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o PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN ttt 1 i ji ?i j i nri .weanesaay, npm isoi Fifteen Modern Art Pieces Purchased from Galleries They're all modern that is certain. Such would be the opinion of the casual observer if he took a gander at the 15 pieces of art work in the University art gal leries that have been been pur chased for collections recently. According to Director Duard Laging, 14 of the paintings, sculp tures and stoneware pieces go to the permanent H. M. Hall coliec tion. One painting, "Fruitbowi by Hans Hofmann, was bought by the Nebraska Art association. The approximate total value of the purchases is $10,000. Easy to Understand ' Some of the pieces, although modern, are fairly easy to un derstand. Among these are Mitcn ell Jamieson's black and white drawing, the "Nude," remarkable for its continuous flowing lines; "The Clamdiggers" by Martin Homer, a portrayal of two women on a vast expanse of beach hunt' ing for marine animals and the bronze piece. "Family Group" by Henry Moore, which depicts the stability of the unit. Advancing to a slightly higher level of comprehension, "Oh what Fun We Amoebas Have" by Ne braska's Leonard Theissen brings to view two pinkish, impish amoebic-looking characters done in casein and plastic. Then too, the average gallery goer does not have to delve too deep into his imagination to catch the irony and comedy in Morris Graves' ink drawing, "Bird At tacking a Stone." The boldness and determina tion that seems to creep into the sculpted piece, "Head of the Bap tist" by Edgar Negret, need little explaining. Can't See It In the "sorry, but we just can't see it" group are "Fruitbowl" by Hans Hofmann, "Palm and House" by Graham Sutherland, "Hotel Flora" by Robert Mother well, "The Proud One" by Bal combe Greene and "August" by Lee Gatch. "Fruitbowl," N. A. A.'s pur chase, represents a conglomera tion of geometric shapes in black, white, green, yellow and orange. These irregularly arranged fig ures center around one bizarrely shaded red piece, a little to the right of center. j A monstrous yellow beetle, standing out in sharp lines against a fuschia and yellow-orange background, attracts the spotlight in "Palm and House." The house, typical jungle style, occupies a small spot in the upper right cor ner, while chartruese palm leaves spring from the insect's shell. Red Picture "Hotel Flora," as one observer described it, is a "lucious bunch of red." Its vividness is somewhat emphasized by navy blue panels and a black figure eight gazing at an oversize black key in a door. It Is supposed to bring back a "renewed wealth of associa tion" to anyone who has stayed at Hotel Flora in Rome. At the first glance, "Proud One" presents itself as a run to gether sea of white, brown and black. Spots of blue placed at strategic points give life to the painting. Especially unusual is the navy-hued splotch resemb linb an ink blot in the Upper right corner. James Klee of the psychology department sees in this painting a suggestion of the Crucifixion not of anyone on a cross but of mankind sacrificed to a positive evil. The title brings to mind the Pharisee blinded by his own self -righteousness. Orange Is Dominant There is no doubt about the dominant color in "August." Across the various intensities of orange, one is supposedto evMon a striding Ceres. This, combined with the egg and rooster symbols also embodied in the painting, al lude to birth and rebirth. In the stoneware department, there were three cup-like bowls, a blue mottled bowl that looked more like a platter and a black vase-like bowl that resembled an inflated candlestick with a small opening at the top instead of a wick. Maii a Grotell's cup-like version was a copper reduction, having a red linning and tortise shell de sign. The rendition by Barbara Carmel, formerly of the Univer sity art faculty and now again a student of Miss Grotell at Cran- brook academy in Michigan, was mat white and iron red giving the impression of regular discolored seasweed smears. The bowl of Edwin and Mary Scheier, Dur ham, N. H., was a grayish blue green affair speckled with brown. . Confusion The bowl in mottled blue, also by Edwin and Mary Scheier, con tained a design on the inner sur face consisting of a confusion of eyes, ears, hands and noses im posed on mountain-life forms. The ominous-looking black vase was a creation by Thomas Sheffield, former student of Miss Grotell and now a member of the University faculty. Purchases were made on the basis of recommendations by ex perts Frederick Sweet of the Chi cago Art Institute and Bartlett Hayes of the Addison academy in Andover, Mass. Prices ranged from $60 for the "Nude" to $2,000 paid for the "Family Group." For full Information contact your nearest VETERANS ADMINISTRATION office """ """ AN UNDERCOVER 'lDE FOMENT" ON A GI HOME U0AN IN ORDER TO GET AROUND THE REASONABLE VALUE FOR THE HOME SET 6Y va... rrfc ii i PCM i A Museum Guide James McGee Makes Tours Tun' for 25,000 Kids Yearly About 11 years ago if you had asked James Elmer McGee to study up on such things as pale ontology and geology his kindly Irish face probably would have lit ud wtih consternation. As it turned out, someone did ask McGee to begin studying these formidable subjects. It was this way. Mac, as he is known on the campus and in nearly every town in Nebraska, began working for the University as a watchman about 11 years ago. His beat in eluded the Museum. One day he noticed a small group of school youngsters won dering aimlessly through a Mu seum basement corridor. To avert possibility of mischief he took the lads in hand and started to point out things of interest. Given New Job The next day Dr. C. Bertrand Data Ranging From Babies to Bedbugs Listed in Love Library Documents Room 17..- i- 1 , - V i . ... Dew student associate infant care with the Don L. Love Me morial library or the United States government. Yet one of the major best sel lers in recent years, (publication No. 8 of the U. S. Children's bu reau, "Infant Care") of which over four million copies have been sold, is available in the Doc uments room of the Library. Publication number 8 of the U. S. Children's Bureau is but one example of the variety of infor mation that can be found in gov ernment publications. The Gov ernment Printing office, strange as it may seem, dees not confine itself to issuing income tax re turn forms or "wanted" posters, Annual Output It actually has an annual out put of one hundred million copies of titles that range in subject matter from bedbugs to the rela tionship of lysozyme to other components of gastric secretion in peptic ulcer! Government publications often provide the only available source of data on matters of great im portance; for example, the record of strategic bombing in Germany and Japan in the second World War. They provide easy access to the source documents of history such as the United States pro posal for control of atomic ener- Speech Students Will Present Experimental Plays April 6, 7 Ag Builders to Reveal Tours Guide at Mass Meet Tonight The new Ag College Tours Guide will be presented at the meeting of Ag Builders tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Ag Union. Ag builders president Frank Sibert will preside at a mass meeting. Faculty members W. V. Lambert, M. L. Baker, E. Hixson, E. W. Janike, R, G. Graham, Paul Kimberline, E. J. Metzger, M. E. Meilenz, M. H. Muma and George Round will be guests at the meeting along with the Builders board members. Compiled by the publicity com mittee of Ag Builders, the guide includes scenes and written sketches of campus buildings and activities, framing a map of the grounds. A short history of Ag and a resume of the majors offered are also included in the pamplet. An aerial shot of the campus makes the cover of the pamph let. Sketches printed in green color and to the guide s attract iveness. It is the first Ag college bulletin to have been published since a campus map was printed more than 20 years ago. Reports will be given by the Ag Builders committee chairmen Phyllis Lyons, Kean Linscott, Barbara Raun, Roger Sandy and Jeanne Vierk. Prof. E. Hixon and Mariyln Coupe, president of Uni versity Builders, will give a short talk to the Builders members. Jim Williams, past president of Ag Builders, will officially pre sent the new Tours Guide to all members present. The mass meeting is open to anyone interested in Builders Mu sical entertainment by the Loomis hall trio will be provided and cokes will be served. An interesting spectacle will be presented Friday and Saturday nights, April 6 and 7, on the Ex perimental stage in the Temple Duiiing. The one-act play "Aria da Capo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay will be staged in a highly roman tic style, using ballet make-up ana stylistic costuming. The play is unique in that it contains a tragedy within a comedy. 'Aria' Cast Members Members of the cast are: Don Lewis, Pierrot; Marion Uhe, Col umbine; Lucy Lawrence, Cothur nus; Mary Sidner, Corydon; Charles Rossow, Thynsis. Chris tine Phillips will direct the play; D. K. Smith is production mana ger; Jack Wenstrand is super visor. "One Room Apartment" a one act farce by Mel Dinelli is a story about two men who hope to win their fortune by entering slogan contests. Their lives are made un bearable by a landlady who be lieves she is entitled to her rent money and a mother-in-law who insists that a husband is supposed to support his wife even if it means he must get a job. The troubles which can develop from such a situation are innum erable and Dinelli spares his heroes from none of them. 'Apartment' Characters The following cast has been announced for the play; Paul Laase, Tom Duggins; Glen Paul son, Elmer Wright; Anabel Myth ilar, Mrs. Gee; and Marijo Housel, Mrs. Lewis. John Bjorklum will direct the play. Percival Milde's "The Conflict" will be directed by Jayne Wade. The cast includes: Mary Kay Tol liver, Emelie; Pat Farley, Bess; Martha Picard, Mother; and Nancy Park, Babs. The comedy "Sit Down to Sup per" is directed by Shirley Mc Clain. Ken Clement as George Hawkins, Rosanna Locke as Anna Hawkins, Jerry Young as Henry Christiansen, and Waynd Jostes as Bob Berry are the members of the cast. This series of one act plays are being directed by Speech 102 stu dents. The members of the cast are class members of Speech 14. The plays will be presented on pril 6 and 7 at 7:30 in Room 205 ci the Temple building. gy or the report of the Hoover Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Publications Value The value of government pub lications cannot be overempha sized. They are authoritative, cheap, timely and factual. Federal publications can be roughly classified according to the divisions of the government. There are the Congressional pub lications, the publications of the Executive branch and the pub lications of the Judiciary branch. To name but a few: The United States Code which gives the full text of all the federal laws in force; Congressional committee hearings, such as the 39-volume hearings on the Pearl Harbor at tack; the Congressional Record which contains proceedings, de bates, record of votes, delivered and undelivered speeches; the Statistical Abstract which gives in condensed form statistical statements pertaining to indus tries, population, finance, business failures; the Educational Direc tory of the UU. S. Office of Edu cation which lists principal state, county and city school officers, colleges and universities and edu cational associations. Bedbug Preventatives The Combined Statement of Receipts, Expenditures and Bal ances of the United States Gov ernment issued by the Terasury Department; the U. S. Dept. of State Treaty Series which has the text of the treaties concluded by the government; and even pam phlets explaining ways and means of fighting bedbugs are available. Federal, state, League of Na tions, United Nations publications at the University library are housed in the Documents room of which Miss Ruby Wilder is in charge. The Documents room is located on the third floor of the building. Zucker Sisters to Perform at Union Sunday Moslier Emphasizes Merits Of Participation in Activities Schultz, Museum Director, heard about this and decided' Mac was just the man for the job of Guide, something the Museum had long needed. It was then that Dr. Schultz asked Mac to start reading books concerning museum exhibits. And ever since that day Mac's roughened hands, long used to the saw and hammer of the carpenter, have been paging through books of geologic history. Today Mac can tell you just about anything you would like to know about the vast array of Mu seum exhibits. His pet project, though, has been to make his "tour talk" especially interesting to school children. About half of the Museum's estimated 50,000 yeraly visitors are school children from Nebraska and nearby states. Museum Wonderland Mac likes to feel that the Mu seum wonderland of the past and present is a great educational ad venture. "Why there's probably some people," Mr. McGee will exclaim, a tinge of pink Irish temper creeping into his cheeks, "who think the Museum is nothing but a pile of bones." Mac loves his young pupils, ani the affection for Mac from the children runs high too. One evidence of this is the hundreds fo "thank you" letters he gets from his pupils each year, One of which he is especially proud is this poem, written in the de liberate hand of a giade school pupil at Woodlawn in Lancaster county, Richard K. Shaw: Dedicated to Mr. McGee OUR TRIP TO THE MUSEUM I liked the show about the Bones And how they're found in differ ent zones. They hunt on hills and by the lakes And sometimes run into big snakes. A pick and brush is all they use But sometimes dynamite and fuse. The bones are carefully put in plaster So there will be no bad disaster. And when they get to the museum And all the people come to see them, a Upon rods they have been placed Carefully and with no haste. I liked most of all the great big bear Which you explained with utmost care. How glad I am you took us through And all the school will thank you, too. 1000 FFA Members to Attend 21st Annual State Convention Population out at Ag college is expected to increase by one thou sand this week if the weather permits. Parking space will be more dif ficult to find than usual when the twenty-third annual state Future Farmers of America convention and the vocational agriculture judging contest gets under way on the campus Thursday through About 124 FTA chapters will be represented. Farm boys from all parts ox the state who are taking voca tional agriculture courses in high school will compete in judging beef and dairy cattle, poultry and crops. They will demonstrate their ability in tractor operation and maintenance, welding and farm carpentry work, their skill in public speaking, creed speaking and parliamentary procedure. Star Farmer About 124 boys have been nominated this year for the title of State Farmer. H. W. Deems, head of the vocational education department at the University, said about 75 will be selected as state farmers. One of the group will get the highest honor-the title of Star Farmer. i The boys will be welcomed to the campus Thursday afternoon by Dr. W. V. Lambert, dean of the college of agriculture. Mate farmer award winners will be announced during the eve ning meeting, followed by the star farmer award. One of the1 highlights of the first day's ses sion will be a talk by the national FFA vice president, Donald Jor genson of Lake City, la. Co-Ops Give Prizes More awards will be given Fri day morning. They include prizes from co-operatives, safety awards from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and small grain prizes from the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. Foundation awards for farm me chanics, farm and home electrifi cation, soil and moisture conser vation and the star dairy farmer will be presented during the afternoon. The annual banquet will be iheld Friday evening to honor the award winners. Junior Knobel of Fairbury, president of the Ne braska Future Farmers, will be toastmaster. The last session of the conven tion is slated for Saturday morn ing. More awards will be an nounced, an election of officers will be held and the new officials will be installed. 6 pallia in cue uvcatLH.:n, and crop judging contest will rep resent Nebraska in national com petition next fall. WEDDING Invitations or Announcement Printed, Embomed, Engraved Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street Duo-pianists, Blanche and Florence Zucker, will present a musical program, including both classical and popular pieces, Sun day at 4 p.m., in the Union ball room. The program will be admission free and tickets are available at the Union activities office. The two sisters are natives of Bi"&.lyn. They became well known through their appearances for the American Theater Wing during the war, and also through their concerts, their radio and television programs. Program Shows Variety Their program will include a waltz from "Eugen Onegin," by Tsr-haikowsky, "Clair De Lune," by Debussy, tunes from the cur lot Broadway musical, "South Pacific," several of Cole Porter's well-known tunes and many other selections. 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They frequently include in their classical programs their own arrangements of popular songs and jazz, devising fascinat ing programs from Bach to Boogie. Draft-Conscious Colleges Ask Prepsters to Stop, Look. Listen Nebraska high school senior men, pondering what the future may bring after graduation next May, were urged this week to "stop, look and listen." The advice came from all of Nebraska's colleges and univer sities in a joint statement sent to to senior men this week. The statement seeks to help answer, "After high school, What?" "The job you have of finding an answer to that question is more difficult that it hes been for high school seniors in other years," the statement said. "No doubt some of you are con sidering enlistment in the armed forces. If so we urge you to con sider all possibilities open to you OPPORTUNITY for qualified commercial sprey pilot entlrel summer. Guaran teed minimum wan. Pravloui experl- ence preferred. Cork Blemond, Dorm C or Lup valley laying. Service, Ord, Nebraska. E53t Roneon lighter. InlUals J.H.E. Reward. S-44SS. For rent Mrs. Everett Walton. 1365 No, 39th. Phone 6-4110. Room tot t twin bed. 13.60 each per month. Kcw Johnson's Streamlined Deluxe Floor Polisher. Excellent for both small and lre waxed surfaces. See It demon strated. Call 4-2515. ANYONE looking for summer selling Job, (rood pay, call Gens Johnson, 2-7757 be fore Saturday. French Club To Give Comedy The Trench club will hold its monthly meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the faculty lounge of the Union. A French play, "La Farce du Cuvier ("The Comedy of the Laundry Tub") will be presented by Connie Gordon, Diane Down ing and Jack Moore. The play is a medieval farce concerning a henpecked husband whose wife gives him a list of duties which he is to perform. One of his duties is to help with the laundry. While he is assisting with the laundry, his wife slips and falls into the laundry tub. Instead of pulling her out, he refuses, be cause pulling her out of a laun dry tub is not one of the duties on his list. The wife finally repents and all turns out well. Card playing and refreshments will also highlight the French club's program, when you enlist. What to Do? ' "If you are not considering en listment, you still face that ques tion of what to do: to get a job, to go on to school, or just wait around and see. If you are one who wants to "wait around and see we think you should know this. You may be waiting around for a year or more. The decision you have to maxe is this, 'Can I afford to waste a year waiting?' No Need to Stop Now "Frankly, we don't think you can. You have spent 12 years in scnooi preparing to make your own way. Why stop now? Fur thermore, if you want to be of service to your country, the more worthwhile training or experi ence you have, the better your service will be. "So, we suggest that if you decide to take a job, you take one that will train you in some useful occupation something with a future. "If and now we feel that we are talking to a great many of you you nave planned on col lege or university, we urge you to go ahead with those plans. You have all to gain and nothing to lose. If you are called to the armed forces, you will go in as a better trainee than you would if you had not started college. Chances of Advancement In general, your chances of ad vancement in the armed forces will be greater. And you can return to college after service to continue your career where you left off. If you are not called to the armed forces, you will be equipping yourself fo a better life, and for better service to your country in non-military fields." We regret that this is such an "iffy" message. But it has to be that way right now because, as we said, Congress is working over the draft and other manpower laws. As soon as we have ad tional information we will pass it along to you. At an Ag Union picnic last Sunday for committee men, Bob Mosher, Union activities board preident, spoke on the merits of Union work and its application in later life. Mosher said that the division between formal classroom educa tion and the informal education of activities is exemplified in the Ag Union. He said that students should di vide their time three ways: one part for sleeping, one for class room and studying and the third portion for their informal learn ing. In addition to the experience students gain in accepting respon sibility of activities, social con tacts can be a big help. He cited the example of a couple who met while engaged in Union activities at the Uptown Union. The pair will be married this spring, he said. Important Contacts Of most value, Mosher though, are the influential people in the community he has contacted through his Union activity. These contacts, he believes, are helpful after we grow out of the Univer sity community and into society. Hollis Eggars, Ag Union activi ties director, read an article on what the Union stands for. She stated that it serves to convert the University as a house of learn ing into a home of learning. It provides not only lounging and eating facilities, but conducts edu cational activities that are supple mental to the classroom. We waste too much time, she said, just struggling to keep even. Kemp Resigns YMCA Office The Rev. Charles F. Kemp, sec retary of the University branch of the YMCA has submitted his resignation effective June 1. Rev. Mr. Kemp resigned in or der to take up the pastorship of the First Christian church in Lincoln. At the . Sunday morn ing service he was voted a un animous call by the congregation. Rev. Mr. Kemp came to Lincoln two years ago from the pastorate of the Christian church in Red Oak, la., and has since held his present position with the YMCA. Now completing nis worK to ward a Ph.D. at the University, Rev. Mr. Kemp holds A.B. and M.A. degrees from Drake univer sity; B.D. degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity school and has had further training at Union Theological seminary. "Physicians of The Soul," the first history of pastoral counsel ing, was written by Rev. Mr. Kemp and published by the Mac Millan company in 1947. He later wrote "A Pastoral Triumph" for the same publishers. We always postpone the better things of life. Getting along with people, she said, is the most im portant thing in the world. Lake Speaks on Additions Duane Lake and Sally Nelson explained the installation of the coffee and coke vending machine. The added facilities, that include the television set are now in the experimental tage, they explain ed. Rules regulating their use surely will not conform to the wishes of all students at all times. However, they believe the greatest good from the greatest number of students can be realized through the new Ag room services. UCLA Loses Another Prof.; Oaths Cause The University of California has lost another professor who didn't believe in loyalty oaths. As usual, the Daily Californian, campus daily, disagreed with the university's tactics. It declared: "Harold Winkler, former as- I sistant professor of political sci ence here, has been appointed to the faculty of Harvard univer sity. Winkler ... is one of the academic bad boys who refused to knuckle under when the Re gents demanded a test-oath of non-subversiveness ... As a re sult of Winkler's 'disobedience' the Regents fired him last July. Winkler is a member of Amer icans for Democratic Action, an organization of anti-communist liberals. He is also former re search director of the Council for Democracy and received the Bronze Star for his navy service in World war II. This, however, would not sat isfy the Regents; they had to have his signature under a mess of mumbo-jumbo or he was "un fit to guide the minds of our gullible youth' as the saying goes. So Winkler left the University of California, where he has been one of the most popular and stimulating members of his de partment; now Harvard has him. Harvard, in contrast to Califor nia, is still willing to judge a man upon his own merits rather than upon his willingness to crawl upon his knees." Bunclie to Speak At Colorado U United Nations week will be held on the University of Colo rado campus, Boulder, Colo., dur ing the week of April 9-14. Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, chair man of the department of Edu cational service at the University said that the event is one of the most important United Nation ac tivities in this area. 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