Wednesday, September 7, 1977
daily nebraskan
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Win or lose, Sitz feels it's how you run course
By Paula Dittrick
Sometimes you win and sometimes you
don't, but Nebraska state fair exhibitor
Ardell Sitz agrees that either way leads to
excitement. .
Sitting astride his large brown and white
pinto mare, Sitz warily eyed the obstacle
course he was expected to guide his horse
through.
Sitz, of Indianola, Iowa, started the day
with a win when his mount, Executive
Lady, was named Champion Mare of the
Pinto show Tuesday.
But, the trail class that afternoon pre
sented more of a challenge than either he
or his wife expected.
During a horse show trail class riders
are expected to ride their horses through
such ticklish situations as through boxes of
water, around cones and through tires.
Mrs. Sitz said the obstacles and patterns
Program updates faculty
By Gail Stork
Along with current plans to improve the
Nebraska Union, remodel classrooms and
increase the capacity of utilities at UNL,
there now is a program for revamping
teachers as well.
The Faculty Development Fellowships,
approved by the NU Board of Regents last
Nov. 20, are designed to "update, renew,
broaden, retrain and strengthen existing
faculty at UNL," according to the Policy
for Faculty Development Fellowships at
jNL. .
Michael Turner, president of the UNL
faculty senate, said the fellowship program
is the first formal development program
NU has provided for its permanent faculty
members. He said since faculty members
are the university's major investment, "it
only makes sense to maintain this precious
resource."
; The purpose of the fellowships is to
allow faculty members to engage in re
search, artistic activity or the study of
teaching or professional innovations to in
crease their contribution to UNL.
The fellowships allow the fellows one
semester leave at full pay, or an academic
year at half pay, said Larry Andrew, as
sistant vice chancellor for academic affairs.
He said none of the research materials,
equipment or necessary travel are financed
by the program.
i. "In essence what they (the fellows) are
getting is time," he said.
Fellowships awarded
: Sixteen members of this "precious
resource" at UNL received fellowships in
June, about one of every fifteen eligible
'"faculty members, Andrews said.
Fellowships awards went to: A. Robin
Bowers, John Braeman, Hui-Ying Chung,
James K, Cole, Mark J. Hammer, James C.
Kimberly, William J. Long, John C.
Meakin, David M. Nicholas, James L.
Roberts, Norman R. Simon, Alvin J.
Surkan, George E. Tuck, Leslie T. Whipp,'
Arthur li. Winter and Peter J. Worth.
; Fellowship awards were made on a conu
petitive basis at the college level, following
general guidelines specified in the fellow
ship policy, Andrews said. .,"
Each applicant's written proposal .is
judged "with due regard to the benefits to
be derived by both the faculty member and
the university," according to the policy.
"They (the chancellor and faculty
members) evaluate your idea, your ability
to carry it out, then give you the time to
get it done," Turner said.
. : Most of the fellowships went to faculty
members with research already underway,
so the semester will be devoted to com
pletion of the project, Andrews said.
Replacements necessary
Departmental scheduling must be
considered along with the application,
Andrews said. Because of the university re
quirements concerning the fellowships, no
regular courses may be deleted in the ab
sence of a fellow, he said.
Not all departments are able to arrange
a colleague or substitute to replace the
instructor in time, leaving some qf their
instructors ineligible for that semester's
program.
Robin Powers, professor of English
. currently teaching Shakespeare, will pursue
his research on the Elizabethan period
during his second semester fellowship, he
said. ''
, Bowers said the chronic problem with
research in this area is that the necessary
books are in European libraries, the reason
for needing a full semester away from
teaching to get the project done.
Bowers said some of his work will lead
to publications, but everything he learns
will filter down to his students when he
resumes teaching Shakespeare.
"It (the research) is a developmental
aspect in terms of my teaching," Bowers
said.
Bowers described the fellowships as
"NU's version of the sabbatical leave with
an element of competition involved."
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for every trail class differ but she added
that the Tuesday Pinto trial class was the
"toughest one I've seen."
Executive Lady shys
Executive Lady calmly cooperated as
Sitz opened, rode through and shut agate.
However, she shyed before stepping on a
board floating in a box of water, and as
Mrs. Sitz said, "had balled things up" by
the end of the course. ?
"I doubt if Ardell even places," Mrs.
'Sitz said. She explained that both she and
her husband were thinking of more that
afternoon than showing Executive Lady.
Their daughter, Sherry, who also was
entered in the afternoon competition had
yet to arrive on the grounds. A state patrol
man contacted Mr. and Mrs. Sitz at 5 ajn.
Tuesday. The horses Sherry was to bring to
the show were missing from the pasture.
The Sitz family has been showing horses
at the Nebraska state fair for seven years.
This was the fifth and last year Executive
Lady would be shown. She has been bred
and Sitz is making plans for the mare he.
will show next year, he said.
Calling her one of the family, Mrs. Sitz
said Executive Lady never would leave
their farm. She said they bought a couple
of spotted ponies for their daughters 20
years ago and then the "hobby had turned
into a business."
They now keep 1 1 horses and raise
colts for sale, she said.
Likes Nebraska
Mrs. Sitz said she likes Nebraska because
"the people are friendly," She added that
the layout of the fairgrounds is more con-,
venient for horse exhibitors than the ar-;
rangements at other places. '
She said her family kept pintoes because
"we just like spotted horses." A
Agreeing that loud colored horses are:
attractive, Roger Mass of Denton, Neb.
said the state fair show drew more than
150 pintoes. The horses came from Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma as well : as
Nebraska. V
Mass said the Nebraska chapter of the
National Pinto Horse Association consists,
of about 70 families. ;
A member of the Nebraska charter, Kris
Jefferies of Waverly, is the first runner-up
to the National Pinto Queen. The contest
was last July.
Jefferies said "I have to show them,"
but she admitted that at times she
wondered why she keeps showing horses.
She said things sometimes get confusing,
Mrs. Sitz .".greed that confusion is a
part of horse shows as she nervously eyed
the clock waiting for her daughter. ;
. Sherry arrived on the grounds at about
3 p.m. in time for her events.
eiAL DRNQE
W0RKSH0P
Learn to dance, everything from
the polka to the hustle. Come
alone .or bring a friend. Bob
; Deschaine from the UN-L PE
Dept. will instruct the Workshop.
Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:00 p.m.
East Union Great Plains Room
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A 1 1 Su u d e n f " Or j a n izd 1 1 o n
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It is an annual requirement that all UNL
student organizations, honorarics, and honor
societies file no later than 10-1-77 updated
information with the Office of Student
Activities, 200 Nebraska Union. This
information must include the names,
addresses, and phone numbers of the
organizafions'president, treasurer, and
faculty advisor. Using this information the
Office of Student Activities will publish by
10-15-77 a complete list of UNL student
organizations under either an "active" or
"inactive" status. Organizations who file this
information and meet all other requirements
will be granted active status and will bo
accorded full privileges on campus i.e., the t
right to conduct campus activities and events,
use campus facilities etc. Organizations falling
to file vill bo placed on un inactive status.Such
organizations will have no campus privlloaof.
Organizations with inactive statuses at the
end of a two (2) year period will have
recognition as an organization withdrawn.
Forms to bo used for information filing aro
available in room 200. Nebraska Union
Call 472-2404, 05,06,07 for
additional Information.
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