THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, April 22, 1949
PAGE 4
Nebraska's Neihardt
Publishes New Verse
John G. Neihardt, Nebraska's
Poet Laureate today announces
the publication of another volume
of verse, entitled "A Cycle of the
West."
The book comprises five long
poems on which the bard has been
at work for twenty-nine years. He
has already received nation-wide
recognition for this work, such
distinctions as the Poetry So
ciety prize, a gold scroll medal
from the friends of American
Writers foundation in Chicago and
the title of Poet Laureate from
the legislature of Nebraska in
1921. The last gives him the honor
of being America's only poet
laureate.
Neihardt was born in Shaprs
burg, Illinois, but was raised in
Wayne, Nebraska. He went to
Wayne college, from which he
graduated at the age of 16. After
a varied career, he moved to
Bancroft, Nebraska, where he be
came an assistant to the Indian
agent there. It was at this time
he began to write the tales of In
dian life for which he first be
came known.
"The Song of Hugh Glass," the
first of the series of stories about
the westward advance to the Pa
cific appeared in 1915. In 1919
came "The Song of Three
Friends," followed by "The Song
of the Indian Wars" in 1925.
In 1917 Neihardt was awarded
the title of Litt.D. by the Uni
versity of Nebraska. And in 1928
he received an LL.D. from
Creighton university. At present
lift icf Ans-iti i -i if fVirt I T i imrci t v
of Missouri and is connected with '
the Office of Indian Affairs in I
Chicago. I
Much of the action of "A Cycle
Old Prayer Book
Editions Shown
This year marks the 400th an
niversary of the Book of Common
Prayer. An exhibit of illuminated
prayer books and Gregorian man
uscripts has been set up on the
second floor of Morrill hall com
memorating the event.
Included in the exhibit are
copies of the various editions
printed for English royalty, a
facsimilie page of a print from the
Gutenberg Press, and examples of
lettering done by monks and
scholars during the later Middle
Ages.
One of the highlights of the ex
hibit is an early printing by
Thomas Baskett, London King's
printer.
of the West" takes place in Ne
braska and concerns early ex
plorations along the Niobrara and
Platte rivers and the Indian wars
on the plains. The volume pre
sents for the first time Neihardt's
saga of the opening of the West,
from 1822 to 180
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"DOODLES WEAVER, the plumber's pal," outfumbles Spike Jones
in part of the routine for the "Musical Depreciation Revue" which
will be presented in Lincoln May 4. The event is sponsored by
Mortar Board.
Spike Jones' Band to Take
Spotlight at MB Program
May 4 is the day when the Mor
: tar Boards present Spike Jones
and his City Slickers, who will
behave in a crazy fashion at the
evening program at 8 p. m. in the
Coliseum.
Jones and Doodles Weaver, the
string-bean blonde ) from Palo
Alto, Calif., wil vie for laughs
when they present their program
before Nebraska students. Open
ing show with some 40 people
on stage, each trying to be nut
tier than the other, Jones adds
new instruments on which the
Slickers create bedlamatic music.
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water buckets are among the
quieter instruments with such
Slickers' creations as the "noboe"
taking the spotlight. The "noboe"
is considered just the tiling for
the woodwind section when ar
rangements show nothing for the
woodwinds to do and ' the "Big
Nail," the Slickers' name for
Spike, doesn't want his musicians
sitting there appearing to be idle.
Also included in the scores of
uncanny looking musical contrap
tions is the judekale, a ukelele
that plays Hawaiian music when
Spike drops a nickel into it. Then
if the musicians are not too ex
perienced at the pianoforte, Spike
has created the pianothirty for
their use.
AN ADDED highlight to the
study of Spike's personality shows
that he is an ardent fan of midget
car racing. He, along with Doo
dles Weaver, talk midget car rac
ing morning, noon and night. The
"Big Nail" owns three which are
constantly spinning around the
midget tracks in southern Cali
fornia. Spine-tickling antics by Spike
and his City Slickers will con
vulse the Nebraska audience as it
has in theaters all over the coun
try. Admission will be $1.20, $2.40,
$1.80, $3.00 and $3.60. They are
on sale at Schmoller & Mueller's
or may be purchased by. writing
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Final Unionizcr
Scheduled Friday
Hey Kids! The final Unionizer
of the year will be held thi? Fri
day, April 22. Dancing in the
Union ballroom lasts from nine
until twelve. Candlelight will
furnish the atmosphere and Russ
Krueger's Combo the music. Cokes
will be sold.
Members of the Dance Com
mittee who planned this Unionizer
are Jack Korowacki, Norma Gam
erl. Pat Newman, Jerry Shulkin,
and Ralph Taylor.
Tickets for the Unionizer will
be on sale at the door, admission
price is sixty cents per person.
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