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VOL 55, No. 93 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Thursday, July 14, 1955 v 'V, - . ."ir-lJ m 1 i ...... fill 1 4 No Joy In Mudville The legendary Casey will again tured above is Casey, played by go to bat for the Mudville nine Vaughn Jaenike, assuming an air Friday night when the University of confidence and his admiring Summer Chorus presents the op- girl friend Merry, played by Carol era, "The Mighty Casey." Pic- Armstrong. Narrator John Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star Schwartz watches the touching scene. Tickets for the production may be picked up in the Union and in Howell Theater. (Complete story on Summer Opera page 4). Australian Diplomatic Contrib "A nation's contribution to peace -to the peaceful solution of critical problems cannot be measured only in terms of love of peace, willingness to fight for freedom and just ice, and the num ber of men, planes and ships it can throw into the common effort. Factual know ledge, wise ex per i e n c e straight thinking and straight talk ing axe essen- 2Lj Counra Uacola Star BLAKENEY tial if the free world is to sur vive." F. J. Blakeney, Counsellor of the Australian Embassy in tbe United States, made this state ment in an address to a 1355 Sum mer Sessions Work! Affairs Pre view Monday afternoon. He delivered the prepared speech of Ambassador Sir Percy Spender, who was unable to be present due to other obligations . . . - ? Speaking on "Australia's Role in World Affairs" Blakeney, Spend er's personal representative, ex plained that "Australia's interest and objectives have been and are in fact, related to the building ol security in the Pacific area gener ally." A three-way defensive treaty called tbe ANZUS pact between Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.. Blakeney said, has "achieved in large measure" that aim. The Southeast Asia Treaty's ob ject he said, is "guaranteeing the integrity, the autonomy, and tbe continuing right to govern them selves of a group of countries of Southeast Asia." Australia is also cooperating with its Southeast Asian neighbors to promote their "economic prog ress and social well-being," he said. It is doing this, be explained, through the Cclombo Plan, "a con crete plan for the cooperative eco nomic development of the countries of South and Southeast Asia." Calendar July 14 flouting sprt reels. Un io Lounge. 11:45 A.M. 12:1 p.m. Jmly U-Smmbct Cbm perett, p.m.," Howell Theater. July 17 "Earrings ef Madame De Union Free movie, Ball room, ;3 p.m. July 18 Book Review. Rota Cor ds Header sea, "Poems From the Middle' West," Union Book Nook, 4 a.m. July 1 Pi Lambda Tbeta-Phi Del ta Kappa Joist Lamcheoa, Union' Parian Y and Z, :3t p.m., speaker: Dr. Earle WOtse. Bridge Lessons, 4 p.m., Parlors A, B aad C. Handicrafts Class, Craft Step, 7 p.m. . Jafy 2 Sammer Sessions Orches- tra and The Bostonians, Union Artist Series, 7:39 p.m., BaflrMffl. July 21 Septate Dance Faa Roand p begins. Sport Reels ef fishing, Un to Lounge, 11:45 a.m. World Trouble. Spot Far am, "Asia" Lave Library - auditorium, 2 pjau Nebraskan Features The. Summer Nebraskan would like to call to the attention of its' readers the several feature stories ' of special interest in this issue. In addition to the two regular Summer Nebraskan features on "Opportunity" and "Campus Per sonalities," a story on the editorial page tells about a future Univer sity Coed from Scotland who will arrive In the U.S. in August after corresponding for eight years with a former University student. In tbe editorial column on the second page, the story of an in terview with the . originator of the idea for the exchange agricultural delegations with Russia is fea tured. The Summer Nebraskan editor reports on a personal talk with Loren Soth, editor of the edi torial page of the Des Moines Register. Middle West Poetry Next In NU Series A poet-economist will review her "Poems from the Middle West" in the Union Book Nook at 4 p.m. Monday. Ruth Gordon Henderson, the collection's author, will give the third in the Union's Summer Book Review series. A "meet-the-author" coffee hour will follow the review. Trte author, an eenrwimudL Vv nm. lessism, -has worked In this .field with professional men and women. For five years she was research assistant to Dr. John R. Commons of tbe University of Wisconsin, recognized as one of tbe world's great economists. "Poems from the Middle West" contains a wide variety of selec tions, ranging in style from rhyme to blank: verse and in length from short to relatively long selections. Included in tbe collection are sketches of Jules Sandoz and Willa Cather, Nebraska authors. Three of the poems are dedicated to Dr. Commons. There are con tained ballads entitled "Nebraska" and "Wisconsin." "In brief,!' wrote Arthur Vennix in' his "Browsing Among the Books" column which appeared in the Dec. 8, 1950, Lincoln Journal, "there are Hems to satisfy the wishes of the many lovers of the poet's art." Miss Henderson studied at Bryn Mawr College, Cornell University and tbe University of Wisconsin. Phillips Composer resents Lectures Burrill Phillips, a native Oma han and one of the foremost com posers in the country, is appearing as a guest lecturer at the Univer sity Wednesday and Thursday at the Social Sciences auditorium. His lectures and symposia on music composition are open to the public. During the symposia, Uni versity ensembles will demonstrate his works as he discusses them. His schedule for Thursday is 10 a.m. to noon, symposium, and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., lecture recital. At the lecture recital Thursday afternoon, Phillips will demon strate for the layman the tech nique of composing with the use of a piano. Born in Omaha in 1907, Phillips is now a member of the Univer sity of Illinois School of Music faculty. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, East man Publication. Award and Amer ican Academy of Arts and Letters Award. sia' ; Trouble Spot For Forum The topic for the second "Warid Trouble Spot Forum scheduled for next Thursday will be "Asia." The discussion will be held at 2 p.m. in Love Library Auditori um. The area and its brackground, problems and future will be dis-' cussed by three " members of the University faculty from the depart ments of economics, political sci and geography. The program s an outgrowth of 13 radio programs which were previously produced oy hie University. Members of the panel are Col bert Held, assistant professor - of geography; Carl Schneider, asso ciate professor of political science, and Wallace Peterson, assistant professor of economics. Jack Mc Bride, assistant television director, L in charge of the series. cr"H " 7? ft w . n I I fill mn. i ii -I. .i.i ii mf m 'If . !-. .OOTW "'iv wm-m W "l n UlfiU 'Bostonians Vocal Group, To Perform The University Summer Sym phony Orchestra, with Ernest See- man conducting, will present a con cert Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Fifth in the Un ion's Summer Artist Series, the program will begin at 7:30 p.m., in stead of 8 p.m. as previously scheduled. No admission will be charged. A maie quartet, the Bostonians, will appear with the Symphony by special arrangement. They will sing several selections. O-nest Seeman is guest instruc tor in strings and orchestra con ductor at the University this sum mer. Seeman, wbo combines per forming and teaching abilities, is nationally known for his orchestral ccnductisg. He has conducted and taught j annually in Interlocben, Mich., and the University of Michigan. He is nationally recognized for developing and directing a unique string and orchestra program in the Freeport, EJ., public schools. Seeman con ducted the All-State orchestra dur ing June. The Symphony Orchestra will play '.'Morning Journals Waltz" by Johacn Strauss, "English Suite" by Vaughan Williams, tbe first movement from Dvorak's . Symph ony No. 4, intermezzo from Wolf Ferrari's "Jewels of the Madonna," Rumanian Folk Dances by Bela Bartok, and a suite from the "Lac des Cygenes" ballet by Tscbaikow sky. Members of the Bostonians quar tet ' are Ray Smith, first tenor; I'ernard Barbeao, baritone; Paolo J D'Akssandro, bass, and Joe Rung, second tenor All four of them attended the New England Conservatory of Music. Three of them bold Master of Musk; degrees. Bargeau has been a member of the Conservatory's voice faculty for several years. Three members of the quartet have studied cpcra under Boris Goldovsky, and all four have sung several solos in churches. . The Bostonians feature a wide variety of songs, including clas sics from grand opera and popu lar compositions of modern com posers. Their repertoire includes "lift Thine Eyes," "la a Monas tery Garden," Youman's "Great Day," Serenade" from "Tbe Stu dent Prince," "One Alone from "The Desert Song" and a Victor Herbert medley. ' r i ;vv - f j THE BOSTONIANS f. I 1 -