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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Eeny meeny miny mo ... Faculty explains semester modification shortcomings Continued from page 1 period. Subject matter and examina tions might be compressed into too short a time. A less drastic calendar change, but one that would solve several pro blems, is the Modified Semester Plan. Under this idea, the first semester would be pushed back, beginning early in September. Classes and finals would conclude before Christmas. The se cond semester could begin right after the first of the year, or could be de layed until the traditional late Janu ary beginning. IN THE latter case, nearly a month's vacation would be available, Hastings College, which utilizes this plan, conducts independent study projects during the "free month." One month may be too short a time to conduct any real project however. Also, political considerations, because of the one month institutional shut down, might impair the plan. A final theoretical alternative is a change to the trimester system, which appears highly unlikely. Widely publicized some years ago, the plan seems to have fallen into disfavor. Basically, the trimester plan would divide the year into three learning periods of about 14 weeks each. The system coincides with few other in stitutions of higher learning and no secondary and elementary schools. MOST TEACHERS seem to share the opinion of Dr. Adrian R. Legault, professor of civil engineering. "I know very little about the trimester plan, but from rumors I understand that it is not very successful." Registration open for 8 NFU classes Currently, eight Nebraska Free Uni versity classes have been organized for this semester, according to Jim Humlicek. NFU committee chairman. Registration for these courses is con ducted in the ASUN office. SKY DIVING. Meetings scheduled Wednesday evenings in Room 20, Mor rill Hall. Contact Marv Helman at Schram Hall for information. Hel man, secretary of the Lincoln Sport Parachute Club, is one of the course leaders FOLK GUITAR. Meetings held ev ery Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the Selleck Quadrangle Music Room. MONEY AND INVESTMENTS. First meeting to be held about March 20. Contact the ASUN office for infor mation. AFRICAN KINSHIP AND POLITI CAL SYSTEMS. Meets Wednesday, March 12 in Burnett Hall, Room 223. Kjartan Magnassun, a graduate stu dent, is the course leader. LONG DISTANCE RUNNING. Has already begun, ' although registration is still being accepted. Contact Eng lish instructor Lawrence Wolfley, the course leader, for information. CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL THEORY. First meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation. John Wag staffe, as sophomore in arts and sci ences, is the course leader. IMAGE OF WOMAN. First meeting scheduled for March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Hall lounge. Twig Daniels of the Lincoln YWCA and Teri Fisk, a senior at NU, are the course leaders. MASS PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. First meeting scheduled for March 11 at 7 p.m. in UMHE. Dan Schlitt is the course leader. Dsily Nebreskan Classified Advertising Hours Monday ttirsj Frldmr t p.m. i Wanted: Girl, 21-J4 to share how. with 4 others. Call ai-tm. COLLEGE MEN, Work P-'" " end foil time this summer, 4M-4414. Clrl 10-77 wanted to har. apartment with girl art ttixSent. I black from campus. After 477-M0. For Rent: Attractive party house for rent. First time offered. Outside elty. Call 432-2128 days, 4M-00M evenings. Miscellaneous: Expert typist. Reasoneb'f rates fast, de pendable. Call Pat Owen, 423-3O0. Want . date with Opeir rail Bill Mow bray, Bulck-Opel, 434-5974. ' volleyball Involves a net, a bsll and your family. Hooan's has the net, the volley ball and complete instructions for only t.es. It only needs family. Just stop In. We have your family sports needs. Vtar black this week. Glnoer Baker is dod. Show you care. t Icctrcnic copying. Fast service. Term p---rs. treses, dissertations. Call 453M?. !,ilv:r ID b:acelet with name Chrlt on It. If f und plase call 4774W. Reward O fcrad. For Sale: I ale 1 .45 MC5. N;.vy Blue, many acces w:e. 7W-2492. The Faculty Senate Committee circulated questionnaires to the faculty about the calendar last spring. Out of 456 returns, only seven people indicated a preference for the trimester. If the Faculty Senate followed ASUN Senate's proposal, and modified the current system, relatively little work would be required. A more radical change, such as to a quarter plan, could involve quite an undertaking. "THTCRE WOULD have to be a drastic overhaul of the curriculum," speculated Dr. Lawrence S. Poston, who worked in the ad hoc study com mittee last spring. Course material would have to be redivided and essentially the entire catalogue rewritten. This would not, he said, be an impossible task. (Tomorrow, an in-depth considera tion of the quarter plan.) IFC tables new contract Continued from page 1 cases the contract has been effective, but on the whole it has not. "With enforcement and a renewed sense of importance, this year's con tract can be effective," he said. "If we can get houses to examine the merits and fauults of their pledge training programs and do away with the faults, the contract will have been effective." IFC President Joe Voboril feels the effectiveness of the contract will be determined by how hard the Ex ecutive and Pledge Education com mittees work to get houses to sign the contract and enforce it. . "THERE SHOULD be positive goals in a pledge training program," he said. "We have to come up with con structive alternatives." "When you take away the negative aspect of pledge training, all you have left is zero," Voboril continued. "We want to come up with some good ideas to replace the negative." Voboril stressed that the contract will be emphasized by the IFC orientation teams in June and in rush week. "The contract wasn't pushed hard enough last year in rush week," he said. "Any house not signing the con tract this year had better be confident that their program will be convincing torushees." Voboril feels that, for the contract to be really successful, more houses than the 16 which now have the con tract must sign the new version. "There should be at least 20 22 houses sign the contract," he added, "There are that many who, with a few minor changes in their programs, could comply with the contract." 3M company announces grants-in-aid The University will receive $11,900 as part of 3M Company's annual aid-to-education program, 3M has an nounced. Included are three grants-in-aid worth 13,500 each for chemistry and chemical engineering and $2,500 for electrical engineering; and two $1,200 scholarships for engineering and chemical engineering. The scholar ship funds may be used for one or more students as the University decides. kfSEflftV All SMI Sup? kssi m hbb' u m w ui RE IN THE SAH BOAT YOU'RE You're making plans. Going to stay in Agriculture, somehow. But not in the fanning end of it. You've heard of Agri-Business, and you know some thing about the Agriculture Chemical Industry. But is it for you. Geigy Agriculture Chemicals needs men to help far mers keep pace with the fast changing technology of Agricultural Chemicals. But you'll want more information on GEIGY and what GEIGY men do. Sign up today to visit with A. Howard, District Sales Manager on Thursday March 20th Geigy Agricultural Chemicals Mental to includ Plans are under way for expansion of the University Mental Health Service, according to Dr. Louis Martin, newly appointed acting director of the service. The development program is to in clude three major areas, he said. First, plans are being made to in crease the student service function of the mental health program. ... THIS HAS been the area of greatest concern in the past, Dr. Martin said. At present the Service has one full time psychiatrist, a full-time psychologist, and an "almost full-time psychologist," he continued. Also in cluded is a staff of over half a dozen local consulting psychiatrists. Dr. Martin said that the present Mental Health Service compares well with other University health services. However, mental health is a weak area in most university health services, he noted. A second focus of the development plan is the expansion of tne mental health research program. Research is planned as an impor tant part of the development program, Dr. Martin said. The principal study will be an analysis of psychiatric prob lems in the college years. "WE WANT to make progress in analyzing and then making available the best procedures for handling stu dent problems," Dr. Martin said. This will be a process of finding which types of emotional problems are best handled by what division of the University, he continued. The service also plans to become involved in basic research, Dr. Martin said. Problems concerning maturation in the college years will be of particular interest. The third part of the development scheme is an increased program of mental health education. This is to be accomplished through programs of class instruction, informal meetings in dormitories and houses, and meetings with faculty and administration personnel, Dr. Martin said. ... PSYCHIATRY IS important in understanding the problems facing a modern University, he continued. Problems dealt with by the service usually stem from the stresses in volved in passing from adolesence to mature living, Dr. Martin said. This is especially true in modern society, where unrest is prevalent, he con tinued. "One of the largest problems is the case of identity crisis," he continued. This is the case of the person who loses his direction and asks very basic questions about life. This can lead Read Nebraska Want Ads The Backstage Club presents "IN WHITE AMERICA" A unique, deepty-movlnt dramatic experience COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE March 8 and 9 Curtain l:N p.m. Tickets U.SO; Students $1.0o U U0 ealth Service enlargement e improved student service ' , , -WW- V Newly appointed Mental Health Service acting director Dr. Louis Martin explains the three areas which the center hopes to develop for better service to the student. to a great confusion in value systems. Dr. Martin said. He added that sexual problems are another large source of problems during college years. . "THE COLLEGE years are the time when people, by and large, lay down the foundation for what their sexual behavior will be the rest of their lives," Dr. Martin said. "Many go through a shock period when they find that this aspect of life is not what they thought it would be," he con tinued. About half of the service's patients refer themselves for treatment, Dr. Martin said. The remainder are referred to the service by someone in the structure of the University. Other physicians in the Student Health Center also refer cases to the Mental Health Service, he said. The clinic now has both in and out patient care available. It has a solid operating base but is not really ade 6 jobs in 6 Not necessarily. Not at Du Pont. For Jim, it added up to six. assignments in six years. This may be some kind of a record. But he didn't waste time. Every day of it was solid profit. e e Your Du Font recruiter is a guy a lot like Jim. Ask him about planned mobility. Ask him anything. The coupon will get you some oacKgruuuu information before you meet him. College Relations ha buiuu opportunity Employer (MF) , K ' ' " '"i " ' ' "w., Tu. m. -' quate for the size of the University, Dr. Martin said. "We hope to increase the staff in the future," he continued. THE NEXT two or three years will be a "tooling-up period," he said. The bask goal of the development pro gram is to establish a long-range, comprehensive mental health service. However, the exact structure is not firmly established, he continued. "Psychology today: is, ,hopefully, emerging from its adolescence and it, ' . i mmmmmmmmm MA""flirnOTiimrnia.TWriiTiw i nnjiiii .ii.lli j.ji.uniT"rri rn"nismjiiiuiijmiiiixuLtr-inirjsi-ri irrfTr-Tr-r:mTrTwiTiiirnniiiiijMiiiii Learn men women 834 No. 27, 434-8140 years is called job hopping' , We have a practice called "planned mobility," a kind OK intramural job hopping. It means you dont go mto a trasnaj program. You go to work- different growth jobs that broadea you professionally, benefit yoo personally, and help you find tt specific field yoo want to grow in. Here's how it worked for, Jim Davis, an M.E. from 010 University of Pittsburgh; -My first assignment was installation of improved polymer transfer systems," says Jim- . Then some research. A patent was issued on my device to apply steam to a running threadline. Next I was a coBeg recruiter. After that I worked on a five-year forecast of the company's engineering needs. Now I'm in a cost reduction group." Du Pont Company Room 6689 . Wilmington, DE 19898 Fd like your latest information on opportunities at Du Pont for graduates with degrees in -Name University. Degree e Address City. r. - deeply questioning its basic concep' tions and ideas," Dr. Martin iaic'. It is attempting to relate the 3rorl: of classical psychiatrists to mora broadly based concepts of human behavior, he continued. "We are trying to use these new concepts to evaluate behavior in the University community." RENT Your FURNITURE Save Money And Time Enjoy Attractive Surroundings Inferiors Diversified 1230 Swtk St. 431-8852 .Graduation Date. .State. Zip. 1 .