'A Sword for Hippolytus'
lay
n Thursday
The cast for the University
Theater summer production
of "A Sword For Hippolytus,
a new play by George L. Wil
liams, was announced by Dr.
Joseph Baldwin, director of
the play.
The appearance July 25, 26
and 27 of the play in Howell
Theatre will be the first per
formance anywhere of a script
described by its director as a
"brilliant and fanciful come
dy." The author is an Instructor
of Speech and English at Cen
tral Connecticut State College,
X e w. Britain, Connecticut.
Two of Williams' one-act plays
have been produced in off
Broadway Seven Arts Theatre
in New York. One of his long
plays won the national con
test sponsored by the Ameri
can Playwrights' Theatre in
1960. The play was produced
in Hollywood.
The director, Dr. Joseph
Baldwin, professor of speech
and dramatic Art, himself a
playwright, has made a spe
cialty of introducing plays to
the stage which have not been
done previously.
Although the play is a com
edy, it is based on the tragic
legend of Phaedra and Hip
polytus. Cast as Phaedra is
Sue DePriest of Lincoln, sec
retary in the Office of Student
Affairs. Hippolytus is played
oy aciav uimi namsa, sen-j
ior premedical student from '
Ord.
Jim Roach, senior philoso-i
Dhv student from Lincoln, will I
lw oxn th r;roL- Hn 1
Theseus
A mvsterious wom -
an from his past, Winona. Is
played by Sharon Binfield.!
senior in m n s i r erfuratinn i
from Hinsdale. Illinois.
In changing the legend of p
Phaedra from tracedv to com-f
edy, the playwright provided
Hippolytus with "another wo
man," the Princess Aricia.
played by Julie Keller, teach
er of speech and English at
Milford High School, graduate
student in speech and drama
tic art. Richard Cross, also
a teacher of speech and Eng
lish, plays Icarus, the legend
ary Greek who flew with
wings made of feathers and
pink wax. Mr. Cross, from
Norfolk, is in graduate study
in speech and dramatic art.
Bringing Icarus into the story J
of Phaedra and Hippolytus is
one of Williams' more fanci
ful comic notions.
Constance Hunsaker, junior
in speech and English from
Lincoln, plays Hebe, Phae
dra's old nurse. Hebe's two
sons. Andreas and Demetrius,
are played by Charles M.
Armstrong III, sophomore in
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How does a partisan gov
ernor get along with a non
partisan Legislature?
The answer seems to de
pend upon which chair you
are sitting in. If you are
Sitting in the legislative
chamber as a senator
in Nebraska's Unicameral
Legislature, the chances
are you probably would
say, -Just fine."
If you were sitting in the
governor's chair, the an
swer would apparently be,
-Not very welL"
At least these were the
majority answers in this
survey of 68 senstors and
six governors. Most gover
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By BOB MOHXIKE
Recently there has been
a lot of discussion about Ne
braska's non-partisan legis
lature and our partisan
Governor. How do these
men who run our state feel
about this?
To find the answer to this
question we went to the
men whose job it is, as se
lected representatives of the
prople of Nebraska to work
under this system, to get
their feelings about this
question.
Governor Frank B. Mor
rison said, "I have nt
changed my mind nor my
opinions oa this question. I
still believe that our non
speech and dramatic art from
Lincoln, and Bart Butalla of
Omaha, a graduate of Creigh
ton University.
Women servants belonging
to King Theseus are played I
by Nancy Hughes of Lincoln,
junior in speech and dramatic
art; Susan Granata of Lincoln,
senior at Lincoln Southeast
High School; and Estelle Web
man of Superior, senior in
speech therapy.
Man servants are Thomas
R. Holland of Overton, junior
in English; Robert C. Frank
lih of Falls City, freshman in
architecture; and Bruce L.
Borin, freshman in speech and
dramatic art from Lincoln.
Two flutcplaying servant
boys are played bv Roy Bald
win and Joe Baldwin of Lin
coln, sons of the director. Rov
is a seventh-grader and Joe '
is a ninth-grader at Irving
Junior High School.
Curtain time for the pro -
duction in air - conditioned
Howell Memorial Theatre is
8 p.m. The plavw right will flv
from Connecticut in time to
see the Friday and Saturday
nights' performances.
Playwright
Admires
Playwright
When a playwright admires
lotner playwright s work,
another
ine .logical thing tor him to
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he is also a theatre du-ec-
tor.
This is the case in Universi-
of Nebraska Theatre this
u,,1",er WIUt:n WUJ Proauce
the premiere of George i
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11-12,000 Expected
During Fall Term
The registrar's office anti-1 pected to pav the $25 fee be
cipates 11.000 to 12.000 stu- j fore the July 31 deadline. Au
dents w ill register for the fall " g u s t admission applicants
term, topping last year's 10,
401.
Slightly over 6.000 students,
about 1.500 of them freshmen
and transfers, have paid their
$25 deposits to reserve class
room space for this fall, ac- J
cording to Mrs. Irma Laase,
assistant registrar.
ciose 10 i.uuu are sua ex-1
us
nors said that liaison with
the Legislature was diffi
cult to maintain in at least
some instances. The sena
tors told a different story.
Sixty-two senators com
mented on the baison with
the governor. Fifty of them
said liaison could be main
tained or worked out very
easily. Twelve of them dis
agreed. And those senators who
disagreed did so with some
vigor. For instance, one
said, "Not worth a darn.
As a matter of fact, it
. doesn't even work that well.
To be perfectly honest
about it, in most legislative
sessions liaison is non-existent
and this is coupled with
the legislative feeling that
they will have no part of
it."
Another senator agreed
with a terse, "There is
practically none (liaison)
now."
partisan legislature is do
ing a great job, and is the
best for the state of Ne
braska as a wlioie."
"Although," he continued,
"it makes my job as Gov
ernor a little more difficult,
in that I have no one in
particular whom I can go
to if I wish for action on
certain legislation. Never
theless, after a while, you
get to know the legislators
and what they stand for,
and you can usually get
them to cooperate whole
heartedly if they too are in
terested in this particular
type of legislation."
Governor Morrison con
cluded that, "All in all I
think that it is a good sys
tem, and 1 think that it has
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Tuesday, July 23, 1963
World Affairs Preview-
osfta
By VERL HATCH
The Costa Rican ambassa-
; dor to the United States, Gon-
zalo J. Facio, and his wife,
Ana Franco de Facio, will ad
dress a special Summer Ses
sion's convocation tomorrow.
The Ambassador will speak
at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union Ballroom on Pan
American affairs, according
to Union programming of
ficials. Following the convocation
(about 3 p.m.) the John and
! Man-Ann Marshal trio will
f P'ay iann American uance
m,,sc the Crib. The Arthur
! Murray Dancers will give an
! exhibition of Latin dancing
: f"d then the dance floor w ill
be open to everyone, said
Mrs. Gayle Sherman, Union
program director.
Facio and his wife will be
Dutch Engineer
To Lecture Today
A distinguished Dutch en
gineer. Prof. D. A. Kraijen
heff van de Leur, will lecture
and mnrtnr-t spiwal cAminarc
i at the University today and
i wdne;dav
, ,
butio f . Summer
Storms." will be given at 2
p.m. today in the 232 Nebras-
nion. The pubHc is ia-
vited
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cannot reserve classroom
space and must register in
September. - - -
John E. Aronson, director
of admissions, estimates ap
plication from new students,
mostly freshmen, at over 3
400, about 300 ahead of last
year. "And we're accepting
j them fast and furiously yet," jj
ne said
In many instances the
senators took into account
the fact that Nebraska's
legislators outside of the
Legislature where they
have party politics are
predominantly Republican.
Several of them who had
not served with a Demo
cratic governor wondered
aloud how liaison would
work under these circum
stances. One described a situation
of mixed politics this way:
Cooperative Liaison
"Under non-partisanship,
liaison between the gover
nor and the Legislature has
been very cooperative. For
instance, a Legislature com
posed predominantly of
members of the Republican
party has elected a Demo
crat as speaker and it has
elected also a Democrat as
chairman of the committee
on committees, which com
mittee receives the names
of the governor's appoint
ments and gives them
approval. In each case the
closest harmony prevailed
between the Legislature
and the governor who was
a Republican."
Another legislator won
dered how a different mix
ture of parties might work
out when he said, "There
have been times when the
relationship between the
governor and the Legisla
ture bas not functioned too
well under the non-partisanship
Unicameral. On
the other band, probably
the liaison would not be too
good if the governor was
of one party and a partisan
Unicameral was controlled
by the opposing party."
Some senators felt that
the political parties had
made too much of an issue
of the problem of liaison.
"Personally, I didn't feel
that there was as much of
a problem as party bosses
made it out to be," one ex
plained. Another cited what be
thought would be a disad
vantage under partisan ap
Peoi With
LiDCOEro Amtbosso
available in the Crib at that
time for questions, she said.
Facio was one of the mem
bers of the governing Jun
ta that took over the ex
ecutive and legislative pow
ers of the government of Cos-
ta Rica after its civil war in
1948-49.
His list of public offices
since 1948 have included min
isterships of foreign affairs,
economics and finance, mem
ber of his country's congress
and president of the congress
from 1953 to 1956.
He was a member of the east by the Carribean Sea,
delegation that accompanied and on the south bv panamai
President Jose Figueres in;0n the wi hv t'ho vati
his official visits to Puerto j Ocean. The country divides
Rico and Ecuador and the ; into three distinct regions. It
meetings of Presidents in : jS a fertile coastai plain and
Panama in 1956. (extends into a cool mountain-
Facio w as the founder of the 'eous region.
National Liberation Party in ;
1946 ui.der the leadership of The principal crops are cof
Jose Figueres. and member 'fee. bananas, and cocoa and
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I , Gonzaio J. lacio i
proach. He said, "The gov
ernor now generally pays
attention to each senator
itder the partisan ap
proach he might pay real
attention only to the major
ity or minority leaders."
STORM WARNINGS w ere
sent up for governors who
might get "to partisan" in
their approach. One veter
an legislator said, "In this
field, a great deal depends
upon the governor and his
ability to work with a par
tisan group. If a governor
attempts to inject partisan
ship into his association
with the Legislature, then
he will fail with his pro
gram ..."
Another agreed and com
mented: 'The liaison be
tween the Legislature and
the governor is good unless
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Summer Nebraskan
of the Executive Board the
following years as well as
many other high political af
fairs. He is editor of the weekly
magazine "Sired" (1942-45)
and a weekly newspaper "Ac-
cion Democrata" and also ed
itor of the "La Republica,
Facio and his wife Ana
have six children, Sandra, Al
da. Romulo, Ana Catalina,
Giannina, and Caiia.
Costa Rica is the second
smallest republic in Central
America hminHpri nn the
he becomes too political in
his actions."
Own Party Sought
Other legislators frankly
admitted that when it came
to liaison between a parti
san governor and a non
partisan Legislature the
governor sought out mem
bers of his own party with
in the legislative body.
"I believe this liaison ex
ists," said one, "since I find
that the governor tends to
rely on members in the
Legislature that he knows
belong to his party."
A colleague agreed that
liaison was not a problem
for about the same reason.
He said, "There are al
always enough represent
atives in the Legislature
from both parties to pro
vide liaison between the
Governor Frank
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beef is exported.
The customs and culture of
north by Nicaragua, on the
Costa Rica exhibit many Eur
opean characteristics because
most of the original people
are Spanish settlers also
German and Austrian.
Officials Meeting
To Review Budget
By JIM RISSER
Administration officials are
meeting this week with deans,
department chairmen, and
agency heads of the Universi
ty to review their budget re
quest in light of the Legisla
ture's chopping of the Uni
versity's recomrrendations by
some $5 million.
Similar hearings were held
prior to the time when the
school submitted its requests
to the Legislature's Budget
Committee. "We didn't get
what we asked for, so we
have to do it all over again,"
Vice-Chancellor Adam C.
Breckenridge said last week.
The administration will
have no pronouncements on
the effect of the cot in its
requests nntil after the inter
views are completed, Breck
enridge said. He estimated
that the hearings will last
until the end of this week or
into next week.
The decisions on how to
and other university person-
nel.
The Regents will use the
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decldmgtowh o "S S S J
reduced budget to allocate to j lVLfi5 ftS
each department, Greenberg. "Jte J
j budget would result in neces-
No action is expected bvjsar' federaI funds lost
Governor Frank B. Morrison' 0" sa,d Monday that no
in regard t the budget unless .mention of a special session
University officials can point !for this purpose has been
out specific instances where 'mentioned since the Gover
matching federal funds will be , nor's original statement,
lost, according to Norman A. j "I believe that a definite
Otto, administrative assistant i situation wuld have to be
to the governor. j pointed out by the University,
Gov. Morrison, w ho is at-' along with a definite case
tending the Governors' Con- j showing the need for the mon
dhide up . the University's i ey," Otto said.
governor and the Legisla
ture." Several senators indicat
ed without going into detail
that a governor mast tread
a rather narrow path. One
senator, w ho is for the
shift to partisanship in the
Legislature, warned that li
aison is "O.K., except the
governor has to be careful
what be asks of them."
At least one legislator ex
pressed his faith in the gov
ernor's negative power. He
wTote that liaison has
worked out fairly well so
far, and he added, "The
power of veto held by the
governor is worth 26 votes,
lie can introduce a bill at
any time. He is not handi
capped." Another legislator simply
felt that liaison was no
Morrison at his desk.
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Tail!
The art of the country is
rich in gold and, jade orna
ments, pottery and stone
sculpture. A native textile is
woven in such a way that the
design appeared only on the
right side of the material.
This art is being revived to
day. $31.6 million must then be
presented to the Board of Re
gents. Breckenridge explained
that the determinations are
made on an annual basis, al
though the total amount ap
propriated is for the 1963-1965
legislative biennium.
In commenting on the budg
et. Dr. Ben Greenberg of
York, president of the Board
of Regents, said yesterday
that the Board will do the
best it can with the budget
that has been passed.
"A great many of the pro
grams we have allocated
money for will have to be de
ferred," Greenberg said. "We
received no money for growth
and development."
The Regents will meet
next week to review the
recommendations coming out
of this week's h e a r i n gs.
Greenberg said that the rec
commendations will be the
combined effort of. the ad
ministrative officials, deans,
and other personnel.
Governor Morrison, who is
attending a governor's con
ference in Miami Beach.
Venn! r
problem because, "the gov
ernor is the executive and
should not concern himself
with any legislation. The
three main divisions of gov
ernment have their individ
ual responsibilities and
should not infringe on the
duties of others.' 'He added
a rebuke for some of his
fellow legislators when he
said, "I think the Legisla
ture does not, or never has,
assumed its full responsibil
ities." Might Shift
These were the senators
talking. These are the men
who party leaders say are
in an enviable position. In
fact, party leaders who
have long advocated a shift
to partisanship in the Uni-
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