Pan American Fiesta Scheduled
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Miss Alda Casanovas. a native of Bolivia and a stu-
dent at the University, displays her native dress.
As the highlight of the sum
mer session, the summer ses
sions' office and the Student
Union have planned a Pan
American Fiesta for next
Wednesday night to clim
ax the summer term as well
as inaugerate the new Pan
American Suite in the Stu
dent Union. '
The two and a half hour
feature, beginning at 6 p.m.,
includes: discussions on Pan
American music, art, lan
guage, literature and cloth
ing; exhibits of art, clothing
and other cultural displays; a
chance to meet and talk with
Pan American students going
to school here; and the main
address by Dr. Alejandro Or
fila, Minister Plenipotentiary
of the Argentina Embassy. In
addition there will be avail
able literature from all the
Pan American countries.
Reservations may be made
by signing up in the Union
lobby or by calling the sum
mer sessions office, extension
3135 or 3131' by Monday, July
27, at 3 p.m. The price for
the dinner and the entertain
ment is $2 and may be paid
at the door.
Dr. Orfila graduated from
law school at the National
University of Buenos Aires
and received his Ph.D. in po
litical science at Stanford
University. He started his
diplomatic career in 19-17, as
First Secretary of the Km
bassy of Argentina
Moscow, and since then has
been Consul in Warsaw, Po
land, San Francisco and New
Orleans.
Author and Lecturer
In 1958, he became the Min-
Dr. Orfila
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Lincoln, Nebraska
JULY 23, 1959
Detective
Of Smart,
Solves
Lovely
The University of Nebraska
will present the three act
play "Laura" Friday and Sat
urday evenings (July 24-25)
as the final in a series of
summer theater productions.
Curtain time for both per
formances, to be given
in Howell Memorial Theater,
will be 8 p.m. The public is
invited to attend and there, is
no admission charge.
The play, which takes place
during an August in New
York City, is a murder mys
terv centering about the at
tempt to find Laura's killer
through the examination of
the personalities and charac
ters of the men who
surrounded her in life. It also
portrays how a beautiful, in
telligent ' woman can mean
many things to many men.
Directed By Morgan
The production is directed
by Dr. William R. Morgan,
assistant professor of speech,
who joined the University fac
ulty in June. Dr. Morgan be
gan his stage career when he
was eight with a touring stock
company.
During the war he wrote
musical reviews with which
he toured in China, Burma
and India. Since then he has
directed, managed and acted
in summer stock, appearing
with such stars as Burt Lahr
and Ethel Waters, in addition
to earning a master s and a
doctor s degree.
University summer school
students appearing in the pro
duction include Mr. and Mrs.
William Gnuse and Phil Bor
off, all of Grand Island; An
drew D. Wolvin of Primrose;
Stephen Schultz of Nevada,
la.; Andy Backer of Scotts
bluff; Judith Ress of Seward;
and Virginia Robertson of
North Platte.
Lown Directs Crew
Production crews are all un
der the direction of Charles
R. Lown, Jr., assistant pro
fessor of Speech and Dramat
ic Art, designer and technical
director o' "Laura."
Properties for the show
were gathered by Herbie
Nore. Painting the set were
Marily Anderson, R. H. Fand
ers, Frank Hunter, Elizabeth
Reeder, and Karen Walker.
Miss Walker also headed
the light crew, 'assisted by
Elizabeth Debo. Assistants to
Dr. Lown in scenery con
struction and handling
were Richard Nelson, shop
foreman for University The
atre, and Phil Boroff, student
who also plays a part in the
show. Sound effects and mu-
Sunday Movie
The last of the Union's Sun
day Night Movies will be pre
sented this Sunday night at
7:30 p.m. in the Student Un
ion Ballroom. The name of
the movie is "Love Is a Many
Splendored Thing," in Cinemascope.
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West.
Working directly under Dr
Morgan, were Linda Frisbie,
production manager, and Jo
Holmes, her assistant, in
charge of publicity and house
was Elsa Deupree.
Dean Urges
Look At Past
Educators attending the fi
nal session of the University
of Nebraska's clinic on "Pat
terns of Rural Education"
were urged Monday evening
to look at what has been
done well in education in the
past in order to improve in
the future.
Dr. M. L. Cushman, dean
of the college of education at
the University of North Da
kota, said the lesson in his
tory is necessary if rural ed
ucation is to be improved.
He said that at some time,
in some place the compon
ents of the ideal school sys
tem have existed and that if
"we can put all these prac
tices together we'll come up
with the ideal system."
ister Plenipotentiary of the
Embassy of Argentina In
Washington. He is the author
of various articles for news
papers and magazines in the
Western Hemisphere and has
lectured extensively through-
inlout the United States.
Joseph Owens of the Uni
versity Music Department
will speak on Latin American
music and Dr. Boyd Carter
and Norman Geske, also. o
the University staff, will talk
on the language, literature
and art of the Pan American
countries. Miss Bernice Mil
ler will discuss the clothing.
Art Exhioit
In connection with the Pan
American Fiesta twenty-four
paintings and drawings from
12 Latin American countires
are now on exhibit at the Uni
versity of Nebraska Art Gal
leries and Student Union.
Lent to the University
through the courtesy of the
Pan-American Union in Wash
ington, D.C., the exhibit is the
first from the Latin Ameri
can nations to be shown at
the University, according to
Norman Geske, director of
University Art Galleries.
He said the exhibit should
be indicative of the significant
art work progressing in most
Latin American countries.
Among the most famous
artists participating in the ex
i hibit, Geske said, is Alejan
dro Obregon of Colombia, An
tonio frascom of Uruguay
and Jose Luis Cuevas of Mex
ico. Obregon was a grand-prize
winner two years ago in the
Gulf-Caribbean international
exhibit at Houston, Tex., and
Cuevas, a self-taught artist,
has shown his work all over
the world including Europe,
Japan and South America.
The exhibit, which will con
tinue through Aug. 9, is tha
last of the current summer
session.
The countries represented
in the exhibition are: Argen
tina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guate
mala, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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This display, courtesy of the Pan American Union, includes flags from all the Paa
American countries.