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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, July 18, 1950
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BLACK MAGIC A Voodoo dance, like those danced by primitive
African Snake worshipers, will be among the dances presented by
the Katherine Flowers Dancers in the Union ballroom at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Jjuly 19. The dancers will appear as the final feature
of the Union Summer Artists Series. The show will demonstrate
the evolution of Negro folk dancing, from "Bamboula to Bop."
Panel Group
Heads Agenda
Of Final Clinic
A summary panel will high
light the last in the Union-Y
sponsored "Marriage Clinic." In
addition to the regular speakers
for the session, Mrs. Angeline
Anderson and Dr. Malcolm
Swanson, several of the previous
speakers will return to partici
pate in a panel discussion.
The topic for the session is
- "Marirage Today." Two films, of
the McGraw-Hill series will be
Who's Boss" and "Marriage To
day." Mrs. Anderson is known to
clinic-goers and Ag college stu
dents as an assistant professor
y of Home Economics at Ag college
and the first speaker in the Mar
riage Clinic. She is also a mem
ber of the sponsoring committee
of the series.
Dr. Malcolm Swanson, staff
physician at Student Health, is
a graduate of the Nebraska Med
ical college and an "eligible
bachelor." His work in Student
Health brings him into contact
with the Department of Inter
collegiate Athletics.
Speakers who will participate
in the panel covering all the im
portant points of the previous
sessions include: Dr. Janet
Palmer, Dr. William Hall and
Rev. John D. Clyde. Participants
are urged to come to the final
clinic armed with questions for
the speakers and the panel.
Lemonade, will be served dur
ing the informal discussion.
NU Theater
Names Crews
j Stage crews for the play being
presented by the University Thea
ter have been announced by Jack
Wenstrand, chairman of the stage
committee. The farce comedy
"Three Men On a Horse," will be
presented July 24 and 25 in the
Unfon ballroom. Admission is iree
of charge.
The members of the craws are:
hand props, Lou. Her and Ann
Marshall; sound crew, Dale Sam
ue!son; stage props, Mary Ander
son, Barbara Rayburn and Bob
Renner.
Italian Production
On Screen Today
Tuesday," July 18 in Love Li
brary auditorium, at 3 p. m. and
again at 8 p. m., "Rossini," an
Italian production will be shown.
The movie was prodwced to
commemorate the 150th anniver
sary of the musician Gioacchimo
Rossini. He composed "The Bar
ber of Seville," "Othello," "Moses
m Egypt," "William Tell," and
many other selections. The admis
sion" price is 50 cents.
The film tells Rossini's life
story; how he went from riches to
rags.
Bridge, Tennis
Top Union Bill
Two tourneys will highlight this
week's activities at the Union.
William Tyson, Union Bridge
Instructor, will lead the beginner's
class in a bridge tourney to com
plete their lessons for the summer,
Wednesday, July 19, from four to
six in room 316 of the Union.
Harry Eckert, winner of last year's
Intramural Table Tennis Tourna
ment, will conduct a Summer In
tramural Tournament Wednesday
from 6 to 9 p.m.
Interested students, faculty, and
staff are urged to sign in the Ac
tivities office or at the checkstand
desk to enter the Table Tennis
tourney. Participants in the Bridge
Tournament will be those who
have attended the Bridge lessons.
The Union has sponsored two
previous Saturday Round Robins
in Table Tennis this summer.
Winners of the week's supply of
cokes, given- as first prize, were
William Kerr and Eddy Sarkis
sian. Participants must be on time to
qualify for the tournaments. A
partial list of the entrants for the
Bridge Tournament "includes Mrs.
Dorothy Noviaux, Darlent No
votny, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Brown,
Jean LeRossignol, Shirley Garrels.
Jean Jetersen, June Petersen and
Gregg Doty.
Entries lor the Table Tennis
Tournament received in the Physi
cal Education department include
Gerald Frederick, Harry Eckert,
Mortezt Solhjoo, and Eddy Sar
wissian. Special awards will be made to
the winners of each of the tournaments.
Members of the Negro race have
won recognition in Madison
Square Garden a number of times,
but contrary to general belief,
these winners have not always
been prize fighters. In 1895, Billy
Farrell captured a highly coveted
title in Madison Square Garden
"King of the Cakewalkers."
The "cake Walk" will be dan
ced for students, faculty, and
their guests, Wednesday, July 19
at 8 p. m. when the 1950 Summer
Sessions present the last in their
Summer Artist Series, The Kath
erine Flowers Dancers. The pro
gram will be given free-of -charge
in the air-conditioned Student
Union Ballroom.
The Cake Walk Dance, which
originated in Florida, reached the
height of its popularity as the
Minstrel show declined. The Ne
gros were great admirers of the
dancing of the Seminole Indians.
They were particularly drawn to
the style of walking done on the
Seminole War Dances, and be
gan to imitate it.
In time, however, the Negro
must have felt that this style of
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SGT. JACKSON Most dec
orated at Camp McCoy ROTC
maneuvers.
NU Instructor
'Unique9 at
Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy, Wis. The Uni
versity of Nebraska has the dis
tinction of having the most deco
rated soldier on active duty with
the army as one of the infantry
instructors at the University's
ROTC unit. -. .
That man with the ribbons is
S.F.C. George E. Jackson of
Brooklyn, New York. Now serv
ing as an instructor for the ROTC
summer camp at Camp McCoy,
Wis., Sgt. Jackson is a member
of the 1st Division's 26th Inf.
Regiment and participated in the
landings in Africa, " Sicily, and
Normandy, and the land action
that followed.
These actions won him the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Sil
ver Star, Bronze Star covered
with clusters, the purple heart
with cluster, and three foreign
decorations including the Croix
De Guerre.
The 29-year-old weapons. In
structor . relates that in 1940 he
and two fellows from New York
University decided to join the
Army for the compulsory one
year period and following that
they planned to resume - their
studies.
Before the one-year tour of
duty was completed the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor and World
War II intervened and the Sgt.
stayed in the Army.
Sgt. Jackson is a formidable
looking man with a distinct
Brooklyn accent. He is married
to the former Pearl Virginia Par
ker of Bethune, S. C, and has
one daughter, Linda Gail. In ad
dition to his duties as an instruc
tor at the University, he is cur
rently studying for his Master's
degree at N.U. - - i
dancing was too subdued, be
cause, true to his nature, he be
gan to change things. What star
ted as a dignified promenade
ended as the delightfully gay, high
stepping dance known as the Cake
Walk. Soon it became the custom
to award a prize to the best Cake
Walker, and this was always ice
cream and a chocolate cake. Com
pared to our present day awards
of refrigerators and television
sets, this was a very simple prize
and . yet those chocolate cakes
gave the name to the famous
dance as well as the expression,
"That Takes the Cake." The Cake
Walk passed out of fashion long
ago, but its influence can be plain
ly seen on any American stage to
day, wherever there is dancing.
With Katherine Flowers nar
rating and Lawrence Kimbrough
as pianist, the Dancers will pre
sent a program entitled "Bam
boula to Bop." Congo drums will
accompany the acts.
Program
Dances of the Old South (Eng
lish Colonies) 1619.
Ring Shout-Religious dance.
Some Teacher-Students
May Rate Tax Deductions
Teachers and other professional
people who attend summer school
will be allowed to take Federal
income tax deductions for their
expenses if the courses are re
quired for them to keep their
jobs, University officials con
firmed Friday.
According to a decision made
June 3 by Judge Armistead Doble
of the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap
ppeals in Richmond, Va., a former
tax court ruling was reversed.
The orginal ruling, made in 1921,
specified that summer school ex
penses were not deductible.
New Ruling
The new ruling came as a result
of a test case brought by Mrs
Nora Hill of Danville, -.Va., who
was backed by the National Edu
cation association and the Virginia
Education association.
Mrs. Hill was forced to have
two additional credits to get a ten
year renewal of her teaching cer
tificate. She incurred expenses of
$239 as a result of her summer
schooling at Columbia university
The court ruling made the whole
amount deductible despite the fact
that part of the sum was for mis
cellaneous expenses. In addition
to tuition fees, Mrs. Hill was
granted deductions for travel fare,
lodging and meals.
It is believed that the original
specifications, which said summer
school expenses are not deductible,
remain in force;, but where the
additional schooling is necessary
to meet requirements of the pro
fession, the expenses could be de
ducted. They believe the major'ty of
enrolled teachers cannot ju.ify
the absolute need of their school
ing, but undoubtedly some will
benefit by the interpretation.
Where it is actually determined
that a teacher is required to take
additional subjects, broad grants
are made in inclusion of expense
items.
The teacher could deduct the al-
Spring Semester
Grades in Mail
Grade reports for the second
semester of the 1949-50 school
year are . in the mails according
to the Registrars office.
Delay in getting the reports to
students was caused in part by
the fact that a number of Uni
versity instructors "were slow in
turning in grades to the registrar.
Before students receive the re
ports, they must be recorded in
individual scholastic files, and
tabulated on multiple forms.
New Rice and Okra-work dance.
Plantation Playtimes.
Congo Plains, New Orleans (1712).
Bamboula-slave dance from Af
rica. Cong o-A f r ican survival in
America.
Calenda-French Martinique in
Negro Dance.
Voodoo Ritual Dance-Black Ma
gic Snake Worship.
Dances of the New Orleans Creoles
Marchaiides-Street Cries.
Counjailles.
Basket Dance
Habanera-Spanish, Negro in
fluence. Negro Dance used as Theatrical
source Material.
Ministrel Dances-unsophisticated,
careless gaiety.
Cake Walk-high stepping, de
lightfully gay.
Ragtime and Jazz (1918)
Blues and Jazz.
Stepping out of the Negro Id
iom. Modern Dance
Ballet
Present Day Negro Dances
Be-Bop strange and new.
ready mentioned expenses to and
from school, including meals and
lodging. The list could also men
tion dues to professional societies,
teacher's conventions and sub
scriptions to educational journals.
It is believed that interesting
side rulings could be made for
other professions if a similar ne
cessity can be established. For in
stance, workers who pay initiation
dues for union membership as a
requirement should be able to
claim deduction; opera singers
might get credit for fees paid to
voice coaches.
Perhaps even movie stars can
make claims for expenses involved
in their figure control, sources in
dicate. This could include massage,
heat treatments, beauty necessi
ties, gymnasium fees and rent pay
ments for hand-ball courts.
Navy Calls
For Reserves'
Applications
The Navy Department has is
sued a call for applications by
Naval Reserve officers and en
listed men on a voluntary basis
for active duty. Those ordered to
active duty will "receive general
assignments, primarily afloat and
overseas, for an obligated period
of not less than six months. They
will be guaranteed twelve months
of active service, if desired by the
individual. -Officers
in grades of Lieutenant
Commander and below are de
sired in the unrestricted line, both
aviation or non-aviation, supply
corps, dental corps and civil en
gineer corps.
Officers in the grades of Com
manders and below are desired in
the medical corps and irf a limited
number, in general line specialties
of electronics, intelligence and
communications.
Applications' for active duty by
officers should be submitted di
rectly to the bureau of Naval Per
sonnel, Washington, D.C.
All applicants must be phy
sically qualified for unlimited ac
tive duty and enlisted personnel
must have at least one year ob
ligated service remaining. Volun
teers are to report to the nearest
recruiting station for transporta
tion to a main recruiting station
where determination will be
made of qualifications for active
duty. ,