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UNL wanes don't stack u
Too often the college professor
loses the battle for the bucks a
situation especially common at UNL.
For the 1973-74 academic year, the
UNL faculty's average total compen
sations (salaries plus fringe benefits)
were: professor, $20,900; associate
professor, $16,000; assistant profes
sor, $14,400; and instructor $10,700.
Nationally, a professor's average
total compensation for 1973-74 was
estimated at $25,500, or $4,100 more
than at UNL, according to the
American' Association of University
Professors.
UNL stacks up badly even when
compared to other Big 8 universities.
In 1972-73, it ranked fifth in the
conference for average total compen
sation of faculty. A Big 8 study for
1973-74 now is being done by the
Nebraska state government.
The saddest effect of mediocre
salaries is that they result in mediocre
education.
Already, some of UNL's finest
faculty members have left for higher
paying jobs at other schools. More
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probably will join them if the market
for faculty in higher education
improves, as is predicted, said
Richard Gilbert, president of the UNL
Faculty Senate.
Money does speak. And if salaries
are increased, the quality of professor
who joins or stays on the UNL faculty
should increase as well.
The Board of Regents will present
its 1975-76 budget recommendations,
including those on faculty salaries, to
the Unicameral in January.
UNL Chancellor James Zumberge
has said arguments presented to the
Legislature for increased salaries
must be "saleable" and not based on
"arbitrary studies," especially be
cause the Nebraska economy has
suffered from last summer's drought.
Hopefully, state senators will rec
ognize the importance of paying
adequate salaries to the UNL faculty.
Otherwise, the state might suffer a
drought of another kind in the area of
higher education.
Jane Owens
Dear Editor, , . ....
There was a feeling of pessimism emitting from your
editorial "Student Regent Necessary" (Daily
Nebraskan, Sept. 27). -
Your opinion was that it would be no better than the
advisory board that meets with the regents before their
monthly meeting. I can understand that opinion, but I
am slightly more optimistic the student regent could
have "clout" and be "effective mouthpiece.'.'
The regents meet more than once a month
concerning University business. And when they do, the
students will have three people there to speak for them.
I agree that it is not a very large step, but it is the initial
step that is always the hardest to make.
What has to be done now, as you said, is to work with
the ASUN Concerned Students for Better Higher
Education Committee, to get all students registered
and then to make them knowledgable of Amendment
No. 1.
There should be at least 25,000 students from NU
voting for Amendment No. 1 in November. And each of
those 25,000 should be getting their parents, relatives
j and friends to vote for it also. There are only six weeks
left before election day. !
Tim Evensen
ASUN Senator
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"Count your blessings, Maude,"
called out Jud Joad as he shuffled
up the path to his ramshackle cabin
down the road a piece from
Appalachla Corners.
Maude pushed through the
rusting screen door, wiping her
thin hands on her flour-sack apron.
"Oh, Jud," she said, her old eyes
sparkling. "You ordered them
qinqham curtains been hankering
lor so long! My stars, it was worth
all the scrimping to put away that
$4 out of my egg money. "
"Well, truth is, I didn't," Jud
said frowning. "Seems like they
gone up to $4.95."
Maude's shoulders sagged.
"What other blessings ought I to
count?" she said, without much
interest.
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off," Jud said bright
saw this high-up govern
ment man on the tee-vee down to
the store. And he said them rich
Wall street fellers got it a sight
worse with inflation than us'n. The
money those poor men are losing
would make your hair stand on
end.
"On account of the prices of
everything going up so high?"
Maude asked.
"No, on account of the prices of
stocks going down so low," said
Jud. "You take Mr. Rockefeller,
Maude. Two weeks ago the papers
was saying how he was worth $5
billion, and just t'other day he tells
them senators how he's now down
to his last $62 million. Compared
to a licking like that, a pair of
curtains ain't worth a hill of
beans."
"I reckon you're right, Jud,"
Maude said reluctantly.
"Right as rain" Jud said firmly.
"What with this here inflation, we
ain't worth a penny less, maybe
even a couple of pennies more. But
Mr. Rockefeller, he's not only lost
more'n $4 billion some pjace.hels
got to pay millions more for what
he buys, ike paintings and yachts
and things."
"What's the poor man going to
do, Jud?"
"Reckon he's got to start giving
up things, like buying more
paintings and yachts. But all we
got to give up is an old pair of $4.95
curtains. There's a blessing. Then
he's going to have to cut back on
expenses, like, say, entertaining."
"That's one thing we won't have
to give up," Maude said.
"There's another blessing," Jud
said. "And the way he's lost all
them billions in a couple of weeks,
pretty soon he's going to have to
start selling off things. Wouldn't
surprise me none if'n any day now
he has a garage sale."
"We could have one, too, Jud,
if'n only we had a garage." Maude
said, scratching her elbow thought
fully. "Reckon we could get $4.95
for that old outhouse?"
"Now,, Maude, some things we
need worse'n others. Stop your
fretting. Think of all them
wonderful things Mr. Rockefellers
got to give up and here we don't
have to give up hardly nothing."
"Don't appear rightly fair,"
Maude agreed. "But I suppose
folks like us can't give up more'n
they got."
"Yep," Jud said beaming. "It's
like the government man said. We
can count our lucky stars we ain't
rich."
Maude was silent a moment,
staring down the dirt trail to the
dusty road beyond. Jud came
closer and put an arm around her
bone-hard back.
"Well, now, old girl," he said
comfortingly, "you understand this
here inflation thing?"
She nodded slowly. "I ain't
never going to get them gingham
curtains, am I, Jud?"
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1974)
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