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Young Miner Center of "Com
Is Green" Plot
By RON BECKER
The bright red curtains of the
Hayloft Summer Theatre opened
Tuesday night on that wonder
ful tender comedy, "The Corn is
Green," to start the second week
of this season's long line of fine
productions.
A cast of fourteen played to
an appreciative audience. Word of
praise especially due to Miss Randy
orke, leading lady of the corn
pan j', who portrayed the role of
Miss Moffat. Th3 role of Miss Mof
fat is an extremely difficult role
and Miss Yorke handled it beauti
fully and with poise.
The action of the play takes
place in the living room of a
house in a small village in a re
mote Welsh countryside. The plot
is centered around the education
nf a vnnne miner. Morean Evans.
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dv xne miacue-ageu spiuaiei, mus
Moffat.
Rich Miller, who portrayed the
roie oi me young cuutaieu uuuci,
Morean Evans, did a splendid jod.i
He, as well as Miss Yorke, had the
Stolon Goods
Aggie Editor Fears Future
Neurosis Because of 3-D's
Three dimension movies are be
coming the topic of continent-wide
discussion. An Oklahoma editor
expresses himself thusly:
"Spears, yo-yo's, knives, hatch
ets, blackjacks, tomahawks, ar
rows, hammers, pies and hypo
dermic needles are just a few of
the objects that have been thrown,
pushed or in some way propelled
towards this reporter In the course
of witnessing these new 3-D
movies. I don't scare easily, but I
must admit that shows are no
longer what they used to be.
' In the days before uncomfort
able cardboard polaroid glasses an
evening in the cinema was a re
laxing experience, possibly tear
jerking or laugh provoking, but
never strenuous. These days are
gone, but I hope not forever. Be
ing somewhat of a scientist, I cal
culated that the average flickie
fan at one of these 3-D creations
expends more energy ducking,
fighting and clutching for assorted
items than he would playing
tennis in the scorching alternoon
sun."
This same editor fears that the
eventual result of 3-D movies,
unless the producers change their
Weekly Wisdom
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on
the miseries or credulities of mankind.
- Joseph Conrad
at Hayloft
audience living their parts with
them, which boosted the batting
average of the entire performance.
Rita Shaw gave a very convincing
performance as a battle-worn
spinster and a self made teacher,
plus adding a delightful bit of
the humor.
The ingenue of the company,
Miss LaVonne Slaybaugh, is to
be complimented on her portrayal
of Bessie Watty and on her excel
lent sense of timing. Doing a fine
job on the character role of The
Squire was John Reeds, and Mary
rnvl nntrihiitpd her share of the
comedy plus fine characterization
as Mrs. Watty.
The backstage crew also did a
fine job keeping the show run
ning smoothly from a technical
view. However, at times a lew
shadows were noticed on the up
stage flat which were distracting
and very annoying, un tne wnoie,
the show was run very well. I
would highly recommend every
one seeing this show for tops
in entertainment.
tactics will either be future gen
erations of neurotic, flinchy, co
wardly and unbalanced indivi
duals with bad eyes or a new race
of supermen accustomed to look
ing blasting bombs in the face and
with muscles capable of fighting
off thundering lions.
The "ducking" days seem to be
here to stay. Happy flinching,
A thought for Independence
Day:
When it shall be said in. any
country in the world, "My poor
are happy; neither ignorance nor
distress is to be found among
them: my jails are empty of pri
soners, my streets of beggars; the
aged are not in want, the taxes
are not oppressive; the rational
world is my friend, because I am
a friend of its happiness. When
this can be said they may boast
their government.
Turning to the lighter side. You
can always find a laugh or wise
crack in the column, "This One's
on the House.' in the Emerson
Tri-Country press. Their latest is,
"Girls should wear slacks only
when the end justifies the Jeans.'
You Don't Say
By JOYCE JOHNSON
Ah me, the holiday mood is once
again upon us.
I imagine everyone is busy con
ceiving of some sort of festivity
to commcrorate the 4th of July.
The weekend will be filled
with fried chicken, honking horns
on busy highways, fireworks flar
ing, and crowded jails.
This time last year I celebrated
the 4th" of July by' working in a
laundry at Yellowstone Park. I
shook sheets to the tune of Yan
kee Doodle Dandy.
This year I'll probably spend
the day yelling: around the house
for a second, third and fourth for
bridge. I tell you, you really learn
to dream up your own fun in this
thriving metropolis.
For those of us who remain In
Lincoln during the s u m m e r
months it's pretty bare minus all
our fellow Cornhusker friands.
We who remain at home to hold
down the fort feel like the two
goats who fell in a washing ma
chine: now they're just a couple
of "crazy, mixedup kids.
However, my experience on the
Summer Nebraskan have been far
from dull.
I shall miss students trudging
down to the office insisting that I
issue them a Cornhusker which I
know nothing about. I'll also miss
sipping lime adcs while peeking
away at the typewriter and laugh
ing at jokes that appear In ex
change newspapers.
One joke in particular which
appeared in the Summer Texan
greatly amused me:
Papa Dog won a blue ribbon at
the dog show and stopped In at
the local tavern to celebrate.
After a few drinks, he left for
home. Mama Dog greeted him at
the door:
"Where have you been?"
"At the tavern, dear, but I won
a blue rib,bon at the dog show."
"Oh, that's all right then,
Where is it?"
"Dear, I left it at Joe's. I'll go
get it."
"Uh, uh . .I'll send Junior after
it."
Junior dashed down to the bar
and went up to Joe.
"What'll you have," asked Joe.
"Pop's Blue Ribbon,' replied
Junior.
A happy Independence Day to
all of you. However, as Shakes
peare said "If all the year were
playing holidays. To sport would
be as tedious as to work."
To borrow from Shakespeare
again, "I'm in a holiday humor."
Feeling Tired?
Try Salt Pills
If you have that I-think-I'll-knock-off-work-and-go
- fishing
feeling, chances are you have a
body salt deficiency probably
about 5 percent.
The to - heck - with-fishing I
reckon - I'll-sit-under-a-tree-and-rest
attitude indicates a greater
loss of salt say about 10 per
cent. i When you reach the I'm-too-tired
- to-sit think-I'll-lie-down-for-a-snooze
stage, you're 20 per
cent short on salt and it's time
you did something about it.
Sleep isn't the answer. Chances
are you need a salt tablet maybe
one a day for awhile, depending
on the type of work you do and
how much you perspire.
Good health habits and the use
of salt tablets will remove almost
all heat prostration cases, Dr. De
Witt Hunt, Oklahoma A&M col
lege safety specialist, says.
Union Agenda
Thursday
11:45 Sport Shorts "Happy
Fishing Ground," Main lounge.
4.00 "Your Part?" Drs. Arthur
A. Hitchcock and William E. Hall
discussing. '
7:00 Craft Shop.
9:30
Union closed Saturday and Sun
day. Monday
4:00 Coffee Chat with Robert
Harrison, representative of 3rd
District "The Critical Issues Fac
ing the Nation," Faculty Lounge.
Tuesday
3:30 Craft Shop.
6:00
Wednesday
4:00 Bridge instructions, Room
315.
8:00 Summer Chorus Folk
Opera,, Ballroom.
"We Hold These Truths. "
Just .the other day I was asked in an exam, "What does de
mocracy mean to you."
The class seemed slightly stunned. We all sat for a long
moment trying to put in a few words essentially what democracy
does mean to us. Yes, it is a good question, "What does democracy
mean to you?"
Stop and think about it. It is a question we should ask our
selves often and especially now with the observance of Independence
Day and the beginning of the fourth year of the Korean War.
As I paused to collect my thoughts, many seemingly trivial
instances of the past year flashed through my mind, such as the
pride and exaltation Fred Waring's audience experienced when
they joined in on "Where Oh Where But in America," and the
chuckle of the Ivy Day crowd when a fraternity, dressed in various
get-ups of typical Americans, sang "This is My Country." s There
were even simpler demonstrations of patriotism such as the glow
the campus felt in seeing the smart white hats of the NROTC march
by or even the traditional playing of the Star Spangled Banner at
football games.
These are just a few of the many demonstrations of our lib
erty. They serve to remind us every day of the privilege we have
to live in a free country.
July 4 is celebrated in America as Independence Day by . a
long-standing custom. Few Americans remember that July 2 was
the day on which the Continental Congress first adopted a resolu
tion that "these United colonies are, and of a right ought to be,
free and independent states."
The power of the ideas presented in the more formal Declara
tion of Independence adopted July 4 seems to have been what de
termined the date of the celebration. And those ideas came from
Thomas Jefferson, the father of Independence Day. But, be it
July 2 or July 4, it is a day to reflect on the heritage of our country
and consider what the liberty which our forefathers established
means to us today.
Andre Maurois explains it very well in his "The Values We
Defend." "Statesmen of all countries, nowadays, are eager to talk
about the necessity of defending the values of Western civilization,
but rarely do they make the effort to define these values precisely
. . . Nothing, therefore, is more vital than that we keep recalling
their virtues and proving their indestructibility."
He goes on to tell the three origins of "Western" civilization.
The first was Greece: it was in the Grecian cities that the concept
of liberty was born. "We of the West are prepared to defend these
freedoms. Why? Because experience has shown us that without
them life is not worth living . . . One might as well die fighting
for freedom." ,
The second source of our civilization was Home, where we
got our concept of justice and the third source is in part Oriental;
it is the Judeo Christian faith. From it came our concepts of -charity,
love, and fraternity.
,.Two world wars,' followed by the recent Korean conflict have
once "more placed the future of Western society in doubt. "What
is the use of your liberty?" we have been asked. "What is the
use of your justice?" " . . . ,
'Certainly the societies born of Western civilization are far
from perfect," Maurois continues. "But these errors do not imply
that the fundamental values were false. On the contrary, they
prove the necessity of being faithful to those values. It is not by
less .freedom but by more freedom that Western civilization will
be saved. That it deserves to be saved, and that it alone can give
us both dignity and happiness, is certain."
Yes, these values which we defend are old, but they represent
our meaning of liberty and democracy, they represent the signifi
cance of the patriotism we feel in our everyday life, they represent
the meaning of Independence Day, and they are as solid and dy
namic as man has ever fashioned. They are, in fact, worth fight
ing for. q jj
Summer Nebraskan
Member
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Fiftieth Year
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