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SwrwWt Lincoln, Nebraska Union Series to Present Trio in Musical Portraits ' -as ! - ; - A Musical Portraits features Dana Lordly, Dolores Baldyga aid Angelo Plcardi. - Col. C. R. Tosti to Tell Of Aviation's Highlights Wl, V. Aft. JVBU - -V ( a nationally known, complete-1 ly illustrated presentation highlighting the complete story of aviation Monday at 2 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. The presentation, "Reach ing for the Stars," is being held in connection with the campus this summer. Col. losti, wno is a special assistant to the commander of the Air Research and De velopment Command at An drews Air Force Base near Washington. D.C., will disucss aviation from the Wright Brothers project to the de velopment of the most recent Your University-What Ralph Mueller's 'Theatre of A .' .HriM r a.m. - mnsjpllatioiu. and TlanetS A new attraction for sum mer visitors and students on the university campus is the Ralph Mueller Planetarium irf Morrill Hall The Theatre ol the Stars.' Including the building and planetarium equipment, was! donated through the Univer-, sity of Nebraska Foundation; by Ralph Mueller, a grad-; uate of the school, at a cost; of about 170,000. I J A. Itoue. co-ordinator of guiae service ,ana pawwi turn programs, says 41,000 children and adults visited the theatre between March 23, 1958, when the dedication took place, and He end of . . . - u 1 May, 1359 Seated on comfortable chairs In a pleasant air-con- ditionsd room visitors may! see projected from a machine j in the center of the room a! re-creation of the skies stars, ! mlc'foiTo) planes and missiles, ' iock'd ing the X-15 prcSeci, . : Since graduate from iJe Virginia Military Insti tute, Col. Tosti has worked in the .fields of jet propulsion and guided missiles at Wright-Patterson Air Force! Base and has also been en gaged in program coordina tion for all Air Force re search and development. Since entering the A'r Force the colonel has attended the Air Tactical School and the Air Command and Staff School aisd in 1946 received his Master's Degree In Engi neering Administration from Stanford University. It Has to Offer constellations, and planets with astronomical accuracy on the darkened dome of tne ceiling. Even the magnitude of the stars is indicated by various degrees of brightness and dimness. Planets move in proper relationship to each other an at true speeds as the parade moves. on before the eyes of the observer. The Mueller Planetarium aims to fill a two-fold pur pose entertainment and ed ucation, however, tne eauca tional program is still in an embryonic stage. Shows change every two months and may be seen at twelve regular weekly show ings or at specially arranged showings at l:J p.m. spe cial groups are admitted at 23 cents per person, by advanced eservalkffl only. Admission for students is 25 cents, for adults SO cents. mm vr JV JUNE 18, 1959 Something new on the con cert stage, Musical Portraits, featuring a trio from New England, will be the third pre sentation of theUnion's Art ist Series to be held Wednes day evening. . Featuring soprano, tenor and pianist, the Musical Port raits -was the brainchild of pianist-arranger Dana Lord ly, whose aim was to com bine concert, musical comedy and theatre, and present them in a new . and entertaining fashion. Breaking from the tradition of using the established dia logue of musical comedy scenes, the trio prefers to set their arrangements into situ ations that everyone will rec ognize; a scene in a living room- or museum, or a hus band and wife dispute over a television set. - Audiences Pleased Dialogue gives the audience the opportunity of viewing and laughing at themselves on; stage, while more serious music lovers enjoy the sim plicity of solo selections and folk songs. Featured in the program will be unusual arrangements of musical material, culled from their recent ur of the eutire eastern coast of South America.. - j The trio lacludes, soprano, I Dolores Baldyga who recent ly sang the Evolution of Music" with members of the Boston Symphony; pianii. Ar ranger, Dana Lordly who is presently active in the fields of musical comedy, concert direction, promotion and pro duction; and Angelo Picardi, tenor, who studied voice in Italy, and since his return ( he has appeared on television j and has performed in a musi cal sequence in the motion picture "This is" New Eng-' land." - I the Stars9 Offers Entertainment, Education t r'rmmmmm I 3 if , fetdcEU Union Cafeteria Begins Service Englishman ''At Home' In Lincoln Despite differences in cli mate, -space and the use of the English language, the pat'erns of living in America and Great Britain are similar enough for Edward B. Simp son to feel right at home here. . Simpson is a visiting pro - fessor of economic geogra-, services will be improved as phy from the University ofhe rennovation is corn Liverpool. He teaches three pieted " summer school classes in Eu- Comments Wanted ropean and industrial geogra- By opening n o w," he Phv-. . added, "we hope we can Lincoln is an attractive : have the students comments town and an Englishman can ! criticisms before our for feel right at home here, but 1 mai opening in the fall." but there are certain dif-s Tne decor in the new cafe ferences, Prof. Simpson, teria has been called a mod said, era approach to the tradi- r or example, tne tempera - ture in Liverpool in June av erages about 60 degrees. Nev ertheless, Lincoln's 72.8 d e -gree June average doesn't keep Prof. Simpson f r o m ; ment and furnishings, weariag a wool sport coat The cafeteria, located where even while alone in his of- the lounge used to be, fea fice. j tures a three-level rotary Then, too, there's the dif-i salad display unit; a char ference in space. The British: coal broiler; an electrically Isles are about twice the size heated, thermostatically con of the Nebraska sandhills. J trolled steam table; a freezer Pyof. Simpson thinks that this! for deserts, a small fountain,-: makes it difficult for Mid-, plus completely new furnish- western students to "concept ualise European geography. Prof. Simpson has been in Lincoln since Sept. 1958 and will return to the University j of Liverpool this fall. He is j teaching under the Universe. ty Exchange Program. ' Nebraska, the Britfsh g c -. ographer feels, is a good labo-: ratory for the econonic. ge- J ographer, especially one in- terested in agriculture. A s j for attempts to attract Indus- try to an agrarian s t a t eJ Prof. Simpson believes that Lincoln, for example, wit hi its coI!"ges and government centers is quite attractive enough without industry! ' W-.s.s, 'b. .rttaWV 1 .Tf watch Ja awe a flaactarium The Union's new cafeteria opened its doors this week to service in spite of the fact that all the working equip- " ment has not been installed and the decoration is not completed. According to Al Bennett, Assistant Managing Director of the Union, the cafeteria is presently able to accomo date 500 to 600 people for a noon meal even though there 'are still -some details to be worked out in the operation. Bennett said, "We certainly want everyone to use the cafeteria facilities but with ; the understanding that the . tional American decorating scheme. It blends the com forts of the early American . style with contemporary func tional features in both eauiD- ingi. - Understanding Expected The Director of the Union . Food Services. Martin Kohl- Iigian, said, "We hope that the students and faculty will be understanding during this transition' period. Our aim is for better and more complete service for them." Bennett also announced that tlie Main Dining room, which features waiter service in Parlors A, B and C will not be opened for the summer due to a committment with the contractors concerning the rennovation in that part of the building, (Picture, on page 2) 9 V. - T T V If if tiwwiBj, Pi 1 A I! i i i, ) i r t I