lounge of the Union every day for the
rest of the week.
In the basement of the Union a movie
is being shown every day at 4:30 called
the "Mission of Discovery."
Also placement tests will be given
daily beginning Wednesday until Tuesday
for anyone interested in the Corps.
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PEACE CORPS . . . Volunteer Joe Grand, 25, of the Bronx, teaches the fundamentals of baseball to youngsters in
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RAM Endorses
New Constitution
Art Students Plan
arch In Protest
The proposed constitution
for a new student government
at the University Monday
night received endorsement of
the Residence Association for
Men (RAM).
After some discussion, the
RAM Council passed a motion
by Kent Neumeister backing
the constitution and urging all
residents to vote in favor of it.
The issue will be decided in a
special election for all Uni
versity students Friday.
Discussion on the motion
centered around the f fi'ms of
the proposed Association of
Students of the University of
Nebraska (ASUN) would have
on RAM. President Dave Kit
tams told the Council that the
ASUN's powers over such
things as organizations, ral
lies and migrations were tradi
tional concepts at this Uni
versity and merely represent
ed a clarification of existing
policy.
Kittams, himself a member
of the Constutitional Conven
tion, which completed the
constitution last week, spoke
in answer to a series of ob
jections by Tom H o 1 m a n ,
Andrews House president.
Holman, who voted against
the resolution, urged RAM to
study the document carefully
in order to determine if a
constitution written by "two
thirds Greeks" would in any
way infringe upon the privi
ledges of RAM.
Kittams said ""The comment
about Greeks cut especially
deep. The constitution was
written by the most interested
and qualified students on
campus with the interests of
the entire University in mind.
"They were selected by
their college deans without re
gard to social affiliations, as
far as we know, and they have
produced an admirable docu
ment. "If there are parts objec
tionable to the student body,"
Kittams said, "provisions for
amendment allow these to be
changed.
Students and graduate in-'
structors of the University Art
Department will demonstrate
at 2:30 today in protest of the
selection of the first-prize win
ning piece of art in the Gov
ernor's Art Show held in Oma
ha. Judges selected the work
by Ward Douglas Schumaker,
a senior art student at the
University of Omaha as the
first place winner. However,
after conferring with Gov.
Morrison the officials of the
Crossroads Merchants Asso
ciation decided the painting
was not appropriate to be
hung in the governor's man
sion.
First prize was then
awarded to Fred Sommers,
also a student at the Univer
sity of Omaha.
According to Thomas Cole
man, professor of art at the
University "The majority of
works exhibited by members
of the University Art Depart
ment were removed Monday."
"These pieces w e r e re
moved from the show because
the sponsors broke an ethical
contract by allowing outside
censorship of the prize
awards, commented Gail
Butt, professor of art at t h e
University.
When questioned about the
planned demonstration, Pro
fessor Butt said, "The Univer
sity and the Art Department
cannot take any action, but
each person must act as his
conscience dictates."
Larry Cummings, graduate
assistant in the Art Depart
ment, said, "The demonstra
tion will meet in front of the
Woods Memorial Art Building
at 2:30 and march to the Gov
ernor's Mansion."
nivsrsity
ESudcpet
resented To Committee
. . . Asks Increased Tax Funds
By Keith Sinor
Junior Staff Writer
"Nebraska is an excellent University, but I do not
think it is a great University. We should strive for great
ness or close it up," said Board of Regents President Val
Peterson to the Legislature's Budget Committee yesterday.
Peterson presented to the committee the University's
$462.3 million operating budget request for the coming
biennium and capital improvement plans totaling $35.8
million.
The proposal for the financing of an academic building
prograrr on the University city campus through revenue
bonds was also heard and no action was taken.
The bill would permit the University to issue "bonds
for about $20 million to $21 million to help finance some
$24,545,500 in capital construction on the city campus. If
the proposal were approved, the bond issue would be
backed by student fee income amounting to about $2.5
million per biennium.
This week is reserved in the Legislature for University
Budget hearings.
The University proposed $965-67 biennial budget calls
for a $10.5 million increase in state tax support, or from
the present biennial level of $31.7 million to $42.2 million.
This sum, supplemented by other anticipated revenue
from students, federal sources, endowment, etc., and ex
panded further by inclusion of cash auxiliary accounts,
would establish a total current funds budget estimated
at $62.3 million, compared with the present biennial es
timate of $49.4 million, a difference of $12.9 million.
The proposed budget, Chancellor Hardin said, In
cludes faculty, professional and administrative staff sal
ary increases to be distributed on a merit basis, not across
the board. These would compose an aggregate approxi
mating a 7 per cent general average increase during each
of the two pears. Also included are salary increases,
tailored in the same fashion and approximately 5 per
cent per year, for non-academic staff members. A single
increase of 10 per cent is proposed for graduate assistants.
Approximately 40 per cent of the $10.5 million increase
requested from state support is sought to cover work
load Increases resulting from rising enrollments. The budg
et anticipates a 1600 enrollment increase next year and
another 1200 the following year.
The University has four major sources of income:
state support, tuition, federal funds, and sales and serv
ices. The new biennial budget is expected to come from
these sources in these proportions: $42.2 million from state
support, $8.3 million from tuition, $3.8 million from federal
funds, and $7.9 million from sales and services.
The largest increase in the amount taken from any
of these areas as compared with last year's budget is in
the portion allocated by state support. The increase of $10.5
million represents a rise of 33.1 per cent.
Five specific factors are listed as causes for the in
crease in budget, all of which are tied directly or indirect
ly with the continuing growth of the University. These fac
tors, listed by the University, are as follows:
I. The Step Up To Stay Even Nebraska's system of
budgeting on a biennial (rather than Annual) basis has
produced a "built-in" factor of increase in the Univer
sity's operating costs.
For example, during the first year of the current bi
ennium, the University's operating costs totaled $20.9 mil
lion but this year they have increased to an estimated
$22.2 million. Main reasons for the second-year increase:
(a) adjustment in pay scales as planned and approved,
and (b) staff increases needed to handle increased work
load resulting from growth during the first year of the
1963-65 biennium.
Result: The University will begin the new biennium at
a higher rate of spending than it had at the start of the
old biennium. This is the "step up to stay even."
This factor in the financial planning for the new 1965-67
biennium accounts for an increase of $1.3 million, or 9.8
per cent of the total estimated increase. Of the $1.3 million,
just over half will come from state support.
II. Continuation-Salaries A basic assumption in the
financial planning for the new biennium is that Nebraska
desires no reduction of quality in the operations of the
University. Therefore, the maintenance of quality is a
fundamental objective.
Ability to pay for the services of qualified scholars,
scientists, and other staff members is widely accepted as
a standard requirement for quality control among institu
tions of higher education, both public and private.
A continuing ainj of the Board of Regents is that sal
ary scales at the University shall be kept at the general
level of those paid by universities which rank at the mid
point on any representative list of American public insti
tutions of higher learning.
Figured on the basis of staff now employed, these
'salary adjustments are estimated at $3.8 million for the
biennium and account for 29.8 per cent of the total esti
mated Current Funds Increase.
III. Continuation-Costs Other Than Salary These in
creases are divided into three major catagories:
A. The Unavoidable. These include maintenance and
operating costs which rise in proportion to the increased
use due to larger enrollment.
B. The Desirable. The replacement of obsolete or in
adequate material falls in this category.
C. The Overdue. This division is comprised of those
improvements which are needed to continue adequate op
eration. During the next biennium it is estimated that expendi
tures such as these will total $1.7 million and account for
13.3 per cent of the Current Funds increase.
IV. Workload Increases During the past two years
the number of regularly-enrolled students at the Univer
sity increased from 10,401 to 12,901, a gain of 2,500 stu
dents. This added the equivalent of a good-sized college
to the University's operations within the space of 24
months. During the next two years the enrollment will
again increase by at least 2,800 students, and the impact
of growth will be repeated even before the impact of growth
received during the present biennium has been absorbed
completely.
Over one-third of the total estimated increase is at
tributable to workload increase, and of this sum the major
part is required to hire the additional staff and to pay
for the other cost increases directly related to providing
instruction for ah increased number of students.
V. Improvement and New Programs The governing
officers of the University are recommending a limited
number of proposed program additions and improvements
which will require $1.7 million in operating revenue and
account for 13.2 of the total budget increase.
New programs and program improvements are pro
posed for these instructional areas: mathematics, physics,
chemistry, engineering, agronomy, animal science, home
economics, nursing, teacher training (in special educa
ton), law and medicine. The recommendations for medi
cine' include the inauguration of a coordinated system util
izing the facilities of hospitals affiliated with the College
of Medicine and also a greater emphasis on preparation
of medical students for general practice.
Approximately $400,000 of the $1.7 million proposed for
new programs and program improvement is for research
in the area of agriculture, including further efforts in the
development of new crops and crop uses, more effort
in the engineering phases of livestock production, and
more study of and support for ag-related industries and
services.
IFC, Pan Hel
Talk About
White Clause
The "white clause" in fra
ternity and sorority charters
was discussed last night by
representatives of the execu
tive councils of Interfraterni
ty Council (IFC), PanHellen
ic and the division of Student
Affairs,
The meeting came two
months after a Student Coun
cil recommendation that all
organizations at the Univer
sity remove clauses requiring
racial discrimination and
eight davs after a Daily Ne
braskan editorial suggesting
that Administration work with
these groups in eliminating
the clauses.
IFC last year issued a state
ment discouraging the coloni
zation of any group witn a
clause condoning racial dis
crimination. Vice Chancellor G. Robert
Ross, dean of Student Affairs,
and J. Winston Martin, asso
ciate dean of Student Affairs,
discussed the problem with
IFC President Buzz Madson
and PanHellenic President
Jean Probasco and their ex
ecutive committees.
Lomax Speaks
Tomorrow
On Muslims
rr. Iuis Lomax. noted au
thor and authority on the
Black Muslim movement, wiu
speak at the Nebraska Union
at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Lomax, appearing under
auspices of the Union Talks
and Topics Committee, will
speak on a number of race
relations topics, including a
number of his writings.
The author of three best
sellers, "The Reluctant Afri
can," "The Negro Revolt,
and "When the Word is Giv
en," he is considered one of
the leading authorities on race
problems in America.
A native of Georgia and re
cipient of three honorary doc
torate degrees, he was named
one of the 100 most influen
tial men in America by Eb
ony Magazine, and has ap
peared on many television
6 h o w s and newscasts for
NBC, CBS, and ABC.
Lomax also will speak at
the Unitarian Church in Lin
coln at 8 p.m. Friday.
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