Varner turns salesman
University Chancellor
Durward B." Varner turned
salesman Tuesday in his first
major address to leading
Nebraska business leaders.
Varner was telling the 1971-73
University budget. The
Chancellor will have to do a lot
I selling this year since the
University is asking the
governor-elect and Legislature
for 53 per cent more state funds
than it is receiving in the cur
rent biennlum.
Varner, speaking before a
meeting of the Nebraska
Association of Commerce &
Industry (NACI) at the
Cornhusker Hotel, referred to
the NU football team fre
quently, but never mentioned
last May's unrest on the Lin
coln Campus.
The Chancellor opened his
speech by mentioning state
senators in the audience.
"Overlooking any senator is the
last thing I can afford to do
these days," joked Varner.
Earlier in the day four state
senators said that appropria
tions, especially the NU budget
will be the leading topic when
the Legislature meets next Jan.
5.
The senators Jerome
Warner of Waverly, J. W.
Burbach of Crofton, C W.
Holmquist of Oakland, and
William Wylie of Elgin made
their observations in a panel
discussion at the NACI con
vention. Many senators have said that
the University's request of
$123.8 million will be severely
cut by the 1971 Legislature. .
"This is a major increase,"
Varner said Tuesday in
reference to the University
budget. "But I will never ask
for a penny from the
Legislature that I can not de-
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State."
The Chancellor told the
business group he is convinced
that Nebraska with Us natural
resources and people can
greatly expand, its agricultural
and Industrial capabilites.
"But none of these things will
happen just because we w i s h
them to happen," added
Varner. "The University of
Nebraska will have to serve as
a springboard for this develop
ment" However, he said that NU
has not kept pace academically
with other - Big Eight
unviersities. "It is my con
clussion that we have not re
mained competitive because
we have lacked the funds,"
explained Varner.
The Chancellor said
Nebraska can not afford a
mediocre University it it wants
to expand economically. The
three main goals of the
University budget will be to
help develop the State, reverse
the out migration of Nebraska
youth, and make NU the finest
university in the area, he added.
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