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by H. J. Cummins
A new slogan-"Make Love Number
1 "--and a new priority--"to make
homecoming spirit good for the whole
University"have brought about a new
combination-Love Library and homecoming
celebrations, according to Dru Toebben,
homecoming chairman for Tassels, the
University women's pep organization.
Toebben said in a press conference
Tuesday all living units that have built
homecoming displays in the past will be
urged to contribute the money they would
have spent on the structures to a University
Foundation fund set up for Love Library.
She said she has no idea how much
money will be contributed, although living
units have been "very receptive to the idea,"
but she said, she feels $1,000 is the
minimum, and hopefully $5-$l 0,000 will be
raised.
"We realize it's unrealistic to try to add
much to the library's actual building fund,"
Toebben said, "so the money will be
channeled mainly where it can do the most
for students, providing learning materials,
additional volumes of books, and needed
equipment."
More specific predictions cannot be made
until there is a better idea of exactly how
much money will be donated, she added.
Enthusiasm in building homecoming
displays has dwindled in recent years,
Toebben said , because students feel the
displays are not worth the time, money and
effort involved for only a week-end.
So Tassels and Corn Cobs, the men's pep
organization on campus, will "urge students
to brighten their living units with window
paintings and such," instead of the "gigantic
displays" of the past, she said.
That will leave the majority of the units
homecoming decorating funds for the library
drive, Toebben said.
Trophies will be awarded to the living
units who contribute the most money per
person, she added.
Since Tassels and Corn Cobs have
traditionally lost money on homecoming
activities they sponsor, the organizations will
contribute no money to the fund
themselves, Gary Kuklin, president of Corn
Cobs, said.
Tassels will donate the profits from their
annual balloon sales, however, Toebben said.
John W. Heussman, director of UNL
libraries, said of the project, "I'm very
excited. It's a marvelous expression of real
concern for the library.
"I like to think it's indicative of the
extent of concern faculty have, too, as well
as the University administration and citizens
Jf the state," he added.
Heussman pointed to a survey of 50
leading American and Canadian university
libraries conducted by the University of
Illinois Dean of Library Administration and
himself, published in 1 970, in which UNL's
libraries ranked 50th.
Although he said he realizes it's
unrealistic to aim for the Number 1 position
in the nation, he contends "Number 1 in the
Big Eight" is not.
Love Library now ranks 5th in the Big
Eight, he said, both in the number of
volumes (books) and the percentage of the
University budget that goes to the library.
"I'm very optimistic" about the drive.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1971 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL 95 NO. 16
Alumni gifts
top 70 figure
by $140,000
McGovern Visits Nil Friday
Senator George McGovern,
the first announced condidate
for the presidency in 1972, will
speak on campus on Friday at
1:30 p.m. in the Centennial
Room of the Nebraska Union.
Senator McGovern will
reportedly give a first-hand
report on his recent trip to
Paris, Saigon, and Tokyo.
Following his speech he will
answer questions from the
audience.
George McGovern received a
Ph. D. in history from
Northwestern University and
taught at Dakota Wesleyan
University before being elected
to the Senate in 1962 and
re-elected in 1968 with 57 per
cent of the vote.
McGovern spoke against
American involvement in the
Vietnamese conflict on
September 24, 1963, saying
"Although we have spent $3
billion on the Vietnam War,
lost many lives, and are
continuing to spend $2 million
daily, the liberties of the
Vietnamese people are not
expanding. ..VVc find American
money and arms used to
suppress the very liberties we
went in to defend."
"This is.. .a policy of moral
debacle and political
defeat. ..For the failure in
Vietnam will not remain
confined to Vietnam. The trap
we have fallen into there will
haunt us in every corner of this
revolutionary world if we do
not properly appraise its
lessons."
Commenting on the belief
of some Americans that their
government is not telling them
the truth, McGovern said in an
essay published in 1968, "If I
have learned anything worth
passing on to others in 1 5 years
of political life it is the
importance of saying what one
really believes rather than
trying to tell the other fellow
what he may want to hear at
the moment. I have kept silent
or modified my views a time or
two because I feared public
reaction, but I was wrong in
doing so from the standpoint
of my peace of mind; further
more, it is bad politics."
Prison reform lacks
needed personnel
by Bart Becker
The President of the
Maryland Bar Association said
Monday that improved
conditions in correctional
institutions will cost the public
money, but "we'd better do
it."
Roszcl C. Thomsen told the
corrections committee of the
Lincoln League of Women
Voters "about 80 per cent of
money designated for
correctional institutions goes
for bricks, mortar and guards.
That money would be better
spent for personnel."
SAID THOMSEN: "The
courts simply can't run the
prison system. Institutions
need more and younger guards
and probationary officers."
He emphasized that
university training for security
personnel is a positive step.
Proper correctional methods
could make a substantial
difference in the make-up of
prison populations.
"We are exposing the
prisoner to a period of
incarceration that is usually
aimless and deadening, and
sometimes brutal and violent,"
Thomsen said.
"IS IT ANY wonder, then,
that 65 per cent of all those in
prison have been there before,
and that 80 per cent of all
felonies are committed by
repeaters? The simple fact is
that our reformatories do not
reform and our correctional
system does not correct."
Thomsen said it is the duty
of the legal profession to make
the public aware of the
conditions in the nation's jails.
He indicated he believes judges
and lawyers should join forces
to study prison conditions and
inform the public.
In addition to serving as
president of the Maryland Bar, -Thomsen
is a senior judge of
the U. S. District Court in
Baltimore. He is now in
semi-retirement as a judge and
has been directing his energy to
efforts by the bar association
to study the problems of
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By Randy Beam
Alumni contributions to the
University of Nebraska
Foundation (UNF) are up
$140,000 over this, time last
year according to Edward
llirsch, Foundation vice
president.
More than $330,000 had
been received from alumni as
of Sept. 1, approximately
$70,000 for unrestricted use
and the rest earmarked for
specific projects.
Alumni gave $390,000,
during 1970 with only
$190,000 collected by
September, llirsch is confident
that donations in this category
will exceed last year's.
llirsch cited improved stock
market conditions as the main
factor influencing this increase.
He also said that each year the
University has more graduates
to solicit funds from.
Contributions to the
foundation in all categories
totaled about $1.5 million as
of Sept. I. Donations from
estates are down considerably,
while the remaining categories
stand at approximately the
same level as last year.
Estate money amounted to
$1 million last year, but only
$270,000 has been received in
this category to date this year,
llirsch said it is not unusual for
this category to fluctuate
heavily from year to year.
Estate and alumni
contributions combine to form
the largest block of money
donated annually to the
foundation.
Other categories include:
-other foundations,
$324,000 down $80,000;
-organizations, $229,000
up $130,000;
companies, $180,000
down $20,000.
Hirsch said he was not sure
if contributions will top last
year's record mark of $3.7
million. The biggest month for
donations is usually December,
so he won't know for sure until
the foundation finishes its
fiscal year Dec. 31. Also,
figures for research money
handled through the
foundation have not yet been
compiled.
Statistics published in 1969
showed the University ranked
second in the Big 8 in
outside-university support,
slightly behind Kansas. Alumni
gifts ranked fifth nationally in
amount. Foundation benefits
to the University amounted to
more than $3 million in 1969.
The foundation was
organized in 1936 as a
non-profit corporation to
manage gifts and donations to
the University. Assets have
grown from $42,000 that first
year to $15.5 million at
present. Supervision of
$280,000 in student loans is
also handled through the
Foundation.
Money is solicited through
an annual mailing program to
over 60,000 alums. More than
11,000 responded to the 1970
campaign.
A large gifts program,
known as the "Chancellors'
Club" in honor of all past chief
NU administrators, has just
begun. Hirsch estimates that
ten $10,000 memberships have
been sold.
The largest amount of
money channeled through the
foundation goes for research.
This money is almost always
earmarked for a specific
project. The second largest
block of funds, mostly
accumulated through
contributions, is delegated for
scholarships and fellowships.
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