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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, May 23, 1 947
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Final Production in Drama Cavalcade,
'Thunder Rock,' Will Open Saturday
The "Final" Word . . .
With the terrors of final exams ahead, most students
are either hitting the books or hitting the floor on their
knees, praying for help. Either of the two alternatives
leaves a lot to be desired. Too often studying will not help
when you take an exam the main purpose of which seems
to be to find out what you do not know, not what you have
learned.
Taking tests like that, made out by instructors who sel
dom know how to prepare a good final, leads to a desire
to cheat to get through. Statistics and figures, such as
those shown in an issue of Life magazine a few month
ago, prove that many students feel they must cheat to
pass a course and will go to any length to do the cheating,
A solemn and emphatic warning has been issued by
Dean T. J. Thompson on the matter. He cited examples
of students who have been dismissed from school during
recent years for cheating and stated that the same penalty
will continue to be inflicted on anv student who fails to
take a test fairly.
Many noted educators feel, and we agree, that final ex
ams are wasted effort both on the part of the professors
and the students, especially for those students who have a
high average in a course. The value of education is not
how much you can write down in a blue book after cram
ming knowledge in your head all night, it is how much
you have learned from the class and how well you remem
ber what you have learned.
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Madame Editor:
There is one and only one way the Student Council can
redeem itself for its conduct last Wednesday. That is by
mass resignation.
At the last session of the Council, individual members
not only sold themselves down the river; they not only sold
the trust which students of the university placed in them
down the river; they sold a way of life a way of life
founded on the principles of democracy.
So discreditable was the action of the Council that it
has been warned by faculty advisers that the Student
Council would cease to exist unless politics are eliminated.
Thus, the individual Council members by their action have
impaired the rights of 10,000 university students. Selfish
greed by people who have apparently taken office for their
own advancement rather than for the good of the student
body as a whole is deplorable. It is a reminder of what
has happened on a larger scale in many European countries
where small cliques developed into organizations which
threatened civilization itself.
The Council had a constitution and by-laws to guide it
in the execution of its duties, but these were interpreted
to its own advantage. It is also common knowledge that
the judiciary warned that the action of the Council was
unconstitutional but the judiciary was ignored. After
"undesirable" publicity was given the Council's action, the
judiciary called a hurried meeting and declared that one
appointment to the Student Union Board is invalid.
However, even . the eviction of one member from the
Board will not repair the damage done by the Council. The
student body has lost faith in the student governing body
of the university. The only way that faith can be restored
is by the election of a new council.
Any organization on the campus who either actively or
passively supports the present Student Council is not act
ing in the best interests of the students as a whole. Can
partisan politics be justified in a democratic institution?
AmVets, AVC, Towne Club, Univets, Student Federalists,
fraternities, sororities, Daily Nebraskan, and all other or
ganizations interested in maintaining the democratic way
of life take heed!
DALE E. FAHRNBRUCH
At seven-thirty tomorrow
evening in the Temple Theater,
the curtain will rise on "Thun
der Rock," a three-act fantasy
drama by Robert Ardrey, to
which the public is admitted
without - charge.
This is the third and final
production in the series, "A
Cavalcade of Modern Drama,"
which has been presented this
week by students of the De
partment of Speech and Dra
matic Art.
Directors of this play are
members of the directing class
of the department, and crew
members have been drawn
from the Nebraska Masquers.
Eminent Success
"Thunder Rock" was first
produced with eminent six
cess in London in 1939. Later
the same year it was presented
on Broadway starring Luther
Adler, Morris -Sarnovesky and
Frances Farmer. Also made into
an English motion picture, this
never failed to hold its audi
ences spell-bound in its fre
quent non-professional produc
tions all over the country. The
play, full of powerful e m o
tional moments, is a delicate
balance of fantasy and reality
from the artistic pen of one of
drama, laid in a lonely light
house on Lake Michigan, has
the leading modern play
wrights. The leading role of a Chi
cago newspaperman, seeking
escape from the confusing mod
ern world on a rocky island in
Lake Michigan is portrayed by
Dale Wisser.
Dr. Kurtz
Dr. Kurtz ,a Vienese doctor
Sigma Delta Chis
George P. Miller was elected
president of Sigma Delta Chi,
men's honorary journalism fra
ternity, at an election of officers
Thursday at a luncheon in the
Union.
Ralph Stewart was elected vice
president, Sid Bradley, secretary,
and Bill Foshier, treasurer.
Twenty-five Sigma Delta Chis
were present.
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Dance
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Saturday!
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PAVILION
9:00 to 12:00
Adm. 62c plus tax
This Saturday
GAY FEISTNER
And His Orchestra
"A" St. Btw. 3tlth it 31st
who leads the-figments of the
newspaperman's imagination in
a. concerted and successful at
tempt to change his entire phil
osopyh of life, is played by
Herbert Spence.
Melanie, Dr. Kurtz' beautiful
daughter, who has an ethereal
love affair with the newspaper
man across ninety years of time,
is played by Marjorie Allen.
Don Hall
Captain Joshua, skipper of the
sailing ship, "Land o' Lakes," is
played by Don Hall, who ap
peared as Duncan in "Mac
beth," and Colonel Pickering in
"Pygmalion," University The
atre productions.
Others in the cast include
Don Johannes as Streeter;
Richard Espergren as Nonny
and as Chang; Carl Booton, In
spector Flanning; Jack Mac
Donald, Brigg; D. Ann Richard
son, Miss Kirby, and Gertrude
Page, Anne Marie.
"Thunder Rock" is under the
direction of Barbara Berggren
and Henry Lee, both long-time
participators in University The
atre activities.
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DALE WISSER PLAYS THE MALE LEAD in the Actors' Lab
production of "Thunder Rock" which will be presented tomorrow
night. Wisser is cast as a Chicago newspaperman who seeks es
cape from the confusion of the modern world by isolating himself
on a rocky island in Lake Michigan. "Thunder Rock" is the last
production to be presented on the Temple Theatre stage for the
current year. No admission will be charged.
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