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OHioier Theater Opeos Monday
PTA Conference to Feature
Child Development Theme
Parents and teachers in the Lincoln vicinity will get
some suggestions next week on how closer cooperation be
tween them will effectively promote better child development
in our schools.
Dr. Calvin Reed of the Universitv TVjjcrnvrs CIaUcta ai,1
T WIKHSkgLy iUKBCiJv Will
foe mad at a two day conference
starting n the campus next-H
Monday. Officers and members of
the Lincoln Parents and Teach
ers association, and public school
teachers and administrators have
been invited, Dr. Reed conference
co-ordinator, said.
The sessions will start Monday
at $ :?0 a.m. 'an Love Library au
ditorium with addresses by Dr.
Floyd Miller of the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and
Dr. E. T. MoSwain, Dean of Uni
versity College of Northwestern
University. Dr. Miller will dis
cuss "Organizations Influencing
, Education in Nebraska.'" "She
topic of Dr. McS wain's addresses
will be "-Piycboogiral Basis foT
Unity in Learning Experiences.'"
Implications
Another feature of the morn
ing session will be a panel which
will discuss the implications of
the speakers suggestions lor par
eats and teachers. Chairman of
the panel will be Dr. Koyce
Knapp.
Participants in the panel will
be Dr. William E. Hall, educa
tional psychologist, and Dr. Cu1o
Hoiberg, Extension Division
sociologist, both of the Univer
sity; Mrs. A. E. Hanneman, Lin
coln, president of the Nebraska
Congress of P.T.A.. and Mrs.
R. W. Could, state P.TA. past
president from Omaha.
Monday afternoon four discus
sion groups will be held. The
groups and the leaders are ""Par
ents and Teachers "Working To
gether," lead by Dr. Kenneth
Freeman, of the Universil-v; -"Better
P.T.A. Programs," lead by
Mrs. Andrew Nelsen, State P.T.A.
College chairman; "How to Or
ganize a -P.T.A." lead by Mrs.
Clifford A. Hicks, state P.T.A.
vice president; and "Needed Leg
islation in Nebraska,' lead bv
Mrs. Gene Allen, state P.T.A.
Legislation chairman.
PTA Ievelopment6
A dinner session Monday eve
ning will hear Dr. McSwain tell
about new developments in parent-teacher
relations. The dinner
will be held. at .30 p.m. in the
YWCA.
On Tuesday, the program In-'
ciuaes visits 10 classes and in
formal discussion of parent
teacher activities and a meeting
of the Board of Managers.
Art By Faculty
In Denver Shoic .
Art works by four members of
the university art department
faculty have been selected for the
56th annual ' exhibition of the
Denver Art Museum, Prof. Du-
-ard Laging, art department chair
man, said Friday.
The artists represented are: .
LeRoy Burket, an oil entitled
The Fisherman" and a ceramic
stoneware bowl.
David Seyler, two porcelain
bowls.
Walter Meigs, a painting enti
tled, -Predella For Progress"
which was shown in the art fac
ulty exhibition last spring.
Mrs. Katherine Nash, monu
mental sheet-steel construction
on the ancient theme of, "Mother
and Child."
The exhibition is a competitive
one for paintings, prints, draw
ings, sculpture, ceramics and tex
tiles done by western artists. The
exhibition -was judged by Dr. Al
fred M. Frankforter, publisher .of
""Art News." Of 1,600 entries,
mOv "173 were chosen for exhibition-
Coed Dies
In Missouri
Cor Accident
Suzanne Bockes, 2i year-old
University senior from Omaha,
was killed early Wednesday morn
ing when she was thrown from a
skidding auto near Troy, Mo.
i ne on ver
of the car,
Mary Jane
Fehrs, 21 also
from Omaha,
was unin
jured, and
Sally Krause,
21, of Al
bion, suffered
minor injuries
in "the acci
dent. Ac tt cl
ing to Sheriff
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Miss Bockes
Porter Crouse the threi jnrl
were summer session students at
the University, were enroute to
St Louis when Miss Fehrs1 con
vertible began to skid on a curve
four miles souUi of Troy on High
way (61.
Miss Fehrs lost control on the
wet black-too surari hiehwsv
and the car skidded about 100
yards.
The rieht front door flew rn
and Miss Bockes fell out striking
ner neaa on a ooara in the ditch
Sheriff Crouse said. She never
regained consciousness, and -died
before she could be moved from
the scene.
An inauest bpld .at Trmr "Wed
nesday morning attached no re-
sponsiDiury 3 or tne accident to
anyone involved, Sheriff Crouse
said.
Miss Bockes. daughter nf jn
Omaha attorney, is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Bockes, 5624 Leavenworth,
Omaha, and by a sister, Pat, and a
younger brother.
"Zannie", as Miss Bockes was
called by her friends, was major
ing in English and education and
was to have graduated at the end
of the summer session. She was a
member of Alpha Phi sorority and
past president of the active
chaper.
For Ag Campus
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Construction crew are now pouring concrete
for the 3MMemrnt f tbe Univeroity f Mebntfikas
new Agronomy Building:, which mill look like the
mrohiteot's drawing above When completed. The
two -story structure will br "U-t.liaprfi". The base,
hown in the foreground above, is 198 feet long.
The wines lure 126 feet Ions euch. TL ItuiltSiue
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DALLAS WILLIAMS To direct
Summer Theater play, July 24
and 25.
Britishers Find
Farm Methods
Of VS. Helpful
A group of five Englishmen
came to the University this week
and first of all wanted to see its
world famous tractor testing lab
oratory. The delegations were, in the
state for five days to observe
farming methods and more par
ticularly the mechanization f
midwest acrieuTture. The EC A
through the Anclo-A m r i & n
Council on Productivity, soon-
sored the visit.
The erouo was made un f
Hichard Dawe, farmer; Elwyn
Owen Jones, farmer; Edward
Brown, agricultural worker; and
Edward Griffiths and Hugh "Wil
liams, representing the Ministry
of Agriculture. Hay "Russell, dis
trict extension supervisor at the
University, was in charge of the
group during their visit.
Dawe, who farms 500 acres of
land in the midlands of England,
was one of the five particularly
interested in the tractor testing
lab. He said the Nebraska test re
sults are followed widely in Eng
land and a modified testing plan
may be set up there.
Dawe said he thinks that'Eng
lish farmers probably diversify
their farmine onftratifins nn Tniirh
rand that perhaps more special
izations would assist in then- pro
duction. On his own iarm. he
raises everything from root crops
xo iHeretora cattle.
"3 am sure we srp lesmin?
something from your American
farming methods," he said.
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-Jin, uifijrwAjw-j .mw in Hi i iwiinirniTTiii rr
will be anade f buff oolomd brick with Xlttwx
Ctreenstone trim. The maia -ntrancr will Jcntur
brown srantte rimmine. budinC win bunr
the BepKKment ol Acronoin.v lm room. and ir
vide facilities for Jts WKearili tiUr. and tor
operating U.S. Tp?wirtmfni ir -rri;-ult'Wf r'a.w1i
ftcientists. and Arricidturiil rvnu;n.
jtersonnel.
'Three Men on a Horse' :
Will Play July 24, 25
. The University Theatre and the Union will present the
farce comedy "Three Men On A Horse," by Holm and Ab
bott, in the Union Ballroom on July 24 and 25. Admission
is free and the play will begin at S p.m.
Something unique in play pro
duction will be in the presenta
tion f the comedy. It will be
taged in the arena style which
has not been used much here at
the University. The stage will be
set up in the middle of the room
so the audience may completely
surround it: The seats will be
elevated so the audience will have
a better view f the stage.
Antics With Horses
The story concerns the antics of
a few characters who are inter
ested in playing the horses. Patsy,
Charlie and Frankie, are three
f this special breed and may be
seen at any odd minute of the
day in a bar, which is tended bv
Harry. Mabel, exchorus girl and
Patsy's girlfriend., is with them
most f the time. The trio has
been losing heavily on the races
and are trying to figure out new
angles on how to pick the right
horses, with the least possible ef
fort, when Erwin Trowbridge
comes onto the scene.
Erwin is aa insignificant man.,
employed by a greeting card com
nanv to mrritc mop-mc He !H'vrc
in a quiet suburb f New Jersey
math his wife, Audrey, and leads
a normal life until his uncanny
ability to dope the horses is dis
covered by Patsy, Charlie and
Frankie. Erwin never bets on the
horses, but confines himself to a
survey f the racing forms on
his way to work in the mornings.
Accidental Tip
One day, Erwin finds himself;
in unusually low spirits and made
a visit to a nearby . bar, which
happens to be the one frequented
by the horse-loving friends. He
gets into a conversation with them
and accidentally gives them the
correct 3ead on the day's winners.
A sort of business agreement is
worked out between the four and
they talk Erwin into being a con
tinuous source f information. This
leads to SDendine murh im in
the bar, and consequently too
mucn drinking. He disappears
from his home and office lor
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FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1950
Union Plans
Chamber
Music Recital
"The University family will be
given a chance to have an eve
ning f Chamber Music. Wedns.
day, July 26. The concert which
will start at S p.m. will be held
in the Union ballroom.
Instigated by Paul -Steg, who
pl ays violin in the ensemble, the
group was rganized this summer
to include Roma Johnson, viola;
Aleta Snell, violin; Carol Puckett,
ctUot and Mary Jane Waggoner,
piano.
Chamber music, popular in the
days f Bach and Mozart, has
grown through the
much f its former significance.
Jafe1' magazine readers will re
member an article last fall which
featured a leading Chamber music
group, and pictured listeners to
this informal type f music. In
true Chamber style, the audience
is seated incidentally, in a parlor,
where they may enjoy the concert
with coffee and conversation.
Chamber music was reintro
duced n this campus last .year by
a Lincoln erouo called Frij-vrvHc ,r,-r
Chamber Music-. Mi
Schossbcrger, University editor.
wrxi chanman f the group.
Steg, a visiting instructor in
violin this summer, retired from
the Hutchinson. 3Ca
schools to work on his doctorate
next fall at Men' York's Columbia
university. He received his un
ffiergraduate training Kunc
State Teachers"1 college at Em
poria, and his master's at the Uni
versity f Wichita. Besides violin,
Steg plays the flute.
The concert, lollowed by an in
formal refreshment hour' in the
main lounge, will be presented
free-of-charge.
E. N. Anderson
Contributes to
Cornell Book
University srofessor Ed par J
Anderson is one of the ontrib
jjtors to a volume on freedom
raperrtly published by tbe Cornell
University Press.
Dr. Anderson is the author .of
one of the essays in the volume
""Freedom and the University,""
The book is a series of essays on
the university's responsibility for
the maintenance of freedom in
the American way of life.
Eased on lectures given in 1 949
in a symposium at CorfteH on
"America's Freedom and Re
sponsibility in the Coiit.emnorarv
Crisis," the essavs conclude that
the "Characteristic element -rf
tbe American wav ,of Tifp .i
identical with the central nrinr-i-
ple of the univerKitv Irnriii im
the freedom of disciplined minds
to use critically and impartially
au relevant evidence toward tbe
solution of human problems.
Other .contributors 4 the
volume are Robert D. Calkins,
vice president and .director jrit iv
General Education Board of New
York state:. Eugene V. flortow,
professor of . law, Tale Univer
sity; Joseph 3L. Lalienthal, Jr
associate professor of anedirjn
Jolms Hopkins LIniversirv' j.
PtObert Ooenheimer. dirfld-.-ir ji
the Institute lor Advanced Edu
cation, Princeton, New Jerse-v;
and Edward C. Kirklani. Jro
"mt of history. Eowdoim Col
lege.
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