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By Bruce Giles
Junior Staff Writer
Work on the new music
building, to be ready for
the fall semester, is about
45 per cent complete, ac
cording to Maury Halstead,
engineer for the Olson Con
struction Co.
Halstead said that con
struction was about three
weeks ahead of schedule.
Heavy rains last fall held
up construction, but favor
able weather so far this
winter has helped push con
struction ahead of schedule, -he
said.
He said that if unfavorable
weather conditions did not
slow the progress of t h e
building more than normal
ly expected, the building
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Four professors and two
students have been added
to the list of Outstanding
Nebraskan nominees.
Dr. Paul Johnsgard, Pro
fessor Keith Newhouse,
Gerald Swihart and Dr.
Dallas Williams received
nominations for the Out
standing Nebraskan facul
ty member. Frank Partsch
and Brian (Skip) Soiref
were nominated for the
Outstanding Nebraskan stu
dent award.
Johnsgard
"As an undergraduate
Dr. Johnsgard began h i s
long list of published
works," his letter of nomi
nation says. He came to
the University in 1961 as
an associate professor, ac
cording to the letter.
"Dr. Johnsgard is one of
the world's foremost orni
thologists in duck-study. He
ranks second in the number
of species observed." He
has served on the Editor
ial Board for the American
Ornothologist Union Jour
nal as well as doing coun
seling work at the Univer
sity and serving as an In
dian guide for the YMCA,
the letter says.
"He constantly strives to
present an interesting and
diversified lecture . . . and
is always available for con
sultation on any student's
problems. He has a great
propensity for getting to
know his students personal
ly," the letter adds.
The nomination also cites
many examples of the in
structor's research and dis
coveries. Newhouse
"The Western Electric
Fund Award for excellence
in engineering ('64-65) ex
emplifies the respect and
true esteem in which Pro
fessor Keith N. Newhouse
is held by associates and
students alike," the letter
nominating Newhouse be
gan. The letter stated that
Newhouse "does more than
teach; he aptly communi
cates and "is sincerely con
cerned with being under
stood rather than merely
beard."
Newhouse was also
praised for serving as an
advisor to both ASME and
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should be ready for ecu
pancy by the middle of the
summer.
The north part of the
building, to be used for of
fices, classrooms, teaching
studios and practice areas,
has progressed to the point
where it may be partially
enclosed for inside Work if
the weather gets bad. How
ever, completion of the third
floor and the roof is yet to
be done.
The south portion of the
building, to be used for a
rehearsal area, can also
now be enclosed.
"We are attempting to get
temporary heat into the
building and prepare tern-
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Sigma Tau. He is a mem
ber of Pi Tau Sigma, Sig
ma Zi, Pi Mu Epsilon and
the president elect of the
Faculty Club, the letter
said.
Swihart
Swihart, professor of civ
il engineering, is now serv
ing in his seventeenth year
at the University. "He has
combined a full teaching
load with supplemental job
experience ... he is af
filiated with numerous pro
fessional and honorary or
ganizations," the letter of
nomination states.
Swihart is listed in
"Who's Who in the Mid
West," "Who's Who in En
gineering," and "American
Men of Science," accord
ing to the nomination. He
serves as an upperclass
adviser and assists with
transfer students seeking
admission.
"Professor Swihart keeps
pace with everchanging en
gineering advances by at
tending various seminars
and conferences that fur
ther improve hii compe
tence as a teacher," the
letter says. The Instructor
is also active in commun
ity life as a father, and
husband and participates in
physical fitness by playing
basketball with a small
group of graduate students
and instructors."
"He always has a min
ute or an hour to spare for
his students, whether or not
scholastic troubles, some
special engineering prob
lem, or just a friendly con
versation about the football
team.
"He deserves all the su
perlatives I can think of,"
the nomination concludes.
Williams
Williams, associate pro
fessor of speech and dra
matic art, was described in
Coed Foes
Skit Tryoufs
Held Tonight
Skit tryouts for Coed Follies
will be held in the Ballroom
of the Nebraska Union tonight
beginning at 6:45. The try
outs are closed to everyone
except members of the group
trying out
The order for skit tryouts
will be: Alpha Chi Omega,
6:45; Alpha Omicron Pi,
7 pjn.j Alpha Phi, 7:15; Al
pha XI Delta, 7:30; Chi Ome
ga, 7:45; Delta Gamma,
8 p.m.; Delta Delta Delta,
8:15; Gamma PM Beta, 8:30.
Kappa Delta, 8:15; Kappa
Kappa Gamma, 9 p.m.; Pi
Beta Phi, 9:15; Pound Hall,
9:30, Zeta Tau Alpha, 9:45
porary enclosures," Hal
stead said.
He said that when the
building is turned over to
the University, interior fin
ish, seating for the choral
rooms and casing will be
completed.
Dr. Emanuel Wishnow,
professor and chairman of
the Department of Music,
said he was "very pleased
at the visible progress of the
music building."
The state Legislature ap
propriated funds for the $1.5
million building during the
1963 session. Upon comple
tion of the building, the cur
rent music building will be
torn down and a conserva
tory built in its place.
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the letter nominating him
as working "tirelessly in
his efforts to improve the
cultural climate of the Uni
versity" and as the man
"who built University Thea
tre." The letter points out that
from 1944 to 1958 he was
director of the University
Theatre. "In that span of
time he gave the University
Theatre a sense of direc
tion that has benefited stu
dents of speech who have
come to the University to
learn and practice the skills
of the theatre arts; and the
University community, as a
whole, by the consistent
professional quality of h i s
productions," the letter
states.
W 1 1 1 1 a m s' nomi&ajion
notes that while he was the
theatre's director he not
only directed all of the
plays, but he was also his
own technical director, pub
licity agent and business
manager. He is praised for
his work at advisor to the
Nebraska Masquers.
"If the success of the Uni
versity Theatre can be at
tributed to one man, that
man is Dr. Williams. If the
University, as an institution,
reflects a type of man, that
man is Dr. Williams," his
nomination ends.
Partsch
Two letters of nomination
were received for Frank
Partsch.
"He made the campus
come alive both on paper
and in fact," This is the
way one letter nominating
Partsch describes the for
mer editor of the Dally Ne
braskan. Corps Announces
February Visits
Peace Corps officials will
visit the University campus
during Peace Corps Week,
Feb. 13-18.
"Returnee speakers from
the Peace Corps will visit
organized houses and resi
dence halls," Ed Weiner, a
member of the ASUN Peace
Corps committee, said.
Films will be shown once a
day and speakers, brochures,
pamphlets, applications and
people to answer questions
will be in the Nebraska Un
ion during the week, he said.
Peace Corps exams will be
given Jan. 8 at 8 a.m. in post
offices and federal buildings
In Alliance, Beatrice, Fre
mont, Grand Island, Hastings,
Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and
Scottsbluff.
Those desiring to take the
exam should fill out applica
tions available at post offices.
The tests will be given again
Feb. 12.
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Vol. 81, No. 54
New Textbook
Fills Needs
Of Educators
One of the critical needs of
educators, planning curricula
for modern elementary and
secondary schools, will be
served in 1966 through the
publication of a new book by
University of Nebraska and
University of Florida authors.
The text, "Curriculum Plan
ning for Modern Schools,"
was written by Dr. J. Galen
Saylor, chairman of the de
partment of secondary educa
tion at the University, and
Dr. William Alexander, chair
man of the division of curricu
lum and instruction, Univer
sity of Florida.
This is the fourth text writ
ten by the two scholars, de
signed especially for gradu
ate students studying the
principles and . problems of
curriculum development in
elementary and secondary
schools.
Saylor, a former Fulbright
professor in Finland, is t h e
current president of the Na
tional Association for Supervi
sion and Curriculum Develop-
i ment.
yde
"Long before he served
as Daily Nebraskan editor
the first junior to hold
that position in years
Partsch was treating h i s
readers not only to scathing
attacks, but to a prose
style that has not been
matched since," the second
letter points out
"Not surprisingly,
Partsch is more than willing
to bite the hand that feeds
him. One of his first activi
ties was dormitory govern
mentand be has been one
of its most frequent critics
ever since . . . Never afraid
of unpopularity, Partsch has
drawn plenty of criticism
himself," the letter states.
Partsch is praised for his
"Closet Case" and "Fara
way Hills and Green Fields,
through which, his nomi
nation stressed over and
over, "he made this cam
pus live."
Partsch's nomination also
recognized him for his part
as secretary of RAM, a stu
dent assistant for two
years and as a member of
the Innocents Society. Schol
astically he is mentioned for
his memberships in Sigma
Delta Chi and Delta Phi
Alpha.
Sorief
Sorlef's letter calls him
"the type of person who re
flects the ideals of the Uni
versity student. One who
has worked not only to jus
tify the activities of student
organizations, but to make
these actions worthwhile."
The feeling of esteem
that Skip has received from
his fellow students is evi
denced by his selection as
president of the Innocents
Society after his second
year at the University," his
nomination states.
He is complimented for
his part as treasurer of Stu
dent Council and IFC for
trying "to bring a closer re
lationship and a better un
derstanding between these
groups."
His nomination also points
out that he has served as
secretary, vice president
and pledge trainer of Sig
ma Abha Mu and received
the IFC Sophomore Scholar
ship. Sorief, the letter says,
was named for membership
Into Beta Gamma Sigma,
national business honorary,
"showing Ms excellence in
the classroom."
"We feel that these qual
ifications: Skip's leadership
abilities, scholastic promi
nence, dedication to the
campus, and his personifi
cation of the University
ideals, make him a worthy
candidate for Outstanding
Nebraskan," the letter
stresses.
By Wayne Kreuschcr
Senior Staff Writer
Student Senate passed a
motion Wednesday request
ing that no activities be
held during Dead Week
which begins Monday and
ends Jan. 14. The motion
also asked the University
faculty to respect this period
before finals as one when no
hour exams or assignments
should be made.
Sen. Andy Taube, who in
troduced the motion, re
minded the Senate that
Dead Week was established
for the first time last year
through a recommendation
of both the student govern
ment and the Faculty Sen
ate. Taube explained that ap
parently s e m professors
have forgotten that the week
before finals has been rec
Student Professorship .
Builders To
Award At Convocation
Builders has selected the
recipient of this year's Stu
dent Professorship Award
which will be presented at
the honors convocation in
the spring. The name of the
recipeint will not be re
vealed until the convocation.
A plaque and a check for
$500 go along with the
award.
Professors were nomi
nated for the award by stu-
Agronomists Win
National Awards
Several members of the Uni
versity Agronomy Club and
faculty were honored at the
National Meeting of the Amer
ican Society of Agronomy held
at Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. H. H. Kramer, director
of the University Experiment
Station, was elected president
of the 5.700-member society.
Dr. William Kehr, professor
of agronomy, was named as
a new Fellow of the society
in recognition of his outstand
ing work as a crop geneticist
Mark Gaassen and Gary
Fick, 1965 graduates of the
University, were awarded
second and sixth places in
the National Essay Contest.
Burton Thomsen, a Universi
ty iunior. was elected Nation
al recording secretary of the
Student Subdivision.
Thomsen and James Schep-
Dars. a University sophomore,
were selected as co-chairmen
of the National Speech Con
test Committee.
Placement Office Aids Employers
By Jan Itkin
Junior Staff Writer
Interviews with about 550
employers yield job place
ments for approximately 1,
000 students a year, accord
ing to Frank Hallgren, Uni
versity placement director.
He explained that approx
imately 1,000 students use
the facilities of the place
ment bureau "actively seek
ing employment" and others
use it for help in finding the
correct agencies or schools
for post-graduate work.
"The figure 550 is also a
bit misleading," he con
tinued. "Some companies
come more than once and
send more than one inter
viewer. Hallgren said that women
account for only about five
per cent of the 1,000 stu
dents who use the bureau
each year.
"We hope this will change
In the future," he said.
He added that one of the
reasons for the seeming lack
of Interest was that a large
number of young women
were simply not interested
In long-range careers.
"Also many women mar
ry their first year out of
college," he continued, "and
do not seek active employ
ment as they can't commit
themselves until their hus
bands decide where they
will be located."
The Daily Nebraskan
ognized as a week with no
hour exams. He pointed out
that Faculty Senate did fail
to renew the recommenda
tion for Dead Week this
year, but only because of a
lack of time at the Decem
ber meeting.
He stressed that Dead
Week has been scheduled
since the beginning of the
year on all calendars. He
said that although some
professors who have already
scheduled hour exams for
this period can't change
their plans, he hoped they
would remember to leave
this period free next semes
ter. In other business at the
meeting, Sen. Gary Larsen
told the Senate that his cul
tural affairs committee and
SAGE were continuing to
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Present
dents and by campus or
ganizations. Various organizations con
tributed funds.
Jim Kinyoun, chairman of
the Student Professorship
Program Committee, said
that the program's advisory
board met shortly before va
cation to vote on whom
would receive the award.
Kinyoun said the board,
composed of representatives
from contributing organiza
tions, a senator from each
college and the dean of each
college, had to choose from
among 45 nominated profes
sors. More than 45 were actu
ally nominated, Kinyoun
noted, adding that his com
mittee had to make some
preliminary eliminations or
"our board meeting would
have lasted 48 hours." The
actual number of professors
nominated was not avail
able, Kinyoun said. In the
College of Arts and Sci
ences, he said, there were
approximately 70 nomina
tions. This is the second year
that the Student Professor
ship Award had been made.
Last year's recipient was
Dr. Robert Manley, assist
ant professor of history.
Kinyon said Builders
hopes to reach a long range
financial goal of $10,000 for
the program. The money, he
said, would be invested and
the resulting interest would
be used for the cash award
each year, eliminating the
need to solicit funds every
year.
Hallgren's observations on
women not taking advan
tage of university place
ment bureaus and campus
recruiters were similar to
those in an article in Jan
uary's Look magazine.
'They (the women) also
ignore campus recruiters,"
the article said. "This year,
three New York advertising
agencies stopped recruiting
at women's colleges. Only
three of 15 college girls they
hired had bothered to talk
to their man on campus. The
other 12 girls graduated,
went to Manhatten, looked
for work and had to turn
to employment agencies for
help. The agencies happily
placed each girl wiflh the
same advertising firm that
had waited at her college a
few months earlier. Her
myopia cost her an employment-agency
fee of 40 to 60
per cent of one month's sal
ary." "We wish the women
would take more advantage
of the bureau," Hallgren
said. "Any one who wants a
career has no difficulty in
finding opportunities be
cause there is a need for
well-trained people."
He added that the question
was not one of ability but
one of interest!. There is a
relatively small number of
women interested in the
technical and professional
work on the campus FM ra
dio station proposed by Sen
ate several months ago.
Larsen said that the Ne
b r a s k a Foundation has
shown an interest in the
project and has promised to
help find money for spon
soring a campus FM radio
station.
He explained that anoth
er, but even more complete
report on the proposed sta
tion has been drawn up and
that he and members of
SAGE will meet with G.
Robert Ross, vice chancel
lor and dean of student af
fairs, Monday.
Flight OK'd
Student Senate made it
possible Wednesday for a
student to save between $250
and $300 on a roundtrip char
tered flight to Europe this
summer.
The Senate passed a mo
tion, similar to one it de
feated before Christmas, ac
tively supporting a char
tered roundtrip to Europe
Bauer Attacks Opponents
Of Income Tax At YD's
The chief proponent of the i
state income tax law, LB797,
took a pot shot last night at
sponsors of the referendum
petition to put the law on the
ballot in November. He spoke
at a meeting of the Young
Democrats.
Sen. Hal Bauer, representa
tive from I-ancaster County,
told the group, "There is only
one reason in the world to put
the income tax on the ballot
and that is to kill it."
Bauer said that sponsors
of the referendum petition
drive had "misrepresentated"
their cause in making it ap
pear as though it was neces
sary that the people vote on
the issue.
The bill was passed by a
26-23 vote in the last session
of the Legislature and has
been the subject of much
controversy in the state. The
controversy centers around
whether Nebraska needs a
broadened tax basis, in con
trast to the present system of
a single property tax, and
what form this tax basis
should take. The law is writ
ten so that it would go i n t o
effect Jan. 1, 1967.
Bauer said that the law
may never reach the ballot
sheet because the income tax
law was ammended after the
drive had begun and the no
tice of the amendments had
not been printed on copies
used for the petitions, which
by state law invalidated the
areas where there is the
greatest pressure for quali
fied graduates.
The existing trend, Hall
gren said, was to look for
qualified women because of
the recent Fair Employment
Law and a general lack of
qualified people in various
fields.
The greatest pressure is
for technical and engineer
ing graduates said H a 1 1 -gren,
whose office handles
all University placement
other than in the teaching
field, "but that is not say
ing that other fields are not
looking for people too."
He suggested that students
going through interviews
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PLACEMENT SERVICE AT WORK . . . D.C. Wiedy of
Goodyear Tire and Rubber, interviews David Kopefcdky,
senior Is Business Administration.
Thursday, Jan. 6, 1966
which will leave June 11 for
100 University students, fac
ulty or staff members and
their families.
Dave Snyder, who intro
duced the motion, stressed
that in order for the Uni
versity to charter this flight,
interested people must make
a 10 per cent down-payment
and reservations by the end
of February.
Snyder pointed out that
this trip would leave June 11
and the return flight would
not be until August 18. He
said that Van Bloom Tour
and Travel Service is help
ing with most of the details
for the flight and that the
planes will be supplied by
Modern Air Transport.
Student Senate passed an
other motion accompanying
Snyder's which gave ASUN
President Kent Neumeister
the right to immediately ap
point someone to start or
ganizing the flight to ar
range for publicity.
Snyder indicated that Van
Bloom would take the reser
vations and keep track of
the money.
signatures.
If the law should go on the
ballot, Bauer said he would
not make predictions about
the outcome and is taking a
"wait-and-see" attitude. He
added that he thinks there is
a "growing recognition" in
the state that the tax b a s e
needs broadening.
Discussing his own sponsor
ship and support of the in
come tax, Bauer said, "T h e
property owner is paying an
unfair share of taxes, a great
many people are escaping
taxation in Nebraska."
The present property tax
system taxes only property
owners, while the income tax
law provides for the taxation
of individuals', corporations
and non-residents' earning in
the state.
Bauer said that the income
tax provides for a flat rate of
assessment on all incomes
and not a graduated one as
in the Federal income tax
system. He said an individual
would determine his net tax
able income by using the
same figures as he would for
Federal income tax.
Noting that the state in
come tax would replace part
of the current property tax
being paid, Bauer said, "My
opinion is that we should
have a property tax, an in
come tax, and a sales tax,
not to raise money but to dis
tribute the burden of taxa
tion." prepare themselves in two
major ways: by first de
fining their own goals and
objectives and by secondly
becoming familiar with
what their prospective em
ployer does.
A college placement man
ual which offers other sug
gestions c a n be obtained
from the placement office
on the third floor of the Ne
braska Union, he added.
"Primarily we serve sen
iors," Hallgren said, "how
ever, some companies do
interview juniors for
planned summer programs.
We don't place students for
summer jobs like life saving
and construction work
though."
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