c 1 1 I rugg t w Vl T .i-.- Opportunity ... Historical Inclucls I 1 r By SAM JENSEN Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles In The Summer Nebraskan's Opportuni ty series. Featured topics will con cern opportunities for education and recreation that exist outside or the classroom, but are still readily accessible ti summer stu dents. Inscribed on the portals of the State Historical Society Building are these words: "The spirit of a people lives in its history. Here open to all is the history of this people." And Nebraska's history includes Indians and -Wild Bill (known in Nebraska as Duck Bill) Hickok; it includes William Jennings Bryan and Peter Sarpy. Nebraska history has a special place for the early tiller of the soil 4he pioneer. There are the records of prim itive Indian civilizations and the ' beginnings at Bellevue and the life on the Missouri and its early trading posts. These things and many others can be found within the halls of Nebraska's State His torical Society Building which faces the Capitol on 15th street. The building, dedicated in Sep tember of 1953, contains, among other things, 40,000 books dealing with the state's history. 35,000 bound volumes of Nebraska news papers and 55,000 photos of Ne braska scenes, not to mention the scalp shirt of Crazy Horse who led the attacks at the Little Big Horn. . The first floor of the building contains interesting displays, dio ramas and articles that trace Ne braska's history from 2,000 years ago to the present. The state's first piano can be seen in a dis play that utilizes logs cut. down for a cabin in 1823. A scale model of University Hall, one of the University's main buildings for over half a decade, is shown with great authenticity. Excellent Summer Deal For Top Notch Men ki Summer School Part-time selling of nationally advertised "GRAN D" Lawn Screen Houses direct to home owners in better Lincoln dis tricts. Excellent commission and bonus arrangement Start now late afternoon and early eve ning calls. Coll Garden House C., 4-1136, to arrange en interview Society Ex ill Hickok's ('I 1 J A new exhibit, now in the process of being mounted, con cerns the making of one of the West's greatest gunmen, Wild Bill Hickok. The display is built around the rifle which Hickok used to shoot down a man named Mc Candless in southern Nebraska in 1861. A diorama shows McCand less entering the trading post where Hickok was a stable hand. Hickok is hiding behind a blanket hung on a line across the room and has the rifle leveled at McCand less. This killing started Hickok on his career which made him a legend throughout the; old West and a subject of contemporary his torical fiction. ' A special exhibit is displayed on the second floor of the build- First in Sport Reel Series Today Short movies, 'Democracy of Baseball" and "Umpire in Base ball," will be shown Thursday as the first in a series of Sports Reels held in the Union Main Lounge during the noon hour. The series is sponsored jointly by the department of physical edu cation for men and the Union. "From Tee to Green" and "Golf Mistakes" will be shown June 30. The' STUDENT UNION offers to Y?u Relaxation with Food Service "ROUND-UP ROOM" fcOFFEE HOURS (Coffee, sweet rolls, doughnuts, pastries, assorted pop. iced tea and coffee, etc.) Monday through Friday- 8:45-10:30 ft.m 2:00-4:59 p.m. MAIN DINING ROOM (Second floor Parlors ABC) (Tea "Room Service) Lunch with Friends and Relax Table Reservations for your Luncheon Meetings may made by calling the Catering Office ExC 4224. This Summer Sharpen Your GOLF and AflCMEHY: and BASEBALL EYES AT U iyy y y u 2401 No. 27th Phone 2-2530 hibits Rifle if -4 1 ' I ' -' - ? - -v' : - ;? - 1 n 1 ing. It features settings of do mestic scenes in early Nebraska homes and includes an authentic display of the interior of a sod house. Although the Historical Society Building is located on campus, the erounds belong to the Society. Dr. James Olson, Director of the His torical Society, has said concern ing the location of the building, "It was Dlaced on the' campus to provide succeeding generations of young Nebraskans a link with Ne braska's past." Students Needed For RC Activities "Students are needed to work in the Red Cross summer activi ties program," Marilyn McHargue, RC summer activities director, announced. The scheduled pro gram includes visits to the Vet eran's Hospital, Orthopedic Hos pital, homes for the aged and orphanages. . This program is a continuation of the regular Red Cross College Unit activities, Miss McHargue said. Approximately 50 students are needed for a successful program, she added. All students interested in community service through the Red Cross should contact Miss Mc Hargue at 5-2961 this week. Mm Nebraska n Seeks Summer Help Persons Interested in working on the Summer Nebraskan as report ers, feature writers,, sports writers or copy editors may contact Sam Jensen, Summer Nebraskan editor, Monday through Thursday after noons In The Nebraskan offices, Room 20 of the Union. No experience Is necessary, Jen sen said, and there is no minimum amount of time that a person must work.. Persons with any sort of journalistic Interest will be wel come, he said. Fowler Review Set Monday In Book Nook "Minutes of the Last Meeting" by Gene Fowler will be reviewed by Twila Walker, continuity writer for KOLN-TV, at 4 p.m. Monday in the Union Book Nook. The book is a biography of Sad- kichi Hartmann and his associa tions with John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker, who, as Fowler put it, "lived intensely, as do children and poets ana ja Eruars." It is a memoir of a group of friends "whose love for life and whose capacity for humor and ir responsibility were equaled by their talent, courage and inex haustible genius for friendship." Gene Fowler, one of America's most beloved newspapermen, also wrote such best-sellers as "Schnozzola," a biography of Jim my Durante and "Good Night, Sweet Prince," a biography of John Barrymore.' Miss Walker was women s pro gram director of KOLN and is known for her program "Around the Town -with Twee." She has given many performances in the Community Playhouse and Hayloft productions. Her interest in the theater is responsible for her se lection of Gene Fowler's biogra phy of theater personalities for a book review. Refreshments will be served. The Book Nook is located to the left of the Crib. The pedestrian record reflected for the fourth consecuitve year an improvement for motor vehicle ac cidents in 1954. HAYLOFT SUMMER THEATRE ON THE STAGE A New. Comedy by Wednesday thru Sunday, June 22-26 CURTAIN 8:30 P.M. NEXT An Inspector Colls Mystery Drama Single Admission $1.00 Tax Incl. 5902 South Street For tickets and reservations Ph. 4-2971 Take Normal Bus To And From Theater SUMMER NEBEIASICAN CLASSIFIED AD RATES No. Words 1 Wk. . J 2 Wks. 1-10 .40 .65 11-15 - .50 - .80 16-20 .60 .95 21-25 ' .70 1.10 Thursday, June 23, 1955 Inside lnJ odd Summer Events Pi Lambda Thcta Pi Lambda Theta, Teachers Col lege honorary, will hold a luncheon on Wednesday in Ellen Smith Ball at 12 noon. Tickets for the luncheon are 60 must he made by Monday noon at Dr. Dudley Ashton s oince in uraro weiiwuw Hall. Swimming Recreational swimming for men will be held daily at 3 p.m. in the Coliseum pool, the men's physical education department has an nounced. To participate, students must ob tain swimming permits from Stu dent Health and also wear a rub ber swim cap while swimming. Tennis Tennis courts will be open in the evenings for play Monday through Friday, according to the men's physical education depart ment. Floodlights will be turned on. Lutheran Service Summer worship services will be held at 9 a.m. at the University- Lutheran Chapel (Missouri Synod), 15th and Q Sts., Sunday, according to the Rev. Alvin J. Norden, pastor. A special invitation is extended to all summer students and All Staters, Rev. Norden said. Union Movie The musical biography of March King John Philip Sousa, "Stars and Stripes Forever," will be shown in the Union Ballroom Sun day at 7:30 p.m. The technicolor musical, starring Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner and Ruth Hussey, is shown free of charge. ' Jokers . . , Demonstrating a complicated ed ucational toy to a customer, a toy shop clerk said, "Of course the whole thing's very confusing only a child can understand it." JOfiti van DftUTEH WEEK