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Play, Acting
By ELLIE GUILLIATT "
Special Writer
The opening night performance
of the University Theatre's pro
duction "Mourning Becomes Elec
tra" left me with the feeling of
having been through a technicolor
performance of a condensation of
a soap opera.
I think the most basic criticism
I have is the lack of subtlety both
In the cutting of O'Neill's play and
In the acting. Every point was
brought out with such constant
intensity that the audience was left
a little dismayed by the chacs.
None of the characters, with theJ
exception of Seth, had a chance
to build or even establish a believe
able person. For example, Ezra
(Morrel Clute) came home in one
scene and died in the following
one, yet Ezra was one of the pil
lars upon which the structure of
this play was built.
I felt, however, that Morrel
Clute created a more varied char
acter in his short span on the stage
than did any of the other three
leads.
Lavinia, played by Joyce Fang
man, had two salient moods one
of the proud Mannon aspect, the
other the defiant, and rather ar
rogant woman.
Christine, played by Barbara
Leigh, was never quite cold enough
nor warm and tender enough to
be really effective: we never got
to the crux of Christine's per
sonality. Orin (Eugene Peyroux) who had
the best opportunity to build a
depth into his portrayal since he
lived through most of the play
seemed to be more a case of
split personality than a sane, tor
tured human being.
As for the other characters, I
felt that Peter (John Forsyth)
and Hazel (Doris Growcock) cre
ated adequate characters, although
I felt that Hazel was a little
too coquetish for the mood of the
production.
Considering the technical as
pects, I felt the settings, were en
tirely too overbearing. The in
terior setting was ornate to the
highest degree, and the actors
seemed to fade into it, not act
within and before it.
Independent
Coeds To File
For Tassels
Filing for city and Ag campus
independent women for next year's
Tassels will begin April 11, Court
ney Campbell, Tassels publicity
chairman, announced.
Applications may be secured in
the Union Activities Office.
Tassels will hold their annual
banquet in Union Parlors B and
C Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Dean Named Judge
Officials To Open
Block, Bridle Show
Governor Victor Anderson, Chan
cellor Clifford Hardin, Mayor Clark
Jeary and Dean of Ag College W.
V. Lambert will participate in the
opening ceremony and the flag
presentation of the 21st annual
block and Bridle Show in the State
Fair Grounds Coliseum the even
ing of April 30. ,
John Dean of Glenwood, la., has
been named judge. A new feature
of this year's show will be a pota
to race contest between representa-
Farmers' Fair
Board To Hold
Mass Meeting
A mass meting will be Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium
of the Agronomy Building for any
students interested i n helping
with Farmers' Fair.
Each committee necessary for
the functioning of the Fair will be
explained and each student will
have a chance to sign up on the
committee of his choice.
v Joyce Taylor, co-chairman in
charge of publicity, said all Ag
College students are invited to at
tend who are interested in helping
with the annual Ag College event
put on by the Ag student body,
Fair Board committees and their
'chairmen are: Parade, Shirley Sla
gle; Midway, Jan Lindquist and
Larry Connor; Rodeo, Boyd Stuhr,
Charles Watson and Jim Peters;
Publicity, Joyce Taylor and AI
Schmid; Cotton and Denim Dance,
Nancy Hemphill and Rogene Rip
pe, and Barbecue, Ken Pinkerton
and Madeline Watson.
Don Novotny is manager of . the
Farmers' Fair Board.
Society To Show
'Louisiana Story'
"The Louisana Story," movie of
the Film Society Series, will be
shown at the Capitol Theater .Wed
nesday at 8:30 p.m.
The film shows how the drilling
of an oil well in the Louisana
Bayou affected the life of a Cajun
Indian boy who lived there.
Starring in the movie are Joseph
Boudreay, Lionel Le Blanc and
Frank Hardy.
Lack Subtlety
The lighting was bright, in fact,
inconsistently bright to be in
keeping with the tone of the play.
It seems to me that technical ef
fects cease to be effective when
they are blantantly noticeable. The
sound crew needed a few more
rehearsals.
As a whole, "Mourning Becomes
Electra" was melodramatic. To be
quite honest, at times I felt that
the whole performance was closer
to the feeling of Charles Addams
than to Eugene O'Neill.
From an aesthetic point of view,
I felt that time and time again the
production did not maintain any
"aesthetic distance" every punch,
every message, every gilt-edged
symbol was thrown directly at the
audience. In particular, I found
the off-stage sound of the gun-shot
in Christine's and Orin's suicides
very disconcerting. One wishes
they might have used a gas-jet!
The intensity of the play cutting
itself was only heightened by the
constant, loud, and rather tire
some, ceaseless battle between
characters. I realize that this was
an emotional piece of theater but I
think the actors forgot that the ex
pression of that emotion is a mat
ter of intensity, not of sheer noisej
Perhaps the most general critic
ism I can make which will apply
to every aspect of this production
is that too much effort was made
to pack a great deal of fine
theatrical writing into too short a
space.
There was an overabundance of
melodramatic acting, too powerful
a setting, and too much intensity.
Add these excesses to a lack of
variation, inconsistency in realism
and symbolism in the set and in
the script and you come up with
a hodge-podge that gave the
audience very little to enjoy.
Two Divisions
Students To Register ,
For Dairy Royal Show
Registration has begun for stud
ents interested in participating in
the annual Dairy Royal to be held
May 13 in conjunction with Far
mers' Fair.
Students may submit their names
to Don Beck, chairman of the
Dairy Royal, or R. G. Fossland,
faculty adviser of the Ag dairy
departmental club.
Turner said the deadline for ap
plications is April 12. On that day
a drawing will be held to pick the
animals to be shown.
There will be two divisions of the
showmanship contest this year
as there was last year. The senior
division is open to students who
have previously shown in the State
Fair or previous Dairy Royals.
The junior division is open to any
tives of Glenwood and Platts
mouth. Classes being considered for the
horse show are three gaited, five
gaited, western pleasure, palomino
pleasure, jumper, fine harness,
Arabian costume class, quarter
horse, pony class and Tennessee
walking horse class.
Another class will be the coed
horseback riding contest. Kaye Don
Wiggins, chairman of the contest,
urged all coeds interested in parti
cipating to sign up this week.
Dwight Jundt, special events
chairman, said plans are being
made for a musical chair contest
with prominent Lincoln . business
men participating. Jundt added that
entries for the horse show have
been received from several states.
The showmanship contest will
stress showmanship and grooming
of animals in hog, beef and sheep
divisions.
Growing Membership
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By ROGER WAIT
Staff Writer
One of those white cards filled
out at registration time is used
during the semester by the Stu
dent Affairs office and then dis
carded. But it does not go into
the waste basket and the obli
vion of the incinerater. Instead it
goes to the office of the Alumni
Association in the Union.
In this way the Association gets
its first record of the student. The
record is kept up to date by sub
sequent cards from Students Af
fairs. Upon graduation each for
mer student gets a stamped post
card addressed to the Association.
This card, if mailed back, will give
the Association its first record of
the student.
-As a result of the , gradu?te
sending back the card, each grad
Vol. 55, No. 67
New House Proposed
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Although unconfirmed by Panhel
lenic Director Madeline Girard, a
fifteenth sorority on campus came
a step nearer to being reality at
a meeting held Monday night, ac
cording to women present at the
meeting.
At this meeting, Mrs. Audrey
Renfro,' province president of Zeta
Tau Alpha, told the girls that if
Fantasy By Dekker
Marrs, O'Donnel Head Cast
Off 'Shoemaker's Holiday' Play
Cast members of "Shoemaker's
Holiday," final University Theater
production for the year, were an
nounced Tuesday by Dallas Wil
liams, director of the Theater.
The play is a Sixteenth century
fantasy centering around Simon
Eyre, a shoemaker who rises to the
office of Lord Mayor of London,
and Margery, his wife.
student who has had no showing
experience.
Other attractions of the dairy
show will be a coed milking con
test, faculty promenade and a
showmanship demonstration by Don
Beck and Richard Nelson.
Fort Bliss
ROTC Trip
Scheduled
For Cadets
Eleven of the University's Dis
tinguished Military Students will
make a three-day flying visit to
Fort Bliss, Texas, home of the
Army's Anti-aircraft Artillery and
Guided Missle Center.
While at Fort Bliss, the cadets
will be treated as officers and will
be given the chance to see how
they will live and what they might
be doing when they enter active
duty, Capt. Robert Law, Army
Public Information Officer, said.
ROTC cadets who will make the
trip are Dave Chapman, Lyle Den
niston, Don Keerans, Patrick Mad
den, Carl Mammel, George Med
ley, Don Peters, Paul Scheele,
Marvin Stromer, Roll a Swanson
and Orval Weyers. Col. Chester J.
Diestel, professor of military
science and tactics, will accorn-i
pany the cadets on the three-day
trip.
High points of the visit to the
100-year-old Army post will include
demonstrations of artillery, guided
missiles and radar devices.
The cadets will tour Juarez,
Mexico and attend a regular of
ficers Saturday night dance at the
Officer's Club. The University
cadets will take dates from Texas
Western College. While at Fort
Bliss, the group will be the
guests of Major General Paul
Rutledge.
uate will receive a year's free
subscription to the Nebrasa Alum
nus. This subscription has two
purposes: to acquaint the recent
graduate turned alumnus by vir
tue of his diploma, with the As
sociation and its activities and to
obtain addresses of alumni and
former studnets.
According to James Pittenger,
Alumni Secretary, the Association
has a dues-paying membership of
about 8,000, which actually repre
sents approximately 12,000 alumni
and alumnae through marriage.
There is a potential membership
of 80,000, however, due to the
fact that addresses of that many
alumni are known.
Membership is $3 per year and
lifetime membership amounts to
$75 "all at one crack;" Pittenger
said. On the installment plan the
cost is $85. These funds go into
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40 or 50 coeds were interested in
starting a new sorority, Zeta Tau
Alpha would be willing to come on
campus. She stressed the fact that
if the Zetas came to the campus,
they would build a new house rath
er than buy one. :
According to women attending
the meeting, a show of hands was
asked for preference of the pro
Dick Marrs will play the role
of Simon Eyre. Kathy O'Donnell
will play the female lead as Dame
Margery. '
Eleanor Erskin will take the part
of Rose, daughter of Sir Roger
Oately, who will be played by
Charles Weatherford. Loyal Lier
man will appear as Ralph, and
Joey Margolin will play Ralph's
wife Jane. The Dutch skipper will
be played by Bill Boleman.
Tom Keene will play Sir Hugh
Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and Jack
Parris will appear in the dual role
of Lacy's son, Rowland and Hans.
Edward Dekker, author of the
play, captured the merry spirit of
Elizabethan London, according to
Thomas Parrott, expert on Eliza
bethan drama and faculty member
of Princeton University.
Eyre is a symbol of the period by
such actions as ordaining Shrove
Tuesday as a holiday for all Lon
don apprentices, Parrott said in an
essay on Dekker.
Dame Margery is a would-be
shrew who is rejoicing in her hus
band's rise to prominence as Lord
Mayor.
Other members sqf the cast in
clude Larry Carstensen as Askew;
Dona Auld, Lovell, a courtier; Jim
Copp, Hodge; Jack Chedester,
Firk; Lou Sanchez, Sicely Bum
trinket, Dame Margery's maid.
Ted Nittler, Dodger, The Earl
of Lincoln's servant; Luanne Raun,
Sybil, Rose's maid; Don Montgom
ery, Master Scott; Eugene Pey
roux, Master Hammon; Bill Wag
ner, servant of Hammon.
English Professor Ferguson
To Speak On Foreign Policy
John Ferguson, senior lecturer in
classics at Queen Mary College,
London University, will speak on
"Is Religion Practical in U. S. For
eign Policy" April 11 at 4 p.m.
in the Union Faculty Lounge.
His wife, Elnora, a noted econo
mist,- will answer questions fol
lowing the speech, which is being
sponsored by the City Campus Re
ligious Council.
Ferguson was educated at Cam
bridge University, England, where
he received his M. A. with first
Council Meeting
Wednesday's Student Council
meeting will be held in the Un
ion Ballroom, Jack Rogers, Coun
cil president, said Tuesday.
"We have changed the room
because we already know many
students want to hear the debate
on the proposal to limit student
activities," Rogers said.
Duane Lake, Union director,
reported that 150 seats are being
set up for interested students.
an endowment fund to operate the
Association office and pay its of
ficers and employees.
There are about 40 alumni clubs
across the country. Outside Ne
braska, Pittenger said, "they stress
mainly the -social angles." They
perform a service to the Univer
sity, he said, by helping to main
tian interest in it and its activities.
Many times the clubs will meet
with University officials and facul
ty members when they are in the
vicinity at professional gatherings
or speaking engagements.
Pittenger said that the Associa
tion through its members serves
the University mainly through
public relations and student re
cruitment "not only of good foot
ball players, but also good chem
ists, good musicians, good dentists,
etc." .
Within Nebraska, the Association,
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posed sorority. Zeta Tau Alpha
was preferred almost unanimously.
Approximately 25 more women are
needed to make the fifteenth sor
ority a reality.
Mrs. Renfro said that three
building sites were discussed with
John Selleck, chairman of the build
ing commission. She added that if
the additional girls were found, it
Len Schropfer, a boy in the serv
ice of Simon; Wayne Hunkns, serv
ing man to the Lord Mayor; David
Rice, King Henry V; Katy Kelley,
first page, and Doris Ann Grow
cock, second page.
Rehearsals began Monday.
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Foreign Student Program
Applications To Start
For CC 'Big Sisters'
Filings .for the Coed Counselor
"big sisters will open April 11
Freshman, sophomore and junior
coeds may file until April 15.
Applications for filing may be
obtained at Ellen Smith Hall and
Builders Requests
Workers From Ag
Students interested in working in
Ag Builders may sign up in Ag
Union Room 1.
Charlie Trumble, chairman of
the sales and membership commit
tee, said sign-up sheets are avail
able.
Committees, their chairmen and
their meeting times are publicity,
Arley Waldo, 4 p.m. Tuesday;
public relations, Larry Connor, I
p.m. Tuesday; tours, Dick John
son, 5 p.m. Wednesday, and sales
and membership, Trumble, 4 p.m.
Wednesday.
class honors in classes and double
distinction. He received his D.D.
from London University with
first class honors.
At present Ferguson is chairman
of the British Fellowship of Rec
onciliaticn, a member of the United
Nations Association executive com
mittee and chairman of the Asso
ciation's committee of refugees.
In 1951 Ferguson was awarded
the Keye Prize for a theological
dissertation.
During World War II he served
as a CO. in the Rescue Service
of London Civil Defense.
He has preached widely in
churches of all denominations and
has authored numerous articles
and reviews on literature, interna'
tional affairs and Christianity.
Mrs. Ferguson, who was a mathe-
m a t i c s scholar at Cambridge
University, has preached and con
ducted services at Congregational
and Methodist churches. In 1953
he was the principle speaker at
the British North East Congrega
tional Women s Conference.
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he said, is "most helpful in en
couraging young people in going
on with education."
One of the major functions of
the Association is to make ar
rangements for class reunions, ex
pecially at Homecoming and com
mencement times, at which time
ten-year clases are honored.
Alumnus Tells
Of KK, AUF
The April issue of the Nebraska
Alumnus, magazine of the Alumni
Association, will carry articles on
Kosmet Klub and the All Uni
versity Fund, written by Roger
Henkle and Sam Jensen, Nebras
kan copy editors.
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would be possible to begin build
ing the house in May and that there
was a chance that it could be
finished by the beginning of second
semester of next year.
Zeta Tau Alpha has a strong
chapter at Omaha University, she
said. Mrs. Renfro added that ac
tivities fnm Omaha U would come
to the University next year and
initiate the girls.
Although Zeta Tau Alpha is not
definitely decided upon as the sor
ority, the chances appear very good
that the Zetas will be the next
sorority. Phi Mu has been more
or less eliminated, according to
the women, because of the strong
chapter at Wesleyan.
Mrs. Renfro stressed the point
that the major factor blocking the
new sorority is the lack of 40 to
50 women. Three women present
at the meeting were appointed to
interest other independent women
in the new sorority.
Miss Girard has stressed the fact
that membership in this new sor
ority would cost no more than
at the Ag Union Building.
Carol Thompson, president of
Coed Counselors, said "We are ini
tiating a new foreign student pro
gram this year in conjunction with
the student council. We will meet
them on their arrival here, have
special orientation sessions, and
"big sisters" for the foreign wom
en 'students. We plan to choose a
select group in hopes of a success
ful year.
Coed Counselors must have a
5 average. They are required to at
tend weekly meetings with their
board members, assist in Penny
Carnival and Friendship Dinner, be
present at New Student Week,
write letters during the summer
to their"little sisters," and attend
all the Campus Know-how sessions
and mass meetings.
The purpose of Coed Counselors
is to establish a basis of friendship
among the women students of the
University.
The main duty of Coed Counse
lors during New Student Week is to
assist in the orientation of new stu
dents. Ginny Wilcox is the chairman of
the "big sister" initiation. Other
officers are Mary James, secre
tary; Barbara Rystrom, treasurer;
Barbara Eicke, publicity chairman;
Lou Selk, historian; Marilyn Heck,
printing chairman; Margie Copley,
mass meetings chairman.
The Outside World-
Big 4 Talks Seen
By DICK
Staff Writer
Two developments have led to new hopes for a top-level Big Four
conference on ways to relieve world tension.
The first was France's ratification of the agreements to rearm
Western Germany as part of the European defense union. American
officials have claimed that a Big Four meeting was out of the question
until the question of rearming the Germans was settled. France has
been the chief obstacle on the quest; .
The other development was the statement by Russian Premier
Nikolai Bulganin that his government takes a "positive attitude"
toward President Eisenhower's stand on the meeting. Eisenhower
stand has been that after ratification of the Paris agreements, con
sultations on a big power meeting might be held. Any meeting of
the Big Four could not take place, according to the State Department,
until after this spring's meeting of
Treaty Organization.
Inmates Ask For Anderson
Nine rebelling inmates of the Nebraska Penitentiary have asked
a chance to talk to Governor Anderson and clarify the nine demands
they made earlier. The inmates isolated themselves and two guards
held as hostages in the prison security building (jail) Sunday, and
earlier made nine demands for "reform" in prison administration.
The demands were made in a
24 hours after the inmates revolted. They included such things as three
hot meals a day, no favortism, dismissal of guards proven to be
sadistic, etc. Gov. Anderson said he considered the requests "reason
able" and. that he would, give them "careful consideration." He said,
however, there would be no compromise until the two guards were
released.
Stiffer Policy Urged
A stiffer attitude toward Red China is being urged on President
Eisenhower by top American diplomatic and military leaders. Ad
ministration officials report many diplomatic and military leaders
predict a major Red strike against Quemoy and Matsu, and that
such a strike would only be a prelude to an attack on Formosa.
The leaders are thus urging
event of an assault on 'Quemoy and Matsu. The question is scheduled
for top priority at President Eisenhower's conference with congress
ional leaders Wednesday and Thursday.
Administration Wins, Loses,
The Administration scored a defeat and a victory at the hands
of Congress over the weekend. The defeat was the Senate's approval
of a 10 per cent pay raise for some two million government employees.
The action tame despite a threatened veto from the President. The
two-thirds vote of both houses necessary to override such , a veto
is believed unlikely.
The victory came with the quiet
sored $20-per-person income tax
inated the provision from the tax
iately passed the remaining provisions, extending corporation and
excise taxes one year. The House is expected to act before the end
of the week.
Wednesday, March 30, 1955
membership in a present sorority.
The women would not have any ad
ditional money because of the new
house. The money for building the
the house would be donated by the
national treasurer of the group and
would be payed back through a
building fund as is done by the
other houses on campus. It was
pointed out at the meeting that
membership in the sorority would
actually cost no more than living
at the Dorm after the new raisa
in Dorm rates.
If the sorority were started in
the near future, it would be possibla
for the Zetas to take pledges dur
ing Open Rush of next year. The
girls who accept the responsibility
of forming the sorority now, would
be charter members of the group.
On Campus Previously
Zeta Tau Alpha was on the Uni
versity campus previously but went
off during the depression due to a
lack of women coming to the Uni
versity. The original chapter of
Zeta Tau Alpha in the United
States originated on October 15,
1898 at the State Female Normal
School at Farmville, now known as
Longwood College, in Virginia.
Zeta Tau Alpha was the first wom
en's fraternity to be chartered in
Virginia and was also the only one
chartered by a special act of the
Legislature. Its membership now
totals over 23,000. The Zetas are
strongest in the South. The cen
tral office of Zeta Tau Alpha is lo
cated in Evanston, 111.
Poetry Prize
Of $50 If on
, Gerald Ashbaugh, Business 'Ad
ministration Student, is the 1955
winner of the lone Gardener Noyes
Memorial Award in poetry. First
place award is $50.
Francis English, English major,
was awarded the second place
prize of $25. The title of Ash
baugh's poem is "Have I Told You
of The Rain?' English's poem is
'Ai Ram, Ai Ram."
Honorable mention was awarded
to G. Thomas Fairclough, journal
ism major, whose poem was titled
"New Jerusalem," and to Bruce
Conner, art student, for his poem
"Here In The Sand."
The awards will be presented by
the English department Wednes
day in Union Parlor 2 at 4 p.m.
Those invited include the donors,
contestants and last year's win
ner's, Ronald Dobry and Valters
Nollendorfs.
RALSTON
tne councu oi tne norm Auanus
note to Governor Anderson nearly
stiff American retaliation in the
demise of the Democratic-spon
cut. House-Senate conferees elim
bill, and the Senate almost immed
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