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Vol. 81 No. 57
The Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, Febr. 3, 1966
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Questionnaire
Editor's Note: The follow
inff is an examnle of what the
ASUN faculty evaluation
questionnaire will look like
which will be used to make
UP the faculty pviilimtinn
booklet. These questionnaires
will be distributed to all Uni
versity students innrder to
evaluate the faculty.
ASCN FACULTY EVALUATION
QUESTION AIRE
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ASUN, Is distributed to provide students
with the opportunity of evaluating the
Instructors ot the University, fcach atu
dent has the responsibility In render a
conscientious and thoiurhtful evaluation of
only the professors he has had during
.iic mmi-c inevmuR semesters.
Denartment rnmn.. inDi ......
Major It Minor Grade Rec.
Over-all Grade Ave.
Directions: Numbers one through seven
icpreseni a Brafluatecl scale.
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Lectures:
1. How well were the lectures prepared:
very well well poorly very poorly
12 3 4 5 6 7
understanding ot the course:
v. vuiuauic. vaiuanie lime v. no v.
1 2 3 4 5 7
3. How was the lecture's delivery:
v. stimulating somewhat stimulating
somewhat dull dull
1 2 3 4 S 6 7
J HW (..lint, morion uu II,..i-a lu.
twecn reading and lectures:
lect. independent some large read at
of reading over over lect.
lap lap idem.
Larsen Elected
IFG President
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Gary Larsen
By Bruce Giles
Senior Staff Writer
Gary Larsen, president of
Beta Sigma Psi fraternity
and a former Interfraternity
Council (IFC) affairs chair
man, was unanimously elect
ed president of IFC.
Larsen was the only person
in the running, after Ed Tip
pets announced that he w as
declining his nomination.
Larsen outlined a tentative
program to IFC for the year,
but stressed that it was mere
ly tentative and would have
to be discussed by the IFC ex
ecutive committee and the en
tire IFC.
"For the quality of men
IFC has, there is not enough
exchange of ideas and con
versation," he said. Pointing
out that he thought the atmos
phere of the Nebraska Union,
where the group meets, is
more like a classroom, he
said he hoped that once a
month the meetings could be
moved to the individual fra
ternity houses, where the at
mosphere wouid be more con
ducive to the exchange of
ideas. He also is considering
attending some of these din
ner meetings.
Larsen said he hoped that
meetings could be held bi
weekly when the load permit
ted. Due to a lack of knowledge
about the functions of IFC in
the individual houses, he pro
posed to have the public rela
tions committee and the offi
cers of IFC talk to the fresh
men pledge classes of e a c h
fraternity.
Larsen said he would also
attempt to work with the new
IFC representatives, briefing
them on the work of IFC in or
der that they could become
"working" members of a n d
enter into the organization
much faster.
Regarding drinking and dis
crimination, Larsen said he
thought that the issues had
been thoroughly discussed
and that there was no n e e d
to "rehash them and come up
with about the same conclu
sions." He said that guide
lines. had been laid out and
now enforcement was up to
IFC.
Larsen said that one of his
major projects during t h e
cmoing year would be the
rush program. He stressed to
the IFC that he considered
the rush chairman to be one
1 2 3 4 S 1
5. Was this overlap between reading
and lectures necessary:
absolutely very little not
essential helpful necessity necessary
I 2 :i 4 r 7
. How ellective was the instructor's
methods In aiding your understanding :
v. ellective effective little not
v. elect, eflect. little not
elfect effective
1 2 :i 4 5 7
I. Was the instructor Interested In and
willing to help his students:
v. helplul helplul little no
helplulness help
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Assigned Material:
6. Has the assigned material valuabl
to your objectives oi the course:
v. valuable valuable little no valus
value
1 2 3 4 li 6 7
9. How much work did the assigned
material reouli-e:
overburdening heavy light nearly
nothing
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Exams:
in. How well did the tests nr th
course material:
v. well well adequately poorly
12 3 4 5 7
II. Were the exams graded fairly:
v. lair fair somewhat unlair
fair
1 2 3 4 5 II 7
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS IN
STRUCTOR TO OTHER STUDENTS:
Most Some Majors Few
12 3 4
V Were you stillslied with the in
structor? Explain.
It. Whai did you like best about this
instructor?
C. What did you like least about this
Instructor?
11. Was there a communication problem
under this Instructor?
B. Were you satisfied with the in
structor's methods? Explain.
P. Any additional comments you think
might benefit other students.
of the best means of public re
lations for the Greek system.
He stressed the idea that
during Rush Week, rushees
who indicated that they were
only interested in one parti
cular fraternity should be
"treated with respect and as
a potential member of the
Greek system by other fra
ternities." A delegate from Nebraska
to the National IFC conven
tion, Larsen said it w a s
stressed that it should be
made as easy as possible for
a rushee to pledge.
He believes that the $25
rush fee paid by rushees be
fore Rush Week should be
lowered. He also questioned
the 30-day waiting period
that a rushee must wait be
fore he pledges if he did not
go through Rush Week. The
rushee may already be moved
into a dormitory and then it
becomes a problem for h i m
to move out.
Describing Rush Week as
often being a case of rushees
"being herded around like
cows," Larsen said that he
thinks IFC should consider
summer rushing and possibly
a system similar to Tenessee
in which the formal rush rules
were dropped, including t h e
requirement that a rushee
visit all the houses.
Larsen said further that he
thinks too much responsibility
is being put on the rushee
and not enough on the houses.
The only way for fraterni
ties to get the names of rush
ees during the summer is
through regular registraiton
for Rush Week, Larsen said.
He advised the IFC to issue a
statement in the rush book
urging rushees to send in
their registration early so
that fraternities may contact
them during the summer. He
said an early registration
date with a lower fee might
be a means to accomplish
this.
Other high points in L a r
scn's speech included:
WAIVERS Granting of
two waivers to each house
per semester to eliminate the
consideration of waivers by
IFC.
GRADES Putting a house
on social probation if its
grade average is below the
ail men's average for two
consecutive semesters.
FACULTY Urging houses
to meet informally with fac
ulty members with a possi
bility of even making them
honorary members. About 80
of 120 faculty members have
indicated they would partici
pate in these informal meet
ings. ADVISORY Formation of
a presidents advisory board
of house presidents to advise
the IFC president. ,
COMPLEXES - C o m e to
some type of understanding
with the administration be
cause there is no longer room
to build and there exists a
lack of funds to build.
COLONIZATION Estab
lish guidelines concerning col
onization before letting any
more fraternities colonize on
the campus.
Senate Approves . .
acuity Evaluation
Serves 'Two Purposes
By Jan Ktkin
Senior Staff Writer
Student Senate Wednesday
voted unanimously to approve
the Faculty Evaluation Book.
The book, which will be dis
tributed in early April, will
contain evaluations of faculty
members based on the results
of questionnaires that will be
circulated next week, accord
ing to Ladd Lonnquist, chair
man of the ASUN faculty
Evaluation committee.
Lonnquist stated, in a re
port before ASUN, that t h e
book would serve "the t w o
fold purpose of providing stu
dents with an opportunity of
evaluating their instructor by
means of a questionnaire and
making available valuable in
formation concerning instruct
ors by means of an evaluation
booklet."
He explained that the fac
ulty evaluation project was
set up so that all students,
with the exception of fresh
men, could participate.
He said that next week
approximately 35,000 question
naires will be available
through various living units
and the Nebraska Union. He
urged co-operation of the stu
dents in filling out and return
i n g the questionnaires as
"there is a time element in
volved." He added that in ord
er for the booklet to be ready
for distribution prior to next
semester's registration, h i s
committee "must begin, in our
task immediately."
Questionnaires may
Speaker's, Fellows Bridge Academic Gap
Two "breaks" in the iron
wall which often separates the
students from their instruct
ors have recently been de
RARE GERMAN BOOKS .
Hiller,
University
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The generosity of alumni
and the alertness of scholars
and librarians searching for
rare and important books
have paid off for the Univers
ity. A gift of eight German books
of devotion, dating from 1500
to 1700 and valued at $1500,
was made to the University
Foundation by Herbert Koli
morgan of Lincoln.
The books, which include
three very early (1550-1559)
and rare volumes of Martin
Luther's complete works,
were brought to Nebraska be
fore the turn of the century by
Kollmorgan's maternal and
paternal grandparents, both
Lutheran ministers.
The grandparents were the
be filled out evaluating any
instructor whose course a stu
dent has completed. The book
is to be revised every year,
Lonnquist said.
Total cost ol the booklet is
estimated at about $900 f o r
4,000 booklets of 50 pages
each. Lonnquist said that both
advertising and a small
charge per booklet would take
care of the cost.
Discussion of the book re
volved around its major pur
pose. Sen. Andy Taube suggested
that the evaluations first be
shown to individual faculty
members to allow them time
to change their courses if
if need by.
Lonnquist iiott'd (hat t h e
book is primarily to aid the
students and not "to make
criticisms or he eachers.
This is a booklet where the
students can sec what kind of
a professor they are signing
up for."
Taube expressed concern as
to whether the book sought to
help students by helping the
teachers or to present a
m e a 1 1 s by which students
could boycott individual pro
fessors. Kent Ncumeister, ASUN
president and introducer of
the motion, said. "The book
let's main purpose is n o t to
improve communications be
tween faculty and students
although that may be an out
come. The book is not for the
benefit of "the "faculty, but to
aid students in making a
choice of courses. It is not to
veloped.
These take the form of a
speaker's bureau and a facul
ty fellows program.
. . gifts to the University Foundation, are inspected
Mrs. Greene and donor Kollmorgan.
Foundation Receives
Rev. and Mrs. Louis Bendin
and the Rev. and Mrs. K. J.
Kollmorgan.
Dr. Robert Hiller, associate
professor of Germanis lang
uages and an authority on Ger
man baroque literature, said
the hymnals and books of de
votion are of the utmost value
to scholars interested in cul
ture and stylistic change.
The books came into the
possession of the University
when Mrs. Charity Greene and
Mrs. Helen Yien, librarians
helping Dr. Hiller search for
and purchase rare books with
Graduate Research Council
grants, learned that Kollmor
gan and his family had works
that were needed.
instructors but
their courses."
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Other discussion concerned
the role the faculty advisory
board would hold. Lonnquist
had mentioned that the fac
ulty had offered to set up an
advisory board to help t h e
committee with the booklet.
Sen. Kclley Baker asked
whether the board would ad
vise on technical and statistic
al matters or whether certain
flippant comments were ad
missible. "The faculty committee will
advise period," Lonnquist
stressed. "If there is a ques
t i o n about 'flippant com
ments', a lawyer will advise."
Other business before ASUN
included a report on changes
in the European Flight p r o
gram that had been passed at
the previous meeting. Sen.
Dave Snyder reported that the
project had been changed
from a charter flight to a
group plan.
He explained that with the
original plan 100 people would
have to go or the flight would
be cancelled, and that 10 per
cent f the total cost would
have to be paid to the airline
by the end of February. Un
der the new plan, he contin
ued, 25 people would be the
minimum needed and the
deadline for the first payment
of 10 per cent of the total is
30 days before the flight.
Cost for the flight is a max
imum of $420 which includes
a chartered train from L i n-
"Students are extremely in
terested in the opinions of the
faculty on subjects discussed
in class and other related sub-
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"I have no doubt that Ne
braskans have a greater num
ber of these rare German
hymnals, books of devotion, al
manacs and calendars brought
by pioneer ancestors without
'realizing their value to schol
ars," Hiller said.
Hiller stressed that "it goes
without saying that the Uni
versity and German scholars
are most pleased with this
gift and hope it might cause
others to check their shelves
for such volumes printed be
tween 1500 and 1700."
The gift to t h e University
Foundation was made by Koll
morgan in honor of his father,
' deceased, and mother, Mrs.
D o r t h e a Kollmorgan, who
lives at Tabitha Home.
improve
choosing
by Dr.
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coln to Chicago from where
a Trans World Airline j e t
would leave for London. Res
ervations are transferable but
not refundable and may be
made at Van Bloom Travel
and Transport, Snyder added.
Fifty scats have been re
served, he continued, but as
few people as 25 may go un
der this plan. There are al
ready 13 reservations to date
for the flight that will leave
on June 16 and return on Aug
ust 18.
Snyder said that $100 must
be paid w hen signing up, w ith
$150 more due by April 1 and
the final $170 due by May 10.
"The more people who go,
the less this will cost," he
added. "Probably those who
go .will receive about a $30
refund if all out seats are
filled." He urged anyone in
terested in the flight to attend
a meeting in the Nebraska
Union on Feb. 10.
ASUN also passed a motion
recommending that Saturday,
Oct. 15, 1966, be designated as
Homecoming Day.
Sen. Bill Coufal, who intro
duced the motion, said that
Jim Pittenger, University tick
et manager, had suggested
that this date the day of
the Nebraska-Kansas State
football game would be the
best time because of the prob
ability of good weather and
because seats would be avail
a b 1 e for alumni. Pittenger
submitted the date for s t u
dent approval.
jects which, due to unavoid
able classroom limitations,
are never discussed," stated
Pam Wood, assistant chair
man of Union Talks and Top
ics. "We believe this break
down will be eased by com
pletion of a speaker's bu
reau." Plans call for the bureau to
publish a brochure naming
available speakers, their top
ics and other information
which would then be issued to
all interested groups.
Special interest groups can
then invite a particular speak
er, who will present a talk on
an assigned subject.
"The bureau will act as a
clearinghouse for individuals
who desire a program in a
Cont. on Page 3, Col. 7
U.S., British Schools
4Are No Different'
By Randy lrey
Junior Staff Writer
American and English uni
versities are no different in
quality, according to Dr. Rob
erto Esquenazi-Mayo.
Esquenazi, chairman of the
department of romance lan
guages, said this Wednesday
in an interview with the Daily
Nebraskan after returning
Tuesday from a two week
lecture series in England.
"The student who does
well here In America, would
do equally as well in Eng
land," stated the professor."
"Our higher educational facil
ities have a tradition of study
comparable to that of the
English."
The relationships between
students and professors are
much closer at the institu
tions he visited in England,
as compared to those at Ne
braska. This he attributes to
the smaller number of stu
dents per teacher in England.
However, the English, too,
have universities whose size
rivals that of Nebraska's,
where the relationship is not
as close.
"It depends on what you
are looking for and what you
attempt to gain as to which
form you say is better," ex
plained Esquenazi.
The English university stu
dent realizes that his job is
Completed
Evaluations
Editor's Note: The follow
ing is an example of what the
faculty evaluations in the
booklet will look like after
they arc compiled from the
questionnaires and written
up.
Female Kngllsh Instructor:
Lectures: well prepared, valuable, some
what dull; some helpful oxerlap between
lectures and reading: effective classroom
methods; helpful lo students; assigned
material somewhat valuable; tests cov
ered material uell, but too ambleuousi
fair grader.
Can't bluff your ay through f'e'iuenl
exams, because of her specific quesllons;
doesn't comment on papers, Just grades;
not ton helpful in explaining material.
Rec, Some-Few
Male History Instrurtor:
Lectures: v. well prepared, v. alua
hie. v. stimulating; large overlap be
tween reading and lectures essential:
classroom methods effective, but rapid i
v. helplul to students: assigned material
valuable, hut heavy, tests covered mater
ial well; fair grader.
Great! coordinates history with preaent
In enthusiastic lecutrea; "witty, humor
ous, brilliant;" no grades given on exams,
rather helpful comments.
Rec. Most
Male Math Instrurtor:
Lectures: well prepared snd valuable,
hut somewhat dull; some very helpful
overlap between lectures and reading;
effective leaching methods, but marked
lorcign accent and rapidity; v helpful lo
students: avc. work load-v. valuable;
tests too long; v. fair grader.
"More interesting than most math in
structors:" book doesn't correspond to lec
tures; "disturbing accent" and rarinlly
cause problems In class: very consider
ate, "easy to get a hold of." which is
something for a math Instructor; will
ing to help outside of class."
Rec. Majors
Male Business Inslrui lor:
Lectures: v. well prepared, v. valuable,
v. stimulating; marked, but very helpful
n.,A.-iu uoin'oon lectures and reading; v.
ellective teaching methods; v. helpful to
students; medium and valuable
load; tests covered material well:
work
(air
"Never boring." Humorous at times,
"knowledge;" gives excellent current ex
amples in Interesting manner: great at
explaining contusing points; tests wer
thought-provoking; 60 per cent mx.-l-f..
4(1 per cent essay: ''approached dull sub
ject with cool head." Rcc MoJt
Male Political Science Instructor :
i ;..,.,-.. well urenared, valuable, stim-
ui.iini: significant overlap nee
effec-
accent; helplul to siuaenv.
valuable assigned material;
v. heavy, but
tests cov ered
...All
"Transmits enthusiasm Dy
his "i'm
discussion cinating ana
rare insight
the classroom. Rec Most
Applications For
NU Scholarships
Due March 1
All students who hold re
newable scholarships and Na
tional Defense Education
Loans must submit applica
tions for renewal by Mar. 1
according to Dr. Edward E.
Lundak. director of scholar
ships and financial aids.
This includes all students
who hold one-year Regents
scholarships, health profes
sions loans and nursing stu
dent loans.
Students wishing to apply
for scholarships must also do
so by Mar. 1. Applications
are available in the Office -if
Scholarships and Financial
Aids. 205 Administration.
Students who will have
completed 24 credit hours be
fore September, 1966, are eli
gible to apply for upperclass
scholarships and NDEA loans.
An accumulative average of
3.0 or above is needed to be
eligible for scholarships and
2.5 for NDEA loans.
to do the best he can and
learn ars much as possible.
Therefore the atmosphere
around the universities is
strictly scholarly.
"When the students go to
the pubs, they go there to re
lax. But their relaxation, too,
has an academic air because
they discuss ideas, books, and
what they have learned,"
said Esquenazi.
"However, this does not
mean that the students learn
more, it simply means that
their college life is geared
more to learning. Once again,
I must say that a student
who does well in America will
do just as well anywhere
else."
Gaining admission to Eng
lish universities is more dif
ficult than in the United
States. The students are
aware of this and they go to
school only to study, for tf
they dont, they will not re
main in college for long, he
noted.
"The English universities
that I visited differ from the
University in. form, but not
in quality," concluded Es
quenazi. Esquenazi lectured, at
King's College, University of
London, Cambridge Universi
ty and Oxford University on
the contemporary Latin
American novel.
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