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"YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS," Harry Sti
ver tells Roy .Willey, whose bustle is being
adjusted by Ann Prentiss. Stiver directs,
Willey plays the title role, and Miss
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In Pinewood Saturday
By Al Holbert
"Charley's Aunt" opens Sat
urday night at Pinewood Bowl
with a record "unequaled by
any other play," according to
Harry Stiver, director.
The farce, which will be
presented at 8:15 p.m. August
26, 27 by the University Sum
mer Theatre has:
Made its author, Brandon
Thomas, over a million dol
lars. Outrun any other play
three to one since its first
performance in 1892.
Been acted in 22 lan
guages. Had a successful run as
a musical comedy.
Been revived every two
years on the professional
stage, since it was written.
Had in its title role such
stage greats as Noel Coward,
Ray Bolger, Jose Ferrer,
Charles Ruggles and Jack
Benny.
And when Roy Willey rus
tles his bustle as the cigar
smoking "Aunt" on the Pine
wood stage, it should be ob
vious why the comedy boasts
such a reputation, according
to Stiver. f
"There is no show written
that both the actors and the
audience can have so much
fun with," Stiver says.
"The play's absurdity, its
complete divorce from plausi
bility make it a thoroughly
entertaining farce. The em
phasis is on caricature rather
than on character," according
to Stiver.
Dick Marrs exemplifies the
many years of theatre expe
rience represented by the
members of the supporting
cast.
He plays Sir Francis Ches
ney, and has been acting and
directing in theatre groups
from Alaska to New Mexico
for the last 13 years.
Arnold Henderson, who
plays Stephen Spettigue is a
junior from Cornell Univer
sity, where he received the
Best Director award for 1958.
Andy Backer, who p 1 a y s i
Brassett the butler, received
the 1958 Best Acting award
from the University Experi
mental Theatre.
Dorothy Janousek who plays
the real aunt, has appeared
with the Kingsmark Theatre
Group and the College of St.
Mary Theatre.
Ela Delahay is played by
Pre-Packaging Begins
For Some 400 Frosh
Between 400 and 500 enter
ing freshmen have taken the
placement exams prior to this
week, according to L e e W.
Chatfield, Director of Junior
Division.
The placement exam is a
phase in the new freshmen
pre-package plan which will
enable Junior Division to proc
ess most of the freshmen be-
Upcoming
Poetry in the News today
at 2 p.m. in Love Library will
feature Karl Shapiro.
"The Wrong Man" will be
the Sunday Night Movie at
7:30 p.m. in the Union Ball
room. Admission is free and
a cartoon, Missing Mouse, will
be shown.
World Trouble Spot Forum
July 28 will be moderated by
Jack McBride, director of
KUON TV. Mediterranean
conflicts will be in the spot
light. -
Phi Delta Kappa will hold
an initiation and picnic from
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pioneer
Park July 29.
Final Examinations will be
held July 31 and August 1.
Commencement
will be August L
exercises
Prentiss has a supporting part in "Char
ley's Aunt," which opens Saturday night
at Pinewood Bowl.
the youngest member of the
cast, Ann Prentiss, a fresh
man from Columbus. She
starred in the All State Play,
"Goodby, My Fancy."
"The play will have a suc
cessful run if the audience en
joys it as much as we have
enjoyed rehearsing it, Stiver
says. "Charley's Aunt is no
ordinary woman."
fore they arrive on campus
ihis fall.
Junior Division will pull
cards for freshmen who have
taken their placement exams
and returned their preference
sheet. In the fall, the fresh'
men will have to see their
advisers only for last-minute
changes, Chatfield said, and
thus they can skip the card
pulling operations.
"We are trying to find ways
of reducing the long two weeks
involving Rush Week and New
Student Week," Chatfield
said. "This plan could reduce
New Student Week to about
two days."
- He said one snag in the plan
is that "it just takes a tre
mendous amount of time."
Also, only 2-3rds of the
freshmen have sent in appli
cations at this time and this
is delaying operations, he
said.
Chatfield said the plan
would be successful with 75
to 80 pre-registration.
"We're Just feeling our way
along," he said.
Fund Coal Neared
Rrlics of Ellen Smith Hall
will adorn the new reading
room in the Union of the fund
drive continues as success
fully as it has. Thus far the
alumni association has raised
$850 of the mininlum $1000
needed,
Aug.Graduation
Third Largest
The University's third larg
est summer graduating class
will receive degrees Aug. 1
at 7 p.m. ot Memorial Hall.
The graduating class is
composed of some 420 stu-
Office Still,
Staff Labors
The frantic pounding of
typewriter keys, formerly
ever-present in the Cornhusk
er office, has been replaced
by the pounding of a work
man's hammer breaking into
dull silence. The yearbook
staff has retired leaving its
office vacant for the summer.
But though appearances in
dicate that Cornlr.isker activ
ity has halted work on the
1958-59 yearbook is continuing
through the summer months.
Editor-in-Chief Sharon Mc
Donald has made several
trips from McCook to Lincoln
to check printing, layout ar
rangements and pitcures with
associate editor Dick Basoco
Basoco said the yearbook is
now off to a "faster start than
ever before."
All layouts and initial dum
my copy have been made.
A major feature of next
year's Cornhusker lies in a
venture into color photog
raphy. The book will contain
sixteen pages of color as con
trasted to three color pictures
in last year's book.
November Swell Foreseen
In Correspondence Courses
Correspondence courses will
not feel the impact of the re
cent discontinuation of off
campus classes until Novem
ber, according to Rosalie Far
ley, co-ordinator of Teachers'
College in service education.
Dr. Knute O. Broady,' Ex
tension division director, said
the gap would be partially
filled with increased concen
tration on correspondence
courses.
Miss Farley said the only
courses offered in correspond
ence as well as off-campus
classes are those in the regu
lar basic program on cam
pus. She added that courses
formerly offered in off-campus
classes are available
through correspondence.
"We will be adding new cor
respondence courses," Miss
Farley said, "but preparing
new courses takes consider
able time."
She said that she did not
know what new correspond
ence courses will be offered
this year.
dents in contrast to last
year's 336. The largest sum
mer graduating class in NU
history was in 1950 with 463
students.
Speaker for the commence
ment exercise will be Dr.
Vance D. Rogers, president of
Nebraska Wesleyan Univer
sity. His topic will be "The
Primacy of the Individual."
Dr. Rogers was minister of
Trinity Methodist Church in
Lincoln from 1953-1957. He is
member of the board of direc
tors of Lincoln YMCA and is
director of Lincoln Chamber
of Commerce and Community
Chest.
C h ancellor Clifford M.
Hardin will preside and Dr.
A. C. Breckenridge, dean of
faculties, will be master of
ceremoies. Rev. Geor g e
Schuster of St. Michael's
Rectory at Hastings will act
as Chaplain.
Music will be provided by
Henry Wiebe, accompanied
by William Bush. Wiebe will
sing the National Anthem and
"The Builder."
All candidates for degrees
will assemble on the main
floor of the Coliseum at 6:30
p.m. to call for name tickets
and report to college groups.
Each candidate is required to
participate unless officially
excused by the dean of his
college.
Admission tickets are not
needed for attending the com
mencement exercises. Fami
lies and friends may sit any
place in the Mall area.
The Extension Division
adds new courses each year,
she said.
Off-campus classes were
discontinued for at least a
year when Attorney General
Clarence Beck ruled, several
weeks ago, that the Univer
sity has no authority to es
tablish off-campus classes.
'Compass' Takes
KUON Travelling
"Compass," a series of
travel films, will make its
debut, August 4, on KUON -TV
at 6:30 p.m.
The nine-program series
will present documentaries on
individual countries such as
France, Africa, India and
Finland.
"Compass" will acquaint
viewers with the people and
culture of these foreign coun
tries. Each program will out
line points of historical inter
est as well as the develop
ment and growth of resources
and industry in a specific
country. ,