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J2HE HAZARDS
A student climbs 4be stairs In Brace Lab (above).
Deputy Assistant State Fire Marshal G. E. Eckstrand
said the narrow stairway leading lo the cosmic sun ray
count room would '"trap every student up there in case
of fire."
Fire escape (below) at Agricultural Hall doesn't ex
tend lo the ground. This is one of the improvements
needed, according to Eckstrand.
University Theater ,
'Streetcar' Is Ready
To Roll into Action
By Phil Boroff
"'A Streetcar Named De
sire" by Tennessee "Williams
will begin a four night run
this evening in Howell Me
morial Theatre in Temple
Building.
Curtain time lor the second
production of University Thea
ter's 2900-61 season is 8 p.m.
Williams Directs
Under the direction of Dr.
Dallas S. Williams, associate
professor .of speech and dra
matic arts and former direc
tor (Of University Theater,'
'"A Streetcar Named Desire"
has been in rehearsal since
the first week in November.
The Pulitizer Prize winning
play was first produced in
1947. Since, many touring
.companies and a 11)51 motion
picture have added to the
takes the physician's hand,
saying she has 'always de
pended on the kindness .of
strangers."
Blanche DuBois is played
by Leta Powell, Stanley Ko-
walski by Dennis Shreeler,
Ki ell a Kowalskl "by Louise
Shadley and Harold Mitchell
by Larry Long.
Production manager as
Kathy Eeggs and assistant to
the director is Mary Teale.
Bernard Skalka, .assistant pro
fessor of speech and drama
tic arts, is technical director.1!
(Others in the cast are: 2eff
Bernstein, Phil Boroff, Jenise
Burmood, Andrea Oiicoine,
Margery Coffey, .Curtis
Greene, Joan Jelinck, LeKoy
Jones.
Loretta Loose, Jim MacDon-
ald, Jerry Muyer, Tice Mil
ler, Kharron Purbaugh, Gor
don Trousdale, Dick Watktns
play's popularity.
Considered by many a clas
sic of American theater, "A I and Andy Wolvin
Streetcar Named Desire" cen
ters around lour characters
Blanche DuBois, Stanley
and Stella KowaltJki and Har
old Mitchell.
Blanche DuBois, a former
school teacher raised on a
plantation, arrives in 1 h e
French Quarter of New Or
leans to visit her sister Stella.
Stella has married Stanley
Kowalslci, a Polish laborer.
Blanche suffers from .nervous
ness, and when she sees .her
new surroundings and clashes : is week
Dr. Qiasson
President
Of AAUP
Dr. PiObert L. iChaNson,
chairman of the physics de
partment, was elected presi
dent .of the University's .chap
ter of the .American Associa
tion of University Professors,
By Nancy Whitford
How safe is the average University stu
dent from the fire hazards in class rooms
and dorms?
Four University buildings, on city and
ag campuses, have been condemned by
Deputy Assistant State Fire Marshal G. E
Eckstrand, and 51 need additional fire im
provements. Buildings condemned include temporary
G and Engineering Mechanics H, J, Stu
dent Organizations and the Former Meat
Lab which Eckstrand termed a '"fire
hazard to the campus."
Twenty-five have been listed as needing
complete fire coverage by meant of auto
matic warning systems in every room
and hafl. 1
Twenty-six of the more fire-resistant
buildings are said to need partial detec
tion systems in '"high hazard areas and
a number of others, additional exits, elec
trical corrections and better storage for
inflammable liquids.
Eight Approved
Only eight structures AdinMstration,
Student Health, Men's Physical Educa-'
tion, Military Science, Ferguson HaU, Ag
Service Building and City and Ag Power
Plants claim membership in the charmed
circle "approved" by the fire marshals
office as "relatively free from fire haz
ards.'' This leaves the vast majority of stu
dents subject to the danger .of fire during
much (Of their college career. What hap
pened in Chicago could happen here,
said Eckstrand.
He referred lo the 1958 Chicago tragedy
in which 27 students were burned to death
while sitting in their classrooms.
Eckstrand has recommended fire pre
vention improvements to the tune of $1.6
million or nearly .$185 per student, based
on the strength of a month-long inspection
.of the University during August
High Cost
A similar inspection was made in 1952.
Eckstrand cited refusal to carry oat
recommendations made at that time as
chiefly responsible for the present high
cost of bringing the buildings up to stand
ard. University business manager, Carl Don
aldson, declined further comment on the
cha except to say that he "wasn't here
when the first inspection was made," and
that the University was "nibbling away
at the project by replacing buildings
deemed fire hazards with new structures
such as Lymao HalL
Earlier, University comptroller Joseph
Soshnik stated that be is ""at a loss"
as to bow the University will finance the
additional expenditures 'required by the
inspection.
Eckstrand said the "greatest weakness
More Improvements
See Page 4
however, was one which could be cor
rected with little cost to the University.
Fire Alarm
"Students should be made aware of the
difference between the fire alarm beU and
the class bell. They should know how to
evacuate each building in case of fire,
he said.
Eckstrand told of pulling "'test fire
.drills on both ag and city campuses dur
ing the August inspection tour.
"Nothing happened. The students didn't
pay amy attention to the fire alarm. On
ag, it rang five minutes before someone
stuck his head out of a door to ask what
was going on, Eckstrand explained.
State law requires that fire drills be
held st least once a month, be said.
He noted that over half of the other
schools throughout Nebraska had already
complied "'without arguing" to the fire
code rules which went into effect Sept L
Buildings
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CHEMICAL STORAGE
Flammable liquids stored a open shelves close t the
ceiling in the Biochemistry and Nutrition Building oa Ag
Campus were cited as hazardous by Deputy Assistant
State Fire Marshal Eckstrand.
Vol. 14, Ho. 47
Li.-nc'ln, Nebrctsko
Wednesday, Dec, 114, i960
Students
Represent
48 Lands
All Nebraska
Counties Hate Repsf MaddgaI
By Norm Eeatty
Latest .enrolment figures
show that .all .93 Nebraska
counties, 47 states and 48
countries are represented at
the University by students,
according to Dr. Floyd Hoo
ver., registrar.
Lancaster county leads all
Nebraska .counties with a to
tal of 2,317 students followed
by Douglas .county with 671
students.
Following the Lincoln and
Omaha students are those
from Beatrice and Gage Coun
ty with a 'total of 16.
Scot Is Bluff scounty. .al
though around 400 miles
away, is represented with 142
students to take fifth place
standing in a county by coun
ty breakdown. Bounding out
the top six counties is Dodge
with 139 students.
Dr. Hoover said these
figures do not include the
Medical College in Omaha. 1
Iowa has 178 students at
tending Nebraska with .34 of
them in poHt-baccalaureate
programs (graduate icollege
or teachers .advanced profes
sional). ,
. Baccalaureate
Following Iowa by total
number .enrolled and those in
post-baccalaureate programs
tin parentheses) .are:
Minnesota 60 (36)
:South Dakota 93 (20)
Illinois 61 ((18)
California 48 (14) ,
Kansas 48 i(13)
Leading the foreign county
enrollment is India with 35
students. Second is Iran with
31, China i(free) is third with
21, fourth is Turkey -with 17,
Korea is fifth with 13 .and
sixth place goes to .Jamaica
with a representation of 12
students.
Dr. Hoover alno indicated
that the otijer (College within
ALT Elections
Election of officers for
the AD University Fund
will be held Thursday at
:45 p.m. In the Student
Union.
The meeting was original
ly scheduled for a later
time which conflicted with
'Amalil and the Night Visitors'
To Highlight Madrigal Concert
Ag Dairy
Offers Yule
Cheese Gifts
Cheese lovers who want to
give the Ag Dairy's (Christ
mas Cheese boxes as yuletide
presents will be able to buy
two-pound boxes as well as
the regular four-pound boxes.
During past years only the
four-pound boxes were sold,
said Keith Hays, foreman at
the dairy (creamery.
The four-ounce boxes contain
either Jour a'arieties in .one-,
pound .cuts or eight warieties
in ,one-hailf pound .cuts, !he
said. The new boxes may have
four varieties in half-pound
.cuts and two varieties in one
pound cuts.
iuosi on lour-pouna noxes as
S3 J5 and two-pound boxes Are
$2.15, he said.
The Dairy offers eight var
ieties sfrom which the cheese
lovers tcan choose.
The Ag .dairy .also has one,
one and onerhalf, two, three
and five-pound .cuts of all var
ieties which .are dipped in col
ored wax and wrapped as
postChristmas gifts. 'These
sell for 80c per pound.
(Orders will be taken at the
Dairy HuKbandry .department
on the Ag .campus.
All Must Turn
In WorJzrheel
Bv Xancy Brown
"'Amabl and the Night Visi
tors, She weD-known (Christ
mas .opera, will be presented
by the Madrigal Singers at
their traditional Christmas
program.
The production, .written by
.Gian-Carlo Menotti, will be
presented in the Student Un
ion ballroom Thursday
7:30 p.m.
"Amahl and the Night Visi
tors" lis the story of a poor
.crippled shepherd boy and
his widowed another. One (eve
ning, the Three Kings come
lo their humble home to rest,
on their journey to find the
Christ Child. j
While the Kings .are rest
ing, the mother notices the
gold which they are taking
to the Christ Child. :She takes
some .of it to .care for her
.child, Amahl, .and is icaught.;
AmaW iis Ithen amtraculoti-sily
tern red of Ms crippledness,,
.and goes with the Kings to
visit the Christ ChM.
John Moran, .assistant pro
Sessoir (Of music, will .direct
the Madrigals. Accompanist
is Mary Haight.
Oiristmas Carols
In .addition to "Amahl,'.
at the Madrigals will sing a
selection of (Christmas caME;.
Featured .will be three Span
ish .carols .edited by Noah
(Greenburg .and played with
percussion .aocumpaxument.
Derived from the (custom
ary ICth oentury Madrigal
style, the program will be
presented with singers seat
.ed around a table .covered
with white .cloths and set
with .candles, globlets .and a
punch bowl. Because of the
size of this Madrigals group
i(3 members) the w o rn .en
All students must turn
worksheets in when register
ing.
Business Administrat ii o n
and Ag students may turn
; f Vint riiiittr inln fUnir ret- rtt
the state are represented on utr.
I All nf.hpri: tniiat Jikp Vipir
'Nebraska Place Names'
Have Varied Origins
campus also.
Nebraska Weiileyan has MB i
ti-ansfer students at Nebras-
worksheets to the registrar's
with Stanley, the situation is
increased.
Unwinds Fust
Stanley begins to unwind
Blanche's past, and, by doing
hu, destroys Jier. Harold
Mitchell, Stanley's friend and
a mama's boy, is strongly at
tracted to Blanche, but com
pletely L'hanges his feelings
when Stanley tells him about
Blanche's pa.it.
ka. Second, third, fourth and I a according lo the flched-
The outgoing president js j
Dr. James E. Miller, Jr.,i
.chairman of the English de
partment. Dr. Wallace C. Peterson,
associate professor of oco
nomics, was elected vice
president. Ke-elef!ted secre
tary was Dr. Michael (G.
Guosalis, pruiessor of plant
pathology, .and Dr. Mary L.
Wlielenz, prufeHHor of second-
fifth in total number of in-
ule, Mrs. Irma Laase. as-
staLe college ti:ansfer students ; 1!ftunl e2istrar, said Tues-
On the evening when Stella i rv .education, treasurer.
is ut -the hospital having aj .New members of the ex
baby, Stanley rapes Blandhe j (:Utive committee are Dr.
und conmhitely sends her into i Dudley Builey, .associute pro
insanity. The final seen e lessor of English, for a tliree-
siiows a physician and matron
from an asylum taking
Blanche away. .Stella' has re-
year term and Dr. La Verne
E. S m a 1 1, chairman of j
ptiurmacy ana piuirmaceuii-
luctantly consnnied to comnut cid c'liemistry .department,
her sister. Blanche fniaily j for a two-year term -
are Kearney ;&tate 116.;
Hastings College, .86; Wayne
State, OB .and ?eru 'State, .B7J
Hoover said the foreign stu
dents (comprise part of the
14 per oent average of out
stale students per .college.
As a final note, the young
est students on campus are
two 16 year olds. The .oldest
are two .75 year olds, accord
ing lo Hoover.
Crad Parly
A Christmas party will '.be,
held Saturday from 9-12
p.m. at the Girls' (Graduate
Houhc. 464 No. 10th. All grad
uate students are urged to at
tend. 1
day.
TOIHY ON C4MPLIS
Wdti-Mtor:
rtliHiu a'uii AUMw.miMr hour. : p.m..
dk'Hiiui b.ki j.tn.. TV louiixc, fa
limtm.
..'ii.Mimiwi .pruHmni. .(.oitiN at rani
culiim; Ciroruutra. ,7;J0 .ni.. W liv
il.w. liiiilUii.t;
lArtur. I)r. iluvob iLenvitt. ""ABliie
Wauir rtlwurmiim Uv Minim," V: .P.m.,
htm Hull .awdltMrium.
"Htnmt.ujT Ajanj-rU illcMK." ,8 S.iT..
lllnwll j.,nioiiill Tlienlul.
"4) Hlnvwi." iirrnulli iFltnl OiUl.
I p.m., tslirnu Tlwlr.
"htur e! IWIilh.im." H p.m.. Kulirti
Mu.iMr PlniMUirmm. Mimlll Hull.
rtliHin '..it nitiMf:, inlluili.ni t p," .
Kvim Hull.
Irormmi Club Chrinlnuw Pnriy. 7:30
P.m.. Htutlent linion
"Amntll and Ih Nwht Vintum." 1Mb
(1riK.il 4iinani. .p.m.. Hiudnnt diniim
lltnnmi.
I imnvslly Ihiiinv,, ni.ntiiui 7.JP .p.m.
.V hiuiiwitt .liniim.
"htiit.;Hr iini"tl l".tirc.M .P.m..
Mmwll (Humor l lliutln.
What's in a name?
Plenty, .according to '"Xe
toska Place Barnes,"" a
tnew paperback .book of the
(University .of Nebraska
(Press. Written by Lillian
Fitzpatricik and J. T, Link,
two Nebraska scholars, the
oook .deals with Nebraska
(City, town .and place names.
For instance, the book
.cites the meadow an honest
Nebraska pioneer .chose to
name IPoorman's Bottom.
Later, settlers .changed it
lo fiunshine Vailley,
There is .also the intrigu
ing town name of W'ynot in
Cedar .county, (One version
of its .origin, .according to
tiie .227-page book, is that .a
pioneer suggested, "Why
not name it Why Slot? So
they .did.
Most .'Nebraska names
(Can oe traued to six gen
eral sources, writes Miss
f'itzpatrick personal
names, loual featiures, trans
lers, Indian names, origi
nal or (Coined .and imiscel
laneous. Personal names include
such oddities as T'lorenoe
an Douglas Cuunty, named
for the niece .of the wife of
Territorial (Councilman Mit
(Chele;; .and Coleridge and
Hartington an Cedar County
named for a (Couple of Eng
lish lords.
Scottsbluff, Table Eock,
Box Butte .and (Grand Is
land are towns named ,aft
or local features, -while AJ
3bion, York and Madison .are
.examples .of transfers.
Albion .comes from Al
ibion, Maine,; York from
York, Pennsylvania a n d
Madison from a town in
Wisconsin of the saxn.e
name.
Indian names are repre
sented by (Omaha. K.d
Cloud, Ponca, Arapahoe and
(Ogallala. T'amora, a sug
gestion that the naime would
(Come tomorrow, is .an
.ample .of .an original .or
(Coined name,
Bee, ifrum ills location tin
'"B" itow.ntihip, Smartx'ille.,
.after Mr. Smart Who (Oper
ai.eu the (Crossroads store
there, ;and Eagle, .once
.called Sunlight when tin
town was unoved a few
.miles,, (can all he dnduded
an the anisoelianoous file.
will !be seated at the table
with the men .standing be
hind them.
The type af MaMgsS sing
ing done at the rniversily,
jiKcorfting to Ken Scheff.el, a
past anember of Madrigals,
started in England a r in 4
laaD. It was the (custom (fur
families to sit around the
tables after a aneul and sing.
In some families, suitors
joined in this singing to .count
their sweethearts into mar
riage. The .ability lo carry .a
part was almost a prerequi
site for .acceptance, accord
ing to ScheffeL
Madrigal singing, then be
came a lost ;art, .and was
not revived -.until the (begin
ning (Of the 20th .century.
The Madrigal group was !be
gun here .at the L'niversity
.after '.Woiid War II.
Soloists in "Amahl and the
Tvight Visitors'" include Claire
Boehrkasse .as Amaihl; Caio
lyu Khodes as the Mother;
Ken Scheffe as King Kas
sar,; (Gene Dybdahl as iKing
Melchior;; John Gillilan as
Jiing Balthazar; and Kofl
(Gibb as the Page.
KK Mmh
Director Is
Terry Boyes
Terry Boyes wiu'be mus
ical .director of the Kosmet
Klub spring s'how, "'Damn
Yankees,-" which will ie pre
sented April 15.
itsoyes r ?e
(ceived 1 ii
bachelor de
gree an mus
ic an 195ft,
.and as now a
graduate as
sistant (woj'k
ang' towards
a masters de
gree an anus
ac. He was a
imembar .uf L'nKv.er&ity Stng
(ers and Band if or six years
;.and has servte.d as band
; wice-pjsesident and nead (drum
ana jor. He was .also awarded
; .a Band Key ior ihis outstand
ing service to line LMversity
Band.
(Other music Humors ig&rai
ored 'by Boyes (include past
1 'Kficrntarv unn nrpsiQTTt OI
Phi Mu Alpha Siufonia,, na
tional anen'.s mum: Sraternity,
pant rtreasurer of (Gamma
Lamba, (Umveratty (f
;bj:Hka Band honorary ifra
tenuty. Boyes -was ideated !by She
senior (('laws .Uf the Musie
I- ,1.. -A Jll -
Jolin Else anaves the .calundar .ahead to the year 2100 ilw ;the u.,ou' ,7 V ,
aetting of lus "Chris Mass" ,lory, Editorial page. Wmverst y as ew-
, r -v... (r soloist an !U.iB. He was also
t.ar' bv.vr Lany 1 m a ;nu,m-ul,r ,ur the .ensemble f
"Nebi:a;ika" .wtgers Iliad little trwuWe an (dsKpnsing (ni Donver ' the 123U IKsmf. Khib -Wing
University 77-112, Tuesdey night .at the Coliseum. Pae 2. j show, '"The Pajauia Came."
- . ( I
f
to
! Boyes
M. m
ide the Nebraskan
'Tiie OirMmas "giving' spirit as beginning to takt:
five KJ leligibles" ihave gfven aip pin and the balance uf
their bank auuouuts an order to iiuy rings lor their
.sweethearts. ...,. Page A.