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Regents Reject
Approve Budget Allocations
In a lengthy meeting last Monday, the
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
rejected a liberalized coed visitation
proposal, approved a stringent 1971-72
budget and voted to cut back doctoral
programs.
The student guest rights proposal was
rejected, according to NU-Lincoln
President Joseph Soshnik, because a
survey of parents showed that then
reaction falls "far short of overwhelming
support for the policy."
"In view of the survey results, I must
conclude that the student guest rights
proposal should not be recommended for
approval in September 1971," Soshnik
said.
The proposed policy would have
allowed students to have guests of the
opposite sex in rooms in campus living
units during designated hours.
Living unit policies should have been left
up to individual students and students
under 20 would have needed parental
consent to participate.
In addition, optional housing would
have been provided for students who
chose not to participate.
NU student John Humlicek, who
headed the committee which drafted the
proposal, told the Regents he felt that the
results of the survey indicated that
parents are willing to see the policy
implemented on a trial basis.
He also said that most of the other Big
Eight schools have similar policies, but
that none provide for parental consent.
Budget Approved
The budget approved by the board
provides a total of $78.1 million for
1971-72, up about $6.2 million from
what was available during the fiscal year
ending June 30.
Most of the $6.2 million additional
money, however, will come from sources
other than the state's general fund,
Senator To Campaign
In Lincoln Tomorrow
Senator George McGovern, the only
announced candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency, will be in
Lincoln tomorrow (July 16). This is his
first visit to Nebraska since he announced
his candidacy last January.
According to Hugh Luke, NU associate
professor of English, McGovern will arrive
in Lincoln by car from Omaha sometime
in the afternoon. His first scheduled
activity will be to tape a half-hour film
with the University of Nebraska ETV for
later showing.
About three o'clock, Luke explained,
the senator will walk from downtown
Lincoln to his room at the Cornhusker
Hotel, shaking hands with Lincoln
citizens along the way.
There will be a reception for
McGovern in the Ballroom of the
Cornhusker Hotel from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The reception is open to the public. "The
senator has expressed a particular desire
that students from the University will
come to speak with him," Luke said.
Later in the evening, McGovern will
speak at a meeting of the Lancaster
County Democratic Women. On Saturday
he will tour Northeast Nebraska, with
lunch in Laurel and a meeting with
agricultural leaders in Norfolk. He will
spend Sunday in Omaha.
Luke explained that Sen. McGovern
announced his intention to seek the
Democratic nomination in a "politically
unprecedented way ': he wrote a letter to
NU Law Professor Holds Office
That Officially Doesn't Exist'
Law Prof. James Lake holds an office
that officially doesn't exist.
Lake is the newly-elected president of
the University of Nebraska Faculty
Senate.
The by-lawi and rules of the Board of
Regents lists the chancellor, deans,
directors, assistant professors and above
as members of the senate but mentions
nothing about the president.
"My office is strictly illegal," Lake
said, "because there's no mention of an
office of president of the faculty senate."
The duties of the president of the
senate aren't described in any of the rules
passed by the University senate. Lake
feels that this wasn't an oversight.
"It was purposely left blank because
the committee that drafted the write-up
was afraid that if It put down duties the
officeholder would be limited to those
duties."
Lake is the first non-administrator to
hold the office of president. The position
was previously given to the president or
chancellor of the University.
One of his main duties as president.
Lake said, is to be a faculty representative
before student and administrative
governing bodies.
"I plan to attend all Board of Regents
meetings and all meetings of ASUN," he
said. "We hear stories about a failure to
communicate within the University
community. I feel that this could be
solved by getting together and talking."
Coed Visitation,
according to Howard R. Neville, vice
chancellor for business and finance.
Almost $5 million, he said, will be
generated through tuition increases and
by charging higher or new fees for NU
services, including rates at the University
Hospital.
Neville added that the budget is geared
to directives in LB 1025, the Legislature's
budget bill, which is an "unusually rigid
and restrictive document."
Chancellor D.B. Varner told the
Regents that "the budget isn't as good as
we had hoped but we believe we haven't
lost ground in the Big Eight. We've done
it primarily through assessing students
more heavily," he said.
He added that the budget is not good
enough if the University is going to
improve its status and move toward its
best-in-the-Big-Eight goal.
Programs Ended
In other action the Regents voted to
terminate doctoral programs in
biochemistry and nutrition,
pharmaceutical sciences and romance
languages.
The action on the doctoral programs,
Regents were told, came after a
comprehensive review of 15 of 45
programs currently offered. Graduate
Dean Norman Cromwell said reviews of
the other 30 will follow during the next
two years.
Last fall Varner ordered four programs
phased out during the next two years
with the goal of improving the quality,
and efficiency of graduate education.
Students now pursuing doctoral
degrees in the three programs will be able
to finish their work, Cromwell said, but
there will be no new admissions or
registrations in the areas.
Requests for doctoral programs in the
discontinued areas, Cromwell stated, have
been running only three to four a year.
Senator George McGovern
over two hundred and seventy-five
thousand American citizens.
"On May 16," Luke said, "McGovern
sent a second letter, this one to some
15,000 Nebraskans. In this letter-with its
salutation of 'Dear Neighbors' stressing
his home base in South Dakota-he
announced his specific intention of
entering the Nebraska Democratic
Primary. 'I consider Nebraska one of the
most important primaries in the 1972
campaign.' he wrote."
Lake sees changes in order next fall for
the faculty senate meetings.
"I feel the senate must quit wasting
time," he explained. "It meets regularly
only once a month from 4 to 5 p.m. It
seems to me that this is an extremely
limited time to devote to very important
issues."
"There are many questions the
University faculty would like answers
to," he added. "I don't know whether the
senate can become an
information-gathering agency or not, but
one of the duties of a parliamentary body
is to acquire information and background
about important issues. Many times a lack
of background information makes the
faculty vote in a vacuum."
What within the senate-does he feel
needs to be changed?
The committee reports ought to be in
writing and not delivered orally," he said.
"If faculty members can't have the
opportunity to read the reports, ask
questions and make notes about the
issues then maybe the whole senate
should be abolished."
Lake said that the importance of
faculty-student committees varies with
each individual committee. He explained
that he knew of at least one committee
where the student representatives
contributed a great deal. He added that
it's important that the students attend
committee meetings regularly and have
the courage to voice their opinions.
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John Neihardt, Nebraska's poet laureate, explains the use and meaning of
the Indian peace pipe. Neihardt spoke to members of English 1 classes and
other interested persons July 8 in Andrews Hall.
Costume Designer for NU Opera
Creates at the Sewing Machine
A former dressmaker and a puppeteer,
Lee Ridge is a rather unusual costume
designer. She does no sketches, designs at
the sewing machine and creates ali of her
costumes from scratch.
Mrs. Ridge is the costume designer for
the NU School of Music opera, "Cosi fan
tutte," which opens July 28 at Kimball
Recital Hall.
"1 don't usually make sketches," she
explained, "because I feel that I can be
more creative at the sewing machine. And
on those occasions when I do do sketches
the costumes never look like Ihe
sketches."
Mrs. Ridge said that the costumes for
the opera will emphasize Mozart and the
early 18th century but will not be taken
strictly from any one period. She added
that the authenticity of the costumes is
Campus
Calendar
THURSDAY, JULY 15
Summer Film Series-"The Illustrated
Man." 7:00 p.m., Nebraska Union
Classes begin.
Late fees for incomplete registrations.
Repertory Theatre-"The Man of La
Mancha." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
FRIDAY, JULY 16
Repertory Theatre-"We Bombed in
New Haven." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
SATURDAY, JULY 17
Repertory Theatre-"The Man of
Mancha." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
La
MONDAY. JULY 19
Final date for adds or section changes.
TUESDAY, JULY 20
Final date for: (1) submitting drops
(2) filing applications for degrees or
certificates to be conferred.
Repertory Theatr-"The Man of La
Mancha." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
Repertory Theatre-"The Man of La
Mancha." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
THURSDAY. JULY 22
Summer Film Series-"Four for
Texas." 7:00 p.m., Nebraska Union.
Repertory Theatre-"We Bombed in
New Haven." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre
FRIDAY. JULY 23
Repertory Theatre-"The Man of La
Mancha." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
SATURDAY, JULY 24
Repertory Theatre-"We Bombed in
New Haven." 8:30 p.m., Howell Theatre.
MONDAY, JULY 26
Final date for (I) submitting Doctoral
Dissertations (2) Filing applications for
oral exams for advanced degrees.
Administrators National Conference.
Sponsored by the Elementary Education
Department and the Nebraska Council of
School Administrators. Speakers: Dr.
Fred T. Wilhelms, Dr. Forrest Conner, Dr.
William Pharis. Schramm Hall.
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not too important in this opera.
One of the interesting aspects of
designing for "Cosi fan tutte", Mrs. Ridge
explained, is creating the disguises called
for in the script.
"There are four disguises in the
opera," she explained, "and they must be
rather ridiculous in order to get the point
across. The costumes have to be extreme
so that the audience will understand
immediately that this is a disguise."
Mrs. Ridge added that there are certain
built-in problems in designing for opera.
"Unfortunately," she said, "the people
who wrote operas weren't very good
theatre people and didn't give the
designer enough time for costume
changes."
"The appearance of the chorus is also
hard on the costumer," she said. "Very
often there will only be three leads in the
opera and thirty chorus people, with the
chorus written into every scene so that
you end up with six costumes for the
leads and 1 50 for the chorus."
In a good opera, Mrs. Ridge added, the
costumes should not be noticed-they
should blend with the sets and lighting
and should serve only to add to the total
picture. "A good costumer knows that
the audience shouldn't be conscious
of the costumes," she said. "1, however,
sometimes try to design for costumers in
the audience. I try to find an unusual
source for my inspiration and never go to
costume books.
"I got the inspiration for the colors
and general tone for this opera from
porcelain figurines. There will be many
bright, strong pastel colors in the
costumes."
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Five NU Students rehearse for the upcoming production of "Cosi fan tutte." The five students, who will sing the
lead rcles, are (from left) Jon Gruett, Kathy Harney, Marilyn Cronin, Roy Cram and John Brandstetter.
Dean Sees Great Changes
In Education in tta Future
Dr. Robert L. Egbert has completed
his first two weeks as dean of the
Teachers College at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln but he is far from
settled into the job or into the
community.
There is a lot of getting acquainted to
do both here at the University and
throughout the state, he notes.
On July 1, Egbert officially succeeded
Dr. Walter K. Beggs who had been the
administrative head of NU's second
largest college since 1958 .
Since 1967, Egbert has been director
of the Follow Through Program of the
U.S. Office of Education in Washington.
This program was designed to sustain and
supplement gains made by children from
Head Start or similar pre-school
programs.
Egbert began his career in 1948 as an
instructor of psychology at Triple Cities
College at Endicott, N.Y. He held several
other research and teaching posts,
including professor of educational
psychology and chairman of the Graduate
Department of Education at Brigham
Young University, before joining the U.S.
Office of Education.
Now that Dr. Egbert is officially Dean
of the NU Teachers College, what are his
concerns about education and what are
his plans for the College?
"First, I should say that I am sure that
there are going to be great changes taking
place in education in the future, as there
have been in recent years. It will be this
College's responsibility to train teachers
and other educational personnel to meet
these new challenges and take advantage
of new opportunities."
"Let me also say that I am firmly
committed to our system of public school
education. The system has some problems
but I believe the solution to our problems
is to be achieved by attacking them
directly rather than by establishing
alternate systems," Egbert said.
The new dean is concerned about the
"distance" between schools and those
they serve and is interested in closing this
gap. He hopes to interest every Nebraskan
in what is taught Teachers College
students in how they are taught and in
the reasearch the College does.
In planning and designing programs of
education and teacher preparation, he
Works of Robert Henri To Be Exhibited
At Sheldon Art Gallery Thru August 29
"Robert Henri and His Circle," a
special summer art exhibition, will be
shown at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
July 13 through August 29.
Robert Henri is the most illustrious of
all the exponents of the visual arts
associated with this history of Nebraska,
according to Jon Nelson, assistant
director of the gallery, having spent nine
years at Cozad, the town founded by his
father. "It is highly appropriate that
Sheldon Gallery, with its chosen specialty
of 20th Century American art, should
have such a comprehensive collection by
the American artist who best represents
the turning point in our artistic history
marking also the advent of this century,"
Nelson said.
The collection includes eight portraits,
three landscapes and two drawings,
extending in date from the "Qualy of
Concarneau" in 1896 to "Pink Pinafore"
of 1926, and contains the essence of
Henri's art.
Also on exhibit will be paintings,
prints and drawings by the many students
he influenced and the group of artists
whith whom Henri exhibited and
associated socially "The Eight". Sloan,
Glackens, Shinn, Luks, Lawson,
said careful consideration must be given
to the future needs of the society and
teachers must be prepared with the
necessary skills and competencies to
function effectively in the program and
facilities of the future.
"I am particularly concerned with
educational 'accountability,' " the Dean
said. "The community has a right to
expect that the schools will work with its
children until they achieve certain desired
characteristics. By the same token, the
people of Nebraska have a right to expect
that the school personnel whom we
prepare will possess certain teaching skills
and personal characteristics."
"I have become convinced that only if
we further establish a teacher education
program based on demonstrated
competency to teach, can we be
reasonably confident that those whom we
train actually possess such skills," he
emphasized.
Dr. Egbert also sees the need for
further implementation and utilization of
educational tools, including four
particularly valuable ones-media, process
analysis, behaviorism and systems
approach.
"In the months to come, we hope to
develop a clear and concise Teachers
College mission statement. We will be
gettina acquainted with the State of
Nebraska and with its educational needs
by seeking the counsel of many persons
throughout the state," he said.
The plan for developing the mission
statement, he explained, calls for
assembling detailed factual information
about the State including economic,
population and employment trends;
securing the support and thinking of
many people concerning the current and
future educational needs of the state and
welding this information into a
comprehensive document that could be
adopted.
"I believe it is for the Teachers College
to provide educational leadership in
N e b r a s k a -1 hrough teachers,
administrators, counselors and other
personnel whom we train; through
services activities such as in-service
workshops; - conferences, and
consultations; and through research and
development activities."
Prendergast and Davies were rebels led
and encouraged by Henri to move out in
a new and more vital realism in reaction
to the sterile teaching and exhibition
practices of the academies.
Robert Henri's circle of influence was
one of great circumference, but his
artistic stimulation resulted in a variety of
individual expressions as he discouraged
imitation. His admonition was "Paint
what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint
what is real to you."
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Review of "We Bombed
In New Haven" Page 2
Letter to the Editor Page 2
ETV Schedule Page 3
In-depth Analysis of
Tri-County School District Page 4
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