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s '.1 j . i. . TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1971 PAGE TWO SUMMER NEBRASKAN r - 5 1 f f ,1 5 4 I ! 1 (f ' b I n, I inn in I i .I.... H..H mm. ..li.. I n , I.l,1i..,..ii.i.ii,ilin.iiiliiiiii mi .1 mi nnirr in. r.J Letter to the Editor Photo by Nick Partsch Oscar Kastens (left) and Jim Christensen (right) crate books for their move from Love Library to Nebraska Hall. Dear editor, I would like to correct an error in Bob WaddelPs story on the dropping of 198 from the curriculum. In that article he quotes Dr. Philip A. Crowl as saying, "The biggest problem was grading . . . The English Department let the students grade themselves." Given all that was wrong with 198, it is hard to understand on what scale of values grading could have been the "biggest problem." Given that kind of concern, I wish it could be said that "the English Department let the students grade themselves." Unfortunately, that is only a half-truth. The English Department participated in 1 98 three times. The first and last times the literature section was graded in the standard manner. The second time (Spring, 1970) there was something of a self-grading option. That came about for several reasons. First, an effort was made that semester to restructure the literature section to allow student participation and discussion. Once a week (5 of IS sessions) the class met in fifteen small groups to talk among themselves about the literature. In order to facilitate those discussions there were students in each group who had worked with the same literature before. It was an experiment and only about OOks fYlOVed From LibrarV Tournaments, Swims Scheduled m ecause of a Lack of Space Faced with overflowing shelves and stacks. University Libraries officials are transferring 38,000 volumes from Love Library to Nebraska Hall-Third Floor. According to Carolyn Snyder, assistant director of libraries for public service, 12,500 volumes of general works, 8,500 of philosophy and psychology, 7,000 of religion and 10,000 of technology and engineering will be transferred during the move which began July 1 . "As early as 1960 it was necessary to move lesser-used volumes from Love Library in order to make room for more heavily used volumes," said Frank Lundy, director of University Libraries. "It will be necessary to continue to move large quantities of books from Love Library until an addition to the structure is accomplished." Eugene Johnson, associate director of libraries for public services, added that since 1960 approximately 130,000 volumes have been moved from Love Library to the Law Annex and to, the Law Library and more than 80,000 volumes to the C. Y. Thompson Library on East Campus. "We have learned from past experience that two important points should be stressed," Johnson said. 'The first point is that title-by-title moves of books and sets are very expensive in staff time, and the net result is to reduce substantially the number of new titles cataloged for the collections. "The second point is that title-by-title moves are definitely not in the best interests of the scholar. The Senate Library Committee, after the 1967 move of sets to the Law Annex, has since urged that future moves be made by large classification blocks, and that when the time comes to move volumes that the entire block be moved at one time." Lundy stated that the current rate of growth of the collections on the Lincoln campuses is in excess of 75,000 volumes. "We must develop now a long-range plan to shelve the growing collections until such time when some sort of addition to the Love Library structure can be occupied." "The earliest date for that eventuality," he added, "is thought to be mid-1974. At the present annual growth rate of 85-87,000 volumes, we must accomodate a minimum of 250,000 volumes before the addition to Love Library can be utilized." At this rate, the director said, by mid-1974 only half of the volumes owned by the UNL Libraries will be shelved in Love Library. The other half will be shelved in one of the other eleven libraries on the two campuses. Entries are now being taken for handball, paddleball and tennis singles and doubles in Room 121 W Nebraska Hall. The tourney is open to faculty, staff and students with Individual awards to the winners. The entry deadline is Friday, July 30. A faculty-family swim will be held every Tuesday evening from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and a swim for women students every Tuesday evening from 8:00-9:00 p.m. in the Women's PE Building. THE NEXT AND LAST SUMMER NEBRASKAN TUESDAY, AUG. 10 OLAN MILLS needs ladles for telephone appointment clerks. Salary plus bonus. Hrs. 9-5, 5-9, or hrs can be arranged. Call Mrs. Willis, 475-8783 half successful. "Half" isn't bad the first time around; but it means half unsuccessful too, and I didn't feel the students should be penalized for any failures in my experiment. Secondly, that was the spring of what was facetiously called the student "strike". Between general unrest and missed classes, the "strike" took over a week (3 of 15 sessions) away from the literature section. Some of the material simply couldn't be covered with everyone; and, since all the material was meant to "hang" together, the whole section of the course was flawed. At any rate, counting the hour exam on the last day, only some 6 to 8 sessions were devoted to covering material in class. I happen to think, and so did many students, that the discussion sessions were of value; but that kind of value is not a testable thing. So, all in all, I felt a strict exam would be unfair. Therefore, I offered the students the option of taking an objective test which I would grade or of writing a self-graded essay . . . but with the understanding that I would read the essays and possibly change grades that were, in my opninion, way out of line. I was surprised when a large minority chose the objective test. Some were surprised, though I was not, when it turned out that the grade average for the tests I graded fell out almost the same as the grade average for the self-graded essays. At the time, Dr. Jack Siegman, who was teaching the sociology section, called to express his disapproval of what I had done. We came to an understanding, although not to agreement. Dr. Crowl never bothered to contact me concerning the matter, and the first I knew that he considered this the "biggest problem" was in the July 6 Summer Nebraskan. The truth is, the "self -grading" was my decision, not the English Department's; it was only an option at the time; it was only an expedient at the time; and it was only I think the "record" will show done in one of the three that two of the three semesters. These facts hardly departments involved, warrant or support Dr. Crowl's Sociology and English, tried to assertion. do something about that. The rest of the truth is that class size was among the Charles A. Peek greatest problems in 1 98, and Jana fonda doncld ctharfcsd 'if w dp I3TH AND'P HELP WANTED Either full or part-time work. Used car lot helper. Contact Roger DeBrown at 432-1023 DeBrown Auto Sales 17th &N FOR SALE 1970 Honda 350 CB Excellent Condition 799-3256 tafl ETI afl IZll lEIIIIIf ' 7Uli minis' o ttm . 7" ge I ii. 1 f -irnriiii J L if if i? i i nt Jfctatataaaaf mttW fiaV flat flHL) MhIJ THE NEW FLAVORED SPARKLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE Right Time is deliciously, different. It's spirited, light, and very refreshing. 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