'Catch-Up, Keep-Up'
By Julie Morris nd ervic 12.0s4.444
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Senior Staff Writer to matruction sea.ng
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the fourth story in a six-part Total tuMzxt
series on the University's The request represents a
1967-69 $98 million budget re- 91.48 per cent hike in tax sup
quest to the Nebraska Legis- port and a jump of 37.4 mil
lature. lion, 61.14 percent, from the
The University is looking operating budget of $57.8 mil
for the tools to finish the job. lion the Legislature author
In this case, the tools must ized for the present 1965-67
' come in the form of fund ap- biennium.
propriations from the state xne largest part of pro
Legislature, and the job is a poSed increased funds offi
comprehensive "catch-up and ciaIs say the University must
keep-up program adminls- h , earmarked for edu
cators say the school must cational programs aimed at
embark upon in the next two catching.up and keeping-up
- 1 . 1 j with the huge enrollment in-
tv,o tPI . ceases the schools has ex-
The University is asking the perieaced
Legislature to approve a total P Enroiiments in the oast
operating budget of $98,662,406 .e"e 'J doutl and
for the 1967-69 biennium which e" S T i
Kppin- tiv 1 iqfiy the predicted enrollment for
The Request Toposes that ofr19f is s
$67,019,893, or 67.9 percent, of students. Cost per student ac-
the money come f r 0 m the cording to Chancellor Clifford
state general fund of tax rev- Hardin is about the same now
enues. as it was seven years ago,
The' remaining f u n d s for but "there are just more stu-
the new budget would come dents."
from several sources: State Support
student tuition $12,255,300 Regent B. N. Greenberg
SSJSJhi 'W0WM said that while University en-
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PHOTO BY HIKE HAYMAN
THE 1966 HOMECOMING QUEEN, Pam
Wragge, representing Pound Hall, and a mem
ber of Alpha Delta Pi, proudly displays a team
autographed football. Miss Wragge and her
attendants, Pam Oswald representing Zeta Tau
Alpha, and Susie Diffenderfer representing
Chi Omega, were crowned at the Homecoming
dance Friday night.
Kosmct Klub
13 Skits For
Thirteen skits will audi
tion for the 1966 Kosmet
Klub Fall Revue Wednesday
irf the Nebraska Union Ballroom-
Tom Holyoke, KK Fall
Revue chairman, said, "We
foresee an excellent show.
These skits provide good
continuity for the theme."
Holyoke pointed out that
this year thirteen skits will
try out. Last year there
were only ten.
Trophies can be awarded
for the first, second, and
third place acts, best cos
tumes, best individual ac
tor, and most original ac
tor. "Not all the trophies have
to be awarded," remarked
Holyoke. "It depends on the
judges."
The panel of judges will
be Frank Hallgren, Kosmet
Rain, Wind, Cold... Fail
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MANY HOURS AND DOLLARS . . . disappeared in the
wind Friday evening as Homecoming displays became
wet masses of crepe paper and runny paint victims
of Nebraska's changeable weather.
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To Audition
Fall Review
Hub sponsor; Larry Corn
stock, show director; Tom
Holyoke, and two additional
members who have not been
selected.
The theme of the revue
is "Fudded Fables." The
show will be Nov. 12 at 8
p.m. in Pershing Auditori
um. Try-out times:
Farmhouse, 7 p.m.; Alpha
Gamma Rho, 7:20 p.m.;
Sigma Nu, 7:40 p.m.; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 8 p.m.; Del
ta Sigma Phi, 8:20 p.m.;
Kappa Sigma, 8:40 p.m.;
Alpha Tau Omega, 9 p.m.
Theta Xi, 9:20 p.m.; Phi
Kappa Psi, 9:40 p.m.; Del
ta Upsilon, 10 p.m.; Sigma
Phi Epsilon, 10:20 p.m.;
Phi Delta Theta, 10:40 p.m.;
Beta Theta Pi, 11 p.m.
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Program: Funds Needed To Finish Job
rollments have increased
more than 80 per cent since
1961, state support for the
school has risen only 26 per
cent.
Twelve million dollars of
the proposed increase would
be used to support adminis
trative and other activites in
volved in teaching, and hous
ing 17,000 students.
A second area pinpointed
for improvements under the
new budget is faculty salaries.
Need Stressed
Hardin has repeatedly
stressed the University's need
to keep up with a highly com
petitive national market for
faculty. Under the proposed
1967-69 biennium budget,
teaching salaries would climb
30 percent in the two-year
period.
The plan is for a catch-up,
keep-up program of faculty
salaries that will allow the
University to catch up to the
faculty salary level of univer
sities of comparable scope,
and to keep up to this level
by boosting salaries at a
faster-than-normal rate.
The plan calls for an aver
age salary of about $13,000
Monday, October 17, 1966
egents
The University has sub
mitted a $24.1 million capital
construction budget request to
the state that provides for
remodeling, renovation and
'Students Should Have Right
To Choose Own Speakers'
Grievances concerning the
selection of University speak
ers, housing regulations, au
tomatic membership in cer
tain University organizations
and unclarified rules were
discussed at the ASUN Stu
dent Conduct committee's
opening hearing Sunday.
'The purpose of the hearing
was to discuss the area of stu
dent conduct and the griev
ances which would warrant
changes in student regula
tions, Dick Schultz, Student
Conduct committee chairman
said.
The small group of students
present agreed that students
should have the freedom to
hear speakers on topics of
their own choice.
Steve Abbott said the ad
ministration permits only
speakers "who are in line with
total education.
Controversial speakers, who
In the opinion of the admin
istration would not be "ad
vantageous for University
public relations" are not un
usually vetoed, but simply are
not approved, Liz Aitken de
clared. The students also ques
tioned the University's right
to determine where students
are to live.
Al Spangler suggested that
the Bill of Rights include an
organ or channel by which a
student could have a recourse
when the University doesn't
THE KINC.SMKN . . . plus the University Coliseum equaled a crowd Friday night
as more than 4,000 people braved the wind and the rain to fill the building.
per year for faculty, in con
trast to the present average
of just under $10,000.
Salary Lag
Lagging faculty salaries
were cited last year by for
mer vice chancellor for facul
ty Adam Breckenridge as the
chief reason faculty leave the
school.
Eighty-four faculty members
resigned their positions in the
past year.
The higher faculty salaries
proposed will be aimed at get
ting and k e e p i n g top per
sonnel, while the budget also
allows for the addition of 349
full-time equivalent faculty
members over the two-year
span to ease overloads on
teachers.
Workload Reduction
In the teaching area, the
proposed budget also provides
for the reduction of faculty
. workloads. Last year's rate
of some 521 student credit
hours per full time equivalent
faculty would be lowered to
about 485 credit hours.
The budget plan addition
ally provides for a "major re
development of the extension
and research programs in the
App
construction of buildings on
all three campuses.
The budget request, which
was approved by the Board
of Regents Saturday, is de
signed to cover construction
fulfill its obligations.
He cited late payments of
student loans or scholarships
as examples.
The group questioned the
legality of students being au
tomatic members of AWS and
ASUN whether or not t h e y
wished to be a part of the or
ganizations. In the opinion of several
students present, University
rules and regulations are not
clarified. Al Spangler said
that there are also rules
which have no meaning and
are not enforced.
He used a Nebraska Union
Kappa Delta's Alumna
To Address Panhellenic
"Pledges today: Members
tomorrow" will be the theme
for the University of Ne
braska Panhellenic Work
shop to be held Oct. 16-19.
Miss Minnie Mae Prcs
cott, the Executive Secre
tary of Kappa Delta, will
be the guest speaker at
Panhellenic Night Monday
at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union Ballroom. The top
scholar from each sorority
will be honored at this
time.
On Wednesday evening at
7 p.m. an alumna from
To Dampen Homecoming Spirit
College of Agriculture and
Home Ecomonics built around
the plant and animal
sciences," the Board of Re
gents' budget statement read.
Some $3.7 million of the in
crease would go to this pro
gram. The development of an en
gineering research center in
the College of Engineering
and Architecture, and increas
ed capacity and staffing of
the University's com
puter center are other areas
designated for increased
funds.
Two million of the increase
would go for these programs.
John Davis, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, stated that Ne
braskas' almost total lack of
support for engineering re
search is seriously threaten
ing the quality of the under
graduate program In en
gineering. An engineering program
without research is certain to
affect the teaching program,
he said.
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Additional support for li
braries built into the budget
The Daily Nebraskan
rove Construction Budget
. . For All Three Campuses
costs for the 1967-69 biennium.
The request is $7 million
more than the 1965 Legisla
ture provided for the period
under a plan that allows the
University to schedule capi-
general e which forbids ob
scene t vulgar language
within th, premise of the Un
ion as an example.
Gene Porkorny stressed that
it is "not advantageous to set
up the administration as the
enemy. The students are
their own enemy if they don't
have the courage to stand up
for their rights."
Dick Schulze added that
students must not forget that
they also have a responsibili
ty to the University and must
prove they are capable of
governing themselves.
each house will serve as
hostess for Panhellenic
Training School. Various
committees will meet at
different houses:
Presidents at the Alpha
Phi house, pledge trainers
at the Alpha Xi Delta house,
scholarship chairmen a t
Gamma Phi Beta, rush
chairmen at Alpha Chi
Omega, social chairmen at
Kappa Alpha Theta, stand
ards chairmen at Delta
Gamma, activities chair
men at Zeta Tau Alpha, and
house managers at Alpha
Omicron Pi.
PHOTOS BY MIKE HAYMAN
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request would provide that
the libraries would be open
seven days a week in the
evenings rather than the pres
ent five day week.
The increased funds, $1.3
million, would also provide
for additional book purchases.
Another large chunk, $6.3
million, of the budget propos
al is destined for strengthen
ing of the College of Medicine
in Omaha.
The medical school budget
provides mainly for needed
additional faculty and sup
tal improvments on a six
year basis and to revise the
plans each two years.
The capital construction
budget request is presented to
the s t a t e's Administrative
Services Department separate
ly from the University's oper
ating budget request for the
biennium, which was $98.6
million this year. Funds for
construction come from a
different tax source than do
operating budget funds.
The Regents believe that
with the requested $24,145,
000 in tax funds from the
state the University can ob
tain an additional $8,527,500 in
matching funds for construc
tion from other sources, main
ly the federal government.
Vice Chancellor Joseph
Soshnik likened the capital
construction budget to an individual's-
"house" while he
said the University's operat
ing budget is comparable to
the "groceries."
Each biennium, Soshnik ex
plained, the University makes
construction budget projec
tions for the coming six years
and each biennium the pro
jections may change because
of new needs or because of
rising cost of construction.
Rising Costs
University 'officals said the
request for state support for
construction this biennium ex
ceeds the figure projected in
Cancer Research
Fund Established
A memorial fund for leuke
mia research has been estab
lished at the Eppley Cancer
Institute in honor of the late
Isidor Sherman.
More than $1,100 has been
donated to the fund started by
his daughter.
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BRAVING 50-DECREE TEMPERATURES ... and
the stares of 64,108 fans, Phi (lamma Delta pledget
added their traditional tropical touch to the pre
game festivities.
porting personnel to expand
present programs and de
velop new ones being made
possible by an extensive
building program.
The increased support
would allow the school to in
crease the size of future Col
lege of Medicine classes by
20 per cent.
The present med school
budget is the "lowest of eight
university medical centers in
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1965 for several reasons. Con
struction costs have risen
since that time and are ex
pected to be even higher
when projects are ready for
contract, they noted.
The University's growth has
exceeded expectations in 1965
and construction priorities of
some projects have been
shifted so these projects could
qualify for added outside
grants, the regents said.
The University requests
that the state support be al
located as follows:
City campus, $16,495,000
East campus and outstata
agriculture stations, $2,500,-
000
College of Medicine, Om
aha, $5,150,000
Of the funds the University
proposes for the College of
Medicine, $2.5 million is
needed to complete the state's
share of an $8.0 million match
ing grant the federal govern
ment has already pledged for
capital improvments at the
college. The construction
plans here include a new hos
pital and clinic, a new basic
science building and remodel
ing of the old hospital.
City Campus
Fund allocations proposed
for city campus construction
and improvment include:
State Fundi
... tX,(t
.... 3,4"0,KX)
... 2,700,(K0
... 2,Wl.n00
NHrr. Hall Development
engineering. Stage 1 ...
Z-Hlogy-PhyHioloKy
Land Acquisition
Andrews Hall Rf-nmation
1'ni. Hiph. Convert for
Teach. Col.
Phyxics Kquip. Vindenrrad,
Renovation Library
MiHcellareou Renovation
Kotany-Biolotry BkU.
Social Science Remodel
ais.noo
15(1.1100
ISO .000
2.vi,nnn
110,000
li,000
Ag Needs
East campus and agricul
ture station construction in
cluded in the request:
Weed Science Facility .. $ lfXUKiO
Non heart Neb. E. StaOon KWHio
North Platte Kxp. Sutton .. WSfim
Child Development l.al. 230,000
1'tlHMra, Walks, Driven, and
l.ndacaiw 350,000
C.i-n. l.'in. and Faculty
oiiice Bkte Won.floo)
Mlacel. Renovation 250,000
ttctitwbluff Exp. Station .... BO.OHO
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