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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, February 28, 1968
'Agricultural education begins
new era of methods; leaders'
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of the ways that students are helping to finance their own education.
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by Janet Maxwell
Junior Staff Writer
In spite of the rising cost
of education, financial aid in
the form of loans, scholar
ships, educational grants and
part-time employment will
enable 4,000 University stu
dents to meet college costs
for the 1967-68 academic year.
The cost of attending class
es at the University has
tripled since 1948, according
to James Wickless, Bursar.
Total tuition listed as $75
in 1948, has climbed to $216.50
for the 1967 fall semester.
Legislature sets rates
Joseph Soshnik, vice chan
cellor in charge of adminis
tration, attributed the rise in
cost to two major factors:
the total level of University
expenditure and the amount
of that total level provided
through general state taxes.
Both factors are dependent
on State legislative decisions,
he said.
The increase in students is
lone main reason for the rise
in expenditure costs, Soshnik
continued. The principle ele
ment, personal services, con
tributes 80 per cent of the
total expenditure. As salaries
rise, the total cost goes up,
Soshnik said.
Knowlege causes growth
The increase of knowledge
requires expansion of Univer
sity facilities, Soshnik said,
citing examples of up to date
library materials, natural
science laboratory equipment
and outlays for computer
which were not yet developed
20 vears ao. also cause a
rise in the total expenditure,
Soshnik said.
The legislature, after es
level. determines how much
of the total sum will be
borne by the Nebraskans
through taxes, Soshnik ex
plained. The remaining sum
must be obtained through stu
dent fees and the Board of
Regents must raise the tui
tion fees according to the
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total of the remaining sum.
according to Soshnik.
Regents has veto
The Board of Regents do
have the power to refuse to
raise the tuition, Soshnik con
tinued, but this would mean
lowering the quality of educa
tion by refusing additional
teachers, higher salaries and
better equipment.
To help students meet the
rising cost of tuition fees, fi
nancial assistance has been
assigned in these areas:
loans through various sources
Nebraska Foundation, $1.2 mil
lion through the University
Foundation and other sources,
$450,000; Regents scholar
ships, $230,000; Nebraska Leg
islature special tuition assis
tance awards, $200,000; and
federal educational grants,
$164,000.
Students earn fund
Students will earn an es
timated $1.5 million through
part-time employment in Lin
coln arranged through t h e
Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aids, according to
Dr. Edward E. Lundak, di
rector of financial aid.
Part-time student employ
ment averages $1 to $2.50
per hour while students under
the work-grant program work
a 12-hour week enabling them
to earn $400 during a school
year according to Lundak. On
said.
campus student employment
is made available in resi
dence halls, libraries, the Stu
dent Union and administra
tive and academic offices, he
by Darrell Petska
Junior Staff Writer
Agricultural education in
Nebraska is at the beginning
of a new era of methods and
leadership, according to Dr.
James T. Horner, of the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Horner, chairman of the ag
ricultural education depart
ment is concerned with six
specific functions: selection
and recruitment of vocation
al agriculture teachers and
specialists, pre-service prep
aration, in-service prepara
tion, teaching materials de
velopment, research and
placement and following of
staff.
To accomplish these specif
ic functions, the agricultural
proration department is di
vided into four. main areas:
The Research Coordinating
Unit develops means of facili
tating the solving of problem
areas, not only for agricul
ture, but for home econom
ics, health and other sucn
state concerns; the extension
Studies and Training divis-
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sion is concerneu wim aju-
culture Extension in the state;
for those youth who cannot at
tend four years of Agricul
ture College, a program for
the coordination of Agricul
ture College Short Courses
and Conferences has been established.
These areas are in addition
to the major task of supply
ing the state with vocational
agriculture teachers, puis re
search toward improved ed
ucation practices.
Ten research projects
The East Campus depart
ment at present is conduct
ing 10 research projects, and
has recently completed three
others. Currently the major
project is the evaluation of
various approaches for pre
paring farm youth for off
f a r m agricultural occupa
tions. This 24-school project, in
cluding a six-school control
group, involves the use of six
schools that provide work ex
perience, such as work at
feed milling firms in the vo
cational agriculture program.
Six other schools teach re
lated instruction, such as employe-employer
relationships,
while the remaining six
schools use a combination of
work experience and related
instruction.
Most of the other research
projects deal with the analy
sis of occupational opportun
ity for Nebraska youth and
the educational programs
needed to help them realize
these opportunities.
To expose new rhetoric . . .
SDS will publish
bi-weekly newsletter
NU begins new era;
moves into 99th year
As the University moves
into its 99th year in 1968, re
flection on past achievements
and confidence in the future
century are in evidence. This
year, said Chancellor Clifford
M. Hardin, "marks the be
ginning of a new era for the
University."
Major accomplishments in
all areas were highlighted by
the merger of the University
of Omaha with the University
of Nebraska, extending in
creased educational oppor
tunity and larger service to
Omaha and the entire state.
Enrollment spiraled with
the record this fall at 18, 067.
Financial aid to students was
on the upswing with more
than 4,000 students receiving
aid in various forms.
On a larger scene, the In
dustrial Research and Infor
ation Service, a state agen
cy, set up offices within the
Colleges of Engineering and
Architecture and formulated
working agreements with
various departments. Enlarg-
Panhellenic announces
elective office nominees
At the regular meeting of
Panhellenic Monday, the
names of the three candidates
for each elective office were
announced.
Elections will be held next
Monday and officers will be
announced and installed the
following week. Each house
will have two votes in the
election.
. The houses were divided in
to six groups of three. There
are six offices. Each house
nominated a girl for an of
fice. There are three nomin
ees for each office.
Slated for president are
Kathy Kuester, Susie Lincoln
and Ruth Saunders. Candi
dates for vice president are
Cece Corn, Donna Dohlsten
and Ann Wall.
Jane Anderson, Toni Nowak
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and Roni Ann Meyer are
slated for secretary. Barbara
Doan, Jan McGill and Jeanine
Muenchau are slated for trea
surer. The new positions this year
are coordinator of councils
and public relations chair
man. Carrie Douglass, Jane
Johnson and Nancy Kelly are
slated for coordinator of coun
cils. Kay Dam, Susie Kunc
and Diane Thelsen are slated
for public relations chairmen.
In other business, the Sand
pipers and the American
Breed will perform at the
Greek Week Concert April 26,
Greek Week Chairman Jan
Binger announced.
ing this assistance to Nebras
ka industry and business, en
gineering students conducted
research for state industries.
The University's Agricul
tural Extension Service be
came the first in the nation to
use two-way radio communi
cation between 12 north-eastern
counties and the East
campus.
Other new developments
were the re-organization of
the department of business
administration, and two new
institutes, one for Latin
American and International
Studies, the other for Compu
tatioal Sciences.
Most notable financially
was the grant for a new Tri
University project. With
$477,000 in federal funds, the
Unitersity joined the Univer
sity of Washington and New
York University to develop an
improved teacher training
curriculum.
With the new College of
Dentistry and the Westbrook
Music Building completed, a
master plan for the Universi
ty has been announced.
Under construction now are
five projects on the city cam
pus and two on the East Cam
pus.
With these accomplish
ments to provide impetus for
future development, suggest
ed projects are a Centennial
College for selected fresh
men, a major study of t h e
state's economic, social and
cultural forces, a symposium
on growth and education, and
outstate programs to mark
100 years of service by t h e
University of Nebraska to the
state.
The Students for a Demo
cratic Society (SDS) backed
up their statements about
revitalization with a newslet
ter release Tuesday.
The newsletter, entitled
"Bringing It All Back Home,"
said that the opinions of cer
tain national political leaders
have developed into anew
rhetoric which "ignores the
facts and clouds the real is
sues." John Hughes, former SDS
vice president, said that the
newsletters to be printed and
distributed about every two
weeks will try to define t h e
issues which "lie obscured by
this new rhetoric."
Hughes said that tie has
not yet heard any comments
about the first newsletter
which contained a rather sar
donic description of last Fri
day's Board of Regents meet
ing, which in Hughes' words
was "our impression of t h e
Regents meeting."
He added that 1,200 copies
of the newsletter were dis
tributed antong dormitory
snackbars and the Union, but
that SDS has only enough
money currently to publish
the newsletter one more time.
SDS will hold its next meet
ing on Monday when they
plan to discuss the material
for their next publication.
Hughes said that the news
letter will most probably con
tain two stories, one on t h e
National Community Union,
whose organizers have prom
ised SDS to appear on the
University campus. The oth
er is to be an interpretation
of the Viet Cong holiday of
fensive to show how complete
a victory it was, he said.
Other SDS activity in t h e
future includes a fund-raising
dance next month and some
SlS-sponsored action when
DOW Chemical comes March
8. Hughes would not reveal
the nature of the proposed
action.
Yell squad
sign-ups
this week
Sign-up time for Yell
Squad tryouts begin this week
at the Student Activities of
fice in the Union, room 132.
The deadline for signing up
is March 7.
Tryouts will begin March 11
and end by March 19, with
preliminaries set for March
20 and final selection March
21.
The tryouts are open to all
male or female University
freshman meeting NU re
quirements. For information
o n the tryouts, call Loren
Faaborg at either 434-0496 or
466-1998.
Firm assists
engineering
research
The Technical Products Di
vision of Brunswick Corpora
tion has established a $3,000
grant to support research in
the field of composite mate
rials. The grant will support
the education and research
program under Prof. Ralph
Foral of graduate students in
engineering mechanics.
-The Technical Products Di
vision employs 250 in recent
ly acquired facilities at the
Lincoln Air Park West. Plant
manager, Donald Paisley,
said, "We certainly look for
ward to continued good re
lationships between the com
pany and the University."
John R. Davis, dean of the
College of Engineering and
Architecture, noted that the
grant represents cooperation
between a growing University
and local industry, promoting
the mutual interests of both.
Horner also commented
that "The greatest need . . .
is the getting of adequate
numbers of qualified teach
ers . . ." The shift to multi
teacher departments in voca
tional agriculture necessitates
an increased supply of teach
ers. The department has recent
ly established a one-semester
block of courses which en
a b 1 e s students to become
qualified instructors, and yet
specialize in other areas of
study with the free time add
ed by deletion of other ag
riculture education courses.
This block of study will be
available for senior students,
and will orient them to meth
ods, program planning, and
supervised teaching experi
ence. Horner predicted that agri
cultural education in Nebras
ka will see rapid develop
ments in the next five years.
One essential change in cur
riculum will supplement tra
ditional instruction with life
science, physical, and man
agement principles, with the
objective of identifying com
mon principles in all areas.
Continual shift of emphasis
There will also be a con
tinual shift to emphasis on
off-farm occupations, rapid
growth in post-high school
teaching programs, and multi-teacher
departments.
Horner added that the
above changes in agricultur
al education in Nebraska, plus
recent draft rulings, will
bring about many opportuni
ties due to probably short
ages in these vital positions.
AFS needs
chaperones
for trip
Interviews are presently be
ing held by the American
Field Service for chaperones
to accompany the AFS stu
dent bus trip to New York
City.
The all-expense paid trip
begins at the end of June.
Chaperones must be twenty
one years old or have com
pleted their junior year in
college and must not be over
twenty-five years old.
There will be two chaper
ones on each bus, therefore,
husband-wife interviews will
be accepted. To receive in
formation on interviews, con
tact Susie Jenkins.
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