University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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!|i STUDENT GOVERNMENT — self-imposed through elected representatives — representatives who coffee, date, study and loaf like all the rest of us. But they are students who make appeals to deans, set punishments, extend library hours and ask for parking lots and longer vacations. Students who want to better the existing, students who judge their peers . . .

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I Ceres, plastic replica ol the female body, speaks to audiences via a tape recorder. Funds for University Mount With Foundation ' s Expansion Progressing steadily, the University of Ne- braska Foundation has grown because of out- side interest in the University. Donors now in- clude over 6,000 alumni and over 1,000 individ- uals, organizations, firms and corporations. More funds are being supplied through bequests and individual wills which have designated appro- priations for the advancement of the University. Funds accumulated for scholarships are turned over to the General Scholarship Com- mittee which determines recipients of the awards. In addition to student grants, the money is used for faculty study. Each year out- standing instructors are selected for recognition and Distinguished Teaching Awards. Projects such as supplying books and man- uscripts for the library and purchases of perma- nent and temporary displays for the museum are under the Foundation ' s jurisdiction. The planetarium was installed from major donations by Ralph Mueller and the Foundation. Without the Foundation ' s work, construction of Nebraska Center for Continuing Education would have been delayed. The Foundation supplied funds acquired through solicitations to match the amount offered by the Kellogg Company, Herbert .M. Potter. Cecil S. Metzgcr Assistants to the Director Perry W. Branch Director. Nebraska Foundation 24

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Student Council just will not believe that there were no other parking places, sir. Don ' t you want to count another box of ballots? Steve Gage asks Joanie Davies after an election. Zero hour comes when Council members uncover incomplete organizational reports. Student Council Adopts Plan To Enforce Attendance Rule All members must attend the meetings! Student Council opened the year by establish- ing a compulsory attendance rule, maintaining that a member with three unexcused absences faced possible expulsion from the organization. Improving understanding between the stu- dent body and the faculty is the main purpose of Student Council. By conferences with the faculty members the organization concentrates on strengthening the liaison as its major goal. Open meetings constituted another policy change for the Council. Although only members could cast votes, open attendance encouraged mass student interest in Council procedures. Revisions enforced by the group in the stu- dent election program provided for a Council member to be stationed at every polling place. More publicity on elections and polling places raised the percentage of students voting. Chosen in an all-campus election, the twenty-four members represent the various or- ganizations and colleges on campus. Student Council governs University organizations and co- ordinates activities planned by the colleges. 26