UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
LIBRARY
Monday, April 4, 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Vol. 81, No. 91
'ASUN Elections
111 File
One hundred and eleven
students have filed as candi
dates for the ASUN April 27
election.
Ten persons filed for exec
utive positions. Four of t h e
students filing for executive
positions are also running for
Senate.
The Senate candidates in
clude 40 from Arts and Sci
ences, 16 from Engineering,
three from Graduate, one
from Professional, 17 from
Teachers, 16 from Business
Administration and 12 f r o m
Agriculture and Home Eco
nomics. Some 28 candidates filed
for positions earlier in t h e
week and the rest filed Fri
day afternoon.
Four students filed for ex
ecutive positions Friday. The
candidates and the positions
they filed for are: Steve Ab
bott, president; Frank Mc
Clanaham, first vice pres
ident; Andy Taube, first vice
president; and Rich Thomp
son, second vice president.
Terry Schaaf and Dave
Snyder filed earlier in the
week for president, Roger
Doerr and Randy Prier, for
first vice president; Phil
Boardman and Bob Samuel
son for second vice president.
Abbott, who is a graduate
student and editor of Scrip
magazine, has a 3.170 aver
age. He is a member of Stu
dents for a Democratic Soci
ety. McClanaham, a junior in
Arts and Sciences, has a 2.6
average. He is vice president
of Students for a Democratic
Society and Scrip distribution
manager.
Presently a member of the
Student Senate executive
committee, Taube is a junior
in Arts and Sciences. He has
a 3.1 average.
Thompson, a sophomore in
Arts and Sciences, has a 2.7
average. He is presently a
s.tudent senator, vice presi
dent of the Nebraska Stu
dent Government Association
and a member of UNI
CORNS. Arts And Sciences
Tliirty students filed as can-
didates for Senate from Arts
and Sciences Friday. Ten
students had filed earlier.
Friday's Arts and Sciences
filings included: Liz Aitken,
Pat Ash, Kelley Baker, Phil
lip J. Bowen, Thomas P.
Briggs, David A. Brown,
Margaret A. Brown, Richard
B. Campbell, Kenneth D. Gas
kins, Larry Grossman, Ruth
E. Hagedorn, John V. James,
John P. Jorgensen, Mary C.
Keim;
Jeffrey N. Kushner, Bryan
C. McCarty, William C. Min
ier, Wayne Moles, Thomas J.
Morrow, Nesha Neumeister,
Lynn C. Overholt, Jo Ann
Pahl, Ron T. Pfeifer, Susan
J. Phelps, Roger D. Pumph
rey, Mary P. Rose, Peggy
Schmidt, Mark Schreiber,
James Stevenson and Richard
W. Thompson.
Ten students filed for Sen
ate from Arts and Sciences
before Friday. They are:
James D. Arundel, Walter E.
Baumann, Carol D. Johnson,
George Lonnquist, Joan R.
McClymont, Margo McMas
ter, Tom F. Pickering, Ran
dy Prier, Jon Vanderhoof and
Milan Wall.
iOW Salaries Cause I
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the first in a series of three
articles by Julie Morris, sen
ior staff writer, on why Uni
versity faculty members
leave Nebraska for jobs at
other universities.
It may be more than the
grass on the other side of the
hill that looks greener to Uni
versity faculty members who
are resigning this year, ac
cording to A. C. Breckenridge,
vice chancellor and dean of
faculties.
Breckenridge commented in
an interview that the great
est single reason why facul
ty leave the University is be
cause of low salaries ."We
are still lagging behind the
market for staff salary in
comparison to our sister in
stitutions," Breckenridge said.
$10,000 Average
According to Harry Allen,
director of Institutional Re
search, the "average salary
.For
Miss Aitken is presently a
senator and a sophomore.
She has a 3.3 average and
is a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta. She is the former
chairman of the N e b r a s k a
Union Talks and Topics com
mittee. A junior with a' 2.5 aver
age, Ash is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity.
Presently a senator, Baker
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STUDENT SENATE CANDIDATES . . . pick up financial forms and legibility forms
at an information meeting Sunday.
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I Parties Open Conventions
Two newly organized polit
ical parties and one estab
lished one will hold open con
ventions Monday and Tuesday
in the Nebraska Union to
formulate platforms and se
lect candidates.
Demos Kratos, a newly
formed party, will meet at
9 p.m. Monday to discuss
issues and decide as to
whether or not the party will
slate candidates.
According to Dave Snyder,
a candidate for ASUN pres
ident and organizer of Demos
Kratos, opinions are divided as
to whether party members
are actually qualified to judge
one another's qualifications.
The newly organized Cam
pus Freedom Democratic
Party (CDFP) will hold an
open convention at 9 p.m.
Tuesday to formulate and
structure the party platform.
After spring vacation the
party will present a detailed
platform, according to Carl
Davidson, who introduced the
party last week.
Three students who have
filed for ASUN offices have
already become official can
didates of the party. They
are Steve Abbott for pres
ident, Frank McClanahan for
vice president and Larry
Grossman for senator from
Arts and Sciences.
Abbott said the party would
support additional candidates
who express the desire to be
on the CFDP ticket. -Vox
Populi
Vox Populi will hold an
open meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday at which time sen
atorial candidates interested
rate for all ranks" of facul
ty at the University is under
$10,000 a year.
Allen said the majority of
faculty who have left in the
past two years went to Big
Ten schools where the aver
age salary is higher than that
paid here. He said some
teachers who resigned last
year left to fill positions at
other schools that offered as
much as $1,300 to $2,500 more
than they had been receiving.
Twenty-seven faculty mem
bers have submitted resigna
tions terminating their posi
tions before the fall semes
ter, according to information
from Breckenridge's office.
Among those who are resign
ing are two department chair
men, Roberto Esquenazi
Mayo, romance languages and
Robert Sakai, history.
'Too Heavy'
Breckenridge said faculty
leave the school for reasons
ena
is a junior with a 2.5 average.
He is a member of the All
University Quiz Bowl team
and the Dean's Advisory
Board for Arts and Sciences.
A managing editor for the
Cornhusker, ' Baker is also
sports editor for the Daily Ne
braskan. He is a member of
Theta Xi Fraternity.
A Beta Theta Pi freshman,
Bowen is an associate and a
in being on the party ticket
will present ideas for changes
in next year's ASUN.
According to Mike Gotts
chalk, who organized the
party last year, the candidates
will be chosen by the 35 peo
ple who were involved with
the party last year.
He added that the can
didates for the executive of
fices would be chosen later
on in the week by the people
who have worked with the
party and the senatorial can
didates. Applications are available
for those interested in Vox
Populi from Kelley Baker and
should be returned to him by
noon on Tuesday at the sports
desk in the D a i 1 y Nebraskan
Office.
"The candidates will be
asked to make a short less
than five minutes presenta
tion Tuesday night and will
be grouped by colleges," Got
tschalk continued.
He added that no decision
had been made as to how
many people would be slated
and that the decision would
depend on how many people
presented "productive, vital
ideas."
"Year-round" Parties
The two new parties have
stressed that they want an or
ganization that would continue
working throughout the year
and not at election time only.
"We want to function the
year-round," said Davidson,
"to act as a pressure group
and a gadfly to student gov
ernment." Snyder noted that the De
besides salary rate. Many
teachers, he said, maintain
that their teaching loads here
are too heavy. The availabil
ity of research facilities is
another factor, he said.
"Adding just people" to the
University will not improve
the quality of the school,
Breckenridge continued. He
said the University needs to
be able to offer teachers ade
quate library resources and
the time to do outside study
and research.
"A University is more than
a staff that meets three times
a week with a group of stu
dents," he said. Breckenridge
added that the University
to convince the people of the
state that the school's needs
must be met."
The resources needed to
draw and keep faculty, he
said, must be financed in some
way. Breckenridge noted that
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Young Republican national
committeeman. He has a 3.3
average. ;
Briggs is a freshman with
a 2.9 average. He is an as
sociate and lives in Cather
Hall.
A Theta Chi sophomore,
Brown has a 2.2 average.
Miss Brown is a freshman
and an associate. She has a
3.2 average.
mos Kratos wanted to form a
"pyramid structure" by which
there would be at least three
or four party members for
every senator and would
thereby increase participa
tion and representation with
in student government.
Organization within the par
ties differs from one another.
Abbott said the CFDP or
ganization would consist of a
central committee, a faction
working directly with cam
paigning and a "brain trust"
to direct research activities.
The central committee, he
added, consists of the three
announced party candidates
and Davidson.
Demo Kratos
Demos Kratos is primarily
"an outer framework com
posed of individuals banding
together yet campaigning in
dividually too," according to
Jim Arundel, candidate for
Student Senate from Arts and
Sciences.
Snyder added that the De
mos Kratos could act as a
means of informing can
didates and other students of
Issues and ASUN procedures.
"We can get the exper
ienced people to inform the
other candidates through pan
el discussions," he said.
Vox Populi has, at present,
no real party organization as
such, Baker said. The con
stitution for the party will be
completed with the next few
weeks and will provide for an
organization.
Vox Populi and Demos Kra
tos won't draft policy state-
Cout. on Page 4, Col. 4
Breckenridge
"there are those who say it
is the professor's job to
teach." If a professor d i d
nothing but t e a c h, Brecken
tost
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.
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ositions
Campbell is a sophomore
with a 2.2 average. He is a
member of Delta Upsilon fra
ternity, Builders and Corn
Cobs.
A Kappa Sigma sophomore,
Gaskins has a 3.6 average and
is a member of the Y o u n g
Republican executive council
and the University debate
squad.
Grossman is a sophomore
and has a 2.0 average.
Miss Hagedorn is a Zeta
Tau Alpha sophomore and
has a 3.1 average. She is a
former junior staff writer for
the Daily Nebraskan.
A Phi Kappa Psi freshman,
James is an associate and
has a 3.2 average.
Miss Keim is an Alpha Phi
freshman and has a 3.3 aver
age. She is an associate and
a member of Angel Flight.
A Sigma Phi Epsilon soph
omore, Jorgensen has a 3.6
average and is a member of
Builders.
Kushner is a Sigma Alpha
Mu sophomore and vice pres
ident of Builders. He has a 2.9
average.
A Theta Chi junior, McCar
ty has a 3.0 average and is
a member of Young Repub
licans. Minier is a Phi Gamma
Delta junior and IFC publi
cations chairman. He is a
Cont. on Page 4, Col. 1
Regents Ask For
To Cut Costs On
The Board of Regents
Saturday rejected construc
tion bids presented for the
new dormitory complex and
recommended that architects
for the complex be directed to
change the plans to cut costs.
The low bid for the project
was slightly more than $8
million compared to the Uni
versity estimate of $6,430,000.
The Regents' recommenda
tion will mean, in all probabil
ity, that three units housing
500 students each will be con
structed on the site west of
16th and north of Y. Original
plans called for a food service
building, two nine story dorms
and one 18 story dorm.
The dorms will be designed
from adaption of plans for
Mari Sandoz Hall which pro
vides housing for 500. Con
struction of the planned Greek
complex and the swimming
pools, under the original
plans, will be a definite part
of the complex, according, to
the Regents.
The Regents said that be
cause the bids' presented were
so much higher than the Uni
versity's estimates, it would
be impossible to go ahead with
the original construction
plans. The dorms will remain
on schedule to be completed
by the fall of 1967.
Bids on the revised con
struction plans should be
received by May 10. The
Board would presumably act
on these new bids May 13. The
bids will include general con
Faculty Resignations'
ridge added, he would be
teaching the same thing 20
years from now that he is
teaching today.
Breckenridge said that in
the fall of 1965 there were
799.2 full time equated teach
ers on the University staff.
This figure, he said, com
bines the teaching times of
part time teachers to make a
full time teacher. The num
ber is, then, actually less
than the number of people do
ing teaching, full and part
time.
Sakai said that of the eight
faculty leaving the history de
partment this year, four of
these were on temporary as
signment which expired at the
same time. Temporary as
signments, he explained, are
made when the school either
fails to find a satisfactory
teacher to fill a vacated po
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tract and piling, mechanical
work, elevators and built-in
bedroom furniture.
The Board also accepted the
resignation of David Dow as
dean of the college of Law and
appointed Henry Grether as
his successor. Dow will con
tinue as a member of the
faculty. He has served as dean
since 19M. He was the 1957
recipient of the University
Foundation 's distin
guished teaching award.
Grether has been a member
of the College of Law faculty
since 1948. A specialist in the
areas of wills, trusts and
estates, he has had wide ex
perience in the legal profes
Faculty Dean To Teach
The University's vice chan
cellor and dean of faculties
since 1955, A. C. Brecken
ridge, will end his assign
ment as dean of faculties
July 15 to eventually return
to a teaching position.
Breckenridge's request to
be relieved of the duties as
dean of faculties was accept
ed Saturday by the Board of
Regents. He was given a new
one-year assignment as vice
chancellor and director of in
ternational programs.
As director of Internation
al programs, Breckenridge
will be administering the Uni
versity's educational projects
In Turkey and Columbia,
South America.
sition or there is some rea
son to delay filing it.
Undesirable Inbreeding
Of these faculty on tempor
ary assignment, three of
them received their doctorates
from the University. Brecken
ridge explained that it is the
general practice at most col
leges not to keep a school's
own PhD's on the staff be
cause this causes a certain
amount of undesirable in
breeding. He said there is a "better
exchange of ideas" in the
academic world if these peo
ple take positions in a dif
ferent school than the one
where they received their
training.
Breckenridge noted that the
Board of Regents approcd
five new appointments in the
history department at t h e i r
Saturday meeting.
Four members of the perm
anent staff of tho history
Changes
Complex
sion. His appointment
is effective July 1.
The resignation of Robert
Williams. University com
ptroller, was also accepted by
the Board. Williams' resigna
tion is effective June 15 when
he will join the staff of Par
sons College at Fairfield,
Iowa.
New appointments made by
the Board Saturday included
the appointment of five new
faculty members in the his
tory department.
The Board also approved
the acceptance of $464,027 in
gifts and grants received
since March 7.
Breckenridge's internation
al assignment will end in
September, 1967 when he will
take a year's leave of absence
before returning to the teach
ing field, lie will, probably
receive an assignment in po
litical science at the Univer
sity. In coiinoclion with his oer
geas assignment. Brecken
ridge will leave April 6 f e r
Erzurum, Turkey, with E. W.
Janike, dean of the extension
division.
Breckenridge joined the
University staff in 1946 as a
political science teacher. He
was named vice chancellor in
1962.
department are leaving.
Breckenridge said he consid
ers the resignafons of all four
at the same time "purely a
situation of coincidence."
Bellamy Earns
Wildlife Award-
The first annual student
award presented by the Uni
versity Wildlife Club was pre
sented to Ronald Bellamy.
Bellamy was recognized far
his outstanding contributions
to the conservation of wild
life and for his work in th
club. The award was given
at the Wildlife Club Awards
banquet held Sunday eve-
ning.
The winner is a senior at
the University and is major
ing in natural resources ad
ministration. " -r '
