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Volume 54, No.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, June 9, 1954
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University 1954 graduates were j
told Monday that a wide-spread I
revolution througbout America
has made them prisoners of a
"man-made and man-centered
world" and that "there is no pos
sibility of escape from it,"
The Rev. William G. Pollard,
executive director of the Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
toJd the S75 graduates that the
revolution had as its goal "com
plete aad absolute master of the
sum total of things. To do God's
deeds and think God's Ifeougfcts
in His place, that has been the
great reward dangled before the
eyes of all mankind."
ROWEVEL I Hr Mr: Pol
tard said that it Is possible to
live "confidently and joyously
even in a very dangerous world."
The key, he said, is t&e secret of
Union To Hold
Open House
Friday Night
The Student Union will bold
Open House Friday, June 11,
with "everytiiing on the Union,'"
Ernie Bebb, summer Union Ac
tivities director announced.
Riley Smith and his orchestra
wili provide music for d anting
trom SO to 11:30 p.m. in the
Ballroom.
Experimental cinema consist
ing of several short films tliat
feature plot, characterization of
unusual filming, will be shown
in the faculty lounge.
A CRAFT display will be set
up in the main lounge, whe,ne
lemonade and cookies will be
served.
Bingo games will be he!3 Sn
the Round-up Room with prizes
going 19 the winners. The
Union's Book Nook and Mvric
Room will be open for the -
IiiT1S. ,
A panoramic review of Vae
Union Summer Artists Series
will be displayed in the Lounge.
Swcmson Receives
$500 Scholarship
Ronald D- Swanson, junior in
the College of Engineering and
Architecture, has been selected
the first recipient of the newly
established $500 .Ve-stingbouse
Achievement Scholarship at the
University.
Swanson was - chosen by the
College committee on awards
for "'high achievement in his
academic wort: and demon
strated qualities cf leadership.'
The scholarship also carries
with it an oppoj-tunity to work
in the operating division of
Wertmghouse during the tum-mer.
Pollard! Tells Sradl
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Cin)i'ir
"learning to lave in the world,
without being of the world,"
He told the graduates that their
University education had been;
chiefly designed to prepare them!
for active participation in the;
quest for total control of nature
and to give the graduates some
ascuraiM-e that the cruest is fea
sible and in line with the realities
of man's existence on this planet.
If the University naa prepared
them for anything else, he pointed
out however, they would nave
faced the world "with no possi
bility of getting a job or earning
a living."
"YOU CANNOT hold a job and
ictsvety " participate ia todays
mrM wiUkout eocxus&rinz with its
miyitu and rworuiretiaenls." be
said. . .
The fearful question mat con
fronts us, the Rev. Mr. FoELanJ
said, is this: In a world we nave
designed to operate on our terms.
to whom can. we Turn ior guia-
ance? The answer cannot oe
found in sociology, economics,
psychology or poltacal science, be
pointed out.
"The terrible penalty
quest of omnipotence is that the
mxvIA must be wiLUmg 10 siaou
alone," he said.
He pointed out that man cannot
dare to Irimble himself to a
bifher than himself, for to
do so is to find a change ia man's
relationship to the worlo.
WE ARE all today slaves of
this unrelenting man-made idola
try' of our time," he said. "No
matter how urgently we wish to
Ik 9X7 x different world, or bow
blasphemus and idolatrous this
one maye come ax seem io u,
there is no possibility of escape
from it."
Returning to his solution, the
Rev. Mr. Pollard said that Chris
tians bad lon held the secret of
learning to live in the world with
out being of the world.
He said that they have made
no effort to escape or run away
Music Instructor
Joins NU Staff
Myrtle Regier, a former Ne
braskan who is now assistant
professor of music at ML Holy
oke College. South Hadley,
Mass-, will teach oTgan and his
tory of music at the University
this summer.
Dr. David Foltz, chairman of
the music department, said Miss
Regier has given numerous re
citals in the Midwest and East,
and has apeared with several
New York erouns.
Miss Regier is a graduate of
Hastings College. She did her
graduate study in New York City
in fiie School of Sacred Music at
Union Theological Seminary,
where she received the master of
sacred music decree.
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2MICHAEL TO LEX
from the predicament to some
Utopia.
"SOOVER OR xtM- I sus
pect that the great majority of
you here now will find yourselves
in the grip of the fearful anxieties
of our time," he said to the grad
uates, "and will expsirience the
profound sickness of soul which
follows a dawning awareness of
the affront to God which is pre
sented st the feverish determi
nation of our culture to replace
Him 9k Iyd n all crMtinft.""
He asked tbe eraduates to re
member his assurance that the
secret of living and the relation
ship of the creation. God and man
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To Start Monday
Tbe annual textbook and audio
visual exhibit will be on display
in Love library from Monday
through June 18-
TVj irn1ha1 TnmiAinPfl tw the
Textbook Publishers Association,
displays textbooks for elemen
tary and secondary classes pup-
ushed by nearly -t'J companjes us
all parts of the United States.
The purpose of the exhibit, ac
cording to F. B. Shrader, secre
tary of Textbook Publishers, is
to aid teachers and others at
tending summer school to choose
books for next falL
Im mAAiiictn- the disilav will
show samples of audio-visual aids
for classroom use.
Chancellor's Welcome
Welcome to the 1S54 Summer Sessions of the University of
Nebraska. During recent years our summer terms have become
increasingly important, and, I think, more comprehensive. Perhaps
this is becaiise higher education generally is in greater demand
than ever before. A generation or two ago the achievement of
an undergraduate degree was considered adequate in most fields
other than those of the professional scholar. This is no longer
true.
We have assumed that those of you who come to our Summer
Sessions come to the University determined to accomplish as much
as possible in as short a time as possible. We have planned the
summer work accordingly. Dr. Frank E. Sorenson, director of
the Summer Sessions, his staff, and a substantial number of
cooperating faculty members, have devoted months of study to
the task of providing the kind of schedules they believe will best
fill your needs. I am sure you will find the Summer Sessions
office ready to help with any problem you may have.
Though the Summer Sessions are essentially a time for work,
I do hope that you will not permit them to become drudgery. A
number of interesting and relaxing events have been scheduled
and I urge you to take advantage of them. And take time, too, to
enjoy the beauty of the campus at this time of year. We are
proud of our improvements and progress and we are very pleased
to have you wath us.
With all good wishes,
5iA K. SfcUeck CJxulo.r
Broadway Stars
First Summer Arfisfs
To Present Poe's Works
The first in the Summer J
Artist ric cnnncAiwI hv H
Union, vviJl be "The Theater of
Mr. Poe," which will be pre
sented Wednesday June 16, in
the Union Ballroom.
Thrr v n 11 n & nmViirn:l
Si Broadway stars will dramatize,
jivvith action, a series of Edgar
Allan Foes best stories. Narra
tion interspersed by one of the
actors rwmdnres rontanuitv.
Paul Shyre, who adapted Poe's
works for dramatic presentation,
directs and acts in the produc-
tion and is assisted by Clement
Fowler and Michael Tolan..
THE -HORROR storv fpr
which Poe is probably most fam-
cus. combines humor, lauehs,
Pathos and thriUs. In "The
Theater of Mr. Poe," his stories
are presented without the use
of scenerj- and costumes, but
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Mrs. Swift
To Review
Aldrich Book
The first in a series of book
reviews will be a review of Bess
Her Hand," by Mrs. R. C Switt,S
June 14, at 4 pjn. in tbe VJniort.
is a story of pioneer Nebraska,
and concerns a young woman
whft as a bride moved to this
state, where she raised her chil -
dren and watched the- chan j
pioaeeufeT
THE BOOK has been -trans- f
euaees. including both European
3n4 Oriental LansnaapesL Mrs. H
Swift said that certain agencies
sponsored this to present a nor
mal wnolesome psciure oi Aiotrr
ican pioneer life in foreign coun
tries to offset false impressions
raised by movies and other
means'.
Book reviews are sponsored by
the Union every other Monday
starting June 14. On alternate
Mondays the Union will spon
sor Album Hours at the same
time. Tentative plans have been
made for selected works of such
composers as Bach. Beethoven,
and selected contemporary com
posers. Mrs. Aldrich, a resident of
Lincoln, will attend the book re
view June 14.
unusual lighting and sound
effects create the mood of Poe's
genius in a unique and inter
esting way.
ShjTe, a graduate of the
American Academy of Dramatic
Art in New York, is a combined
director, actor and author. He
has directed the Arena Theater
in Rochester, N. Y., the Mill
stream Players in Sea Girt, N. J.,
the Plaza Playhouse in Water
bur Conn., and the New York
UniVersity Dramatic Society,
j
he IS currently working on a
three-act drama which he hopes
Afinish .b nex' ?r- T, .
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j vers,y Deport. Xach. Tolan
founder-director of These
P .e- ltl
m Michigan, P
c ,k
1 Skvlark" for that group.
Fowler, also a graduate of
Wayne University, was an orig
inal member of "The Actors
Company in Detroit, as was
Tolan. He appeared in "Hedda
Gab'.er," The Importance of
Being Earnest," and other pro
ductions while a member of that
group.
The program will include such
stories as "The System off Dr. Tarr
and Professor etner wnicn takes
place in an asytum wre
lunatics eam ooeftro. forming
succeeds until a stranger enters
I upon the scene.
"The Cask of Amontillado, one
J of the most famous short stone?
J evfif,na: o iKxr-yr
Wd bt of tfe
Summer Term
Registration
To Reach 25G0
Approximately students
are expected to register for th:
1954 Summer Sessions Wednes
day, Frank E. Sorenson, director,
announced.
Ke said that 10' of these will
probably be students who are
regularly enrolled in the Uni
versity and the remaining 1501
wi31 be teachers and school ad
ministrators from Nebraska and
surrounding states.
Students will register in th
Coliseum from 8 to 12 a.m. and
1 to 4 p.m. Floyd Hoover, direc
tor of registration and records,
said that students who register
n Wednesday should go directly
to the Coliseum without seein?
their advisors, while students
who register after Wednesday
must see their advisors first
Undergraduates must register
on Wednesday to avoid paying
the late fee of S3. Graduates ma
register until Monday, June II
without paying late fees
Monday is the last day on
which registration and payment
of fees for the six-weeks term.
Thursday. June 17, is the last
day on which registration and
payroeuts of fees for the eigV
weeks term will be accepted.
First Bridge Lesson
Scheduled For June 16
The first bridge lesson, spon
sored by the Union, will be held
Wednesday. June 1. from 3 to
5 p.m. in the Unkm.
The lessons, under the direc
tion of Robert A. Ratner. assist
ant professor of Bnechanical en
gineering, will include beginning
bridge, but wall be taugbt at &!1
levels so that students can enter
at any time.
A tournament is planned 1
end the lessons, which will be
held every Wedxtesdajr.
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