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Dr. Miles Tommeraasen
Director of Business & Finance
404 Administration Building
Lincoln Campus
Dear Miles:
I owe someone in the palace
hierarchy a word of thanks! I
am not sure to whom this
particular "thanks" should be
directed and so I will address
this to you and hope that you
will see it through appropriate
channels. I am referring
specifically to the new parking
stall between the Love Library
and the College of Business
Administration labelled
DIRECTOR-LIBRARY.
When this new stall was first
called to my attention mv first
reaction was to say (to
my Secretary, who called
it to my attention): there
will soon be a new Director of
Libraries and this is intended
for him. I have been a Director
of Libraries on this Campus for
twenty-seven years, with
responsibilities on two
campuses in Lincoln and with
libraries in twelve different
buildings, and no one before
now ever thought that I needed
convenient access by
automobile to a parking stall in
order that I might go and come
conveniently without spending
half an hour on each trip
searching for a place to park.
During those many years it was
only "a hunting license that I
carried on my windshield, and
especially in those recent years
when the students were visibly
debating whether any faculty
member at all should have a
preferred place to park.
Well, I did feel "the honor
of the thing" even though I
suspected that this new parking
stall was really being set aside
at this late date for the new
Director of Libraries when he
comes in this fall and not for
me. Frankly, I did not
immediately occupy the new
stall. Then I recalled that a
recommendation had already
W men in
By H. J. emmins
NU Journalism Student
"Herstory'Mhe feminist's
replacement for history"-is
coming to the University of
Nebraska this fall with the
introduction of a Home
Economics 100 course,
"Women in Contemporary
Society."
The purpose of the course,
according to its request form,
will be "to examine from the
perspectives of different
disciplines the contributions of
women to society, and societal
attitudes toward women."
""Women have been asked to
accept masculine, values in a
society while performing in
feminine roles," the request
form continued. As the
experience of black people
shows, this type of conflict
precipitates a grave identity
crisis for the minority culture."
The female search for
identity and "the refusal by
educational institutions to play
any role in it" prompted MJ's
Women's Action Group to
organize this women's studies
course, according to Miss Patti
JCaminkki. A member oi
DWAG and the course
student-faculty steering
committee, Miss Kaminski said
she believes the course allows
NU to establish '"its leadership
an the field of human
relations"
Asked if it would be a
"women's lib" course, Miss
Kaminski denied any such
slant, saying, "it's my feeling
that won.tu'k Jbemtion
doesn't have to be defended, it
only has to be seen "
A not her U WA G and steering
committee member, Mrs. Tom
Milliard, agreed, adding, '"This
must and will be an objective
study of women in society and
women as defined toy aociety.
Wo men"' t liberation a a
legitimate part of all this, tooth
historically and (currently, hut
' will snot tot presented out of
perspective ."
Cross-listed toy the sociology
department for tooth the fall
and spring semesters, the
course consists of two classes a
wsek, 0:30-11 J : 20a.m Tuesdays
, and Thursdays. Two credit
houTS will tie awarded to
students who attend these
lectures and write rn a journal
after each, briefly k plaining
the 4ayH topic and their
'reactions to &, Miss Kaminski
said.
WHY FURN ISH YOUR NEW APARTMENT IN
EARLY HAND-ME-DOWN WHEN YOU CAN
RENT REAtLY FANTASTIC FURNITURE
AT
INTERIORS
DIVERSIFIED
Evon t Parking Priorities
gone forward to President
Joseph Soshnik from the
faculty Library Committee
that the NEW Director of
Libraries should be titled Dean
of Libraries. The idea behind
this recommendation was, as I
recall, to give the new Director
(or Dean) sufficient status and
leverage on the campus to
enable him to work effectively
with college deans in
transacting library business at
the level of policy and program
determination.
You are well aware, no
doubt, of "the mystique of the
Dean on this Campus, if you
are a Dean you get a parking
stall without any question. You
meet with other deans on a
variety of business and profes
sional and social occasions. A
dean can even meet with Pres
idents and Vice Chancellors,
which is something, and once a
year a dean might even expect
to be invited to the Chancellor's
home to meet someone impor
tant from out-of-town. Now
this mystique extends to all
deans, and not just to real
deans, that is. If you are a dean,
or an associate dean, or merely
an assistant dean, it doesn't
matter; you will on all occasions
be addressed as "dean" and you
will participate in full equality
in all occasions in which deans
are involved. Our national
immaturity which manifests
itself in the father figure with
which we invest the Presidency
of the United States, the
Governorship of every State,
and the Presidency of every
college or university, comes
into full flower in the plethora
of deans with which we are
blessed.
Now there is no mys
tique about directors. Di
rectors enjoy individually
and collectively all the
privileges and perquisites of
the forgotten man". They are
wholly unable to fit into the
University's royalty. Perplexed
to know what to do for the
directors, President Soshnik
called them together for two or
three coffee hours in the early
morning, but the almost total
lack of community of interest
among them was quickly
Society, History
"The journal is not a
hard-and-fast rule, though,"
she continued. "If a student
can justify another way to
show his or heT involvement in
the course, it will be accepted.
We hope to make this course
very free mechanically."
Students also have the
option of earning an additional
credit for completing an
independent research project
on a topic of special interest to
them, according to the course
outline.
They may ask any faculty
member they choose, the
outline reads, to aid them in
their research. If the
instruction agrees, he will serve
as their adviser and grade their
completed project.
By January of this year,
more than 50 NU instructors
had indicated ""enthusiasm"
about aiding such research,
according to Miss Kaminski,
And we've barely begun to
approach most of the faculty."
Students taking the course
for two credits receive no grade
on their work, only a "pass" or
'fail," as it as listed in the
registration manual, Miss
Kaminski said. However, she
added- , those who receive
three credits may take 'it
pass-fail or for a grade-the
option is theirs.
According to the tentative
lecture schedule, the semester
is divided into three general
areas-the temperament, status,
and role and image of women.
After an introductory period
when Dr. Constance Keis, the
coutsc faculty adviser, clarifies
the course's mechanics to the
students, the schedule calls for
four Sleet utcs on female
temperament.
Lectures on biology
((male-female physiological
differences, and female medical
problems), and psychology
the personality development
of women) begin the course.
Miss Kaminski said, because
""the female identity k first and
foremost her body."
AD 30 lectures will be given
by separate individuals the
steering committee believes are
qualified to speak on the day's
topic. Miss Kaminski said.
For example, Dr. Susan
Wetlch, mh NU assistant
iprofegsor of political science,
will talk about women's (roles
th Bean
apparent and the arrangement
dissolved in competition with
other scheduled commitments
which seemed to have more
purpose. The one director in
the community who might
have provided some
cohesiveness to the meeting of
directors was never able to be
present. He could not have
helped for very long at that
because this particular man is
already well on his way to
"sainthood", and would 'not
long therefore have retained his
place among the directors. He
is beloved by almost everybody
and most recently by the
Board of Directors of the
National Bank of Commerce.
But to get back to my
parking problem and the
private stall recently designated
for the Director of the Library!
One morning a couple of weeks
ago I came downtown with a
most serious problem on my
mind and one which had, if
possible, to be solved that day.
The thought suddenly occurred
to me as I drove downtown,
why not for today at least
behave like a real Director with
a capitol D and park in your
new parking stall. And I did! I
not only parked there all that
day, while 1 was trying to solve
my difficult problem, but also
the next day and the day after
that!
The first day I parked in the
new stall was bright and sunny
and except for the dust on the
car everything seemed to' go
well. For the first time in ten
years, by the way, I have a new
car and so for that reason, too,
I felt entitled to part in the
special stall, because I was no
longer a disgrace to the
ooninr.rity of directors, such
as it is, for driving an old car.
Well, the second and third days
we had a lot of moisture in the
air and the big elm trees
dripped all over my car. That
was a little discouraging. But
then-the birds came! Now
these are old campus residents,
these birds, and they came at
my car from every angle with
not so much as a single near
miss. It was well plastered.
Well, that was almost too much
Subject of New Course
as political leaders and voters;
Mrs "Twig" Daniels, adult
adviser to the NU YWCA and
three-year seminary student,
will cover theology and morals;
and Dr. Nelson Potter, NU
assistant professor of
philosophy, will discuss women
in philosophy.
Other lecturers already
committed to speak include
Mrs. Pat Knaub, of Centennial
College, on women in families;
Dr. Jacqueline Voss, assistant
professor of human
development, and Dr. Wayne
Gregg, professor of sociology,
on female career roles; and
Mrs. Janet Huss Poley of the
Department of Information, on
the influence of mass media on
the roles of women .
The second section of the
course, women's status,
concerns itself with women's
history, and women's roles in
various cultures and in political
science, economics, religion,
law and philosophy within our
own culture, according to the
course outline.
"Women have Jong studied
the disciplines in this section,"
said Miss Kaminski, "but they
are always male oriented, to
the exclusion of women. It's
time women learned something
about themselves."
The final section, role and
image, will stress today's
situation, according to Gregg,
the NU sociology department
representative on the steering
com nul tee.
Modern family and career
to Iks will be examined, he said ,
and several sociologists will
explore social pressures on
w o men in general, and on
ethnic women in particular.
Also, lectures on English,
education, mass media and the
art the reciprocal
relationships they maintain
with contemporary women are
included, he said.
The course will end with
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even for an old campushand
like me. But the next day came
the final insult! The driveway
repair men came in with
scraper and blower and tar
buckets. They didn't tell me
that morning to get my new
car out of harms way before it
was too late. No! They worked
around it all day long and at
three in the afternoon sent for
me to move the car so they
could work at the pavement
cracks that were under it. I
went out to move my car and
found it covered with a
thousand small pieces of dried
tar dug out of the cracks and
scattered by the blower. Well, I
had had the car washed the
night after the elm trees had
dripped copiously upon it; and
I had had the car washed the
night of the second day the
birds had at it; and I took it
down again to have the tar
washed off it, always for pride
and looks of course, and to
save the paint!
Now I can't afford to have
my car washed every night in
order to drive it home without
paint damage. There was, of
course, the risk of damage both
to my pride and my prestige if
I didn't have it washed.
Reluctantly I decided that I
simply can't afford to enjoy
this new distinction bestowed
at long last on the Director of
Libraries. I am going back to
parking with the faculty hoi
polloi on the open faculty
parking lot. And what to do
with this new private parking
stall is one problem I don't
have to solve because there will
soon be a new director, or dean
of libraries, and if the sign is
still there when he comes, he
can decide if he wants to
expose his car to the ravages of
Nature and Man as I there
encountered them.
Sincerely,
- j!1
J
Frank A. Lundy
Director of University
Libraries
FALVfp
two lectures on today's
feminist movement concerned
with all its levels from
international to local.
'Courses used for references
by the NU group include those
in the planning stages last
summer for Cornell, Vassar and
Princeton, and the 1 1 -course
program initiated this year at
San Diego State.
Definitely scheduled for at
least two semesters, the course
is being organized by three
faculty advisers, Drs. Keis,
Voss and Gregg; and six UWAG
mambers. Mines. Halliard,
Betty M unson, Nancy Rozman
and Susan Etsrnhart and Misses
Kaminski and Barb Taras.
Deitol College . . .
Continued front Page 1
'"The Indian is in a constant
stale of despair. He cant join
the mainstream of American
life, yet neither can he ding to
the rapidly-fading cultural links
of his ancestors," said Joe
Baldwin in "As Long as the
Grass Shall Grow," the
University of Nebraska School
of Journalism's 1971 depth
report.
Baldwin wrote, "Ours is itol
a pleasant story, for we write
of the poorest group in the
United States. Most of today's
600,000 Indians ... are
poor, dirt poor. Many Indian
families exist on $30 a week.
Ihe national average for
families of all colors is SI 30 a
week."
Baldwin said 40 to 75 of
a 1 1 adult Indians are
unemployed or underem
ployed. Commenting on the entire
situation, Ford added, "You
really don't understand until
yo see the type of
condition ... but I guess
you really cant understand
inlets you're an Indian."
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Schools Offering Courses
On Problems Facing Youth
Nebraska secondary schools
are responding "very well" to
requests by parents and
students to provide instruction
on some of the important
problems and concerns facing
young people.
That is the conclusion of a
survey on current curriculum
practices among all Nebraska
junior high and high schools
conducted by Dr. Galen
Saylor. professor of secondary
education at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
More than 60 percent of the
schools reported that they
offered instruction in drug
education during the present
school year. Two-Jhirds of the
schools offer a health
education program and about
half of them have provided
instruction in pollution and
ecological problems. About the
same number of schools
provide instruction in
consumer education. However,
only 36 percent of the schools
reported instruction in sex
education, and only one in six
provides programs designated
as "black studies."
The larger secondary
schools, those enrolling 200 or
more students, more
frequently offer infraction in
these areas than do the smaller
schools of the slate although
the difference is not great. As
expected, the largest high
schools, those enrolling 500 or
more students, are more likely
to offer programs in "black
studies'" than are the smaller
schools or the junior high
schools. A similar situation is
noted Dh respect to sex
education, Dr. Saylor points
out.
Instruction in most of these
special subjects is carried out as
a part of the regular course
already offered by the schools.
In drug education, only 1 1 of
the 239 schools responding
offer a separate course on the
subject, but 1 25 include a unit
on the topic in other courses.
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July 14. During the one-day program the students and their families tour me
discuss various aspects of University life and meet with campus officials ana
such as biology, sociology,
modern problems, science, and
psychology. A similar situation
prevails with regard to sex
education.
About a fifth of the schools
offer a course in health; others
include such instruction in
biology, science, and
homemaking. Black studies is
usually a part of a course in
English or social studies, or
both. Consumer education is
taught as a separate subject in
about 20 percent of the
schools. Others include such
instruction in social studies,
mathematics, and home
economics.
Dr. Saylor feels that the
provision of summer school
programs is another
encouraging development in
Nebraska secondary education.
Sixty percent of the schools
across the state report
programs during the summer
months. In the largest cities of
the state, summer programs are
almost universally available to
the students of the
community.
The survey also included
questions on negotiations
between teachers
organizations and the board of
education on salaries and
working conditions. Slightly
more than three-fourths (77.4
percent) of the systems report
that such negotiations have
occurred this year.
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