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Wednesday, February 28, 1968
University of Nebraska
Vol. 91, No. 69
UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
.lioice 68 offers vote to students
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Automobiles Mill give way to pedestrians sometime before
students leave campus for Spring Break.
University designs
new traffic routes
Closure of 14th Street
planned for this spring
Nearly 2,500 colleges and univer
sities have agreed to participate
in a nationwide presidential pri
mary on campuses April 24.
Termed Choice 68, the poll is be
ing conducted solely by students
with Time Magazine underwriting
the cost.
"Choice 68 offers students the
opportunity to express their pref
erence on Presidential candidates
and selected issues to speak
for the first time as a political
body," states an informational
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The Special Projects Committee
of Student Senate, chaired by
Margo McMaster, will serve as
campus coordinator for the Uni
versity. Students under 21
The idea was conceived by a re
cent graduate of Michigan State
University who pointed out to
Time that of the nearly 7,000,000
students enrolled in colleges, more
than 70 per cent are under 21
years of age and unable to vote.
Choice 68 is run by a board of
directors, composed of 11 student
leaders from all parts of the coun
try. Results of the primary will
be independently tabulated and
made available to all media, in
terested organizations and individ
uals. The functions of the Special
Projects Committee in sponsoring
the voting on campus involve or
ganizing the polling places and
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On Campus ...
Today
In anticipation of the closing of
14th Street, the University will be
ready within two weeks with
mapped alternate routes for traf
fic, according to Carl Donaldson,
University business manager.
Donaldson said the closing of
14th Street is due to the combina
tion of heavy automobile and pe
destrian traffic' making the street
a safety hazard.
"The Easter vacation would be
an ideal time to close the street,
because it is a period of reduced
traffic," Donaldson said.
However, Donaldson added that
the closing could be done over a
weekend before spring vacation in
order to reduce the hazard posed
by 14th Street that much sooner.
Besides creating a need for new
routes for traffic, the closing of
14th Street will also make it neces
sary to find new means of access
to the several, mid-campus park
ing lots, Donaldson said.
Donaldson said that while sev
eral alternate routes have been
proposed, a choice has not yet
been made.
Once the selection of an alter
nate route has been made, a two
week "education period" will be
necessary to permit the public to
anticipate the change before the
street is actually closed, Donald
son noted.
Closing the street will involve
several changes in the placement
of traffic signals. The plan also
calls for U and S Streets to be
vacated between 16th and 14th
Streets.
In order to accommodate extra
traffic, a third lane will be added
to the south side of Vine street
from 14th to 16th street
Donaldson commented that the
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
Co. is participating in closing dis
cussions with the University and
the city, because it has a trans
continental communications line
in the area.
City concerns requiring access
to the substructure of 14th Street
for sewer maintenance and other
facilities are also involved in the
discussions, according to Donaldson.
ASUX Student Senate will meet
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Union
ballroom. The Senate will consider
affiliation with the National Stu
dent Association (XSA).
Trjouts for the annual Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia "Portraits in Jazz"
concert will be held Thursday at
7 p.m. in the choral room of the
music building. The concert is held
each year to raise money for mu
sic scholarships.
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Inter Fraternity Council will
meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the
Union Ballroom.
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The A-2 Company of the Univer
sity's Pershing Rifles has been
named as the Honorary Governor's
Guard. The function of the honor
guard will be to escort Gov. N'or
bert Tiemann whenever be is on
campus. Story page three.
Connecticut Senator
speaks at conference
U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff of
Connecticut will be one of the
speakers at the Universitys Con
ference on the World in Revolu
tion March 14 and 15, according
to Ron Alexander, chairman of the
World Affairs Committee.
"Urbanization and education
have been chosen as the two topics
for discussion at this year's con
ference," said Alexander.
The participants in the confer
ence are national authorities in
these areas. Alexander said. Each
speaker will deliver an address
and later take part in a panel
discussion answering questions and
debating the issues.
Governments role
Ribicoff will speak at this sem
ester's all-University convocation
in the Coliseum. His topic will be
the role of the federal govern
ment in urbanization.
Other spe?'iers include:
Conyers of Detroit who will speak
about problems of urbanization in
Detroit,
Dr. Nevitt Sanford from Stan
ford University, who will talk
about problems of urban educa
tion, Dr. Paul Miller, Undersecre
tary of Health, speaking on the
role of the federal government in
higher education and
Francis Fisher, regional ad
ministrator for the Housing and
Urban Department, talking about
problems of urbanization in the
Midwest
"We are attempting to provide
an opportunity to discuss with the
leading authorities the vital con
cerns of education and urbaniza
tion," said Alexander. "Hopefully,
if it is a success, this type of con
ference will be held each year
dealing with other contemporary
concerns."
The program, sponsored by
ASUN, the Nebraska Union Pro
gram Council and the Faculty Con
vocations Committee, will be free
to the public.
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The announcement of the
editor of the Faculty Evalu
ation Book heads the agenda
for Wednesday's Student
Senate meeting. ASUN Pres
ident Dick Schulze said Tues
day. Also on the agenda under
committee reports, is a re
port by Richard Page, Abel
Sandoz president, on the Uni
versity Housing Committee.
Under old business, Senate
will hold a final vote on the
election rules for the upcom
ing ASUN elections and a
number of student organiza
tion constitutions are expect
ed to be considered by sen
ators. Besides reviewing the newly-ratified
AWS Constitution,
senators are also slated to
hold discussion on a bill
which would establish an Of
fice of Curricular Evaluation
at the University and on two
National Student Associa
tion (NSA) bills.
He added that a NSA rep
resentative is scheduled to
speak at the March 6 Sen
ate meeting.
A Senate Act on Student
Disciplinary Proceedings will
be discussed Wednesday.
The lone item under new
business is an amendment
dealing with substantive re
view of student organization
constitutions by the Senate.
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poll workers, publicizing the event
locally, and regulating the election
procedure.
Ballots provided
Ballots will be provided by the
executive directors and are struc
tured to allow for the widest pos
sible expression of opinion.
"Each voter will indicate his aue
and political party preference.
Voters have three votes one
which goes for their presidential
choice; the second and third will
be used for purposes of statistical
analysis.
Also included are three referen
da issues, each with several pos
sible responses. After the voting,
the ballots will be sent to com
puter centers for tabulation. Re
sults will be compiled on a nation
al basis and for each participating
school.
"Never in the nation's history
have so many college students
been so well informed about the
major issues of the day . . . yet
they have had little opportunity to
express their views in a unified,
coherent manner," the prospec
tus states.
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Archiieet's sketch of the recital hall, scheduled for completion next fall, is shown above.
It will be located on the old music building site.
Regents approve recital hall
The Board of Regents approved
construction of a new $890,000 re
cital and concert hall for the mu
sic department Friday, according
to C. A. Donaldson, University
ljusiness manager.
Construction of the Willard Kim
ball Concert-Recital Hall will be
gin this spring and be completed
in the fall. Dorialdson said.
The 850-seat structure will be
the site of music department pro
ductions, faculty and student re
citals, and guest performances,
said Dr. Emanual Wishnow. chair
man of the Department of Music.
Wishnow added that it would
also be used for All-State sum
mer programs.
He noted that the Concert-Recital
Hall was planned to provide
an adequate center for musical
performances with the exception
of large productions such as the
Messiah.
Federal funds and State Capitol
Additions will finance the building,
fund, Donaldson said.
The new building will be lo
cated directly east of the Arthur
E. Westbrook Music Building on
the old music building site.
Residential college . . .
Centennial group plans
to submit final report
The Centennial College Commit
tee expects to finish its final re
port on the residential college pro
posal in the near future, Merk
Hobson, committee chairman, said
Tuesday.
He said the expected 20-page
report would contain the views and
suggestions of the 14 member
committee on the proposed college
designed to allow students to
learn, study and work while liv
ing together.
The final report will be for
warded for consideration to Uni
versity Chancellor Clifford Hardin,
who created the committee last
fall to study the feasibility of the
residential college, and to the
Board of Regents, he said.
Until final arrangements on the
college, which is scheduled to be
gin operations in the fall of 1969,
can begin, the measure probably
will have to receive approval from
both the Faculty Senate and the
Regents, Hobson said.
In terming the measure feas
ible if adequate resources are
available, the vice-chancellor and
dean of faculties said many stu
dents have expressed an interest
in new approaches to higher edu
cation. He said the committee envisions
the college selecting only under
graduate students who have volun
teered for the experimental pro
gram. "The program hinges on group
participation and we think some
kind of residential arrangement
permitting the group to get to
gether readily," he explained.
He said that the measure does
not depend upon faculty and stu
dents living together, although
that idea could not be entirely dis
counted. Although modifications could be
made at any date, he said the
committee generally felt the col
lege's initial years should begin
with instruction at the freshman
level and gradually move upward
until senior students are also per
mitted to enroll.
"The committee hasn't discussed
locations for the college, but if
the residential arrangement be
came a part of the program we
would have to use one of the
dorms," he said.
While many of the proposed
college's features have been at
tempted at other colleges. Hob
son said no school has had quite
the objectives as the University. "
"Hopefully, we've taken the
most useful ideas that can be in
corporated into our total concept."
the committee chairman said in
explaining the group studied suc
cessful programs at other col
leges and universities for ideas.
While the college. is designed to
teach courses specifically de
signed for the program, it is not
intended to be a honors college.
Professor Robert Knoll, associate
chairman of the English Depart
ment said.
Knoll, who has forwarded the
committee's first draft of the re
port to Hobson, said the report
outlined a residential college with
an annual enrollment of approxi
mately 200 students.
"The problem is how to achieve
the advantages of a small college
without giving up the benefits of
a large university," he said.
Although Knoll was unable to
determine what the final report
would contain, he said the com
mittee included a constitution for
the college and provisions for its
establishment in the first draft re
port. He added that it appeared un
likely the group would hold furth
er meetings as they have com
pleted the task originally assigned
them by the Chancellor.
'68 NFU courses
double in number
The Nebraska Free University
(NFU) will offer almost twice as
many courses this semester as it
has in the past, according to Su
sie Phelps, chairman of the NFU
coordinating Committee.
Miss Phelps announced that reg
istration will take place February
28 through March 1 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. in the gront lobby booth
of the Union.
Registration will also be made
possible in the 3 dorm complex
dining areas on February 28 and
29 during the dinner hour.
Miss Phelps said that while
registration is not required for at
tending most of the classes, it
will serve to give the class lead
er an idea of the number of peo
ple interested in a particular
course.
However, Miss Phelps noted
that some of the offered courses
will be restricted in size, making
registration advisable in those
cases.
The courses which are restricted
will be posted at registration cen
ters. "Thee is quite an interesting
range of courses, both academi
cally speaking and concerning
programming students will be
doing things rather than just talk
ing about them, Miss Phelps said.
The looseness of the courses as
they are presented permits lots
of ideas and directions of study to
be suggested, according to Miss
Phelps.
"It is up to the people who sign
up to decide what they want to
do," Miss Phelps said.
