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Hove, Arthur (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus
Volume 61, Number 9 (Jan. 1960)
Berge, John
Keeping in touch with Wisconsin, p. 7
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Keeping in Touch with Wisconsin Two Headaches If this monthly message seems more rambling than usual, there are two rea- sons for it: (1) Wisconsin's Rose Bowl trip and (2) University budget prob- lems in the fall session of the legisla- ture. As usual, the Rose Bowl has pro- duced its customary headaches. Some of these headaches, of course, are due to the fact that all Rose Bowl plans have to be developed and worked out in approximately five weeks. Because of this time factor, the Rose Bowl ticket announcement mailed to members of the Wisconsin Alumni Association in- cluded this instruction: "Any applica- tion to be considered must be in our office not later than Monday, December 7, 1959." All ticket announcements and official order blanks were mailed by the U. W. Athletic Department by flrst class mail. Even so, some alumni did not get their official order blanks until December 7 - - and then my phone started ringing. The U. W. Athletic Department assured me that orders postmarked December 7 would be treated the same as those re- ceived by this December 7 deadline. Oscar Damman, ticket sales manager, reports that all orders from WAA members were filled. Most of our Rose Bowl headaches, however, come from Wisconsin's lim- ited ticket allotment. Reports from West Coast Badgers show that Washington got more than three times as many tick- ets as Wisconsin. Wisconsin's allotment was only 13,000 tickets. Reports from reliable West Coast sources indicate that Washington got "over 40,000 tickets". This produces a real problem because California alone has 7,162 Wisconsin alumni. There are 2,981 alumni in Los Angeles County. With a total ticket allotment of only 13,000 this means that a lot of Badgers on the West Coast are very unhappy. (Some end-zone tick- ets came in later.) These facts suggest that this ticket problem should receive special attention Wisconsin Alumnus, January, 1960 if and when the Rose Bowl contract is renewed. The Wisconsin-Washington game on January first marks the end of the current contract. When this renewal was considered last spring the vote was a tie-5 to 5. If this contract is re- newed the Big Ten should insist on more and better tickets for the Rose Bowl game. The current ticket ratio is clearly unfair to the Big Ten. While the Athletic Department was struggling with its Rose Bowl problems, President Elvehjem and the Regents were running into stiff opposition on their budget requests for 1960-61. The University asked for $28,764,371 for 1960-61. This request included salary increases for faculty members - - a very important item in keeping Wisconsin in the top ten among American universi- ties. In his budget message to the legis- lature, Governor Gaylord Nelson rec- ommended a state appropriation of $27,276,565 for the University - - ap- proximately $1.5 million less than the University's request. On December 2 the Joint Finance Committee of the legislature cut the University budget by $1,278,057, thus eliminating the proposed 8% pay raise for the faculty. This is bad news for the University because these salary increases are highly important. When this salary question was under discussion some time ago, one legislator suggested that faculty members should be satisfied with present salaries because they were about "average", as compared to salaries in other Big Ten universities. President Elvehjem answered this pro- posal by saying that he did not want to be president of an average university. He wanted to be president of "the great University of Wisconsin". President Elvehjem needs your sup- port in keeping Wisconsin in the top ten. This select group consists of great universities - - not average universities. The first essential for a great university is a great faculty. - - John Berge, Execu- tive Director. Investigate the outstanding promotion opportunities at Douglas. It stands to reason that the biggest field for advancement lies where the biggest programs involving advanced technology are under way. At Douglas, massive missile, space and transport projects in both military and commercial areas have created a continu- ous demand for engineers and scientists with backgrounds outside as well as in the avion- ics, aircraft and missile fields. As these projects grow in scov[,t: e, iii iiiiiplyiig super'- visory and executive openings are filled by Douglas engineers from within the company. This promotion policy has made Douglas a prime organization for the engineer who wishes to advance in his profession. For further information, write to Mr. C. C. LaVene, Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., Santa Monica, California. I-Section. / 251,'/6 ( the most respected name in aircraft, missile and space technology 7 w
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