Tuesday, June 12, 1962
Summer Nebraskan
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Mari Sandoz Tells
Of the 'Good Old
After a day-long session on
the history and appraisal of
the Homestead Act, the na
tion's scholars and authorities
on land policy leaned back in
their chairs Monday evening
to hear first-hand about the
"good old days."
And the authority in this
field was Novelist Mari San
doz, who spent her childhood
on a homestead in Sheridan
County, Nebraska.
"No matter how eager we
were to get away to larger
fields, our hearts are with the
old government claim," she
reminisced before the Home
stead Centennial Symposium
at the University of Nebras
ka.
The transplanted Nebraskan
who now lives in New York
City recalled:
"Those first years on a gov
ernment claim were a trial,
a hardship for the parents,
particularly the women, but
the men too. Usually only one
in four entrymen remained to
patent the claim ... A large
percentage of those into any
new region were maladjusted
in their home community,
were misfits.
"Many of tbise, unsettled by
the hardships and isolation,
ended in institutions or suicide
if they did not drift on or
flee back to relatives or in
laws. Those who stayed might
be faced by drought, grass
hoppers and ten-cent corn,
sometimes followed by the
banker's topbuggy come to at
tach the mortgaged team, the
children's milk cow. The men
gathered at the sales and at
political meetings, with many
women too, speaking for re
forms, for a better shake for
the sparsely settled, sparsely
represented regions.
Children Worked Hard
"None of these things could
be kept from the children.
They saw the gambles of life
and the size of the stakes.
They shared in the privation
and the hard work. All of us
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knew children who put in 12-,
14-hour days from March to
November. We knew seven
eight-year-old boys who drove
four-horse teams to tne nar
row. who shocked grain be
hind the binder all day in
heat and dust and rattle
snakes, who cultivated, hoed
and weeded corn, and finally
husked it out before they
could go to school in Novem
ber.
And even then there were
the chores morning and eve
ning, the stock to feed, the
cows to milk by lantern light.
Other recollections of Miss
Sandoz included:
Decrepit Sod Honses
Sod House "Although I
never lived in a sod house I
went to school in one and
taught school in two others,
both pretty decrepit at the
time, with mouse holes in the
walls, one with a friendly
bullsnake living there. Some
times the snake was fooled by
the glowing stove on a chilly
fall day and came wandering
out and down the aisle during
school hours. A snickering
among the boys always
warned me, and the snake
too. Licking out his black
forked tonque speculatively,
the autumn-logey snake
turned slowly around and
moved back to his hole in the
wall."
Sod Busting "It seemed
to me there was something
like a spiritual excitement
about a man guiding a break
er bottom through virgin
earth, with the snap and
crackle of the tough roots as
they were cut, the sod roll
ing on flat from tne plow, a
gull or two following for the
worms, and tne DiacKmras
chattering around."
Scalded Hog i
Food "No butchered ani
mal looks finer than a well
scalded and scraped hog
pink and plump and appetiz
ing. Afterward the rest of the
family had fresh liver for
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supper, and the frothing brain
cooked in a frying pan. I
liked pork tenderloin with the
animal heat and sweetness
still in it. I fried this for my
self, and never tasted a finer
dish. Meat still animal warm
was credited with helping to
cure many of the bleeding
stomaches sent west in the
homestead period. Whole
communities of stomach suf
ferers came west, and usual
ly died of other complaints,
including old age."
Summer Calendar
Tuesday, June 12
CLASSES BEGIN
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., All-State Registration, Union Ballroom.
3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium.
7:15 p.m., All-State faculty reading hour, Howell Memor
ial Theater.
7:30 p.m., All-State Faculty Recital, Union Ballroom.
Wednesday, Jane 13
3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium.
8 p.m., Union Artist Series, Dr. Thomas Fritz, pianist
in concert, Union Ballroom.
Thursday, June 14
3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium.
4 p.m. Art Speaker: Vreeland Awards, Union Art Gallery.
7 p.m., Film Classic, "Ballad of a Soldier," (Russian),
Love Library Auditorium.
Friday, June 15
7:30 p.m., All-State Organ Recital, Professor Myron
Roberts, Koly Trinity Church, 60th and A. (Open to the pub
lic.) Monday, June 18
12 noon, Elementary Education Grad Club Luncheon,
Union Indian Suite.
4 p.m., duplicate bridge. Union Indian Suite.
6 and 8 p.m., Cinema '62, Union Auditorium.
7:30 p.m., All-State Student Recital, Union Ballroom.
NASA Display, space vehicles, Union main lounge.
Nebraska Regents Approve
Five Leaves of Absence
Leaves of absence for five
University of Nebraska pro
fessors and staff members
were approved by the Board
of Regents Saturday (June 9).
They are: Dr. Paul A, Ol
son, associate proiessor or
English; Dr. Howard W. Otto
son, professor and chairman
of the department of agricul
tural economics; Arlen E.
Lutz, assistant professor of
agricultural extension; Dr.
Robert M. Sandstedt, assis
tant professor of plant patho
logy; and Robert E. Stepp,
head of the Bureau of Audio
Visual Instruction.
Dr. Olson will leave for the
academic year 1962-63 for Lon
don, where he will continue
studies on Chaucer. Dr. Ol
son is the recipient of a
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Vreeland Awards
Shown in Union
The Vreeland Art Award
paintings and pottery are being
displayed in tne iseDrasKa un
ion Art Gallery June 1-30
Artwork in the exhibit will be
discussed Thursday at 4 p.m.
in the Union Pan American
Gallerv bv Gail Butt and
Thomas P. Sheffield: asso
ciate professors.
The Vreeland Awards are
a series of scholarships
awarded by Francis Vreeland
in the areas of art, music
and creative writing on the
basis of creative excellence
Vreeland was a painter from
Nebraska.
Woods Faculty and Gug
genheim fellowships.
Dr. Oottson will take a one
month assignment with the
Agency for International De
velopment in South America.
Professor Lutz will study the
first semester of the school
year 1962-63 at the University
of Wisconsin where he is
working toward a Ph. D. de
gree. Professor Sandstedt will at
tend a National Science Foun
dation Workshop on Nema
todes during the month of
July.
Robert Stepp will spend the
first two weeks of July on a
summer teaching assignment
at the University of Southern
California.
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the Nebraska Union
KUON-TV
Nebraska's only ooet laur
eat, 81-year old Dr. John G.
Neihardt returns to the
Channel 12 screen tonight at
9 p.m. as he talks about his
poetry with Dr. Robert Knoll,
NU professor of English.
"Poetry of the West" is a
three-part series in which Dr.
Neihardt reads several of his
lyric poems including Hymn
Before Birth, Easter, and A
Cycle of the West.
A second oroeram of inter
est tonight is The Changing
rears: ine communist Par
ty in Japan, which explores
the development of commu
nism in Japan and its growth
aunng world War II.
The late Lord Norman
Birkett, former British Jus
tice of Appeals and judge at
uie iNuremDurg Trials discuss
es his reactions to some of
the German war criminals
and to the men and vnmon
he had to defend on Face To
Face tomorrow at 9:30 p.m.
A complete list of KUON
TV, Channel 12, programm
ing for the week follows:
Tuesday. Jim
3:50 Background
5:40 Evening Prelude
:30Artand Artists: "The Wallace Col
lection." Art at Hs best is seen to-
tn one of the world's finest
art collections. The works seem to
com to life as the guide leads view
ers on r memorable tour through
decades f nutstandinf art and re
markable perception and delicacy.
7:00 Platform: " National Cultural Cen
ter." The late Frank Lloyd Wright
Is presented in a stimulating inter
view and one of his last public ap
pearances In Washington. The truly
(Teat American architect Is seen an
swering questions concerning the pro
posal for a National Cultural Cen
ter, a building to house the per
forming arts in the nation's capital.
As always, Mr. Wright's remarks
were provocative in delivery as well
as content, evoking much laughter
from his Washington audience.
7:30 Reading Out Loud: "Archibald Mae-
Leish." The natural and superna
tural, rommonplace and mysterious,
charm old and young viewers to
night as the famoous Pulitzer Prise
winning poet reads select English
verse.
8.00 Japan The Changing Years: "The
Communist Party in Japan. Ten
percent of Japan's voting power lies
in the hands of Communists. The
development of communism tn Ja
pan and its growth during World
War II are explored. Also told is
the increasing number of Intellec
tuals and artists attracted to the
party the activities of women and
children within the party, and the
trained leadership of the party.
:30 Survival in the Sea: "Self-Defense."
Armor, light, speed, acuity, aggres
sion, and poison are among the
means of defense used by marine
animals. The over-all balance of na
ture is maintained by the balance
between attack and defense, explains
program narrator Dr. John F. Storr.
9:O0 Neihardt: "Poetry of the West." Ne
braska's poet laureate, John G. Nei
hardt, returns to project wit, wis
dom, charm, and genuine personal
ity to Channel 12 viewers tonight, in
his quiet, yet dramatic way of speak
ing, the 87-year-old poet speaks with
sincerity anJ showmanship about his
poetry and his native state his
"intellectual and spiritual mother."
9 30 Meet the Professor: From one cam
pus to another, the camera seejes out
eminent college and univeriity pro
fessors across the nation. The inter
views reveal to viewers the personal
and occupational traits of these men.
Wednesday, Jna 11
5:30 Background
5-40 Evening Prelude
6:30 Alex Schreiner at the Tabernacle
Organ: Tonight the skillful organist
presents to the audience a balanced
yet varied re pet oi re of relaxing, en
tertaining organ music.
7:00 Paraproprieta) Society: Our society
is changing into one beyond property
and requiring sew definitions, ac
cording to the theory of leading
economist Rev. Paul P. Harbrecht,
S. J Forty-eight million dollars in
atns'
Summer Programming
POET LAUREATE Dr. John G. Neihardt will discuss
his poetry on "Poetry of the West" on KUON-TV, Chan
nel 12.
our economy is not owned by any
one This large sum includes pen
sion plans of many large compa
nies in the U.S. Rev. Harbrecht an
swers the Question, Who does this
money belong to? and explains fur
ther his theory.
7:M University Artist Series: (See Mon
day, June 11. 0 p.m. for details.)
8:00 Freedom to Learn: "Out of the
Briar Patch." How a nniversity can
contribute culturally, agriculturally,
and educationally is seen tonight in
a brief history of Eatonton, Ga..
since 1900. In 00 years the Univer
sity has curbed disaster and eredteu
stability and security is this small
town of 7,798.
9:00 Traveling with Jackson: British com
mentator Colin Jackson gives a wit
ty, complete picture of trouble spots
in today's world. Jackson hat trav
eled in all parts of the globe, from
South America to the Middle East.
9:30 Face to Face: "Norman Birkett."
The late Lord Birkett, known as a
great British trial advocate, was a
former Justice of Appeals, judge at
the Nuremburg Trials, and one of
Britain's wittiest speakers and ne
gotiators. This prerecorded interview
brings out his youth, education, re
ligious beliefs, and unfulfilled ambi
tions, and career fn law. He also
discusses frankly his reactions to
some of the German war criminals
and to he men and women whom
be has had to defend.
Thursday, June 14
5:30 Background
5:40 Evening Prelude
6:30 British Calendar
6:45 Contemporary Crafts
7:00 Dancer's World: Martha Graham,
distinguished modem dancer, leads
her dance company in displaying
beautiful choreography and preci
sioned performances. Her dance
teams have won international fame
and are highly acclaimed by the
critics.
7:30 Dr. Posin's Giants: "Isaac Newton."
Newton, one of the world's most fa
mous scientist, contributed his re
markable theories on light and pris
ims, motion and bodjes in space.
His discoveries have become tne
basis of jet propulsion. He was the
first to realiTe the implications of
gravity and that an object propelled
away from the earth at a sufficient
velocity would become a satellite.
1:00 History with Herb Hake: "The Old
Northwest." The beginning of New
England influence, which was des
tined to be of great importance in
the cultural development of the Mid
dle West, originated with the found
ing of Marietta, Ohio, m 1788. Herb
Hake discusses the original found
ing of Marietta, its development and
contributions.
1:30 Freedom To Learn: "Out of the
Briar Patch - (See KUON-TV, Wed
nesday. June 13, 8:30 p.m. for de
tails.) 1:00 Net Drama Festival: "A Midsum
mer Night's Dream." A potent
magical spell causes the characcters j
to fall in love with mistaken mates I
and confusion and hilarity result. In
Shakespearean manner, the situation
supplies
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Is reverted, each finds his true Inve,
I and a triple wedding ceremony takes
Place as the curtain falls. (90 mm.)
Friday, June 15
5 30 Background
5:40 Evening Prelude
6:30 University News: Featuring Bob Van
Neste.
6:45 Canada Outdoors
7:00 Appalachian Spring: A folk tale of I
young pioneer and his bnde. a wan
dering preacher and his followers,
is told through a ballet by Martha
Graham set to Aaron Copland'! mu
sic n the Appalachian wilderness of
Pennsylvania. The story is about the
couple's wedding day and the new
life they begin together.
7:30 Face to Face- "Norman Birkett "
(See KUON-TV. Wednesday, June 13,
9:30 p.m. for details.)
1:00 Neihardt: "Poetry of the West."
(See KUON-TV, Tuesday, June 12, 9
p m for details.)
8:30 Net Drama Festival: "Le Malade
Imaginaire," Molaire's s a ti r
involves a hypochondriac and apothe
cary father who wants his daughter
to marry a physician so that there
will always be a doctor in the house.
The daughter "efuses and, after her
father is persuaded hut he knows
enough about doctoring himsel to
be a doctor, she is allowed to mar
ry the man of her choice. She does,
and the father takes up doctorhood,
Monday. June II
6:00 Evening Prelude
6:30 Past, Present, and Future: "Marl
Sandoz." Favorite Nebraskan author
and authority on the Old West re
turns to Channel 12 tonight to chat
with viewers about her life, career,
novels, and future ambitions.
7:00 English: A special course, geared to
prepare freshmen for college Eng
lish courses, is offered to viewers.
7:30 Troubled Lives: "Back to Society."
Skilled, professional help is needed
to help a person adjust to a normal
life after be has had treatment in
a mental institution. The individ
ual's family must also make certain
adjustments which are approached
is tonight's program.
1.00 Backyard Farmer: Gardeners no
longer need to be bothered by trou
blesome plants and pesty weeds.
Tonight the experts devote a full
hour to answering questions from
viewers and helping them to solva
their backyard problems.
S:00 Prospects of Mankind: "What Status
for Women?" President Kennedy ap
pears with Eleanor Roosevelt in a
penetrating discussion on the status
of American women today. Tne re
cently created Commission on the
Status of Women is defined as to
its purpose, future recommendations,
and dealings with problems lacing
women in our society. These include
labor, educationcal, and social prob
lems. Appearing with the distin
guished pair are Arthur J. Gold
berg, U.S. Secretary of Labor; Acda
U.N. 4; Thomas Menuenhall, presi
dent of Smith College: and M.rra
Komarovsky, head oi the Depart
ment of Sociology at Barnard Col
lege, Columbia University.
