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Friday, October 27, 1967
University of Nebraska
Vol. 91, No. 27
Resident College
Idea Considered
Concepts of Student Life
Examined at Conference
By ED ICENOGLE
Senior Staff Writer
An experimental residential
college may be a part of t h e
University in the near future,
Professor Robert Knoll, asso
ciate chairman of the depart
ment of E n g 1 i s h predicted
Thursday. ,
Knoll, who attended a four
day meeting on experimental
residential colleges this week,
said the current "concept of
classes is under attack."
"The residential college,"
Knoll explained, "is an oppor
tunity to reconsider courses,
student relations and teaching
subject matter at the s a m e
time."
The concept of the college
is to provide one place for
students and faculty to study,
learn and work while living
together.
NATIONAL MEETING
This topic was the object of
the meeting of 150 faculty
members and students from
across the nation. Gene Po
koroy, AS UN first vice-president,
and Merk Hobson, vice
chancellor and dean of facul
ty, attended the conference
with Knoll.
"There are experimental
colleges around the country,"
Knoll said, "mainly at larger
institutions like our own."
The University of Nebraska
is not trailing any of the ex
perimental programs, either,
Knoll said, pointing out t h e
current honors program here.
The successof new ap
proaches to education has
varied, the professor said. In
the case of the University
honors program, Knoll felt
that it had not proved very
successful.
7-2.
AWS Judicial Committee Opposes
Continued Expansion Of Court
By ANDY CORRIGAN
Jvnior Stan w rlter
The AWS Constitutional Ju
dicial Committee voted seven
to two Thursday to propose a
decentralized court system
based on women's living units
to the entire convention as
sembly next month.
The decentralized court
system, if approved by the
Constitutional Convention end
AWS, would divide the court's
duties among seven or eight
courts.
The present AWS court,
which handles all infractions
of AWS rules would become
a Court of Appeals under the
proposed system.
SEPARATE COURTS
Each city campus dorm
would have a separate court;
East Campus would have one
court; and an AWS-Panhellen-k
Court would be established
for the sororities.
The AWS-Panhellenic Court
would be composed of
Standards Board member
from each of the seventeen
Greek houses. Justices would
be rotated periodically to al
low each court member to
bold the position during the
year.
"The Judicial Committee has
yti to decide the rotation
plan. Tbe committee is 3lo
undecided as to the feir.foer
shjp.on the dormitory courts
and as to the status of WR1L
WRii COURT
Barb Doerr, chairman of
the committee, suggested that
fiaca tfH wag eoszposed of
fnfitoq fiat Court of
"We're not likely to run
into any heavy static," he (
said of new proposals that
should be made. "Everyone
wants to try something; it's
just the question of waht to
try."
"This was the purpose of
the conference, sponsored by
the Danforth Foundation,"
Knoll said. "We were all to go
home and try something."
The University is currently
organizing the Centennial Col
lege Committee to consider
and propose experiments in
education.
Although it is too early to
tell what new ideas may be
tried, the professor said he is
"terribly optimistic" that
changes will be made at t h e
University.
"And it will be soon," he
said. "Maybe not next semes
ter, but soon."
Those changes may not
only be in creating a residen
tial college but in methods of
presentation of subjects and
the courses themselves.
ONE OR TWO COURSES
"Perhaps students could
have only one or two courses
per semester," he said, "and
they would concentrate on
those."
Knoll emphasized the sig
nificance of student involve
ment in any new program.
"Students will be partici
pating from the beginning,"
be said. "This is the I a t e s t
wrinkle, tapping student intel
ligence. "The students may help in
deciding what order to take
courses and which courses are
most important," he said.
Appeals should function as
the WRH Court.
However this proposal a
met by opposition from a
WRH committee member
who stated that her constitu
ents were opposed to having
their cases heard before the
Court of Appeals and desired
a Joint court with Pound UalL
A decision on the situation
will be made at tbe next com
mittee meeting.
The committee also vetoed
a proposal to have the Stu
dent Tribunal as tbe appeals
court for AWS infractions.
The judiciary was also the
concern of the Constitutional
Executive Committee, ac
cordin? to Linda Parker,
committee chairman.
STRICT DIVISION
For tbe present the commit
tee has tentatively proposed
that a strict division between
tbe programs and judicial
areas of AWS be maintained.
If the Board is not abolished
tt will be subdivided between
programs and judicial, form
Ing a bridge of communica
tion between the two main
AWS structures. Miss Parker
said. ,
A system of committee
chairmen in the programs
area has been suggested as
an alternative to the Board,
ln.cresied students wou'd be
iniervieed tur ijhnm ana
would be ap;ointed by the
three executives.
If this plan was imple
mented the Chief Justices of
the individual courts would
form the cabinet of the vk
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judiciary, according to Miss
Parker.
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"There is also a possibility
of combining these two pro
posals and utilizing both
Board members a J d ap
pointed committee heads,"
she said.
The committee has also pro
posed that all legislative pow.
er be in the habit of the
House of Representatives and
that if the Board remains it
would only be concerned with
the programs and judicial di
visions of AWS.
Tbe Legislative Committee
and Powers Committee both
met Thursday but their chair
men were unavailable for
comment.
SECOND SESSION '
The second general session
of the convention will convene
Nov. 16, according to Nancy
Coufal, convention chairman.
At this time the four com
mittees will present their pro
posed ajsendments and alter,
ations of the constitution to
tbe other convention dele
gates for consideration. All
committee proposals ac
cepted by the convention will
be incorporated into the con
stitution and presented to Uni
versity women for ratifica
tion. According to Mi Couial
Uie convention was caiied to
update the constitution. AWS
was originally oniy composed
of the Board members and
consequently the present con
stitution is built around them.
Miss Coufal stated that she
was pleased with conven
Workmen
tion proceedings adding that
her official role in the con
vention has been as an orga
nizer and presiding officer of
the convention.
Vietnam Week .
Former HHH Aid
Is Final Speaker
Vietnam Week's final speak
er, Allard Lowenstein, is ex
pected to support the "dump
President Johnson move
ment" Friday evening, ac
cording to Al Spangler. chair
man of Vietnam.
"I expect that he will say
that the realistic way to do
something about the war in
Vietnam is to get rid of John
son, Spangler predicted
Thursday.
Lowenstein, vice-chairman
of tbe Americans for Demo
cratic Action, wiH speak at
the final Vietnam seminar
Friday in the Union at 7:3d
p.m.
The we'k ol discussion scs
'wp. has been sponsored by
ASUN in conjunction with
Union Talks and Topics Com
mittee which arranged for
some speakers.
Lowenstein, who has aided
Hubert Humphrey in political
Ctampsignj n4 lg former
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Bind Up Union
In forecasting possible con
vention decisions Miss Coufal
feels that the decentralization
of the AWS courts and legis
lative powers are probable.
president of the National Stu
dent Association, is now lead
ing the movement to draft a
new Democratic nominee for
President, Spangler said.
The movement is called the
"Concerned Democrats"
Spangler said, or, on the West
Coast, tbe "Dissenting Dem
ocrats." "Tbe Concerned Democrats
are talking about running
Eugene McCarthy cf Minne
sota against Johnson in the
presidential primaries,'' the
Vietnam Week chairman add
ed. Lowenstein has also helped
construct the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party.
Following the speech, only
a referendum Monday rs
mains on the Vietnam Week
agenda. The referendum will
present four alternatives on
the war in Vietnam for vot
ing bj the students and iao
By.
Bel Kaufman:
Schools Failing
Education Is Sponge
Soaking Up Water
By GARY GILLEN
Junior Staff Writer
Bel Kaufman, author of
the book, "Up The Down
Staircase," told University
students Thursday night that
impersonal school systems in
Fraternities
To Discuss
Role; Goals
The Council of Profes
sional Fraternities will spon
sor a panel discussion on
the role of professional fra
ternities on campus Sun
day at 2 p.m. in the Ne
braska Union.
Russ Brown, associate
dean of student affairs, and
Ron Gierhan, assistant in
student affairs, will take
part in the discussion.
Interested students
should bring a list of goals
for their own fraternities
and goals they feel the
Council should attain.
The Council, which was
formed last year, is also
planning to televise six
programs on the National
Educational Tele vision
(ETV) about professional
fraternities and their fields.
Happy Days
Scheduled
Next Week
Two Act Play
Has Cast Of Two
"Happy Days," by Sam
uel Becket will be presented
Sunday and Monday at 8
p.m. in room 201 of the
Temple Building.
The two act laboratory
play is being directed by
William Turek as a part of
the Laboratory theater
program.
According to Turek, the
play is based upon the dia
logue of Winnie, played by
Kathy Baines, who is im
bedded in the center of a
mound. Jan Johnson, as
Willie, is the other member
of the cast.
Panhel Revises
Old Constitution
A Panhellenic committee is
revising the Panhellenic Con
stitution, according to Shari
Mueller, president of tbe or
ganization. Miss Mueller said that last
year a faculty-student c o m
mittee on student affairs
pointed out several deficien
cies in the constitution.
Some parts of the constitu
tion are outdated, such as a
section which states that each
sorority can only have one
publicity article a year
printed in a Lincoln paper.
The rotation system for
Panhellenic president will
also be revised, said Miss
Mueller. She explained that
under the present system the
Panhellenic presidents are
named in the order that the
sororities they represent were
established on campus.
Miss Muller explained that
this section neeeded to be
clarified because five sorori
ties went off campus during
th .eprension vears and
there are discrepancies.
When these sororities were
re-established some were
placed in successive order
according to the r original
founding data and some to
fceif tacood foandirg tata.
this country are not reaching
the student.
She said that education to
day is "much like a sponge
soaking up water and squeez
ing it o u t again at exam
time."
"The essence of good edu
cation is face to face con
tact," she told the capacity
audience at the Nebraska Un
ion ballroom.
She said that since she is
teaching in college she finds
that she is able to come in
closer contact with her stu
dents. DON'T NEED AS MUCH
"College students don't
need me as much as high
school students," she said.
She noted that college stu
dents are able to take ideas
and expand upon them with
out anyone pointing out the
way.
Something that is growing
in popularity in this country
is the hiring of teachers on
their scholarship ability rath
er than teaching ability, she
said.
"Dead earnest effort on the
part of the teacher is the sub
ject of greatest importance,"
Miss Kaufman said.
Addressing herself to the
young teachers-to-be in the
audience, she said that when
they the teachers go to their
classes they should expect
the unexpected.
GOOD TEACHER
"You won't find situations
that you studied in psycho
logy or of the adolescent, if
there is such a thing," she
said. The good teacher must
be able to feel the students
needs, she added.
"Children seem to say a
great deal even when quiet
and a good teacher must be
able to sense this," the author
said.
She said that the problem
of a discrepancy between a
student and teacher may lie
in the gap between the rec
ord and real life.
Miss Kaufman said that by
the time children reach the
high school level they have
been conditioned to the point
of losing the excitement of
learning.
"There is a great burden
on the youth of today, even
more than my day," she said.
she said.
Relations between Panhel
lenie and the Alumni Advis
ory Board need revision, Miss
Mueller said, because tbe
present constitution gives the
board legislative power, but
it is never exercised.
Another deficiency of t h e
constitution is that it requires
council attendance but does
not state why it is required or
the penalties for absences.
Panhellenic has councils for
each sorority office, such as a
Presidents Council and a Rush
Chairmen Council. The re
vised constitution will make
provisions for the organiza
tion of these coundils.
Tbe constitution win follow
the resolution made by t h e
Panhellenic to raise th e re
quired average for pledge ac
tivation from 2.0 to 2.2, she
said.
It will also provide for a
Panhellenic Coutvil treasurer
an-1 for combined rush tw k,
the president sia 'd.
Jan Binger is the chairman
of t h e revised constitution
committee. Miss Mueller said
that Panhellenic Council must
approve the amendments be
fore they art incorporated
Into the cosftLtuUoOa
