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Vol. 49 No. 157
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, June 21, 1949
Theater Returns to Campus
All-State Presents
Ensemble Concert
Members of the All-State Fine
Arts course presented a small
ensemble concert in the Union
ballroom, Sunday.
Ensembles of brass, woodwinds,
strings and voices under the di
rection of J. Dayton Smith and
William Splichal made up the pro
gram. DodKins a Divorcee Forenyth
JoAnn Jonc. West Point
Janice Fullerton. Almworth
Two Pianos
Three Melodies In Ancient Style Furber
Clarinet Trio
Ashes of Roses Werrenrath
Roys .iaftH
Festival Days Gucntiel
Bra I)uarte4
A Dream Orleg
Girls Trln
Scherbo Brlllinnte Seven
, Flute QiiartH
Whim is the Properest Day to Sinn?
Arne-Anderson
Marin it at
Barberini's Minui't Haase-Pochon
Strlnt tlurt.I
A Celtic Lullaby Robertson
Triple Trio
Triolet Leonard
Trumpet Trie,
Almost Like Being In U 6 Loewe
Sextet
Anilante Cantablle Tsc.haikowskl-Bueris
Clarinet Quartet
A Little Song of Life Mdlotte
Trio
Tree Silences Lent
tilrls Octet
Mooiis Borowski
Rraas Sextet
I'm KMllIng in Ixve With St mcone Herbert
Hnys Quartet
High School music students who
participated in the program were:
Clarinet Trio
Jonn Jones. West Point.
Claire Conley. Neb. City.
Sharon Vooriiees, Wauneta.
Hoys Quartette
Bill Beard, First Tenor, Decatur
One Law, Second Tenor. Clmpell.
Hoh Burrows, Baritone. Hay RprinKS
Ben Leonard. Bnss. Alnsworth.
Rnuis Quartet
Pill Miller. Omaha.
Murparet Richie, Auburn
t.lrls Trio
Pntrlcia Syfert, 1st Soprano. Alnsworth.
Mir.nm McConaughy, Snd Soprano.
A 1 1 rora
K thryn Baker. Alto. David City.
Flute Quartet
sherry Nevlns, Lircoln
Shirley Early. Scotlsblurf
Joan Kummer, Cplumhus.
Joan Husman, Chapman,
Madrigal
Sopranos -
Gladys Novotpy. Clarkson.
'Oh You
"There is no place like " Ne
braska," as loyal Cornhuskers
lustily and frequently attest, and
judging from the early history
f the school there never has
been, either.
Back in the good old days of
the 1870's there were never more
than 67 students enrolled in the
University itself, although the
number in the Latin school once
went as high as 198. Three years
of locust raids were one of the
unforseen difficulties which in
terfered with attendance.
The four-block city campus dif
fered little in appearance from the
surrounding prairie, for citizens
tethered their family cows on it,
and children picked violets and
buffalo beans there. Three-story
U Hall, already troubled with the
leaky roof which persisted until
the end in 1948, was the only
building. Students tended the 25
or 30 hard-coal base burners
which furnished heat and ash
heaps accumulated in the angle
west of the north wing. Pioneer
children have vivid recollections
of climbing these heaps to see the
skeletons in the first floor mu
seum. A UNIVERSITY for Nebraska
apparently caused great difficul
ties from the very beginning. The
choice of its location was one of
the first problems, for in nine
years the legislature chartered no
less than 24 universities and col
leges. Nebraska University was to be
located at Fontanelle, according to
Sally Buikendorf, Bassett.
Syliva Spier, Falrbury.
Aitos
IVlores Oarret, Mlnden.
Connie Clark, St. Kdward.
Janice Fullerton. Alnsworth.
Tenors
Jay Fatikhauser, Humholt.
John Ferril, Oaklnnd. Iowa.
Charles ClevenKer, Hay Springs
Basses
Milford Myhre. St Edward.
Bob Himebroock. West Point.
Bob Likens. Falrbury.
String Quartet
Violins
Donna Oardner. Lincoln.
Jayne Miller, York.
Viola -
Ruihmni Lavlne. York.
Chrlstensen, Uncoln.
Triple Trio
1st Soprano
Beverly Georpe. Lincoln
Anne Jane Hall, York.
Mary Ellen W'olters "in ilia.
2nd Soprano
Lynne Smith. Carleton.
Helen Connors. Valentine
Marilyn Paul. Beatrice.
Alto r
Sally Adams Aurora
Martha Boycr, Alliance
Kathleen O'Donald, Lexington.
Trumpet Trio
Jerome Falrchild, Lincoln.
Dick Ralston, Geneva.
Paul Biebersteln, Lincoln.
Sextet
Sopranos
Owen Grosshnns. Aurora.
Shirley Stehlik. Wilber,
2nd Soprirrtbs
Elizabeth Harris. Axtell.
Roberta Weir, HartinBton.
(Jloik, David City
Marlene Meyer, Bertrand.
Clarinet Qii.rtet
Bob Harrison. Lincoln. ;
Shirley Lewis Lincoln.
Bernie Wlshnow, Lincoln.
David Cohen, Rork Port. Mo.
Trio
Darlene Sowards. 1st Soprano )
Shirley Bates. 2nd Soprano ) Ashland
Rose Mary Castner, Alto )
filrla Octet
1st Spreno
Margaret Ritchie. Auburn.
Ruth Koenigs. Mapleton. Lows.
2nd Soprano
Dorothy Marshall, Wymore.
Marilyn Ivcrson. Fairhury.
1st Alto
Patricia Fnust. Fairhury.
Marilee Gallion, Chester.
2nd Alto
Anne White. U.icoln.
JoAnn Moust, Bruning.
Boys Quartet
Joe Feeney. Tenor, Grand Island
Jerry Colling. Tenor. Wilsonville.
M;irk Weidler. Baritone. Dawson.
Bob Brown. Bass. Surgeant
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IN 1873, two years after the University had opened, 11th street
looked like this. University Hall, center of campus activity,
was also the center of a controversy. The rumor could not be
stopped that the building was in secure. Meanwhile U Hall housed
the original College of Literature. Sciences and the Arts and
served as a men's domitory and meeting place for such early
literary societies as the Palladians and Adelphians.
the first Territorial Legislature,
which convened in Omaha in Jan
uary 1855. Two other institutions
of higher learning' were planned
for Omaha City and Nebraska
City. Among the later charters
were those for the Univc-sity of
Nebraska at Saratoga, Nebraska
University at Wyoming and a Uni
versity of Nebraska to be located
at a town site yet to be desig
nated. One observer at this time
Carter Speaks . . .
At a noon luncheon, Dr. W. R.
Carter, specialist in mental mea
surements at the University of
Missouri, reported a cooperative
testing program now reaches
between 60 and 70 percent of Mis
souri's high school seniors.
"The object of the tests," Dr.
Carter said, "is to locate the su
perior students and to encourage
them to continue with college
work. We feel that we are not
making the most efficient use of
our educational facilities unless
we utilize our most promising
student material."
Dr. Carter cautioned, however,
that testing is not intended to
predict failures.
Agriculturalists
r or Agronomy
Farmers and aerirulturp extiprts
from all over Nebraska are gath
ering at Ag College this morning
for the annual Agronomy Field
day.
The davwill begin at 9:30 a.m.
in the Ag College activities build
ing. First the assembled agricul
turists will hear exptrts in var
ious fields discourse on their spe
cialties. DR. H. L. RIIOADS, of the di
vision of soils, will open the
morning session with "Need of
Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Ne
braska' Soils." He will be followed
by E. C. Conrad, agronomy pro
fessor, who will speak on "Grass
Seed Production."
Other speakers include F. L.
Dudley, soil conservation expert,
speaking on "The Intake of water
by Soils;" M. H. Muma, entomol
ogy, with "New Insecticides;" and
Neal Shaffer, weed control expert,
on "Effective Weed Control."
THE AFTERNOON'S program
includes a tour of the Agronomy
farm. Field day goers will view
wheat, oats, barley and a variety
of other grass plots used for ex
perimentation. They will also tour
plots used for testing certified
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is said to have remarked that "the
Nebraska University is apparently
on wheels."
TWO YEARS after Nebraska
was admitted as a state, however,
real action was taken on what
had been previously only a paper
university. A bill was introduced
into the state legislature and
passed on Feb. 15, the last day of
the session.
T-ie law thus enacted stated:
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Whittaker Schedules
Tryouts for Summer
Theater Production
The University theater has come back to the university.
When the curtain goes up at 8:30 p. m. on July 21 in
the Union ballroom the theater will be back home for keeps.
Plans for a summer school theater program, announced
this week by Max Whittaker, director, mark the theater's
return. Although a play has not yet been selected, Whit
taker hopes to do this within a week.
"The play will probably be a comedy and should be
very good, because we have many talented students here
Assemble
Field Day
seed increase and later see field
strips showing the effect of 2,4-d
on wheat. Finally they will ob
serve plots wnere the applications
of commercial fertilizer to brom
grass is being tested.
The entire project is under the
direction of Ag college's T. A.
Kiesselbach. -It is designed to ac
quaint farmers of the state,
county agents and others con
nected with agriculture with the
progress being made by the uni
versity towards better farming
methods.
"WE ARE especially interested
in some test plots on winter
wheat," said Kiesselbach.
The plots demonstrate the ef
fect and extent of various types
of conditions, both biological and
physical, which hamper the
growth of winter wheat. The stu
dy of the effects of ammonium
nitrates on brom grass is another
new field of endeavor for the
agronomy department.
The Agronomy field day is a
part of an overall extension
project carried on by the entire
Ag College over the state. The
efforts of the Ag work are de
signed to bring to the Nebraska
farmer the latest advancement in
farming techniques.
Bovines
"That there shall be established
in this state an institution under
the name and style of 'The Uni
versity of Nebraska'. The object
of such institution shall be to af
ford to the inhabitants of the
state the means of acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the vari
ous branches of literature, science,
and the arts."
The University's charter pro
vided for six departments or col
leges: a College of Ancient and
Modern Languages, Mathematics
and Natural Science; a College of
Agriculture; a College of Law; a
College of Medicine; a College
of Practical Science, - Mechanics,
and Civil Engineering. The Col
lege of Fine Arts was to be estab
lished when the annual income
of the University reached $100,-
i 000.
! The site for Lincoln was se
lected in the summer of 1867, and
locations for various public build
ings fixed during the same year.
About 12 acres of land on the
northern part of the city plot were
selected for the University. As one
writer later put it, the site must
"have been selected . . . blind
folded. No good angel whispered
to them of seats of learning set
upon hills. The gentle slopes of
the Antelope valley (now south-
least Lincoln) were ignored, and
a site bordering Salt Creek valley
and inevitably in the path of rail
roads, then imminent, was cho
sen." The legislature authorized an
expenditure of $100,000 for the
See Who's the Wise Guy," pgr. 3
this summer. We plan to use corn-
plete stage settings and equip
ment," Whittaker said.
Tryouts have been tentatively
set for either June 27 and 28 or
June 28 and 29, the director ex
plained. Anyone enrolled in the
university summer school is el
igible to attend tryouts, he added.
WHILE SUMMER theater is an
annual occasion for the Uni
versity of Nebraska, it is a special
occasion this year. The Temple
theater, formerly used for Uni
versity productions, was closed by
the state fire marshall in Decem
ber. At that time students had
just completed a two-day run of
"Winterset" by Maxwell Ander
son. And so the Temple theater was
closed. Saddened theater partici
pants hung a black crepe ribbon
on the door to signify the de
bauchle. ALTHOUGH THE roof leaked,
floors squeaked and the place had
become a veritable fire trap, the
loss of the theater was a blow to
the campus. The speech depart
ment faced the possibility of no
more dramatic art for students.
Early in the second semester,
The Plainsmen stage at Wesleyan
University, was secured for tem
porary use. . There the Nebraska
players produced "But Not Good
bye",, and "Yes and No."
Architects tramped through the
Temple building and administra
tive officials talked the situation
over. But no action took place.
FINALLY IMPATIENT stu
dents, spurred on by Masquers,
the dramatic honorary, circulated
petitons requesting that some sort
of plans be made for the coming
year. The Daily Nebraskan took
up the cry. The wheels began to
turn. Estimates and promises
rolled in.
Although the return to campus
of the summer theater does not
solve the problem, of a place to
house future dramatic productions
it does symbolize an improved
condition, say drama students.
The theater was built in 1907.
With a few minor improvements
it stands today as it did then. To
the theater's frame an asbestos
fire-proof curtain has been added.
Last year a revolving stage was
constructed for use in the first
production, Eugene O'Neill's
"Dream Girl."
SEVERAL alternatives present
themselves to future University
theater producers. The stage may
bie moved downtown to the Ne
braska theater. A few minor re
pairs can be made and the Temple
used as it stands. A third alter
native involves major construction
revisions. According to the third
plan, the north wall of the theater
would be bricked off and the only
entrance made on 12th street. This
would be an extensive project.
In the spring a spirit of discour
agement prevaded the entire dra
matics department. At that tfme
director Whittaker said, "I find
that student morale has suffered.
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