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if W-iVVitf 423& i'-CJf.&t LIBRARY DEC 8 if ARCHWW Thursday, December 8, 1966 The Daily Nebraskan Vol. 90, No. 46 Budget Bromm Addresses Hearing On Budget Nebraska's governor and governor-elect heard from a student Wednesday on why the University needs more operating funds for the 1967-69 biennium. "No one is closer to the problems of the University than students," Curt Bromm, chairman of t h e ASUN Legislative Liaison Committee told Gov. Frank Morrison and Governor-elect Norbert T i e mann. Bromm was asked to speak as a student rep resentative by Pat Daugh erty, chief budget officer of the State Department of Adminitrative Services. Bromm said students are not getting classes they need in order to graduate because of shortage of fac ulty and space in classes. He said that individual at tention for students is im paired because of large classes. Bromm attributed these conditions, to inade quate dollar support from the state. "I feel there is an im personality develop ing which wasn't there when I was a freshman," Bromm. a senior, said. Morrison asked Bromm if he felt this impersonality was "a matter of money." Bromm responded that it is, because "We have lost our more personable and effective instructors" due to the University's inability to pay high salaries. Improving education in cludes "attracting good in structors and simply having enough instructors," Bromm said. "I get the impression we need better instructors, more instructors. What else do we need?" Morri son asked. Tiemann asked Bromm Free University Lists Instructors By Cheryl Tritt Senior Staff Writer Coordinating Committee for a Free University, CCFU, has recruited ten faculty members, and graduate and undergraduate students to structure courses for the Ne braska Free University. Gene Pokorny, a OCFU member, said "within a week we have organized enough courses to give students a wide choice of subjects. Be fore the schedule of courses is complete "we should have three times as many subjects to offer," he added. After Christmas vacation a complete list of the courses to be offered will be pub lished. Students may then sign up for NFU courses during a registration period the begin ning of second semester, Po korny said. Pokorny noted that several students have said they are going to "drop three hours of regular course work to be able to participate in the NFU," Pokorny noted, but that "this is not recom mended by the committee." Charles Gruner, assistant professor of speech, sug gested three possible subject fields and volunteered to head the one course which received the most favorable response. Gruner suggested the top ics "Psychology of Humor," "Scientific Investigation in Social Sciences" and "Cul tural Impact of Mass Media." A course concerning psy chedelic drugs, their synthes is and potential for self-discovery will be structured by Terry Tilford, a graduate English assistant. Tilford will also lead courses about Buddhism or Far Eastern thought in gen eral and a survey of major religious philosophies of the Asian mainland. Abel Hall Resident Direc tor, Richard Arndt, said he will head a seminar concerti learing; what would be the student reaction if tuition were in creased in the future. "We evpect to bear our share of the costs of education," Bromm said. He said if the tuition in crease was a "fair one," students would go along with it. Tom Riley, Marv Almy, Phil Brown, Mike Jess, Dick Schulze, John Wink worth and Ron Alexander also attended the hearings, but did not speak. All of the students are ASUN sen ators or on Senate com mittees. Almy said of the hear ing, "I was somewhat dis appointed with all the talk of philosophy and such, and I wondered when they were going to get into t h e budget." Riley, who spent all day at the hearing, said he at tended, "to see what's go ing on." Administrative spokes men who attended were Clifford Hardin, Vice Chan cellor Joseph Soshnik and Regents Benjamin Green berg and Richard Adkins. Dean Cecil Witt son of the College of Medicine; Dean John Davis of the College of Engineering and Archi tecture; and Mark Hobson, Dean of Faculties attended the hearing and spoke on the budget requests for their departments. Other University officials wl.o were at the hearing included Vice Chancellor G. Robert Ross, George Round, director of Uni versity Public Relations; Glenn Smith, director of budget and systems plan ning; Harry Allen, director of Instititutional Research; and Carl Donaldson, Univer sity Business Manager. ng the poetry and prophecy in the Old Testament. Power structures in the country will be discussed in a course directed by SDS. Six other University facul ty members, who will not be listed for a specific subject, will lead seminars totally di rected by the students par ticipating, Pokrony said. Stephen Hilliard, assistant English professor; Dennis Bartels, ASUN senator and philosophy graduate; Cathie Shattuck, Young Republican president; and Steve Abbott, University graduate, have al so volunteered to lead NFU seminars. Pokorny said. The CCFU stated in a recently-published paper that the NFU could be a partial answer to the problem of tot al education for University students. NFU will offer opportuni ties for learning not found in the University's established curriculum and for participa tion in a learning experience that is student-centered, the paper slated. Quiz Boivl Teams To Vie Thursday Quiz Bowl teams playing before 8:30 p.m. Thursday must be at the Nebraska Union to go into isolation at 7 p.m. Teams competing at 8:30 p.m. or later must be ad the Nebraska Union at 8:30 p.m. to go into isolation. Abe 9 Freshmen vs. San doz HalL 7 p.m.; Acacia Pledges vs. Pi Beta Phi Pledges, 7:20 p.m.; KKG Pledges vs. AGR Pledges, 7:40 p.m.; Theta Xi Pledges 1 vs. AOPi Pledges, 8 p.m. Abel 10 Freshmen vs. Phi Mu Freshmen, 8:30 p.m.; DU Frosh vs. Little Sammy Wonders, 8:50 p.m.; FarmHouse B vs. Phi Psi Goofoffs, 9:10 p.m.; Gam my Bugs vs. Theta Chi Ox Jocks, 9:30 p.m. rTr ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE ... at the budget hearings were Gov. Morrison, Governor-elect Tiemann and Laurence Reger, a Tiemann aide. University Can 'Make Nebraska Attractive By Its Development The position the Universi ty can fill as an aid to the to tal development of the state was the keynote of Univer sity officials' explanation of the biennium budget request. Chancellor Clifford Hardin said the University's budget request is designed to "pro vide the best possible learn ing opportunities for the young people of the state and to assist in making Nebraska a more attractive place to live through the contributions we can make to its economic and cultural development. Hardin, who was speaking at Gov. Frank Morrison's budget hearings on the Uni versity's $98.6 million opera tional budget request for the 1967-69 biennium, called the deans of three colleges and Vice Chancellor Joseph Sosh Hannukah Festival Religious Freedom By Eileen Wirth News Assistant The first successful strug gle for religious freedom will be commemorated by Jewish people throughout the world as they observe the Hannu kah festival. Hannukah, sometimes known as the Festival of Lights, means "rededication." It commemorates the suc cessful struggle of the Mac abees against the Syrians who were oppressing the Is ralites had conquered Jerusa lem and defied the Temple. The festival lasts eight days because, according to a legend, the Macabees found only a one day supply -of olive oil which miraculously lasted eight days thus enabling the Jews to purify the Temple. The traditional ceremony held in Jewish homes involv- ty J Up MENNORAH ... the light of Hannukah, is prepared by Janet Trachtenbarg. s - - f J1 J 4.- " N VC- nik to assist him in explain ing the University's request. Gov.-elect Norbert Tiemann also attended the hearing. Both Morrison and Tie mann will prepare executive budget recommendations to be presented to the Legisla ture at the beginning of the session in January. The bud get hearings are held to give the governor an opportunity to go over the state agencies' budget requests in detail. Dean John Davis of t h e College of Engineering and Architecture said the major point in the colleges' develop ment program which calls for additional funds, is t h e development of an engineer ing research program. The program, Davis said, would be developed "for the held in Jewish homes involves lighting the mennorah or can delabra, which has eight branches, one branch for each day. There is one extra candle, called the shamash, which is used to light the other can dles. On the first evening of Hannukah, the father of the family lights the first candle while saying "Blessed art thou O Lord our God who has kept us in good health for this season." One additional candle is lighted each day of the fes tival. In some families, chil dren light succeeding candles in order of their age. Hannukah is traditionally a festive social, as well as re ligious, occasion. Many f a m i lies exchange gifts and have special family dinners and gatherings. H4 . r unique needs and the unique opportunities of the state." He said the budget in creases proposed for his Col lege would provide for eight additional faculty members which would "release the time of around 24 out of 0 faculty to engage in re search." Soshnik reported in detail on the University hopes to in crease faculty salaries at the average of 30 per cent for the two-year period with addition al funds help from the state. He cited statistics which showed Nebraska ranks fourth in Big Eight schools in salaries paid to full pro fessors, and sixth, eighth and fifth in salaries paid associ ate professors, assistant pro- Cont. on Pg. 3, Col. 6. Honors Conflict Cheryl Weiss said that in her family it is the custom for each person of the fam ily to receive one gift each day of the holiday. Many families decorate their homes with Jewish stars and Hannukah symbols. Special holiday foods in clude latkes, or potato pan cakes, and cookies cut in the shape of dreidels, a four sid ed top that is used f r a holi day game. Songs such as "Rock of the Ages" and "I Had a Lit tle Dreidel", roughly equiva lent to Christmas carols, are sung at the numerous par ties held at this time of year. Jewish students on campus commemorated Hannukah with a candle lighting cere mony at the Sigma Delta Tau house Wedsesday evening. Participants inclnded the members of Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Alpha Mu, Zeta Beta Tau and Hillel, the Jew ish student organization. A gift exchange was held at the Sigma Delta Tau house Monday evening and one is planned by the members of Sigma Alpha Mu, according to Bill Alloy. Aside from the group can dl lighting Wednesday, most students will observe the rest of the holiday privately. Peggy Perimeter, who lives in Women's Residence said that there is really no way a student living in a dorm can celebrate Hannu kah. She commented that she plans to save her gifts for her family till Christmas time and that there is no way to get holiday delicacies. Judy Ratner, another dor mitory resident, said she and her roommate plan to have their own ceremony and that most of the girls on their floor plan to attend. Sigma Alpha Mu's will al so observe most of the holi day privately, Alloy said. He noted that a number of members have mennorah candles and that they will probably share them with others. Ask NU Could 'Slip' Unless Increase By Julie Morris Senior Staff Writer The governor's budget hearings for the University's biennium budget request opened Wednesday as Chan cellor Clifford Hardin told the governor the University "could begin to slip and slip rapidly" without significant increased state support- Hardin said the Universi ty's $98.6 million operational budget request "represents the movement and develop ment, not of a single institu tion, but of the state of Ne braska." Gov. Frank Morrison pre sided over the hearing which lasted all day and was sched uled to resume at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Gov.-elect Norbert Tiemann also attended the hearing as did Pat Daugher tery, chief budget officer of , the State Department of Ad ministrate Seervices. Hardin pointed to huge in creases in enrollment in the past few years as the ulti mate reason for the requested 91.48 per cent increase in funds help from the state for the 1967-69 biennium. Morrison asked the chan cellor to explain the huge jump in funds requested for the upcoming biennium which begins July 1. Hardin responded, "The philosophy of the Regents has been that the opportunity to build a college is perishable," and added that this is the time to build. He said the in creased budget also includes consideration that now is the time to begin some programs because the ground work of phvsical expansion has been laid. Hardin cited the College of Medicine as a specific exam ple, pointing to recently ap proved programs which -are making possible expansion of teaching and research. Hardin said the University has grown more in the last seven years than it had in the preceeding 90 in terms of student enrollments. Tiemann asked Hardin about the possibility of limit ing enrollments to cope with an overflow of students. Hardin and other Universi ty officials present agreed on a stronger system of un MEDITATIVE liARDl.N . budget ' , " ' I hv ' . 1 S? , 0 ' J Nebraskan Applications Available, Due Dec. 12 Applications for semester's Daily Nebraskan staff are available. Interviews for senior staff positions will be held Dec. 9. Nebraskan applications may be obtained in the Ne braskan office in the basement of the Nebraska Union, at the School of Journalism in Nebraska Hall and at the Student Activities Office in the Union. Positions available on the staff include: editor, news editor, managing editor, business manager, sports editor, copy editors, night news editor and assistant, news assis tant, junior and senior staff writers, photographers and business assistants. The Publications Board will hold interviews for edi tor, news editor, managing editor, business manager and sports editor Dec. 9. Applications for these positions are due in the Nebraskan office the morning of Dec. 8. The new staff will bold interviews for the other posi tions, and those application blanks are due Dec. 12. Any full-time student with at least a 2.0 average may apply. Support dergraduate education before the University could limit en rollment with a clear consci ence. "We need to develop addi tional undergraduate facili ties of quality- I can't see re stricting undergraduate en rollments at the University until this is developed," Har din said. "Anytime the University is going to restrict enrollments, I think there is an obligation to provide something else," he said. University representatives proposed later that the de velopment of junior colleges in Lincoln and Omaha might be an answer to ballooning enrollments at the University- The University presentation was divided into 10 parts, each encompassing one area of the budget request. The Chancellor's address and the presentations by the college deans were supple mented with charts and fig ures. The University admin istrators continually referred to surveys and comparisons of schools of comparable size and location in making a point. Regent Benjamin Green berg cf York made an open ing statement on behalf of the Board of Regents. Deans of the respective colleges spoke to the state officials in con nection with specific requests for their colleges. Regent Richard Adkins of Osmond also attended the hearings. Hardin stressed a higher retention rate than ever as one of the principal factors in increased enrollments. He said the retention rate for all classes has increased five per cent in the last two years. Hardin said that the Uni versity has limited the enroll ment of oustate students to 10 per cent of the freshman classes for the past three years. The Chancellor also told Morrison and Tiemann that "each year we lose some of our very finest faculty and we cannot have the kind of university Nebraskans have a right to expect unless we are able to reverse this trend." . . listens attentively during bearings. ?'- i v;. V,-' ) 1 V 1". i i -.. Vi V- tt