The actions of the 1967 Minnesota Legislature in support of education are a credit to its membership. Even though there were some things the University felt oould and should be done for the State which were not funded, the general level of appropriations reflects continued wisdom of Minnesotans in making an investment in their most valuable resource- people. Compensations for University faculty and Civil Service staff members were substantially impr·oved by the actions of this year's Legislature and, as a result, the University has an enviable opportunity to maintain and strengthen its own human resources. At the same time, each member of the University community must exert increased effort to provide for the people of Minnesota the best teaching, research, and service that a university can offer. Gaining widespread understanding of the University and its needs is a continuing responsibility for all of us. But, in legislative years, many individuals assume additional duties to help build this awareness of the University and its operations. Principal leader in this effort is Vice-President Wenberg. An articulate and effective ambassador for the University at the Legislature and throughout the State, he has made invaluable contributions to the University cause. Among those working with Vice-President Wenberg on the legislative team were Assistant Dean McFarland of the Institute of Agriculture and Associate Dean Gault of the College of Medical Sciences. To them and to the countless staff members who cooperated generously to make our efforts a success, I express deep appreciation on behalf of the University. 0. Meredith Wilson President Carol E. Fyrand, Editor f Joan E. Strommer, Designer ADVISORY GROUP William L. Nunn, Director / William T. Harris, Jr., Assistant Director / Advisory Committee: Members of the University Public Information Council. The MINNESOTAN is published monthly October through May by minnesotan the Department of University Relations. 220 Morrill Hall, Univer.tity of Minnesota, Mi~n~apolis, Minnesota 55455. Subscription-free copies mailed to full-time staR members. Non-staff member .tubscnptLOn rate: $2.00 per yea~, $.30 per copy. Copies of each is.(ue on sale at Coffman Memorial Union Bookstore. Second class po.Hage pmd Vol. 17 No.1 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photographs, unless otherwise credited, were taken by John A. Ryan, University Photographic Laboratory. ON THE COVER are lnwmaker.( of the 1967 Le~i.~lature in uHion Ill the Stale Copitol. Photo by Allen M. Schumeister. Legislature Appropriates J53.8 Million Appropriations totaling $153,872,451 were granted to the llniversity of Minnesota by an education-oriented 1967 State Legislature for a two-year period which started July 1, 1967. The total includes $131 million for the general opera­ tions and maintenance of the University and University Hospitals, support of the University Technical Institute at Crookston, and special state appropriations- chiefly for research and public service projects. I Rounding out the $153.8 million total appropriation is the $22.8 million allocated for new construction, remodel­ ing, and land purchase- one-third of the total State building program. Reflecting the increasing needs of the University as de­ mands for its services in the areas of education, research, and public service continue to mount, the combined 1967- 69 appropriations exceed by more than $39 million the total given for the preceding two years. The increase in the building appropriation alone is $7 million. Money provided by the Legislature for general opera­ tions and maintenance is the foundation on which the Uni­ versity's budget is built. The Legislature granted $51.8 million for the fiscal year 1967-68 and $59.1 million for the following year. These appropriations, along with other income such as tuition and fees, make it possible for the University to pay the costs of its fundamental work includ­ ing instructional costs at the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Duluth. and Morris campuses; the cost of operating and maintain­ ing buildings and grounds; general administrative costs; the cost of libraries; part of the cost of the Summer Ses­ sions and the General Extension Division; and the cost of operating the various experiment stations and schools. University Hospitals, nucleus of one of the nation's out­ standing medical centers, will pay for its programs of patient care and medical research during the next two years chiefly from a Legislative appropriation of $9.4 mil­ lion. An additional $4.3 million was made available to reimburse the University for the counties' share of the cost of treating indigent patients. In a special appropriation of $955,000- $455,000 for the first year and $500,000 for the second- the Legisla­ ture provided for the support of the new University of Min­ nesota Technical Institute at Crookston for the 1967-69 bi­ ennium. The Institute, which enrolled its first class last (continued on page 8) As President Wilson leaves to take his new position as Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, the University extends a warm welcome to its new President, Dr. Malcolm Moos. The next issue of the Minnesotan will feature the new President and his family. Special Appropriations Department J967-J969 Institute of Agriculture Agricultural Extension Service $3,346,000 General agricultural research including $20,000 each year for an economic study of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake areas 2,190,000 Agricultural research at Rosemount 344,500 Tuition and transportation aids for students of agricultural schools 63,800 Potato Processing Research Laboratory 50,700 Soy bean research 240,000 *Forest Research Center- Cloquet 100,000 *Vegetation Research 30,960 *Soil Mapping 60,000 College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 272,500 Livestock Sanitary Board -testing of poultry (a transfer of funds) (113,000) Institute of Technology Experiments in the beneficiation of manganiferous and low grade ores 186,600 Minnesota Geological Survey 160,000 Beneficiation of industrial minerals and nonferrous deposits 111,200 Experiments in the beneficiation of manganiferous and low grade ores in the direct process beneficiation of ores of the Cuyuna Range 229,700 Control of aquatic organisms 50,000 Geologic mapping 140,000 Graduate School General research 280,000 Medical and cancer research 280,000 Minnesota Institute of Research 88,000 School of Business Administration Bureau of Business Research 84,900 Industrial relations education program 155,000 College of Liberal Arts Archeology Program for Minnesota 38,000 *Lakeshore study 87,400 College of Medical Sciences Psychiatric research fund 258,500 *Control of Hypercholesterolemia 25,000 College of fducation 122,700 Institute of Child Development Special education training and research program 190,000 Other Technical Institute, Crookston (for general operations, maintenance) 955,000 Matching funds for National Defense Education Act Loan Fund 435,000 *Coordinated Extension and Continuing Education programs 120,000 *Study of training for careers in fire prevention and fire protection 10,000 103,0001 *Cedar Creek - Land Purchase 1 30,000 *Excelsior Arboretum- Land Purchase *New Project 'Included in Building Fund Total Minnesotan 4 University Building Grants The 1967 Legislature's appropriation of $22,872,3~6 to the University for new construction, remodeling and re­ rotal 22.8 Million habilitation of existing buildings, improvement of utilities and physical plants, and land purchase represents about potential public funds made available for the University's one-third of the total State building program for the 1967 · building program. 69 biennium. The University's appropriation total is $7 In some instances, Mr. Stanley J. Wenberg, Vice-Presi­ million more than that of two years ago. dent for Educational Relationships and Development, Building grants included $8,613,470 for the Minneapo­ pointed out, the Legislature provided only partial funding lis Campus, $6,8fH,942 for the St. Paul Campus, $3,123,33-l for buildings in the expectation that federal money could for the Duluth Campus, $2,3fJ0,600 for the Morris Campus, be obtained for the balance of the cost. An example is the $440,000 for the Technical Institute at Crookston, and auditorium-classroom building in the West Bank area of $1,423,000 for the schools of agriculture and experiment the Minneapolis campus which is expected to cost $2,875,- stations. A listing of the building allocations by campus 000 and for which the Legislature provided $1,961,334. follows this report. If the federal government turns down the University's Not reflected in the $22.8 million appropriation total is request for funds, an application for the additional amount an additional $5.3 million which the University hopes to needed may be made to the State Commissioner of Admin­ obtain in matching federal construction funds made acces­ istration for an allocation from a special fund- the sible b( the State grants. This raises to $28.1 million the higher education facilities contingent account - for which the Legislature appropriated $6.5 million. The contingent account also applies to state junior colleges and state col­ lege building appropriations involving anticipated federal \ funding. Allocations from this account are to be made only \ / / ' after consultation with the Legislative Building Commis­ sion. Members of this Commission are Senators Vernon K. Jensen, W. G. Kirchner, Lew W. Larson, John L. Olson, and Harold R. Popp; and Representatives