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EDITORIAL OPINION
Opera, Brothers Four
To Perform on Campus
The University is once again in store for some fine
entertainment in the next two days. Tonight at Howell
Memorial Theater is the premiere performance of "The
Sweetwater Affair," an original American opera by Bruce
Nicoll and Robert Beadel. - , .
Tomorrow night the Brothers 4 will appear at the
Student Union for two shows.
"The Sweetwater Affair" is already drawing a great
deal of favorable publicity. It was announced Monday that
Julius Rudel, director of the New York City Opera Com
pany, will attend the premiere performance. Rudel will ,
give a review of tonight's performance tomorrow morning ;
at Howell.
Viewers of KUON-TV had a chance, last week, to see j
a preview of this American opera. The afternoon preview
gave glimpses of the opera through the presentation of :
four solos. Leon usnner, manuei wisnnow, mcou anu
Beadel discussed aspects of the opera and explained the
interesting historical background of "The Sweetwater
Affair."
The plot is centered in the Sweetwater valley in
Wyoming in the late 1800's and deals with one of 12ie most
interesting historical events in the settling of the early
West. 1
Meanwhile, the Union is making final plans for the
invasion of the Brothers 4 Thursday. The popular vo-
cal group will present shows In the Union ballroom at
7:30 and i p.m. Thursday. - c
Along with the usual posters and flyers announcing
the coming of the singing group, the Union has added a 2
new gimmick. "The Brothers 4 sundae" is now avail-
able for any and all takers in the Crib. . I
The four former University of Washington students
will not, by all Indications, play to an empty house. BUI
Connell, chairman of the Union special activities commit-
tee, reports that all the tickets for the first performance
have been sold. He also said that if there were any tickets
at all for the later show, they would be scarce. ,
Both the opera and the Brothers 4 will offer out-
standing entertainment. We hope that you will take ad- -
vantage of this chance. . I
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By. Dick Stuckey
Uh . . . after a brief in
tern on tlie dean's list, '
this column again appears
on the ponder page of the
local people's poop sheet.
Amid crys of "Whatis
at", "A Wednesday eve
ning zoology lab!?" and
"Do you wanna buy a good
set of ID'S, big fella?" the
return of Forget it is prac
tically of negligible slgnfi
cance, barring the possibil
ity that any soul reads it
attal. '
Anyhow neither shall
the purchasing twer of all
enrollees, nor the pounding
fists of anymanr dealing in
student (get this) affairs,
nor the flooding tears of
those charged with intellec
tual progress shall curb the .
gadfly glimmers of truth"
from Forget it. '
"Why because?" you say,
"Why because?" Because
I get paid this year, why
because, and whencecomes
more inspiration twixt from
coins and such. "Happiness
can't buy money." (Bob
Harry and Sam Hatt 1959)
But on. A few clarifica
tions to clarify. That is to
unentwine the clinging
growths from previous trel
hsae. -
Furst: Last year it was
said that this column
should be the apathets cor
ner. But this has changed.
Henceforward let it be said
that extracurriculars shall
be supported, upheld, re
verberated, and in general.
advanced, by this column
in all the goodness of a
thousand Lincoln Project.
Harho.'
But secondly: Let it be
known that hitherto all per
sonal rifts previously exist
ing shall be removed as
such as rifts and carried
on in the more mature
manner exemplified by in
ternational war.
And thirdly: All language
formulated in this column
either incoherent or other
wise (what otherwise?)
shall notbe formulated so
as to become a drag on
the intellectual spirit of this
institution. Art shall be em
braced, (Art Smith, a good
friend of mine) and th
Bailey-Miller format em
phasized. You are not to
show old columns to your
children, saying, "See, chil
dren, what the nice man
does? Why don't you"; do
that?" But you are to say,
"Oh, children of mine
(yours, of course) forbid
any such repition in the
eternal plan allowing again
this mumbo-jumbo. Harken,
oh offspring, to the words
of your language- master,
who says, "We will not be
moved, oh baby, not ; be
jnoved, no!" ' '
But -to conclude the be
gan. Keep your dial (you
know people who like
people, warsh) turned to
this spot and soon you shall
receive benefits heretowith
totally unexpected :
YO)f CHHT SMS To HAVE SETT IE t A BIT."
The Catacombs
Nebraskan Letterip
I wonder sometimes,
when I survey the campus
scene, what it is that seems
to give the whole place an
air of lethargic complacen
cy. Somehow it reminds me
of a Sinclair Lewis charac
ter. Like Babbitt the whole
of the population screams
for a system with "pep and
piety" and everybody
wants to be a "Regular
Guy." In their complacent
outlook on their position,
they feel that they are
heading for their zenith,
and what they don't realize
is that they have reached
"Zenith."
Like a herd of cattle the
students cross the campus,
with only one thought in
mind, for the most part,
to find some stats,
achieve it and then sit
back on their haunches and
say "Gee, howdy, what a
life we've got here." They
enclose themselves in their
cubical little rooms and pat
themselves on the backs
and recall their hours of
glory like the time Sadie
Fluster won the INQ Queen
or Tom Hausmann was
"The Boy that Every Coed
Wanted to Have a Coke
Date with the Most"
Like a group of odds
makers at a race track
they discuss their fate and
make bets on the life of
the system in which they
live. "Seven to one says it
won't last two years, says
the big cynic, and the opti
mist replies, "Well, the gen
eral concensus of colum
nists has it 105 to 4 that
the whole thing will crash
around our beads in two
weeks."
Just because Tom Type
writer once made a guess
that October 31 was going
to be Halloween this year,
the whole campus thinks
that he can do no wrong,
and everything that is
printed in his c o I u m n is
taken for divine law.
So with glass and dggie
In hand they cut the neigh
boring bouse and plan new
ways to paint the door
greeB or purple or pink or
whatever is the color of the
week. I.n't there more to
being an inhabitant on. the
edge of the Aegean than
Just planning petty plots?
Perhaps not, because it
seems that majority don't
think so at least this is
what their attitude indi
cates. I will be the first to
admit that there are some
thinking people on this
campus, but cine-tenths of
them are thinking of t h e
tops of their heads or are
writing little fairy tales in
pedantic prose for a read
ing public that can't even
read "Dick and Jane" and
find a simple plot line.
But before we doom the
Parthenon Poopers to eter
nal damnation, folks, shall
we not divide the honors
more equally. The "Anti"
faction of our little campus
society has its fair share
of the Axis "Sally's, but
these rarely see their
names immortalized in
print. They are the bunch
who get excited over such
a world shaking question
as "Does she or doesn't
she."
Fundamentally they pos
sess the same problems as
their more civilized neigh
bors, but they are usually
more supercilious about the
whole situation. The Know-it-all
who prances a b o a t
the campus p a s s i n g out
such platitudes as "That's
why I'm independent From
my' position, I know the
Greek's are all wet. Don't
practice what they preach
and all that yon know."
What perception, what
supernatural powers! What
a CLOD! People like these
who are self proclaimed
saviours of the c a m p u s
catastrophes help immeas
urably! Nothing ii more
invigorating than someone
who doesn't even have the
faintest connection with
any of the problems but
knows all the answers. Ah,
negatism!
What this campus needs
is a man, woman, child or
SOMETHING, that will
bring it out of its little
dream world a kiss from
Prince Charming if it must
who will speak his mind
and not be afraid to be
beard, even if be has to
be spectacular. Someone
storm the enemy camp and
see its magic cape go up
in smoke.
Supposedly there are a
few idealists that have sot
been blinded by the system
in which they live and sUiJ
have a few plans for it, or
can still remember some of
the great things they were
going to do for ii when
they entered this institution.
What's happened to the m
anyway?
Enough said, why
doesn't everyone, including
the horde of the unaffiliat
ed, forget the petty griev
ances between houses, and
big l's and little i's, and
Greeks and GDI's and re
member that their first re
sponsibility is to "Dear Old
Nebraska U" and get up
and take some of the "Good
Time Charley" spirit out of
college and put a little bit
of life and intelligence into
what is becoming a putrid
mess?
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I Needs Beoutification
I To the Editor:
There are many of us
who can vaguely recall past
i orations stemming from
! the Student Council and
other places of public and
i campus significance. And
j many of these so called or
i ations dealt with the mat
I tor of baautification and
maintenance of the physi
I cal makeup of the Univer
i sity of Nebraska.
But what has happened
to any action which could
i have resulted from these
da-goods? Nothing! Now
i that we are in the middle
I of winter, we have sa cam-
pus scarred by sloppy snow
I clearing and icy streets,
: steps and sidewalks. I
i would like to know who is ,
: to blame for the hazards
left unremoved on this
i campus.
If the Student Council or
other bodies responsible for
these things cannot get the
job done, what is to hap
pen to the many opportun
ities in the springtime for
beautification of this cam
pus. I suggest we get some
one who will do the job, and
do it good!
In conclusion, I certain
ly hope that you will print
this in the newspaper, and
I hope that everyone takes
note and joins with me so
that we can get this snow re
moved and other things.
Sincerely,
Florence Karstal
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