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By Sondra Whalen
Word filtered down the
other day that beatnik mem
bership cards were being
peddled for a quarter on
campus.
Scrip, University student
literary magazine, was la
beled rather "bcatish" when
the last issue came out. And
it's even said that beatnik
parties are becoming the
vogue.
What's This Jazz?
Okay, man, so what's all
They Brood
In Jeans,
Sneakers
A Kansas University
writer sees Beatniks as "the
biggest threat the organiza
tion man has ever encoun
tered." 'The Beatniks are now
emerging from their dimly
lit basement and garret
apartments on San Francis
co's North Beach and head
ing cross-country toward
the promised land of Green
wich Village where they
know they will find 'their
kind of people," he noted.
And again the question
what's a beatnik? Says the
Daily Kansan writer:
"They are the bohemians
and psuedo-bohemians of
the leans, sneaker, and
sweatshirt school.
"They brood through life
accompanied by the jum
bled writing of such pro
phets as Ginsberg, Kerouac,
Rexroth and Ferlinghetti.
"They're addicted to cool
jazz and wild poetry, sin
and suffering, and have
even been known to dabble
In the monkey-on-the back
kick.
"They're opposed to evry
thing American such as
motherhood Christianity,
suburbia, manual or any
kind of labor, comfort and
responsibility.
Dewey Will Speak
To Physics Croup
Dr. Roberr Dewey, associ
ate professor of philosophv,
will speak at a physics col
loquium Thursday at 4:15
p.m. in 211race Laboratory.
A tea will be held at 3:45 p m.
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A University graduate stu
dent in philosophy said he
spends a great deal of time
with beatniks elsewhere.
Charles Brown, who earned
his undergraduate degree at
the Unversity of Michigan,
said an underlying protest
against the world in general
was one of the primary feel
ings among beatniks.
As to bonafide beatniks
here, Brown said he would
"be half inclined to s a y
there weren't any."
Talking Difficult
"I would say that the
most obvious characterisitc
of beatniks is their use of
language," Brown com
mented. "They use a kind of hes
tancy of expression and find
It difficult to describe how
they feel."
For example, when a
beatnik is asked how h e
feels, he is likely to reply
something like, "Well like
fried shoes, Dad."
Instability
Instability and a general
lack of roots were men
tioned by Brown as other
characteristics typical o f
beatniks. Jack Kerouac's
"On the Road" is an es
pression of this, he said.
"They are probably relat
ed by both language and in
terest in the so-called hot
rodders or "cats" in high
schools in some respects,
but as far as group age is
concerned they relate not to
the teenage generation but
are those people involved in
World War II and the Ko
rean War." Brown said.
"The Beatnik is not being
a non-conformist for the
Film Previews
Start Today
The following films mav be
previewed at the Bureau of
Audio-Visual Instruction Mon
day to Friday:
"Honey Bees and Pollina
tion," "Inside the Atom."
"Forest Tent Caterpillar,"
"Kitchen Physics," "Num
bers for Beginners." "Adding
and Substracting," "Things
Dissolve." "How Seeds are
Scattered." "Industrial Arts:
Knowing Your Woods "
Arrangements for preview
ing may be made with the
Film Librarian, Ext. 5151.
Braves from Nebraska beaf-um Colorado Buffs
at-Coliseum after sun sets this day . .
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pure sake of bein? a non
conformist, but he is look
ing for a set of values.
They seem to feel that the
values of our society and of
conformity have no meaning
for them," he added.
Free Expression
An interest in the arts,
particularly jazz, is another
characteristic, he said, be
cause they feel "that this is
one of the ways they may
still freely express them
selves." Religion is usually reject
ed by Beatniks, Brown said.
"They are also probably
SU Students 'Way Out'
For Kerouac Lectures
At Syracuse University
last week enthusiasm ran so
high on a Kerouac talk that
students clamorea onto fire
escapes to hear a lecture on
the Beat Generation's pro
phet. Said the Daily Orange of
the first in a series, "After
noons With Writers."
"Students arriving five
minutes before the begin
ning could not get up the
Miss Reynold
Audubon Tour
To Show Film
"The New World Redis
covered" will be shown by
Laurel Reynolds at the Au
dubon Screen Tour, Friday, in
Love Library Auditorium.
The movie, to be shown at 4
and 8 p.m., will retrace land
ings of explorers and include
films of famous animals and
birds of the West Indies and
Alaska.
Tickets for the shows are
obtainable at the door or in
advance at the State Museum
in Morril Hall.
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considered amoral, but
have their own' values of
honusty and fidelity."
Beatniks are centered pri
marily on the West Coast,
although there are groups
on the East Coast as well.
Oiher countries have their
versions of the Beatniks,
wUh Britains' Angry Young
Men as a prime example.
It also seems that a true
blue Beatnik has a rough
time holding a job.
"The ones I knew had dif
ficulty holding down a job
because they felt it was too
restricting."
stairs,- as the crowd com
pletely filled thef ourth floor
corridor. However, some of
the more enterprising ones
sat on the fire escape next
to open windows."
The talk by a Syracuse
professor was to be repeat
ed the next day to allow
those turned away to hear
it, the paper said.
Of Kerouac writing the
professor commented:
"The id, the soul, the Real
for Kerouac is very close
to sex as a high emotional
experience. It is also best
understood, but inexpres
sible, through dope, alcohol
and music jazz music.
"The police are an image
for civilized society," Dr.
Owen said, ''and the image
of organized society is Al
catraz. Its stone walls and
steel bars are the inhibitions
that society imposes on the
the search for the soul.
"Marijuana is the new
bread.
"Booze is the new wine
The priest is the man with
a horn in his hand and when
he blows the note, like the
walls of Jericho, everything
comes tumbling down."
IJisIioj) Elected
VI IE A President
Venna Lou Bishop has Been
elected president of the Vo
cational Homemaking Educa
tion Association.
Other new officers include
Betty Mann, vice-president;
RoJean Stitch, secretary; Vi
ola Hoesch, treasurer; La
vonne Rogers, program chair
man; and Colleen Christian
son, publicity chairman.
Council members elected
were Virginia Svitak, Wendy
Schaller and Dora Lee Yeut-ter
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Researchers
Analyze
Irrigation
Two University researchers
are working on an economic
analysis of cropping and live
stock systems on pump-ir-rigatated
farms in south cen
tral Nebraska.
The researchers, R. M. Fin-
ley, assistant professor, and
Ted Nelson, graduate fellow
in agricultural economics re
port that of 2,395,000 acres ir
rigated in the state in 1957,
about 71 per cent were irri
gated from wells.
Cropping and livestock sys
tems usually have to be adapt
ed to irrigation to realize the
production potential, the re
searchers said.
WelfDHUeVs
To Convene
The annual conference of
the Nebraska Well Drillers
Association will be held at
Pershing Municipal Auditor
ium, Feb. 26-27.
Sponsored by the Univer
sity of Nebraska Conservation
and Survey Division, the con
ference will include an ad
dress by Gov. Ralph Brooks,
a display of modern pumps,
and a panel discussion on re
charge wells.
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Is History Repelitiv
Papers9 Themes Alike
Is college history repeating
itself? ,
Articles from the 1800's indi
cate that the modern-day
problems are not unique.
"Now is the time to join the
military company, before you
are drafted," reads one piece
of advice from the "Neoras
kan Hesperian Student" pub
lished in December, 1876.
Idea Teaching
The same issue informs us
that "a large number of stu-
Nickel Fine:
Tardiness
Expensive
At TCU
Miss your 8 o'clock this
morning? You're not the only
one, according to the "Syra
cuse Daily Orange."
One insurance professor at
Texas Christian University
evidently became so annoyed
by the late-comers sneaking
in the door that he instituted
a five-cent fine for tardy stu
dents. The professor pockets the
fines he collects. He some
times gains as much as 50 to
75 cents a class.
Payment of the fines is in
sured by the alternative of a
low grade in the course.
Cat Naps
Catnappers in the American
Literature room of the Library
might follow a Northwestern
coed's example for getting to
cbs on time.
The snoozing female had
pinned a not to her coat say
ing, "If I'm not awake at 10
til two, would someone please
awaken me? Thank you."
The note was successful and
the girl made her two o'clock,
according to the "Daily North
western." Classics to Pops
Chorale Theme
The Robert Shaw Chorale
and Concert Orchestra will ap
pear at Municipal Auditorium
at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Conducted by Shaw, the 30
membcr chorale will sing se
lections ranging from the clas
sics to an anthology of pops.
The Chorale is a Lincoln
Community Concert presentation.
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dents have dropped out
school for the purpose
leaching the young ideas."
Food was evidently not
best in the "good old das'l
either, if the following pojed
was any indication. ' j
"Now I sit me down to eaf
This hash cf ancient
chopped up meat.
If I should choke upon a 1
tack,
I pray the cook to poun$ .
my back."
Center Financing
Financing of centers also,
were ideas of the past. In the
editor's column of a January, i
1879 issue, the following arl
pearea:
"The University or Virginia
has been offered a $50,0Cf
telescope, on condition that
$60,000 be raised to build the
observatory and endow the
observer's chair."
Money must have always
been a problem, too. Local
news in that issue reveals:
"Poor but respectablo
young men can now safely
walk with young ladies paso
ice cream saloons. The busji
ness is closed for the season, v
And an 1883 plea will soon
be answered, as they asked:.,
"Why cannot we have a!
bowling alley?!" ;
Art Show I
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Consultants I
Selected
Two outstanding art coni
sultants have been named to
assist the University in select-)
mg an ODiecis ior me ie
braska Art Association show,
in March.
Charles Sawyer, former
di-J
terj
rector of the Worcheste
Mass., Museum of Art, no4
director of the Museum of Art
at the University of Michigan
and Richard Brown, formei
professor of art history at
Harvard, now chief curator o
art at the Los Angeles Coun
ty Museum will advise on coU
lections. ;
Both consultants will vlsitj
the University campus March
20-22 to make their sugges-
tions.
KUON-TV
Monday
5:30 Ftifnewtons Newspaper
5:45 Com ps Rose
Evening PreJude
6:30 TV Classroom
7 Music for Young People
7:30 Japanese Brush Painting
8 Music by Hinshaw
8:30 Nuclear Energy
9 Great Ideas
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