Wednesday Febr. 2. 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
'Indirectly Concerned'
Swanson Explains
egent's Duties
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
The duties of a University
Regent are more concerned
with matters only indirectly
related with the student, yet
a "regent "needs to know
what is going on" among the
students, according to Clar
ence Swanson, new president
of the Board of Regents.
Swanson believes it is the
duty of the administration to
handle student affairs and
complaints, but that student
representatives "can appear
with permission at our meet
ings and protest" if they feel
there Is a lack of communica
tion on an Issue between the
student body and the admin
istration. Swanson, who was elected
president following the resig
nation of Val Peterson, is
serving his third term in the
rotating office.
A native Nebraskan, Swan
son graduated from the Uni
versity and p 1 a y e d varsity
football here for three years.
He was elected regent in 1954.
from the first district and re
elected in 1960. He said he
will run again for re-election
In November.
Swanson discussed Univer
sity planning as one of the
Regents' duties. He said that
classrooms expansion in the
past has not kept pace with
University growth and that
current expansion and re-
molding plans are the Board s
remedy for the situation.
"We're adding a new Wes
leyn University each year,"
Swanson said, noting the large
increases in enrollment in re
cent years. He said the Board
of Regents is considering hir
ing a Houston firm of campus
planners to coordinate cam
pus building and expansion.
Touching on the issue of tui
tion increases, Swanson said,
'none of us guessed that tui
tion would increase so fast."
He said the probability of tui
tion increases in the next two
years is not high, but that the
possibility always exists.
: Swanson stressed the idea
that a tuition increase would
be a "last resort" measure
used only when other chan
nels of revenue were ex
huasted. Swanson said he felt he was
unable to assess the intellec
tual atmosphere among the
students, but from an aca
demic standpoint, the stu
dents are "the brightest we've
ever had." He said he felt
the University is drawing a
higher percentage of' "top
grade" students every year.
The Masters Program and
the Innocent's Protege' Pro
gram drew lauds from the Re
gent, who stressed the p r o -grams
were "just wonderful."
The best Dart of th n r n .
grams, Swanson said, is that
the business and professional
people participating "get such
a joy out of it."
Swanson termed student-ad-ministration
commun
ication channels "adequate"
and said he thought ASUN is
"progressive and trying to ex
press" the student mind. He
believes the January 3 resolu
tion to obtain an extra day of
vacation was well handled by
the administration since "stu
dents just thought they ought
to have a holiday."
"I don't think our adminis
tration treats our students as
children," Swanson said, dis
cussing the concept of "in
loco parentis" which main
tains University administra
tors attempt to behave as par
ents. "You can't have all the
privileges of doing what you
want without accepting t h e
disciplines that go along with
it," he said.
Swanson touched briefly on
the proposals for a senior key
system for women, quipping,
"If I were a senior girl I
certainly would be for it."
Agronomy Ma jor
Wins $100 Grant
A University sophomore
majoring in agronomy has
been selectde to receive the
1965-66 Nebraska Seedsmen's
scholarship.
He is Richard Ronnenkamp,
20-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Ronnenkamp of
Bancroft.
The scholarship, valued at
$100, is presented annually to
an agronomy major by the Ne
braska Seedsmen Association.
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Lead roles in Carmen, from left, Don Canady, Mark
Gruett. and Janet Payne.
'Carmen' Sold Out;
Rehearsal Opened
It has been Spain at Howell
Theatre every afternoon for
the past three weeks during
rehearsals of the opera "Car
men" by Bizet.
Because of the demand for
tickets for regular perform
ances, Director John Zei
opened Tusday night's dress
rehearsal to the public. Tick
ets are sold out for all four
performances, which run from
Wednesday to Saturday.
The s t a g i n g is complete
with gypsies, bull fights, gui
tars and flamengo dancers.
Leading the troupe .of Span
ish gypsies is Carmen her
uelf , played on alternate
nights by Rosella Lange and
Janet Payne.
Miss Lange is a graduate
stuent. in. voice and . has had
leads in "Madame Butterfly,"
"La Traviata," "Street
Scene," "Peer Gynt," and the
Lincoln Symphony's presen
tation .af .Verde's "Requiem."
Miss Payne is a junior ma
joring in music. She has ap
peared with the Roger Wag
ner Chorale.
"Carmen is a woman who
loves and hates passionately.
She ..liar a ' motivating. '.desire
to conquer men, and she
does," Miss Payne said, She
noted that Miss Lange and
she have had to work very
hard to interpret the char
acter of this gypsy with so
many changeable moods.
Miss Lange described Car
men as "fickle woman," but
said she enjoys playing t h e
role.
Mid-Year Grads
Receive Degrees
Five hundred degrees were
conferred at the University's
fourth largest mid-year com-
jnencement exercises Satur
day in Pershing Auditorium.
Chancellor Clifford M.
Hardin presided and Dr. A. C.
Breckenridge, vice chancellor
and dean of facilities, was
master of ceremonies.
Honorary docterate degrees
were conferred upon Earl M.
Kline of Lincoln, Dr. David
Fellman of Madison, Wis.,
and Dr. Harold F. Robinson
of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Graduating seniors who had
completed advanced ROTC in
various branches of the armed
forces received their bars
during joint commissioning
exercises Saturday morning
in Love Library auditorium.
Federal Aid Given
To Medical School
A 15 million dollar moderni
zation and expansion of the
University's College of Medi
cine in Omaha has been as
sured with the announcement
in Washington, D.C., that the
surgeon general has approved
a federal grant of $8,079,924.
This, grant from the United
States Public Health Service
under the Health Professions
Assistance Act program is the
largest ever received for med
ical construction in Nebraska.
The State Legislature last
summer appropriated $7,650,
000 as its share of the College
of Medicine building program.
The College of Medicine has
developed a three-phase build
ing program. The matching
money is for Phase I.
In the first phase, the Uni
versity will build two new
floors to its clinics wing and
a new basic sciences building.
Older areas of the hospital
will be remodeled and reno
vated. "The expansion and mod
ernization not only will update
teaching, laboratory and pa
tient care facilities, but it will
also enable the College of
Medicine to increase its en
tering freshmen medical class
by about 20 per cent.
Low Housing Demand
To Keep Dorm Closed
Marie Sandoz Hall will not
open second semester due to
a lack of demand for housing
from women students, accord
ing to M. Edward Bryan, dir
ector of housing.
Bryan explained that t h e
University had considered
opening the nearly-completed
women's dorm, located south
of Abel Hall if enough students
had needed the dorm for hous
at this time.
J 'School
One Of
Largest
The University's School of
Journalism, with 384 majors,
is the largest journalism
school in the nation offering
only undergraduate degrees,
according ,to Dr. William E.
Hall, director.
The school ranks ninth as
compared to 16th last year, in
undergraduate enrollment
among all schools of journal
ism, Hall said.
He said the figures were ob
tained from an enrollment
study prepared by the Journal
i s m Quarterly, a national
publication for journalism ed
ucators. An additional 150 students
are taking courses in journal
ism while majoring in other
academic areas, Hall said.
This brings the total enroll
ment in journalism courses
during the fall term to about
500.
He pointed out, however,
that students moving into the
residence halls in the mid-year
had filled the normal cancell
ation rate in the other halls
and that only about 25 girls
were interested in transferr
ing from other housing units.
Bryan said the regular
housing system is now filled
to more than 90 per cent of its
capacity.
Construction plans are pro
ceeding as contracted and the
air-conditioned dorm will be
used for summer school,
Bryan noted.
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TODAY j
RESIDENCE HALLS Di
rectors, 1 p.m., ''Nebraska
Union.
A.W.S. Activities. Mart, 2
p.m., Nebraska Union '
UNION Trips and Tours
2:30 p.m., Nebraska Union.
STUDENT Affairs, 3:30
p.m. Nebraska Union.
A.S.U.N. Student Senate,
4 p.m., Nebraska Union.
RED CROSS, 4:30 p.m.,
Nebraska Union.
BUILDERS Tours, 4:30
p.m., Nebraska Union.
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE,
Student to Student. 4:30
p.m., Nebraska Union."
UNION Public Relations,
4:30 p.m., Nebraska Union.
YWCA Girls Club, 4:30
p.m., Nebraska Union.
TOASTMASTER Club,
5:30 p.m., Nebrasks Union.
GaMMA ALPHA CHI, 7
p.m., Nebraska Union.,
BUILDERS Board, 7 p.m.,
Nebraska Union.
YWCA Y-Teens Advisors,
7 p.m.. Nebraska Union.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA. 7
p.m., Nebraska Union. '
IFC, 7 p.m., Nebraska
Union.
"POINT of Order," 7:30
p.m., Nebraska Union. . .
NEBRASKA Career Sdiol
lars, 7:30 p.m., Nebraska
Ur'on. ' '
MATH Counselor Pro
gram, 7:30 p.m., Nebraska
PARKING Appeals
Board, 7:30 p.m.,. Nebraska
Union.
BUILDERS SEED, 8 p.m.,
Nebraska Union. .
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