Monday, February 11, 1963
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Editor' not: This article wan pre
pared by Gwynn Showalter aa part of
the Vouni Republican'! abervance of
Abraham Lincoln! birthday tomorrow.
By GWYNN SHOWALTER
"As I would not be a slave
so I would not be a master"
. . . Abraham Lincoln.
There are times these days
when we must search in the
replica of his kindly face
and in the mold of his strong,
homely body for something
of the courage and the honor
and the vision that were his.
In his immortal words now
ovet a century old is a
promise to all mankind for
days yet to come.
In his words, "As I would
not be a slave," we know
that this man saw as we must
see, beyond the selfish bord
ers of a nation. That in the
grandeur of his soul, he vi
sioned a world unshackled,
all men set free And thus a
mission and task is seen. This
freedom is not for us alone
not selfishly for America. The
light that Lincoln saw cannot
burn for the few who are
free, in the ugly shadow of
anguished millions enslaved.
Through the years men have
risked the infinite sweetness
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of life, that there shall be no achieve than success. As a
masters, that the dignity of partner in a middle west
man shall in the end prevail, store, he had lost every
( penny of seven years' sav
One hundred fifty-four years ' ings. Determined not to re
ago was born a boy. He was-peat the mistakes which had
born amid the primitive con- forced his former partner in-
aitions then prevalent in p!o -
neering America. His father
was shiftless and illiterate,
but his mother could read and
write. This knowledge she
imparted to her son. The
son read, absorbed, and
learned.
When he first came to
Washington, one of the aristo
crats said, "We will have an
easy time with this uncouth
clown." The same aristocrat
closed the dying eyes of the
"clown" with these words:
"Now he belongs to the ages."
Simple Man
The simple man, who nev
er attended even a grade
school, is so well remembered
that one of his addresses is
engraved upon a tablet of
bronze upon the walls of the
University of Oxford, Eng
land, and is known the world
over.
Shortly before his death
this simple man, after a long
and bitter war. said in his
second presidential inaugural
address: "With malace to
wards none and charity to all
let us dedicate ourselves to
the task of the binding of
wounds and the healing of the
nation." Simple words of a
simple man.
Lincoln's character is n o t
easy to in. Icrstand. It w a s
full of paradoxes, of strange
secrecy, of failings sharp as
his manifest virtues. He was
shy in strange company, un
social and retiring. Yet in a
backwoods country where
storytelling was an art, he
was the master storyteller of
them all. His was a homely
face, dark, leathery and sad.
Yet when he spoke, his eyes
flooded it with beauty. He had
the coolest, most logical head
of his times.
Lincoln, as a young man of
22, learned for the first time
that failure is easier "to
TbLko&kjcuv
Newlv initiated members of
Delta Sigma Pi are Steven D.
Luthy, Charles S. Cuttell,
Stephen P. DeVere. Bill J.
Inghram, Pat J. Kennedy,
Donald E. Morris, Richard
J. Musil, Mike Niday, Doug
las Tixstine, Gary C. Rosen
back, Gerald Rouse, John
Sandstredt, Roger L. Soucie,
Patrick R. Sullivan and By
ron Vanier.
Alpha Zeta, Ag Honorary,
and the twelve newly-initiated
members.
The new initiates include:
James Connor, Roger thris
tenson, David Dorman, R.
Doug Downs, Russell Hahn.
Larry Hammond, Calvin
Messersmith, Ron Hanthorn,
Richard Slama, Larry u.
Smith, Byron Wilson and
Dave Zimmer.
Dr. William S. Kramer,
Dental College, chairman of
the section on Pedodontics for
the American Dental Associa
tion and examining member
of the American Board of Pe
dodontics. New officers of unicorns:
Bvron Almquist, president;
Jean Tilman, first vice-presi
dent.
Arnold Air Society officers:
Terry Miller, commander;
Glenn Schaumberg, executive
officer; Steve Caruthers, op
erations officer; Larry Pope,
administrative officer; Doug
Mosel, comptroller; Bill
Ewald, informations officer;
Jim Connor, material; Bob
Raichstadt, liaison, and Ken
King, special service.
Newly elected officers of
Delta Sigma Pi, professional
business fraternity: Dan Sla
by, president; John Skold,
senior vice president; Dennis
Johnson, junior ,'ice presi
dent; Gary Olson, secretary;
Gerald Schapman, treasurer;
and John Felton, historian.
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to bankruptcy, he did just
that. His new partner wasted
all the profits within two
years. He faced an indebted
ness which he knew would
crush him. Lincoln refused to
go into bankruptcy and paid
the last dollar of his obliga
tions on his thirty-ninth birth
day. Destiny seemed to have
singled him out for failure.
The most crushing blow of
his career enveloped around
the death of his first love.
He then was on the verge of
insanity. "At this period of
my life I never dared to carry
a pocket-knife," he wrote
long afterward. He was then
nursed back to mental health.
Brief success in his election
to Congress was followed by
failure to be re-elected.
Failure To President
His nomination to the U.S.
Senate seemed inevitable
when a last moment party
split caused his defeat. Two
years of heartache, disap
peared when he lost the sena-
torship through. a series of
open-air debates. In his own
estimation he was out of poli
tics at the age of 50. These
years of heartache, disap
pointment and failure were
compensated for with his elec
tion to the Presidency of the
United States on the Repub
lican Party ticket.
Lincoln showed his nation
how to use a sense cr humor.
In spite of the trying days of
the war, and the many prob
lems that beset Abe Lincoln,
he always managed to find
time to brighten the lives of
those around him with witti
cisms. An old friend from
Springfield, after an evening
in the White House, drawled:
"How does it feel to be presi
dent of the United States?"
"You have heard about the
man tarred and feathered and
ridden out of town on a rail?"
replied Lincoln. "A man in
the crowd asked him how he
liked it, and his reply was
that if it wasn t for the honor
of the thing he would much
rather walk."
Then there was the time
that a foreign diplomat re
plied at Lincoln's condemn
ing a certain Greek history
as tedious: "Indeed, it may
be doubted whether any man
of our generation has
plunged more deeply Into the
sacred fount of learning."
"Yes," remarked Lincoln, "or
come up dryer."
In observance of Lincoln
Day, the Young Republicans
have arranged for a display
in the south Union entrance
showcase. Among the items
on display are a rare bronze
cast of a statue of Lincoln
from the Gen. John J. Persh
ing collection and some rare
Lincoln pictures. Abraham
Lincoln will be recognized at
their meeting Thursday at 7
p.m. Charles Thone will be
the speaker.
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Lishner
To Begin
Rehearsals
Professor Has Lead
In 'The Labyrinth'
Leon Lishner, professor of
voice at the University, is in
New York this week to begin
rehearsals for his lead role
in the premier performance
of Gian-Carlo Menotti's "The
Labyrinth."
Lishner, a member of the
University faculty since 1956,
has the distinction of being
the only singer to be identi
fied with creating the origin
al lead roles in four of Men
otti's operas.
The new opera will be vid
optaped Feb. 24 by NBC-TV
after two weeks of rehearsals
and then telecast nationally
on March 3.
Lishner is the only artist
selected by Menotti from
outside the New York area.
The other seven lead roles
were cast with members of
the Metropolitan or New York
City Opera companies.
He will play the part of;
Death, who appears in t h e ;
opera as a hotel clerk. The j
theme depicts life as a laby-:
rinth through which man
must travel.
The two weeks of sched
uled rehearsals will be stren
uous, but stimulating, since
the music is only partially
ready, Lishner said. "Menot
ti keeps adding, deleting, and
writing new arias up until the
time to perform the opera.
He writes his own ticket, so
to speak, at NBC and can do
about anything he wishes,"
he added.
Lishner came into contact
with Menotti in 1950 when he
auditioned for the role cf the
secret police agent in the or
iginal Broadway production
of "The Consul." He later
performed this role between
500 and 600 times, during the
Broadway run, and on tele
vision. Other roles he has played
in operatic productions are:
King Balthazar in the opera,
"Amahl and the Night Visit
ors," Don Marco in "The
Saint of Bleecker Street,." and
the leading role in the opera
"War and Peace" by. Proko
fiev. Lishner has played r55
roles in operas in addition td
singing with leading sym
phony orchestras and in re
cordings by national record
companies.
Dramatists Will
Visit Campus
The Nebraska Speech As
sociation will sponsor a
Spring Drama Festival fea
turing student-directed plays
by colleges and universities
Friday and Saturday at How
ell Memorial Theater.
Prof. N. S. Eek, director of
the School of Drama at the
University of Oklahoma, will
evaluate each play immedi
ately after its presentation.
The performances will be
gin at 8:30 p.m. Friday and
will continue on Saturday
morning.
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Sports Car, Cycle
Sootliaht Europe
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A foreign sports car and a
motorcycle dominate the Un
ion main lounce after vig
orous efforts exerted Satur
day by custodians, Union of
ficials and members of the
Union Trips and Tours com
mittee. Verne Holoubek, Trips and
Tours Assistant Chairman,
found it a tight squeeze as he
backed the car through the
north doors of the Union.
To surmount the obstacle of
the steps, determined work
ers attached ropes to the
rear bumper and all joined
in for the big pull.
Once the landing was
reached the trip to the main
lounge was easy. The work
ers rolled the bright blue car
while Holoubek steered. It
now stands as a Union first
beside a shiny red motorcycle.
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cordially invites
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Why all this bother? The
display includes brochures
and pamphlets giving esti
mates of travel abroad. There
is also information concern
ing employment in Europe.
"We're not trying to push
any special tour," said Susie
Pierce, committee chairman.
"We wrote to several differ
ent companies and have in
formation from all those that
replied."
The display is in conjunc
tion with International Stu
dent Week, sponsored by the
Union.
STARTS AT
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thru SUN.. Febr. 17th
6 NIGHTS and 3 MATINEES
MONDAY thru THURSDAY 8:00 PM
FRIDAY t, SATURDAY 8:30 PM
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NEW FACES
Bobby Speeht
Eric Walre
Grete Broaen
n.-lfc. siarid Gunttr
Per Kjolberg
Koch
Milond & Elliott
Richard Garrett
Dave Park
Jan Ton Dave Pitt
Spanky the Chimp
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Ala Zanova
The Bruises
Doug Austin
The Maxfrelds
Demko ft Ben Gee
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DELTA SIGMA PI annual
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Business Administration, 7
p.m., 1141 H Street.
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FACULTY RECITAL by
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