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a.TY OF NESR. Drop-Outs Meet Draft, Studenti Still Deferred Easing the mind of virtually-even- male student at the University. Col. Fancis Drath. ' deputy director of the Nebras ka Selective Service, said that students '"satisfactorily pursu- i n g a full-time course in school" need not be too con cerned about being drafted. Col. Drath defined full time" as 12 hours of course work at the University. 'Satisfactorily." he defined as being high enough to re main at the University. However, the student de ferment can be terminated at any time if the student drops out of school, he added. The draft makes deferments to those persons whose "ac-i tivity and study is essential to the national health, safety or interest," according to Drath. Students come under this category, because "the more education you have, the more useful you will be in civilian life and also in military life. ii you must serve." For this reason, the Selec tive Service is designed "to encourage young men to stay in school as long as they have the financial and menial re sources." he said. Oil. Drath emphasized that ft deferment is just a delay of induction and not an exemp tion. A deferment lasts for University Offers Work Study Aid Student employment at the University is receiving a boost this year from the W o r k Study Program under Presi dent Johnson's War on Pover ty program. The program, administered through the Scholarship and Financial Aids division of the University, is aimed at pro viding jobs for students from low income families. Students not eligible for this program are able to secure iobs through the same office, however, either in the form of a work scholarship or as a regular part-time job. Salaries for the program ran from 85c to $2.75 an hour, for Irish school students through doctoral students. According to Dr. Edward Lundak. director of Scholar ships and Financial Aids, jobs outside the federal program will be given first to approxi mately 400 students who have received work scholarships. "There should be enough jobs for any student who wants to work and whose schedule permits reasonable hours for a part-time job." Lundak said. One of the benefits of the Work-Study Program is that it allows University offices to ex pand their personnel without increasing their budgets. The regular administrative staff of the University, for in stance, has not expanded ap preciably despite the increase in the number of students, ac cording to Roy Loudon of the University Personnel Depart ment. "It's hard to expand a staff as fast as the pressures of the work require." Loudon said. "The students in the program help take up some of the slack caused by an increase in work volume. The re-organization of t h e dormitory administrations has been one of the biggest persnn- Medical School, Teachers Plan Dates For Tests Information regarding test ing dates for medical students and seniors in Teachers Col lege has been announced. Students who wish to apply for admission to any medical school in the fall of 1966 must take the Medical College Ad mission Test on Oct. 23. un less they have already done so Application forms must be turned in by Oct. 8. They may be obtained from premedical advisors or from T. B. Thor sen. 204 Bessey Hall. Seniors preparing to teach school may take the National Teachers Examinations on anv of four dates, which in clude: Dec. U: War. 19: July 16 and Oct. 8. 1906. prospective teachers should contact the school systems in which they seek employment, or their instructors, for spe cific advice on which exami nations to take. just a year and is then re viewed. The national Selective Sen ice headquarters has issued an order which makes it pos sible for local draft boards to get a transcript of credits on students if they want, accord ing to Col. Drath. However, he said the Nebraska Selective Service is "not urging" local boards to do this. One stipulation for d e f e r -mcnt is that the student must be in a recognized school. Col. Drath noted that in re cent years, this has come to mean everything from barber college to business and voca tional schools. Although be noted no par ticular rush back to school, he said there were some ho did enter graduate schools who had not previously in tended to continue their edu cation. A graduate student must, however, carry nine hours and must be admitted as a candi date for a degree. He cannot just continue to take courses after graduation. The draft quota for Nebras ka in September and October is 235 and 260. This is five or six times as large as the same two months last year.' the former figures being 46 and 57. nel changes since last year, 'Loudon said. The University received $180,000. this academic year, which in turn is allocated to the deans of the five major colleges, the administration and several off-campus agen cies. About 700 students are ex pected to participate in the fall program, which officially be gan Sept. 7. "The first step for a student to become eligible for the pro gram is to submit a confiden tial financial statement for approval.' Lundak said. Once the student's eligibility has been approved, he can be placed in secretarial work, la bor, clerical work or any of other numerous jobs. An estimated 1.000 Univer sity students are eligible for the program this year, accord ing to Lundak. The jobs available include several hundred off-campus openings. Lundak said. Many jobs are filled through depart ments of the University and paid for from the department budgets. During the summer, the University employed 891 stu dents, including 470 high school graduates who are en tering as freshmen. "One of the limiting factors in the summer program was the fact that wt had more jobs than students eligible," Lundak said. Martin, Salmon Vacate Positions The University Administra tion has announced several charges in personnel. ; J. Winston Martin, former' associate dean of Student Af fairs, left his position this summer for the post of as-j 'sociate dean of Student M- fairs at the University of Tennessee. i Filling his position will be two men, nussel Brown, a former psychology counselor, and Richard Scott, former resident director at Sellack Quadrangle. Brown will assume research and staff planning duties un-i der the Student Affairs office, and Scott will be connected with fraternities and other student organizations a n d affairs. j Also leaving the adminis tration ranks is Curtis Siem ers. former coordinator of i Student Activities and treas urer of the Student Activities fund. Siemers will take a job at Kearney Stale College as as sociate dean of Student ! Affairs. ! Former Financial Aids Ad visor Larry Salmon has taken a position as Aerospace Edu cation Assistant under Frank !Sorenion. director of summer : sessions and chairman of the Department of Educational Services. Named to fill Salmon's post is Allen Birch, an August graduale of the University and a business administration and economics major. Vol. 80, No. 1 3 in,.,. ii 2 "I 1 5! 'i;. - " ..silv :: TJ Some wait, some walk. oops, and some bump and college men clash in the rush to classes. ASUN Activity Reshapes Student Governmnet Scene 'What this year's ASUN j does will change the whole' scene of student govern- ment." i With this statement Kent - Neumeister. president of the ' Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, ASUN i began describing the University 's new student gov ernment. The largest proposed budget in ctiirinnt pnrprtimpnf-c hie tory at the University , a long list of ambitious projects, a completely new setup and structure all of these things. Neumeister pointed out, de scribe this, year's govern ment. He explained that w:hen the Student Senate meets for its first meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Nebraska Un ion, it w ill be part of a gov ' ernment unlike any other stu dent government ever seen at the University. Unlike former University student governments, this one no longer includes only a council of some 35 members from the different colleges, but rather a setup similar to a national government. ! Powers Enumerated Last year's Constitutional Convention changed the old Student Council form of gov ernment into the ASUN which includes executive, legislative Senate) and judicial (Stu dent Court) branches. The new constitution also stressed that the new student government is the most pow erful student body on campus with large jurisdiction and great power. Powers given the new gov ernment are explained in ' Article IV. under "Powers". ! of the constitution. Some ex- amples are: "To recognize all proposed consist of the Student Court new student organizations and which, according to the con to approve their constitutions, stitution. will have p o w e r without which recognition and approval an organization shall v-i-f p. h-4 ' r Zli&y& , 4 : f V l'iv . .. r , ' & , ) V t - 1 c: Where do we go from here? Hundreds of coeds found Crant Memorial a heap of wood and bricks. They had to take a brisk walk to Nebraska Hall where the Women's Physical Education Department has been relocated. Look ing dismayed are left, Karen (iarber, Jan Ludi, and Janet Wagner. For more pictures and the construction story, we page tour. The lJM&M - - ... - A mmmm I '""Wf V ..' , on 14th not be permitted to function, "To establish by majority vote of the Student Senate. new and uniform conditions for. continued approval of exiting siuaem organizations. to demand compliance with said new conditions within a reasonable and stated length of time, and to revoke, by conviction m Student Court. the constitutions and rights to function of organizations fail- t0 comPlv- "To schedule and-or con duct all student elections of general University interest, not excluding those for con tests sponsored by subor dinate organizations. "To exercise any other powers necessary for the gen eral welfare of the students." Senate 'Centralized' Larry FroJik. ASIA' vice president and president of the Senale. said. "Student Gov ernment no longer is a student council with sort of miscel laneous activity, but rather it is now a centralized govern ment for the campus." He pointed out that in the last few years students have ! continually lost power and di rection on the campus, but that with the new centralized ASUN the students will have a central place to concentrate and direct their power and ideas. "We're breaking w ith t h e old." Neumeister said, "and there w ill be a lot of change, especially in attitude." He pointed out that this year's government will oper ate witn a Senate making legislation, an executive car rying out decisions and or ganizing programs and a ju diciary checking constitution ality. The judicial branch will over matters of i m p e a c h- ment. interpretation of the Daily Nebraskon 1 4 i i .JffiUgliiil Street where cars, coeds constitution, contested elec tions, and organizations when referred to the court by the University administration, the Senate or an individual. , . . , The Student Court will not i .u o j . -u . replace the Student Tribunal . . . , , , ,, . in trying students for Inner- sily violations. It has only duSics similar to those listed above, which before the new constitution were charged to the Student Council under the charter of the Student Tribu nal. oa!s Listed Neifmcister and Frolik both said that ASUN's biggest job this year will be to lay the groundwork for a powerful and prcstigous future student government at the Univer sity. But thev also strewed thai there w ere certain things they were determined the govern ment would accomplish this year. The following are some areas where, t rohfc said. ASIA" would cam out inves tigations. pass legislation and find solutions: Student-teach er relationships: course eval uation: student advisory boards: cultural affairs: civil rights: tutoring: and joining a national student govern ment association. "This year's senators." Frolik stressed, "are going to be working more than a n y other croup ever has in this school's student government. Neumeister pointed out that in order ior all senators to keep track of mimeographed reports and other informa tion, red note books costing a total of 70 would be pro- vided ior each senator. He said that student govern- mcnt this vear will include work done by executive com- mittees and committees of people who are not members of Senate, besides Student Senate committees. 1 I.,.. 1 "i - H: , . 9 ..iduMito - wi ; 1 Qgisfrofion 1 fi!. In inish M'hat closely resembles massive demonstrations, min us the violence, at the Admin istration Building and the Col iseum are merely last minute registration and problems I connected with registration. Originally estimated at about 14.500. the 1965 registration is expected to reach only about 14.300 to 14.400. according to Lee Chatficld. associate dean i the number of students not of student affairs and director; fuming jn their tuition pay of the Junior Division and "was small. percentage Counseling Service. wise." Vet even this figure is far above the 12.901 enrollment figure of last fall. The 1965 enrollment figure any were the most crowded, is nearly double the 1955 fig-; Chatfield said that the maje ure of 7.845. The 1960 enroll-' matics sections would accom ment w as 8.711. ( modate the students. Registration Simplified For many students, registra tion was quite simple nearly 12.000 students pre-registered, said Chatfield. ; .Many new SlUOCniS ana their parents learned that . , , . . Mav is not too earlv to put in '.. , , " . . applications for the Universi- n" .Bv CJJrlv lav we had ab'out m applications and by June we had about 5.000 ap- plicaions." Cbafield added " To accommodate the stu- dent, we were opening new sections all summer he said, By the middle of the sum - mer. he said, we had to c ose out some biology, zo- oogy and botany courses as elective, and only put stu- dents in them who needed the course to fill a requirement. Chatfield noted -that there are enough classrooms, but thai the departments and col- i -u..-. r b(Teause tbev couM BOt f i n d enough instructors new sections. to open Hp nrairt the rienartments for rinin .-a tnmendous iob in finding space." In fact, he said, the situation looks much better lhan . month a0 In assimilating the increase in students. Chatfield noted that there were more Tues day. Thursday, and Saturday classes, but said that "stu dents are accepting this." He said the bulk of the class es are from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 P.m. with most of the evening classes being laboratories. Some Pay Late Although there were the normal amount of problems in pre-registrztion arising from computer error and name mix-up. one of the big- est problems came w h e n students did not turn in pay - mpnt for their tuition. Dr. Floyd Hoover, registrar, said that registered letters were sent to these students, The letter said. "Unless we' Wednesday, September 15, 1965 Sight hear from you by Friday, Sept. 3. we shall be forced to break down your registra tion and make the spaces available to someone else." This brought instant replies from the students who had been either negligent or for getful. Hoover said, however, that Sections Crowded While noting that the areas of biology, zoology, and bot- Chemistry sections, he said, were "squeezing and expand ing in order to get around tbo increased number of stu- dents He said that there was not oninn tn So miifh hnlHm-pr lm. til later semesters for students fu-r, lrwih u needing freshman English. He added that there were more duueu Udl u"fie ire 1Uif; problems m the upper level Enflish courses. "lr: tion meant fewer problems for and faculty. both students F d ft meaBS j , , linps A tDe . Aimto?trati0il lvMmg. long ,iDes at the AdjninistratioB Bnildillg- ,ong lh)es at the ad. snsmc aDd furtber long at the Coliseum, System May Change For future years, Chatfield said that the University has . , . . ... . - . 'tajkea aooui using a system SfJ 10 th6 ' ,, . , The system would involve ! raising the amount of first de- Posit- llich cou)d refund- ed b-v Ju!' 31- -iher pay- iJ'tJU "uu,u "c '"".uc . the ?r. and,tJhe tU3tjn payjnem w ouja noi oe m a u e until after the rirnn and arH npnnr- i If the tuition payments were not made, the registration would be cancelled. It would cost $16 or SIS to re-instate the registration. The re-instatement fee would end t0 eliminate thi tuition payment problem, ac cording to Chatfield. Hardin Gets New House The University of Nebraska ( Foundation will buy a $99,500 .noufie in The Knolls ior use as Chancellor Clifford Har- din's residence, jhe three-year-old home, now- owned bv Paul Schorr jr.. will be leased to the Uni versity for $475 per month or :53.ou per year, wixn ine scnooi having an option to purchase ! the house at the end of the 1 3a-year lease, or anytime dur ing trie lease, according to Foundation President Harry Haynic. The lease-purchase agree ment on the residence, which officials say could be used for official functions, was ap proved unanimously by the Board of Eegents. The home would be in part a gift to the Foundation. Chancellor Hardin and his family presently live at 2110 A. a house acquired in 1938, according to Joseph Soshnib, vice chancellor for business and finance. The University estimated the present value of the home, which is 50 to 60 years old, at about $12,902. Haynie estimated that the Hardins will be able to move into the new residence with in 60 days. Schedule Changed Air Force ROTC students in AS 011 will meet for the first time tomorrow in Lovt Library Auditorium instead of Sept. 23 as listed in the first semester schedule. Students in AS 011 can draw their uniforms today and tomorrow. .-.