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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 93, NO. 89
Grad
by CAROL ANDERSON
and BILL SMITHERMAN
Nebraska Staff Writer
Militant action by graduate
student groups has resulted in
changes at some universities,
but representatives to a pro
posed graduate group at the
University of Nebraska do not
feel the need for militant action
at this time.
The idea of a graduate stu
dent association was conceived
by Benjamin McCashland, head
of the Graduate College, who
saw it as just an advisory
board, according to sociology
graduate student Susan Jacobs.
But, the form of the group has
changed as the students have
worked with it, she said.
Graduate students need to
form a graduate association to
combat departmental isolation
and as a means to exert
greater control over their own
academic destinies, Doug
Wagner, graduate student in
history said.
The group's goal is a voice in
all matters including cur
Ivy Day short, sweet
The University's traditional Ivy Day will be greatly
shortened and upda ed for the eighty-first presentation Satur
day afternoon.
Three select University School of Music groups will
take part in the program north of Love Library beginning
at 1 p.m. Instead cf the former 11 a.m.v
Chancellor Durward Varner will give the welcome and
President Joseph Soshnik will present the Ivy Day traditions.
Dean of faculties C Peter Magrath will be master of
ceremonies.
Tapping of new Mortar Boards and tackling of new
Innocents will begin at 3 p.m.
Ivy Day will open with a concert by the University's
Symphonic Bahd directed by Donald Lentz.
During the afternoon program, musical selections will
be presented by the Madrigal Singers and the Varsity Men's
Glee Club.
Announcement will be made of the recipient of the
highest women's average award and the Dean llelen Snyder
Scholarship.
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grad students in their roles as
teaching assistants or students,
according to Wagner.
"Grad students now have
almost no influence," he said
and need to collectivize
because "the University has
become so large that the in
dividual student is incapable of
making changes."
Wagner admits that one pro
blem with the group is "w h a t
type of role they (ad
ministration) will allow us to
play."
He sees no possibility of the
students becoming militant like
the University of Wisconsin
graduate student association
which recently went on strike.
But he said the group's course
will be determined by the
response of the administra
tion. Most grad students are "if
not enthused are at leat sym
pathetic." and faculty reaction
ranges from thinking the idea
is nonsense and a waste of time
to a feeling that grad students
can contribute to solving the
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academic problems, Wagner
said.
Miss Jacobs agrees that the
possibility of the group becom
ing militant is remote because
the grad student's biggest con
cern is "self-preservation."
The purpose of the group is to
open lines of communication
between grad students and
faculty since "there is no
reason for them to be closed,"
she said.
Administration
Regents
Many of the top University of
Nebraska administrators
received sizeable salary raises
for the 1970-71 fiscal year.
The following salaries were
not included in either budget
summaries or. news releases
distributed to the news media.
The Board of Regents ap
parently resolved the salaries
before their meeting last
week.
The president of the
University of Nebraska
Medical Center in Omaha, Dr.
Cecil Wittson, will become the
highest paid member of the
University administrative staff
July 1.
Wittson's $40,500 salary will
top that of Chancellor Durward
B. Varner by $500.
Salaries for other ad
ministrators with University
wide responsibilities include:
Merk Ifobson. executive
vice chancellor, $36,000 up
$1,000 from the current year.
G. Robert Ross, vice
chancellor for student pro
grams, $32,000 up $2,000.
Harry S. Allen, director of
institutional research and
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A graduate student in Speech
and Dramatic Art, John Stone
expressed concern over the
future of the organization.
Since the original group was
formed, McCashland has
resigned his job to take a post
in Minnesota.
"McCashland's resignation
has left us kind of hanging," he
said. "The organization may
have trouble becoming
anything if we don't have a
gravy
raise NU
planning, $24,500 up $t,500.
Gene Budig. assistant vice
chancellor, $19,000 up
$2,000.
Carl Donaldson, director of
business services, is retiring
from that position but will
become consultant to the
president of Lincoln campuses
and outstate activities at his
current salary of $26,000.
George S. Round, director
of information and special
assistant to the chancellor,
$25,000 up $2,500.
Francis L. S c h m e h 1 ,
research administrator, $26,000
up $1,000.
Glenn W. Smith, director of
budget planning, $21,000 up
$1,500.
New salaries for ad
ministrators with
responsibilities for the Lincoln
campuses and outstate ac
tivities include:
Joseph Soshnik, president,
$35,500 - up $2,500.
C. Peter Magrath, dean of
faculties, $30,500 up $2,000.
Miles Tommeraasen,
director of business and
finance, $23.500 up $t.50Q.
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friend on the inside of the ad
ministration." Forty-four of the sixty-six
graduate departments are cur
rently represented In the group.
At the first meeting, last
month, it was realized that this
was too large a group to work
with and a committee of 12
students was formed to plan
proposals for the next meeting,
Stone said.
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salaries
Russell II. Brown, dean for
student development, $20,500
up $1,500.
Lee W. Chatfield, dean of
student academic services,
$20,500 up $1,500.
Edward W. Janike, dean of
extension, $26,400 up
$1,200.
Carl R. Yost, comptroller,
$20,000 up $1,000.
Kirk Naylor, president of
the University of Nebraska at
Omaha, will receive a $1,500
raise to $33,200.
New salaries for college
deans will include:
Richard E. Bradley, Den
tistry, $28,500 up $2,000.
John R. Davis, Engineering
and Architecture, $28,500 up
$2,000.
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Agriculture,
$1,500,
F. FroIIk,
$29,500 up
Robert
Pharmacy,
D. Gibson,
$26,500 up
$1,500.
Henry M. Grether Jr., Law,
$27,500 up $1,500.
Charles S. Miller, Business
Administration, $28,000 up
$1,500.
For the position of dean of
Teachers College, the budget
includes $28,500. Walter Beggs,
slated to retire from the posi
tion at the end of the current
academic year, now receives
$22,800.
Robert L. Hough, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences on
a temporary appointment,
receives $19,500 for t h e
academic year. His successor,
Melvtn George, will receive
$28,500 on a full-year appoint
ment. The College of Agriculture
and Home Economics will be
divided into two colleges. The
Board of Regents did not op
point a new dean for the new
college of Home Economics.
Virginia Y. Trotter, associate
dean of the combined college
and director of the Capitol
School of Home Economics now
receives $26,000 in that position
and reportedly has the inside
track for the new deanshipw
