Regents approve intramural
development, summer budget
The University intramural
athletic program, which has
long suffered from shortages of
facilities, was given a boost
Monday when the Board of
Regents approved the develop
ment of new recreational areas
on the City Campus.
The areas will be located east
of 17th St. between R and Vine
and the area between 14th and ,
16th Street, immediately south .
of the Harper-Schramm-Smith
dormitory complex.
President Joseph Soshnik
said Monday that the areas will :
Include open fields for Jn
tramnrals and informal;
recreation. He added that one
of the areas will have tennis
courts. 1
Kermit McMurry, director of
intramurals and recreation,
said, "the new areas will help
our program immensely. This
will demonstrate to students
that we are doing something to
improve intramurals and
recreation."
Budget covers
peak enrollment
The Regents Monday also
approved a $1.6 million budget
Monday to accommodate a
projected record enrollment of
13,500 students in 2 five and
one-half week sessions on the
Lincoln campuses this sum
mer. President Joseph Soshnik
said the budget assumes an
enrollment increase of '405
students compared to last year.
This figure is based on an an
ticipated 8,000 students in the
first session and 5,500 students
in the second session.
The approved 1971 budget
represents an Increase of
$190,758 over a year ago.
Classes for the first session in
1971 will begin June 7 and end -July
14 with summer com
mencement exercises. The se
cond session will begin July 15
and end Aug. 20. i
Since the summer program
in 1967, summer enrollment
has increased more than 100
per cent from 6,307 in 1967 to
13,095 in 1970.
"We are particularly pleased
to note t)that the continued
development of our summer "
programs is making it possible
to better meet the needs of
Nebraska students and to
achieve greater use of facilities
around the year," Soshnik
said. I
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Regent protests,
plans continue
Despite the protests of
Regent Richard L. Herman of
Omaha, the Board of Regents
selected architects to conduct
pre-planning for a new field
house and home economics
building for the Lincoln cam
pus. Herman claimed it was
"wrong" for a "lame-duck"
board to take action three
weeks before four newly
elected Regents take office.
The Omaha Regent cast the
lone dissenting vote when the
Board named Davis-Clark and
Associates of Lincoln to begin
planning for the f ieldhouse and
again when Harold Hoskins and
Associates of Lincoln was
chosen to make preliminary
plans for the home economics
building.
The planning projects mU be
financed from a $60,000 ap
propriation by the 196 9
Legislature.
Colombia to be
'phased put'
It was also announced Mon
day that the University is
beginning to "phase out" its
four-year-old technical
assistance program in
agriculture and home
economics to Columbia, South
America.
The Regents agreed to
authorize execution of a new
contract with the Colombian
government for an additional 18
months.
Continuation of the program
will be financed by a loan of
$1,300,000 from the U.S. Agency
for International Development,
and by funds provided by
Colombia, the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation and the Ford
Foundation.
Although NU is the con
tracting agency for the pro
gram, no Nebraska tax money
is used in its operation.
A mission from Nebraska
works in Colombia and young
Colombians attend American
universities, including NU.
In other action Monday, the
Regents:
Appointed Walter K. Beggs
as professor of educational ad
ministration and history and
philosophy of education ef
fective Sept. 1, 1971. Beggs is
retiring as dean of the
Teachers College, a post he has
held since 1953. Robert L.
Egbert of Washington, D.C.,
will become the new Teachers
College dean July 1, 1971.
Approved the resignations
of William E. Hall, professor of
history and philosophy of
education, and Sam Weinstein,
professor and chairman of
orthodontics, effective Feb. 1.
Hall is accepting a position
with Selection Research, Inc.,
and Weinstein is accepting a
position at the University of
Connecticut.
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Undergrad library open
during dead week, finals
The undergraduate library in
Nebraska Hall will probably be
open until 2 a.m. during dead
week and finals.
Council on Student Life
memiber Lynn Webster told
Tuesday's CSL meeting that
everything appeared to be "go"
for the late hours although the
final dtcision has not been
made. Love library will not
have late hours, CSL chairman
John W. Robinson asked
Webster to direct the matter to
the ASUN Library Committee
for further action.
Webster also suggested the
formation ol a calendar board
to produce weekly and monthly
calendars of campus activities.
He reported that the existing
calendar operations is short of
money, personnel and an
nouncements for the calen
dar. Rohert D. Brown, who is
working wiih the Counseling
Service and coordinating
research in the office of Stu
dent Affairs discussed student
life at the University. CSL and
Brown exchanged questions
and observations about student
life and problems.
Ramblers ramble
v The University of Nebraska
Ramblers will present a slide
show on caving and Long's
Peak, Thursday, Dec. 17th in
the Union at 7:30 p.m.
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