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LUU LMJU
Vol. 14 No. 12
SUMMER EDITION
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1948
Summer Theater Plants Experiment
In "The Show-Off s" Production
AG Onion
Palmer Says
Business In
Nebraska Up
Nebraska business activity is
above last year but still behind
the U. S. increase.
This was reported Monday by
D. Edgar Z. Palmer, head of the
business research department of
the University of Nebraska busi
ness administration college.
Within the state, McCook
chows the greatest increase
among 12 principal cities re
porting to the monthly business
survey operated co-operatively
by the university and the U. S.
census bureau.
McCook showed a 21.4 percent
gain in May, over the same
month a year ago, and a 9.4 per
cent gain over last April. A
breakdown of the McCook busi
ness index shows a 40 per cent
gain in retail sales during May
over the same month a year
ago; a 21 per cent jump in elec
tricity use; and a 26.9 per cent
gain in mortgages recorded.
Business activity gains In
other cities for May, compared
with the same month in 1947,
were reported by Dr. Palmer as
follows: Hastings 19.5 per cent,
Nebraska City 16.4, Scottsbluff
16.2, Kearney 13.7, Lincoln 12.8,
Chadron 11.9, Columbus' 11,
North Platte 8.2, Beatrice 3.9,
and Omaha 2.7. Grand Island
showed a 5.4 per cent decline, and
insufficient information was re
ceived from Fremont and Nor
folk. The combined indexes for the
reporting cities showed an 8.3
percent gain in May over last
year, and 1.5 per cent below
April this year. The same index
showed gains in all but one of
the business indicators. They are:
retail sales, electricity, gas,
water, postal receipts, news
paper circulation, building per
mits, up 43 per cent over a year
(See PALMER, Paee 3.)
Eagleton Says American People
At Fault If United Nations Fails
According to Dr. Clyde Eagle-
ton, special adviser to the United
Nations permanent staff, it is the
fault of the American people of
the United Nations is weak.
Eagleton spoke at the third in a
series of four clinics being held
at the university this summer.
The clinic was last Monday and
Tuesday.
"The U.N. Isn't all we hoped
it would be," Dr. Eagleton, a
professor of international law at
New York university since 1923,
said, "because it lacks authority
to enforce the peace, and it lacks
the support of its most power
ful members." Don't blame Rus
sia for the veto, he declared.
The United States invented the
veto to protect its sovereignty,
he said. ! ' 1
i i "Our representatives, at the,
San Francisco conference, which
laid the groundwork for the
United Nations, insisted on keep
ing the organization weak so that
the American people and con
gress would accept it. Until the
American people tell their repre
sentatives they want the U. N.
Ponce TnnkjM
Two season tickets for Union dances next year will
be presented as door prizes at the Union orchestra dance
tonight.
To be held in the ballroom starting at 9 p. m. and end
ing at midnight, the dance event is the first and only or
chestra dance the Union is sponsoring this summer.
Band to Play
Riley Smith and his orchestra
have been engaged for this week's
Unionizer. Admission price will
44 cents per person tax included.
On Saturday evening there will
be a free jukebox fling in the
ballroom at 8:30.
This Sunday's free variety
show will be "My Friend Flicka
at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom. Also
an Sunday will be the weekly
coffee hour and organ interlude
at 5 p.m. in the Union lounge.
Purpose of this coffee hour is
to provide relaxation and an op
portunity for students to get ac
quainted.
Ping Pong Tourney
An open ping pong tourney
will start promptly et 2 p.m.
Saturday in the Union ping pong
room. Entrants must be regis
tered at the Union checkstand
before noon Saturday.
Prizes for this singles open
tourney will be professional pad
dles which will go to the cham
pion and the runnerup. This is
the first ping pong tournament
of the summer.
Peterson Given
Nod for Study
In Switzerland
Wallace C. Peterson, Lincoln,
University of Nebraska graduate
student, has been nccepted by the
Swiss government as an exchange
student for- 1948-49, Dr. G. W.
Rosenlof, admissions director, said
Monday.
Mr. Peterson will study at the
Handelschochschule in St. Gallen,
Switzerland, under the auspices
of the Institute of International
Education, a private agency in
New vYork City.
The school term will begin in
October and ends in July, 1949.
A portion of the cost will be
borne by a scholarship from the
Swiss government.
strengthened, it will continue to
be ineffective," he asserted.
Calling the Russian problem a
secondary one, Dr. Eagleton listed
four "short steps" toward build
ing an effective United Nations.
They are:
1. Acceptance of compulsory
jurisdiction of the world court in
all legal disputes.
2. Give the U.N. authority to
impose a settlement of other is
sues upon nations. At present it
can only recommend.
3. Organize an international
police force responsible only to
the U. N., which as a start, could
be used as an armed guard in
policing disputes between coun
tries. 4. Give the U. N. some legis
lative powers, which it does not
have now, to enact international
laws binding on all members.
"If the United States will 'use
the U. N., instead of avoiding it
as in the case of the Truman doc
trine, Palestine and other issues,
the smaller nations of the world
will fully accept our leadership,"
Dr. Eagleton said. "Right now
(See EAGLETON, Page 3.)
Landscaping Plan
Goes Into Effect
Students with classes in Social
Science building were surprised
Wednesday morning to see the
sidewalk leading to the south en
trance being torn up for no ap-
Darant reason.
However, the destruction of
the sidewalk and surrounding
turf is all art of a landscaping
Droeram for beautifying the
camDus. according to Charles F,
Fowler, director of building and
grounds. All the landscaping that
is now in operation ana Deing
planned was made possible by
the donation of funds by the
Cooper foundation for landsca
ping purposes, rowier saia.
Work Started
This summer's landscaping
program includes the area north
of R. street between 12th and
14th streets. Work which started
Wednesday morning involves the
regrading of the grounds to make
even contours. New sidewalks to
fit the contours of the grounds
will . be laid thruout the entire
aera. The walks will connect the
library with the rest of the cam-
Draft Law
Interpreted
By Rosenlof
Elieible Nebraska draftees
under the new selective service
law will be deferred if enrolled
in any of the state's colleges or
universities, according to ur. u.
W. Rosenlof, University of Ne
braska admissions director.
An interpretation of the new
draft law, received by the uni
versity this week, provides:
(1) Anyone between 19 and
26 enrolled full-time in any uni
versity or college and doing sat
isfactory work will be deferred
by the local board until the end
of the academic year for which
he is registered. The deferment
can be extended under special
circumstances.
(2) Junior and Senior students
subject to draft enrolled in ad
vanced army, navy and air
force ROTC can be deferred
until they graduate, provided
they agree to accept a commis
sion, if offered, for a period of
two years or more.
In addition Dr. Rosenlof said,
the act provides for deferment
of persons engaged in study, re
search or other medical or sci
entific endeavors necessary to the
maintenance of national health,
safety or interest.
, "All persons making plans to
go to college this fall should con
tinue with those plans," Dr.
Rosenlof said. "It is our under
standing that all students ac
cepted, or already registered in
the University of Nebraska, -vill ;
be permitted to complete at least
one year of work."
Bare Necessities
Used in Scenery
A unique experiment in play production is being planned
by the University Summer Theater for "The Show-Off",
their first and only production of the summer scheduled
for Friday, July 23.
Instead of ringing down the curtain on each of the
three acts and changing scenery, the production crew will
merely ring down the curtain after each act and the play
pus buildings and student resi
dents to the east.
After the whole area is re
graded, a new underground
sprinkler system will be laid.
This will be used to take care
of the new grass and trees that
are to be planted.
Tres to Go
Some of the old trees in front
of buildings will be removed
especially trees south of the li
brary that obscure the view of
the library from 13th street. New
trees will be planted farther
back on that side of the library
"This will provide a nice vista
of the library for traffic," Fow
ler stated. Some trees in front
of other buildings will also be
removed with a few re-set and
new iones planted. Grass and
shrubs will be planted on the
area next fall when landscap
ing work is complete.
Also in connection with the
campus improvements program is
the complets renovation' of the
inside of the social sciences
building. Workers are removing
quite a few walls to make more
usable space and are dividing
rooms to make new offices. All
woodwork and trim in the build
ing is being painted and new
floors are being laid.
Fowler said that the new
Hall, will be ready for occupancy
in August.
45,000 Handicapped Children
Enrolled in Nebraska Schools
Nebraska has an estimated
45,000 physically handicapped
children enrolled in its public
schools.
The public school program is
geared for the normal child,
which in many instances makes
it dificult or impossible for the
handicapped child to keep up.
Since 'most jl these children are
not sufficiently handicapped to
be admitted to special state and
private institutions, it poses a
problem of special education fa
cilities and services for the pub
lic schools.
So says Dr. D. A. Worcester,
head of the educational psychol
ogy -department of the University
of Nebraska. To try to solve
some of the problems of educat
ing the handicapped child, the
university is conducting a special
workshop on the campus this
summer, under Dr. worcesters
direction. The State Department
of Public Instruction, the Ne
braska Society for Crippled Chil
dren, and several other state and
private agencies are cooperating.
Handicaps
Handicapped children are those
with ha ring losses, visual de
fects, speech disorders, orthopedic
handicaps including the cere
bral palsied, and those of low vi
tality. To help these youngsters, the
workshop is developing a seven
point program; (1) Ways to im
will proceed in each act with the
same scenery.
The "same scenery" consists of
four straight-backed chairs and
one small table.
Defies Convention.
In these arrangements the sum
mer theater is "defying stage con
vention," according to Dallas Wil
liams, play director. The cast
originally planned to have a reg
ular set on the stage but decided
to do an experiment. They plan
to produce a "thoroughly Tealistic"
play with just a bare suggestion
of scenic pieces.
Not a single flat nor a conven
tional thing that would ordinarily
be used to decorate a room of
the early 1920's will be used. Only
the articles mentioned above plus
entrances and exits on stage will
be present.
All three acts are set in the
living room of the Fisher house
hold in north Philadelphia in 1922.
Lead Cast.
In the leading roles are Bill
Palmer as Aubrey Piper, the
show-off, and Lou McLean as Mrs.
Fisher. Other cast members in
clude: Patricia Line, Amy; Pau
line Holm, Clara; Don Johannes,
Frank Hyland; Charles Wehrer,
Mr. Fisher; C. E. Denton, Joe;
Jack Norman, Mr. Gill; Milton
Hoffman, Mr. Rogers.
Original plan was to have three
complete settings on three separate
stages erected. The end sections
of the Union stage extension were
to be used for the extra stages
and were to be placed to the right
and left of the main stage.
A lighting arrangement would
have accomplished the project and
the players would simply have
stepped from one stage to an
other for each act.
prove early identification of
handicapped children; (2) im
proved use of present services
for detecting and correcting
handicaps; (3) adapting the nor
mal course of study to fit the
needs of the handicapped child;
(4) the amount and kind of
teacher training and special
equipment schools need; (5) in
formation which will help parents
continue the school program
when the child is at home; and
(6) information on how schools
can Inform the public of the
need for special education for
handicapped children.
The workshop, composed prin
cipally of public school teachers
from over the state, has sought
advice from the following rep
resentatives of state and private
agencies: S. Orson Perkins, sec
retary, and Mrs. Ray Taibl, field
representative, Nebraska Society
for Crippled Children; Mrs. Har
old Prince, state Board of Con
trol; Mrs. Ben Cowdry, Omaha,
Parents Council for Cerebral
Palsy; Dr. E. W. Hankock, Lin
coln chief of the Division of
Services for Crippled Children
and Quinton Belknap, Nebraska
director of the National Infan
tile Paralysis Foundation.
Others to be heard later this
summer: Harry Hines, state de
partment for the blind; Dr.
(See CHILDREN, Pare 3.)