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THE NEBRASKAN
Tuesday, February 9 1954
Geier Calls fa 'Great Plains Trilogy'
H History Of Nebraska for Everyone
TV Series To Give Story Of Great Plains, Plainsmen
A history of Nebraska for
everyone, sums up the aim of
a 39-show television series "The
Great Plains Trilogy," according
to Leo Geicr, production assist
ant. The first program was pre
sented Monday over KFOR-TV.
Geological interpretation . was
the focus of the program, "In
the Beginning: The Primitive
Earth" which featured Dr. C.
Bertrand Schultz, professor of
paleontology and geology, and
Dr. Benjamin Burma, associate
professor of geology. They will
appear together on the first
three programs.
FORMULATION of the idea
for the series came when Jack
McBride, director and producer,
recognized the possibility of
Utilizing the facilities of the Uni
versity State Museum. Impetus
was given the idea when the
Ford Foundation granted the
project $9,000 three months ago.
The series, which will be pre-
Ag Union Plans
Mass Meeting
A supper and mass meeting
of Ag Union workers will be held
Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 5:30
to 7:00 p.m. in the Ag Union.
The purpose of this meeting is
two-fold; one, to recognize the Ag
Union workers for their efforts
of the last semester; the other,
to invite other students to join
one of the committees.
The meeting is sponsored by
the publicity committee. Com
mittee chairmen are: general
chairman, Caroline Ross; pro
gram, Marilyn Lingo; publicity
and invitations, Ray Monnette
and Don Beck; refreshments,
Joan Erickson and Shirley Slagle;
clean-up, Milton Dierks.
Sessions Planned
By Psychologists
"'Current Theory and Research
in Motivation" will be the gen
eral topic of a symposium spon
sored by the department of psy
chology. The series will begin
in Room 201, Social Sciences Hall.
The symposium will be con
ducted in four sessions. Lectur
ers will be: Dr. I. E. Farber,
University of Iowa; Dr. Benbow
Ritchie, University of California,
end Dr. John W. Atkinson, Uni
versity of Michigan.
The final session, which will
begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday, will be
an open discussion of all material
presented at the three lecture
meetings.
Galleries Schedule
Tuesday Program
University Art Galleries will
present a program of four films
Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in Gallery
B, Morrill Hall.
Highlighting the film will be
a pictorial reresentation of San
Francisco entitled "Notes on the
Port of St. Francis."
The film depicts some scenes
of San Francisco accompanied
by narration from an essay by
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Three films of an experimental
nature, including "Pacific 231,"
"Bop Scotch" and "Experiment
in Film and Music No. 3," will
also be shown. '
YM-YW To Hold
Discussion Group
A joint YMCA-YWCA discus
sion group on public affairs will
hold its first meeting, Wednes
day 3 p.m. in Ellen Smith Hall.
One of the groups projects
will be the issuance and distri
bution of daily news bulletins to
various eating establishments.
Topics for discussion at the
meetings will include latest
medicines, the Bricker amend
ment, state elections and recent
sports events.
Ag College Convocation
For Friday Cancelled
The College of Agrculture
ronvocation scheduled for 4 p.m.
Friday has been cancelled.
Stanley Andrews, managing
director of the national project
in agricultural communications,
was scheduled to speak at the
convocation but notified the Uni
versity he was unable to attend.
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sented weekly on Monday at 8:30
p.m. over KFOR-TV, is divided
into three parts. Thirteen pro
grams each are devoted to the
tary of the Nebraska State His
torical Society and superinten
dent of the new State Historical
Museum will be in charge of
"White Men and Settlers."
Dr. E. Mott Davis, curator of
anthropology at the University
geological history of the Great
Plains, the first plainsmen, and
the white man's appearances on
the plains.
DR. SCHULTZ will have
charge of the first part, and Dr.
James C. Olsen, executive secre-
NU Graduate
Wins Rotary
Study Grant
Hile Goodrich, former Univer
sity student, was awarded a Ro
tary International Fellowship for
advanced study abroad in 1954
55. He is a 1953 graduate of the
School of Journalism.
Goodrich was selected as one
of 102 outstanding students from
27 countries. He will study in
the British Isles.
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TirE ONE-YEAR fellowship
grants range from $1800 to $3400
each. The awards are granted by
Rotary International toward pro
moting international understand
ing and good will.
State Museum, and Marvin Ki-
vett, director of the Nebraska
State Historical Society Museum
will direct the Indian chapters
or the trilogy.
LIFE MAGAZINE has granted
permission to use material from
its "The World We Live In"
series, as well as sound records,
According to Leo Geier, produc
tion assistant of the series, sev
eral other special optical and
audio effects will be used on
the shows. A giant screen and
projector will furnish slides and
fade-ins,
McBride emphasized that the
programs "are not a series of
lectures . . . rather they were
designed for popular consump
tion."
Guests on the programs of the
first part of the trilogy will in
elude Dr. Thomas Stout, instruc
tor in geology, Newall Joyner,
director of the State Museum
guide service, and Lloyd Tan
ner, curator of vertebrate pale
ontology at the State Museum
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RC Positions Open
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the homecoming float, special
teas, and other Red Cross spe
cial events.
Publicity This committee
plans all Red Cross publicity.
Members plan newspaper arti
cles, radio programs and an
nouncements about Red Cross.
The art division of the publi
city committee prepares posters
and displays. Natalie Katt is the
retiring chairman.
Handicraft Members of this
committee make favors, scrap
books, and toys for the children
at the Orthodepic Hospital and
the-orphanages. Joan Knudson is
the former chairman of the
group.
PENITENTIARY This com
mittee provides entertainment
for the inmates of the State Pen
itentiary. Movies and athletic
contests are presented to the
men. Al Anderson is the former
chairman of the penitentiary
committee.
The new Red Cross Board will
take charge of Red Cross Week,
March 7-14.
NU Religious Council
Elects Friedman Head
Rogers, Elliott, Sohl Given Posts
Man? Friedman was elected, The Council is composed of
oresident of the City Campus
Religious Council (formerly the
Religious Welfare Council).
Other officers are: Jack Rog
ers, vice president; Margaret
Elliott, secretary, and Lowell
Sohl, treasurer.
representatives of all rcliious
groups on campus.
Friedman is president of the
Philosophy Club, vice president
of NUCW'A, member of Student
Council, Com Cobs, Inter-Fraternity
Council, Delta Sigma
Rho and Sigma Alpha Mu,
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