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February 27, 1986
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By Ad Hudler
Editorial Page Editor
All Nebraskans not just students
will feel the sting of UNL's budget
ax if the Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources has to follow through
with its proposed cuts for the following
year, administrators say.
The cuts, part of a university-wide
budget reduction plan proposed earlier
this month by UNL's vice chancellors,
could eliminate some classes, faculty
positions, research on the state's ag
problems and outreach programs, such
as the extension service that serves
rural Nebraska.
Administrators have two alternat ives
to handling the budget squeeze of
$880,000. The first would be to elimi
nate NU's School of Technical Agricul
ture at Curtis, a two-year technical
training school. Such a move is unlikely,
however, since the Legislature's Edu
cation Committee voted earlier this
week to retain a bill that says the
school must stay open. If the school is
closed, the veterinary technician de
partment the state's only such ac
credited program would be moved
to Lincoln or into a surrounding college.
The second choice includes cuts
from several departments, including
some from Curtis, assuming the school
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UNL professor dies
John Robinson, a longtime distin
guished English professor at UNL, died
Tuesday at the age of 51.
The cause of death has not been
released.
Robinson, who came to the univer
sity in 1961, was particularly interested
in early drama and wrote many articles
on theatrical litera- -ture
that were praised ' ""-"V -in
England and the
United States. He J
co-authored a bib- X JJj
liography on "English f
Theatrical Literature ir-rr
1559-1900," which J
was awarded t he first
Besterman Medal by
the English Library j
Association. At the f
.time of his death, Cour,e7olLS
Robinson was re ed- Robinson
iting the bibliography and finishing a
book on late medieval drama.
Both colleagues and students praised
Robinson and his accomplishments.
"His death is a loss to the university
and t he department," said Robert Knoil,
a regents professor in the English
department. "He was one of our distin
guished scholars of national and inter
national reputation who will be hard to
replace."
Knoll, who met Robinson in England
in 1961 and brought him to UNL, said
Robinson was happy at UNL and felt he
had "found a home."
Assistant English department chair
man Norman Hostetler said Robinson
had a "very substantial career" and he
is sorry Robinson didn't get a chance to
finish his work.
Joe Sampson, an English and theat
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would merge some programs with sur
rounding community colleges: person
nel, research, the cooperative exten
sion service, t he conservation and survey
division, veterinary student contracts
and administrative assistance.
"It's a matter of making some choi
ces among a whole array of similarly
undesirable alternatives," said Roy
Arnold, vice chancellor of UNL's IANR.
Arnold made the final decisions about
the proposed ag college cuts.
In making the decision, Arnold said
he used several criteria, including:
O Quality of the program
O Importance of the program to
the state's economic development
O Ability to generate income
O Student demand
Importance to other instructional
programs.
The decision to put Curtis on the
chopping block was more a quantita
tive than a qualitative decision, Arnold
said. About 240 st udents attend Curtis.
RESEARCH
($257,300): The cuts would elim
inate some research positions and
programs, said T.E. Hartung, dean
of the College of Agriculture. Re
search programs vital to the state,
kept.
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rical arts major who.was taking his first
Shakespeare class with Robinson, said
Robinson's English background "made
Shakespeare come alive."
"He was just a terribly interesting
man to listen to," Sampson said.
Robinson served as chairman of the
English department from 1972 to 1981
and was College of Arts and Sciences
dean from 1969 to 1972.
Active in campus affairs, Robinson
served as vice president of the UNL
Chapter of the American Association of
University Professors in 1974 and pres
ident in 1975. He was the special repre
sentative of the chancellor on racial
issues from 1970 to 1971 and served as
chairman of the Committee on Needs of
Foreign Students in 1971.
Born in London, Robinson earned his
bachelors and masters degrees at Oxford
University and his doctorate at Scot
land's Glasgow University.
Aside from the Besterman Medal,
Robinson received many other award"
and honors. While at Oxford he received
the Plumptre Essay Prize and was a
Huntington Library Fellow in 1972. He
was a member of the editorial advisory
boards for "Nineteenth Century Thea
tre Research." and "The London Stage
1800-1900."
Robinson also was a consultant to
the University of Nebraska Press, Oxford
University Press, the Nebraska State
Historical Society, the Harvard Theatre
Collection and the International Thea
tre Bibliography.
He is survived by his wife, Ella, and
four children, Margaret, David, Cathe
rine and John Jr.
Funeral arrangements are pending
at Roper and Sons Mortuary.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lied forum panelists, from left, Lusk, Warner, Yost and Rowson.
ied a 'one-time expenditure'
Funding won't hurt NU,
By Kent Endacott
Senior Reporter
Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly,
chairman of the Legislature's Ap
propriation Committee, said Wed
nesday that state funding approved
for the Lied Center for Performing
Art s will not hurt NU when senators
consider its budget this spring.
In May 1984 the Legislature
approved a $5 million appropriation
for the construction of the arts cen
ter, to be completed by 1987.
"It's looked upon as a one-time
expenditure by most senators,"
Warner said. "The fact that it is a
one-time expenditure is very signif
icant. It will have an impact on the
level of appropriations at the uni
New system a priority, dean says
Libraries may automate
By Merry Hayes
Staff Reporter
The card catalog system at UNL
libraries may be replaced by computers
to provide better service for students
and faculty, said Kent Hendrickson,
dean of libraries.
Although automation of the libraries
is only in the proposal stage, Hendrick
son said, "chances are pretty good it
will be accepted. It's just a question of
when."
It will take several years of proposals
and approvals before automation is a
reality, he said. Currently, only the cir
culation system is automated.
The main problem is money. It would
cost $750,000 just to convert the card
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versity or any other state agency.""
At a Lied Center forum in the
main lounge of the Nebraska Union
on Wednesday, Warner said the
Center project is well-received by
the Legislature because the state
will not be responsible for operating
costs.
Vice Chancellor John Yost, UNL
Public Information Director Joe '
Rowson and Music Professor Larry
Lusk, who is a member of a faculty
planning committee for Lied, also
participated in the forum.
Under terms of the agreement,
the $20 million Lied Center will be
funded through a $10 million gift
from the estate of former Omaha
businessman Ernst Lied, a $5 mil
lion appropriation from the Legisla
ture, and money raised by the NU
catalog system to a machine-readable
format. And an additional $2 million in
computer hardware and software would
be needed for public terminals in dor
mitories and university offices.
Hendrickson said the system would
provide several additional access points
and make file searches faster. With
knowledge of a few simple commands,
students will be able to conduct title,
subject, series and call number searches
without entering the library.
"It's not a question of whether it
would be nice to do the automation,"
said Hendrickson. "It's a necessity if
we are to support graduate and faculty
research. We have to get this done, and
it's a priority with me."
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senator says
Foundation.
The NU Foundation has promised
the Legislature to raise an addi
tional $5 million to establish an
endowment for maintenance aj; the
Center.
Edward Hirsch, NU Foundation
executive vice president and cor
porate secretary, said $24.6 million
of the targeted $25 million already
has been raised. He said the founda
tion expects to have the needed $25
million in the next two months.
Yost said the Lied Center will
work closely with departments at
UNL and that it will "enrich the
education of every student."
He said other performing arts
centers in university cities compar
able in size to Lincoln are used
about 200 1 imes a vear.
card catalog
Conversion to automation is occur
ring at many universities in the coun
try, Hendrickson said. Union College in
Lincoln already has converted to auto
mation. Since September, 85 percent of their
book and audio-visual holdings have
been filed on the Inlex-3000 Auto
mated Library System, said Lawrence
Onsager, Union College's library direc
tor. Starting next week at Union College,
the system will be hooked up to the
residence hall's 400 computers.
Onsager said the minor bugs in the
system have been worked out and
Union College plans to be fully auto
mated in the next few years.
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