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Union Series to Present
Trio in Musical Portraits
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Musical Portraits features Dana Lordly, Dolores Baldyga
aid Angelo Plcardi. -
Col. C. R. Tosti to Tell
Of Aviation's Highlights
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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
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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, !
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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.
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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
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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-'
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the Stars9 Offers Entertainment, Education
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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! '
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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,
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