New senate asks grading committee
by Susie Jenkins
Junior Staff Writer
The newly-elected Student Sen
ate Wednesday passed Its first
resolution which requests the Fac
ulty Senate to establish a Faculty-Student
.committee to "c o n
tinually re-evaluate the University
of Nebraska grading system."
The resolution, in the form of a
letter, is to be read at the emer
gency Faculty Senate meeting to
morrow at 4 p.m. in Love Library
Auditorium.
Faculty Senate has approved a
shift from the 4.0 system to a 4.5
system with the Inclusion of
"plus" grades for every letter ex
cept F, failing. The change was
approved shortly before Spring
Vacation.
This resolution made official
recent statements by student lead
ers who spoke on behalf of the
student body in objection to t h e
Faculty Senate action. The new
seantors passed the resolution
unanimously with a few ab
stentions.
In presenting the resolution,
ASUN President Craig Dreeszen
emphasized that the students' ob
jection was "not In the grade
change itself, but that' students
were not consulted In the ac
tion." This does not prevent Faculty
Senate members from asking for
reconsideration of the emergency
motion passed at the last Faculty
Senate meeting, Dreeszen em
phasized. Several faculty members have
indicated that such a move is be
ing planned, but none would pre
dict the outcome of the motion or
the meeting.
One professor noted that the at
tendance is expected to be so
heavy that it would be impossible
to predict any senate action.
Political science professor Ivan
Volgyes, who plans to speak at
the Senate meeting, said Wednes
day he was "really bugged" that
the student body was concerned
over such little matters.
"The student body, including
ASUN, bears strict responslbllty
for not supporting the national
boycott of classes Friday in non
support of the Vietnam war,"
Volgyes said.
"Students are not competent to
make judgement on grading sys
tems," he said. "The type of sys
tem is only important to indicate
whether the student is graduate
school material, and to keep him
out of the draft."
Volgyes noted that the main
purpose of the grading change
was to do something about those
people flunking out of the Univer
sity. "I'd love to see some sort of
pass-fail system used, but gradu
ate schools won't accept this type
of grading," Volgyes said.
Psychology Professor Frank
Dudek noted Wednesday that since
the students have taken the initi
ative to discuss the grading
change, it is up to them "to ex
plain what they are trying to
achieve."
Dudck, a member of the ad hoc
committee that made the grade
change recommendation, criticized
the petition that caused the con
vening of the Faculty Senate
meeting.
"The petition puts emphasis on
the grading system question, not
the procedural problem of student
non-involvement," Dudek said.
"You won't find many faculty
members who disagree with in
cluding student opinion and par
ticipation. "However, there was a certain
ambiguity in the wording of the
petition which clouds several is
sues together," he said.
1 Dudek further stated that stu
dents who worry about the change
as a detrimental factor do not
understand the mechanics of the
grade change.
Dreeszen and former ASUN
President pick Schulze were in
sirumental in petitioning for the
Faculty Senate meeting.
Dreeszen feels that students are
"legal" in asking for the meet
ing because previous dialog took
place between the Administra
tion, the ASUN Education Com
mittee and the Faculty Senate
Liaison committee.
In a letter dated February 22,
1968, Vice-Chancellor G. Robert
Ross told the Faculty Senate Liai
son Committee that he "intended
to pursue with Chancellor Har
din" the establishment of a spe-.
cial committee to evaluate the
grading system.
He noted that it would be help,
ful if this committee "yet to be
established" would consider ques
tions regarding the pas-fail sys
tem of grading.
In another letter dated Febru
ary 28, 19H8, the Liaison Commit
tee acknowledged then-Education
chairman Craig Dreeszen's re
quest that the Faculty Senate
consider further expansion of th
pass-fall system.
'Sympathetic
The letter stated that the com
mittee was "sympathetic to many
suggestions," and that they felt
a special committee to study the
problem would be "most suitable."
It is on this basis, among oth
ers, that the ASUN will request
the formation of the committee,
Dreeszen said.
Dick Schulze, in his final speech
to Student Senate Wednesday, said
that his first sharp reaction to the
announced grading change was
"a mistake."
"I realize now that the motion
was certainly justified, and t h e
oversight of not including the stu
dents on the committee was unin
tentional," Schulze said.
"If student involvement in Uni
versity affairs is to be the goal
of the new Student Senate, you
must be careful and cautious
about the costs of action," he said.
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Stassen proposes draft
with college deferment
by John Dvorak
Junior Staff Writer
Harold Stassen proposed drastic
changes in selective service, ag
ricultural and Vietnam policies
during an exclusive interview in
Lincoln Tuesday evening.
"I propose a national lottery to
determine who will serve in t h e
armed forces," the Republican
Presidential candidate said. "We
should also give those who serve
an option whether they will serve
after high school or after col
lege." Stassen, long time lawyer, pol
itician and statesman, was at his
recently opened State Headquar
ters Tuesday night to meet with
several leaders of the Students for
Stassen group at the University.
He continued, "When drafted,
students should be utilized in keep
ing with their education.
The United States could depend
on a volunteer professional army
to an extent, Stassen said, but the
whole defense program should not
be based on such an army.
"If the Vietnam war would end,
there wouldn't be much draft
ing," he said. "The draft should
only be used to meet emergen
cies." Switching to the plight of the
farmer, Stassen said that a new
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agricultural program based on the
successful programs of the Scan
dinavian countries should be
adopted in the United States.
"The income of the American
farmer must be raised up to its
fair share of the national econ
omy, which would be 23 per cent
higher than it is now," he de
clared. Farmers in Norway, Sweden
and Finland have a method for
collective bargaining, an excellent
system, Stassen explained.
The former Minnesota governor
spoke sympathetically about t h e
recent mass hog killing near Lin
coln, sponsored by the National
Farmers Organization.
"We must realize that such ac
tions are an outburst of frustra
tion with an inadequate farm
program," he said. He termed
such tactics as unfortunate and
said they should not be necessary.
Holding actions by farmers' or
ganizations have a place, he con
tinued, as long as nothing is de
stroyed. Stassen reinterrated the
need for a formal program of ac
tion. In general, the farmers have
been responding well to Stassen's
lottery
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ideas on agricultural, the candi
date remarked. "Farmers are in
agreement that we need a new
program," he said.
Stassen then spoke about the
Southeast Asian situation, the
major plank in his platform.
He has emphasized three points
concerning Vietnam.
The war drive should be
stopped and American forces
should be relocated in positions
near the sea coast around major
cities.
-Both North and South Viet
nam should be invited to join the
United Nations. All countries
should then work through the UN
to halt the war, rebuild the dam
age and police the border between
the two Vietnams.
A Communist coalition in
South Vietnam should not be per
mitted as the government then
could be sabotaged from inside.
"I'm hopeful that since Presi
dent Johnson has made the deci
sion to de-escalate, that he will
carry on through," Stassen said.
So far, peace talks have gotten
nowhere, he observed. But he ex
pressed the hope that negotiations
can begin soon.
Stassen also dispelled the popu
lar theory that more American
soldiers died in the Korean War
after negotiations began than be
fore. Citing Defense Deparment sta
tistics he recently obtained, Stas
sen said that 20,929 lives were lost
before talks started and 12,700
died after that.
Stassen sized up the race for
President as he sees it now.
New York Senator Robert Ken
nedy is "pretty likely to get the
Democratic nomination," he said.
Stassen predicted, "If Senator
McCarthy loses Indiana and Ne
braska, he will fade to a less
strong position." Also he said that
Vice President Hubert Humphrey
would probably announce his can
didacy within a week.
On the Republican ticket, Stas
sen said, "Nixon's leading posi
tion is beginning to fade because
of the widespread belief that his
Vietnam policy is a mistake."
Stassen said that Nixon is out of
step with world affairs and prob
lems in the cities.
Stassen predicted a wide open
Republican race, featuring New
York Mayor John Lindsay, Illin
ois Senator Charles Percy and
Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield.
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didate, outlines his platform.
Students display
during annual
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Engineer's
models
Week
Undulating sidewalks, hi-fi mus
ic from a flame, a white tornado
and surveying with electronic de
vices, will be on display as the
56th annual Engineer's Week
commences Thursday with an
open house.
The open house, consisting of
student planned and constructed
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SYSTEM . . . John Bell demonstrates system he and Terry
Whitesel made which will be on display at the E-Week open
house 2-10 p.m. Thursday. The system makes it possible
to amplify force exerted by man more than four times.
displays, will be held from 2-10
p.m. Thursday. It is expected to
attract almost 20,000 persons, ac
cording to an estimate made by
John R. Davis, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering and Archi
tecture. "The displays are not like in
dustrial models," Davis explain
ed, "they are working models de
signed by students."
Six departments participate
Six engineering departments
will provide displays which will
be entirely different from those in
past years, Davis added.
Civil engineers, in dedicating
their open house exhibit to Prof.
Adrian Legault at Stout Hall, will
demonstrate an electronic sound
ing device capable of piloting the
cross-section of a river channel.
The Computer Science Depart
ment will enter E-Week for the
first time with a computer-controlled
plotter, remote display un
its and an example of the capa
bilities of the IBM-360 computer
on the second floor of Nebraska
Hall.
Agricultural engineers, in an M
and N Building display will de
monstrate a scale model to simu
late air flew characteristics and
air flow patterns in an actual
building and a cutaway model of
a hydrostatic transmission.
Electrical muscle potential driv
ing artificial limbs will be shown
by medical electronic engineers
along with demonstrations of com
puters in programmed learning
and voice simulators.
Ten mechanical engineering dis
plays ranging from the reproduc
tion of hi-fi music with a flame to
a fire bar using oxygen and
magnesium to cut metal will be
in Richards Hall. Other exhibits
include a steam engine using fric
tion rather than conventional
blades, a pulse jet engine and a
white tornado demonstrating the
air pressure differences in a tor
nado. Freeze-drying featured
Chemical engineering exhibits,
in the chemical engineering wing
of Avery Lab will feature freeze
drying, desalinization of water
and liquid crystals as sensing de
vices. E-Week co-chairmen Larry Eld
ridge and Jack Mozdzen said the
displays are designed to give view
ers an opportunity to see how en
gineers apply their knowledge in
business, industry, agriculture and
the community.
Davis said invitations have
been sent to several high schools
outside Lincoln inviting high
school students to attend the
open house and a luncheon im
mediately preceeding the open
house where they will be informed
about engineering field.
He added that one year ago
more than 300 high school stu
dents from outstate Nebraska at
tended the ceremonies.
Window displays of the exhibits
have been placed in retail stores
in downtown Lincoln on O St. to
give downtown shoppers of pre
view of E-week, Davis said.
Although the open house high
lights the event, other activities
ranging from the annual engineer
ing convocation to an awards ban
quet will be held Friday.
Louis Lundstrom, head of t h e
automotive safety engineering di
vision of General Motors will
address a student sponsored con
vocation at 10:30 a.m. in the Ne
braska Union Ballroom.
Lundstrom, a University grad
uate, has received an honorary de
gree from the University, Davis
said.
Davis added that all engineer
ing classes will be dismissed Tues
day and after 10:30 a.m. Friday
to enable students to participate
in the E-Week programs.
Field games held between stu
dents in engineering depart
ments Friday afternoon will be
followed by the annual engineer
ing awards banquet at the East
Hills Supper Club Friday night.
The O. J. Ferguson award will
be presented to the outstanding
senior engineering student and an
award presented by the Hamilton
Watch Company will be given to
the engineering student who has
developed the strongest program
in humanities and social sciences.
An award will also be given to
the department selling the most
tickets and constructing the lead
ing displays, Davis said.
Davis added that tickets for the
banquet can be purchased from
engineering students for $3.50.
Although architecture has de
clined to enter exhibits in t h e
formal E-Week competitoon, Davis
said a limited number of archi
tecture exhibits will be shown in
the Architectural Hall Gallery.
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I will be presented to all Uni-
I versity students Saturday
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Spring Weekend sponsored
1 by Abel, Sandoz, Schramm, i
Harper and Smith dormi- I
I tories.
Melodrama "Pure as the 1
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building of Schramm, Har-
per, Smith complex, Satur- i
day 6 p.m. and Sunday 2:30 I
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parking lot, Saturday 8-12
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I area, Saturday 9-12 p.m., I
"The Rising Suns" will play.
Art work Sandoz Hall.
Folk-jazz concert Sandoz
lawn, sponsored by Abel-
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1 turing "The Three Day I
Ryders", "Candi Wise Quar- I
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Outstanding Nebraskan
nominations now taken
Nominations for this semester's
two outstanding Nebraskans are
now being accepted in the Daily
Nebraskan office in room 51 Ne
braska Union.
The Outstanding Nebraskan
awards, presented each semester
to an outstanding University fac
ulty member and an outstanding
University student will be an
nounced in this semester's final
Daily Nebraskan, May 8.
Letters of nomination should con
tain the nominee's qualifications
and reasons why be should be
named an Outstanding Nebraskan
by the Nebraskan staff.
Selection of the two Outstanding
Nebraskans will be based on the
nominee's contributions to the Uni
versity and the qualifications stated
in the letter of nomination.
. Last semester's Outstanding Ne
braskans were Al Spangler and Dr.
Campbell R. McConnell. Spangler
was an ASUN Senator; and McCon
nell, a professor of economics, has
written a textbook widely used in
economics and teaching.
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