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By Dick Stuckey
An intellectual reform of
sorts is in the air.
Recent plans to usurp the
present method of selection
for scholastic standing cur
rent to the contemporary
mode of recognition have
been approved by those
presently in running for
the same.
All interested persons are
asked to contact the person
In their Irving group who
is connected with this Uni
versity service. That per
son will have an ample sup
ply of information and ap
plication blanks available.
The Daily Nebraskan office
In the Student Union also
has a limited supply of ap
plications. It would behoove all stu
dents to look into this
fvcther, as seldom in a Uni
versity's history does an op
portunity of this type arise.
Indeed, seldom does a Uni
versity itself present this
type of assistance to s t u
dents. It is also felt by those
who gave final approval to
the plan that students en
gaged in this activity
ought find that the rewards
they reap, both personally
and socially, should prove
far beyond any present ex
pectations. We hope that their opti
mism is not unbased. We
hope that the plan receives
the support, it deserves. We
can only wait, as this is a
far better thing than the
school has ever done be
fore, a far better rest than
those concerned have ever
known . . .
Launching Pad
Ode
un-
Unknown, unhonored,
glo-n-fied.
Unknown by sneaker-a n d-trench-coat
wearers.
Unpictured in the big black
Cornhusker.
Unread about in anything
including the ACE jour
nal. Unread in English 4.
Unregistered, either.
Undiscussed at 10 in the
yellow-seated-union,
or in the grill on Monday
night.
Unannounced at Pershing
Auditorium during in
termission. Or on Ivy Day.
Unplaced a crown upon the
head by last year's.
Or trophied,
Or sent a dozen red roses
by anyone!
Louise Holbert
Nebraskan Letterip
n Dally Nebnwkaa will publish wily those letter which ar Uned.
nf may be nbmltted with a pea aune or Initials. However, letter
will b printed under pes name or Initials only at the editor' dis
cretion. Letters shooli not exceed 20 words. When letter exceed this
Hoslt the Nebraskan reserve the rifht to condense them, retaining the
writer tIcws.
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Inside View
By Phil Boroff
Hfcl StUxt fwt-if.w
WE'RE SElKJG TAILED. '
More Comment
On Radio Situation
To the editor:
As the only radio station
In Lincoln with the cour
age to take stands on po
litical issues, and as the
only radio station in Lin
coln not taking the view
that the listening public is
composed exclusively of id
iots, it will be a substan
tial loss to Lincoln if
KFMQ is forced to curtail
its broadcasting hours.
Nor, I am sure, is it eco
nomic good sense which
has prompted sponsors to
favor other radio stations
in Lincoln over KFMQ.
While it is entirely possible
that a larger number of ra
dios are tuned to some of
the AM pop music and
news stations, it does not
follow at all that more
people are actually listen
ing to the AM programs.
AM radio is most fre
quently background noise
in a home, garage, filling
station or car, but the av
erage KFMQ listener ii
truly a listener. As such he
is much more likely to un
derstand and heed the
commercials presented him
than is the man whose ra
dio is only a semi-musical
roar in the background.
Furthermore, the KFMQ
listeners are, by and large,
far more loyal than the
average AM listener would
ever think of being. He re
alizes that the continued
enjoyment he receives
from his FM radio is di
rectly dependent on the
sponsors of the programs
he i enjoys. Realizing this,
he will make an active re
sponse to the FM commer
cials that no AM listener
would ever make. My wife
and ' I make it a policy to
shop, whenever possible,
only with the merchants
who buy time on KFMQ,
and I am sure that in this
we are not unique.
Clearly, then, it is of first
Importance that each.
KFMQ listener, when shop
ping, make clear the fact,
either that his patronage
Is a direct result of the
merchant's support of
KFMQ, or is (and unwill
ingly) despite that mer
chant's lack of support of
KFMQ. I think that such a
Srogram would quickly
ear fruit in the form of
longer and even richer pro
gramming hours.
That we enjoy and want
to keep KFMQ is unques
tionable, and the kind
words expressed in your
editorial are a great step
in the right direction, but
it would seem that now is
the time for all those who
do enjoy KFMQ to act and
demonstrate to the Lincoln
merchants that money
spent for KFMQ -program
time is money will in
vested. V. H. Lane
Graduate teaching assistant
To the editor:
I wish to add my word of
disappointment that KFMQ
is having to curtail its
broadcast time. My house
hold enjoys so very much
the high type . of music
which they give us. I notice
the college boys who room
at my house enjoy KFMQ
also.
Mrs. Helen Luschei
To the Editor:
We enjoy the good music
and programs on the FM
station, KFMQ. Keep it
coming please.
Mrs. Adelaide Spungin
To the editor:
Thank you for your in
terest and support of KFEQ.
Not only students but the
whole community will miss
the m o r n i n g broadcasts.
Perhaps, yet, the stores of
Lincoln will recognize that
bringing good music to the
community is a truly effec
tive means of advertising
as well as a public service.
Mrs. Philip Sorensen
To the editor:
Your article with regard
to KFMQ shortening its
broadcast hours has come
to my attention and I, as an
advertiser, heartily endorse
the wonderful position you
have taken. As an adver
tiser, I would like to get in
my licks, too. KFMQ has
been one of our continuous
mainstays in our advertis
ing budget. We have been
advertising with KFMQ
since they have been on
the air and plan to continue.
Thank you for bringing
this issue to the public.
Williams Laundry
T. E. Allman,
Reviewers Report Existentialism
Explains Hidden Freedom Theory
The following are ex
tracts from reviews of
"The Literature of Possi
bility: A Study in Human
i s t i c Existentialism" by
Hazel E. Barnes.
"... highly informative
as well as entertaining. It
is a scholarly, detailed
analysis of the literary art,
the philosophical ideas, and
the psychologies of Albert
Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre
and Simone de Beauvoir.
It is a competent effort to
explain the positive impli
cations for the theory of
freedom and possibility
which lie half buried under
this literature of nothing
ness, alienation, and ab
surdity. It contains a fan
tastic amount of psycho
analysis, which Miss
Barnes presents with great
skill, ' sympathetic under
standing, and critical ob
jectivity." Herbert W.
Schneider, "The Journal of
Philosophy."
"... easily one of the
better in the field ... The
sensitive perccptlveness of
the author Is in evidence,
and her familiarity wth
broad fields of literature
and with relevant works in
psychology add content
and significance to her ar
guments. This is a book
which markedly advances
our understanding of exist
entialist literature." - W.
II. W., "The Personalist"
"Although there is no
lack of books on existen
tialism, works combining
breadth and depth are still
rare, and no previous study
even aims to do such am
ple justice to both the phil
osophic and the literary
creations of several of the
major figures . . . Hazel
Barnes is extremely thor
ough and perceptive in un
raveling plot upon plot and
relating it to the writer's
philosophy . . . This is a
scholarly study and an ex
cellent introduction to ex
istentialism." The Ameri
can Scholar
"... one of the most
competent and helpful
books in any language
about existentialism. She
concentrates entirely on
three French writers
Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone
de Beauvoir and Albert
Camus and ' discusses al
most everything these
three have written, though
their literary works are
emphasized much more
than their philosophic
studies . . . The solid qual
ities of this book far out
weigh any defects; it may
be recommended to all
who seek a better under
standing of French existen
tialism." Walter Kauf
mann, "Ethics"
"The book captures much
of the forlorn dark gran
deur of the existentialist
vision of the human condi
tionthe desolating isola
tion, the pursuit of self
never to be possessed, the
vertiginous awareness of
total freedom, the deriva
tion of values from the in
dividual, the inextirpable
shadow of death . . . The
author's usually admirable
fidelity to the writing of
her subjects here skirts
close to mere synopsis.
There is, for example, a
hundred pages of phenom
enological analyses of "bad
faith," most of which is
drawn from Sartre . . .
The author does further
disservice to her subject in
Continued to Pg. 4
"RING AROUND THE
MOON," presented by the
Department of Speech and
dramatic Art in Howell Me
morial Theater on May 17,
18, 19 and 20.
"Ring Round the Moon,"
delightfully effervescent,
was written by French play-,
wright Jean ("Becket," The
Lark") Anouilh and trans
lated by English playwright
Christopher's (The Lady's
Not for Burning) Fry. It
is successfully produced by
the University Theater ex
cept for one large fault
the inconsistancy in styles
of acting within the cast.
Discussion of style in thea
ter, like the other arts, is
usually ambiguous and over
lapping since no one style
is ever purely represented
in any one production. How
ever, a general flow of pre
sentation, usually deter
mined by the literature of
the play, should be estab
lished. "Ring Around the Moon",
with twins as a double male
lead, two different heroines
and an assortment of char
acter parts, is a costume
piece that takes . place in
the Winter Garden of the
estate of Madame Desmor
tes, somewhere near Paris.
Hugo and Frederic, Madame
Desmortes' twin nephews,
are both much different, but
both considered in love with
Diana Messerschmann,
daughter of a millionaire in
dustrialist. Hugo, the wild
er, imports a young baller
ina named Isabelle to im
personate his friend Ro
mainville's niece. (She is
actually not his niece, but
companion.) Isabelle is to
pretend to Idve Hugo, mak
ing Diana jealous. The
scheming against Frederic
and Diana is all very care
fully planned, but does not
work out exactly as intend
ed. However, the results are
the same: Isabelle and
Frederic are paired as are
Hugo and Diana.
This complicated, imper
sonating, romantic plot, to
gether with Anouilh's sharp
comic writing, seem to in
dicate a 'stylized' manner
of presentation. However,
the acting varies from real
ism to farce, to subdued un
derplaying to personalized
hamming. It is difficult to
discuss or relate 'stylized'
acting, since we have very
few opportunities to view it.
(The most recent I can re
call are Anouilh's televised
"Time Remembered" and
Cleveland Playhouse's "Vol
pone.") This obscure em
ployment may be a reason
for the actors' difficulties.
Most successful in this in
tended manner of playing
are: Curtiss Greene, crea
tively amusing and enter
taining as Joshuah, the but
ler, and Mary Teale, sur
prisingly striking and earn
est as Lady India, Messer
schmann's mistress, al
though not ideally suited for
the role. These two perform
ances encompass most near
ly what I consider 'stylized'
acting.
With the exception of only
one or two instances, Leta
Powell's Diana is a straight,
direct, realistic interpreta
tion. Nevertheless, she is
still demanding and digni
fied. It's a positive reaction
even though inconsistent with
the general style. Gordon
Trousdale's Messerschuman
is a direct, likeable impres
sion also. . .
Underplaying, therefore
weakening their roles in en
s e m b 1 e, are Frederick
Gaines, as the rougish Hu
go and the lovesick Fred
eric, and Nancy Wilson, as
the swee't ballerina Isabelle.
Mr. Gaines, through cos
tume change and voice
change, does manage to dis
tinguish the two brother,
but lacks technique to es
tablish two exact, definite
characters. An accomplished
actor would probably not
change his voice, but let
the Anouilh lines and his
bodily movement indicate the
differences.
The remaining oast mem
bers, except one, are played
strictly for farce, with per
sonalized hamming often
distracting from the charac
ter. Catherine Hahn, the
cadaver-like Madame Dei
mortes, is very hard to un
derstand, even in the third
row. Her character is like
able, and she does achieve
acuience response when ar
ticulation and emphasis is
clear. John Turner as Pa
trice, Messerschmann's sec
retary, gives a forced per
formance, both in move
ment and in faulty line
reading.
Jerry Mayer, as Roman
"ille, Mary Meckel, as Ca-
'at, and Bonnie Benda, as
. .oelle's mother, play the
show in the broadest sense
of farce. Mayer, a clown at
heart, gets audience reac-
Continued to Pg. 4.
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