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'UNlVERCnY OP RSSX v LIBRARY Eweetwater Affair Opens Wednesday at ARCHIVES By Ann Moyer .MrigjcaL ppera ",TiM Sweetwater Affair," written by two University staff members, Robert Beadell . and Bruce Nicoll, will be seen for the first time at Howell Theater Wednesday through Saturday beginning .at 8 p.m. . The hour-and-a-half opera will feature a dual cast which will appear on alter- nate nights. John M6ran, as sistant professor of music, will sing the lead male role at one of the perform ances libretto, Score Nicoil, wrote the libretto and Prof. Beadell wrote the fccore. Leon Lishner, associate professor of voice, will di CATTLE ! v Jit : I ' - . 4 ' ; ; f i - r , i I jj I ' Z v ' "xV l -1 - A ' ' - f ; 1 '. ' .StV'1' , I y-cr 'A' fv v- N 'J I "Cattle Kate", an early opportunist who had a chiv alrous passion for men in the "Sweetwater Affair," will be portrayed by Jocelyn Sack (left) and Judy Lawrence (right). In the dual character original opera Catae- Kate catches her man and falls in love with "Averill" another character featured In this week's performance. Minors: Turn In Fake LD.'s By Dick Stockey Alvin Scissors, director of the state motor vehicle de partment, urged any minor in possession of counterfeit iden tification papers to turn them over to the proper city, coun ty, or state authorities lmme-d-ately. Scissors urged the cooper ation of both students and non-students in the matter. City prosecutor Ron Laho frt stated that under city statute no charge is applied for mere possession of the packet of cards itself. He in dicated, kowever, that an at tempt to rse the packet for Illegal purposes would result in full extent of prosecution tlfWlSk ttMlMllAlialAfl Federal agents, state ffi-ikct the final board. 'J National Foundation is ciais, and Lincoln police have! To be eligible a girl must lTS! combined efforts during the meet the requirements as set .Z fPhomores a eV past week to halt use of pho- up by the University for par- fr four 'ear r,, jfifiofin w. tipinatinn in .vtr2-ri,m-i,,i,i medical social work. The inating in Omaha and in cir culation in Lincoln and Oma- ha areas. The arrest of a 19-year-old University student attempting to- obtain liquor through mis representation of his a g d touched off a "wake of pub licly" enabling two Omaha suspects involved in the counterfeiting to leave the city shortly after the arrest of the youth. .The University student told police be bad purchased the packet of cards from an Omaha- youth for $10. The Associ ated Press quoted Omaha po lice officer Ralph Raebsam as eying that the identification cards were sold to minors, but tfc&t the counterfeiting was an s flu It operation -The packets in circulation factimated at 1000) contain fake selective service cards, drivers licenses, and other identification papers. , The documents were blank upon Sale, enabling purchasers to type in their own names and vital statistics, including birth dates. ; The apprehended youth told officials, faiclndicgaan FBI agent; Ahin Scissors, direc tor of the state motor vehicle department; and Ren Lahners, city prosecutor, that be bad been approached around Homecoming, the lat ter part of last October, and that the seller had returned a few days following the pur chase with the cards. Scissors indicated that sales of the cards had centered around Lincoln and Omaha college areas. Circulation of the cards in the University area was particularly heavy, according to authorities, and attempts to obtain them are presently receiving top atten tion from local police and officials. rect, the student company, and Emanuel Wishnow, chairman of the department of music, will conduct the orchestra. The first performance will be viewed and spouted by Julius Rudel, managing di rector of the New York City Opera Company. This is believed to be the first time an opera has been written about the his tory of man's conquest of the American frontier, the Sweetwater valley incident. Cattle Kingdoms "The Sweetwater Affair" is set in the s u m m e r of 1889, a time of the free grass cattle kingdoms ki the foothills of the R 6 c k y Mountains and Great Plains. The cattle roamed KATES Today On Campus Inter-Varsity Christian Fel lowship, "Is Christianity for the college student?" 7:30 p.m., 332 Student Union. Prayer meeting 12:35-12:50 p.m., Monday through Friday, 349 Student Union. ACE, 4:45 p.m., 200 Teach er's College. ' Nebraska Law College Apti test for incoming freshman next fall, part I, 1:30 p.m., 202 Law College. Interviews Set for AWS Interview (nr th AW5 Board slate will be held Sat-tYfonf pnAfi urdav. Februarv 18. inlVJlUIll OClIC urday, February 340 Student Union Applicants may sign up for interviews and pick up appli cation blanks this Wednesday in 335 Union. The all-women's election ui w new fliarcn la to se- activities. jne must be a bo- nafide member of the class! Usl tw0 years of coUf&e m she wishes to represent. Uni- addition to two years of grad versity rules will determine a I uate m an aPPvl candidate's class. She musti graduate professional school have at least a 5.7 weighted01 500,31 w.ont average No more than three mem bers from each living unit consisting of 75 women or less will be put on the slate. Freshmen, sophomore, and! junior women will be selected ! on the bases of interest, lead ership ability, personal stand ards and sincerety. Journalist I folds Interviews Here John A. McWethy, manag ing editor of the midwest edi- tion oI toe Wall Street Jour- jna1' w,u be on campus today and Wednesday to interview journalism seniors and gradu ate students who are interest ed in newspaper positions. The interviews win be con ducted in 309 Burnett . McWethy will also speak to journalism classes and inter ested journalism students this afternoon at 2 p.m. and Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. in 306 Burnett. His afternoon topic will deal with the opera tion of the WaH Street Jour- naL Depth reporting for the Journal will be his topic'108 incoming students who Wednesday, AUF Assistants Receive Awards The All University Fund has awarded three committee as sistants plaques for their ex tensive work in the organiza tion this past year. The outstanding assistants are Jan Fletcher, ' publicity; Bob Weber, solicitations; and Roger Myers, general assistant over unfenced ranges feed ing on the grass of the pub lic lands. Many titled Europeans stampeded to the region to reap quick fortunes as the demand for western beef and hides spjraled. Texas cowmen were either literal ly establishing their own private governments and stocks empires or were con trolling already exist ing governments including die infant state of Wyoming. The. demise of this king VOL. 74, No. 59 Gie By Nancy Whitford The University Board of Re- v. :.La v.;u from California educator; Dr. Lyman A. Glenny, for out standing efforts in the field of policy making. The praise, which was con tained in the 109 page final report on Nebraska higher education, was the only one of Glenny's 57 specific recom mendations containing a com mendation rather than a sug gestion for improvement. " Commends Board Glenny recommended, "The Board be commended for formulating and publishing in a very usable form, policies I which are in keeping with the best personnel standards in the academic world." n I Research Farms Land Sale Bills Go to Solons' Two bills have been introduced to the State Legislature i seeking legislative authorization for. hS sale of two pieces of property owned by the University. An ftft-arr Union Fruit Farm, located three miles south nf Union and 20 acres of land I npd hv the tom for develooment of home sites, were the v. ; University lands proposed for Foundation Announces A new series of four-year scholarships supporting study in various fields of health and rehabilitation has been an nounced by the National Foun dation of New York. Scholarships to study medi cine are available for college undergraduates accepted by an American Medical Associ ation approved school of med icine in the United States for admission in 1961. Details and application blanks can be obtained from the college the applicant is attending, from the National Foundation, 88 Second A v e., New York 17, N.Y. or from a local chapter of the National Foundation. The deadline for filing is April I, 1961. English A Will Not Be The last sub-college level course remaining in the regu lar University program, Eng lish t win not be offered this - semester, according to Dr. Dudley Bailey, director of freshman English, and Lee Chatfield, director of junior division. Begun in 1325 to serve could not Qualify for college English, the non-credit course is now no longer seeded, Said Dr. Bailey. Dr. Bailey Said that it was a matter of numbers. "The number of students who need this course has dropped way off the last few years and the number of . students coming in that cannot qualify for college English is not large enough to justify the scheduling of such a course," said Dr. Bailey. dom was inevitable as the federal government be gan parcelling the land out to homesteaders and small ranchers. This incensed the big cattlemen and it is at this point where the opera begins. The opera centers around a small "free grass" ranch er, James Averill, played by Wayne Robertson and Cal Carlson, who cham pioned the cause of the small, independent rancher and attempted to stir the y Praises n . "The Board of Regents has KV deHnaled. I obligations and nehtsf both I the academic and non&adem ic employees of the Jniver- sity," Glenny explain Over 50 per cent, 32 of the 57 recommendati 8 per- tain directly to the niver- sity, either by mentioning it specifically or including it in the category of "all Nebraska higher education institutions studied." Fifteen Accepted Of these 15 were accepted by . the Legislative Council Committee on Higher Educa tion. The committee acted more cautiously in making its own recommendations to accom - !u, Prominent trends in the near Genoa, which would be sale in the bills. The Unioa Fruit Farm,-- which was purchased by the i mg editor of University in 1917, bas been j the paper last used in the past for research semester, purposes. Dr. Joseph Young .igJ chairman of the horticultural department, said the Univer sity feels that further re search can be conducted more effectively In cooperation with commercial growers. He added that any addi tional research with fruit trees could be conducted at the Horning Farm near Plattsmouth, which was re cently bequested to the Uni versity, and at the newly acquired land at Mead Ord nance Plant, The land which the Uni- n versuy wouia seu w me iow .. . . . ... . T of Genoa would include puiMun vi mic m University-owned land which ! is adjacent to the main street of Genoa. The property, formerly op erated by the Federal gov ernment as a site for an In dian 'school, was transferred to the University by the Legis lature. The land is being used by the University for produc ing Foundation Seed, accord ing to Carl Donaldson, busi ness manager. A new student who is found fered by the University for incapable of doing college1 higher-caliber students and English must take a high!" J"? school correspondence course in the University's Extension Division. After completing this remedial course, he then may enter the freshman English program the foHowing semes ter, for credit Dr. Bailey said the w e a k student win have to pay the fun cost of instruction of cor respondence course... He pointed out that in the first semester of 1955, 581 new students, or 30 per cent of the freshman class, were en rolled in English A. Last se mester, only 109 students, or 5 per cent of the 2,017 fresh man, were not qualified for j regular freshman college Eng-j lish, Attraction Dr. Bailey attributed this drop off to the attraction of- far-off federal government in the East into aiding and protecting the small group, of his followers. Joselyn Sack and Judy Lawrence are cast as Cat tle Kate (Ella" Watson), an early opportunist who is held in a typically chival rous regard by the men. She and Averill fall in love with each other. Some of the small cattle men help Kate set up in stolen cattle, but William Bothwell, (Lou Lawson and rs L J) The Nebraskan Glenny recommendations, now under study by the exec utive committee of the Board of Regents, include emphasis on counseling Administrative efficiency and graduate work at the University: The University place greater emphasis than in the past on graduate research and service functions and less on ' programs for lower-division BIU1ICUW. Each institution adminis ter a battery of nationally standardized ability and achievement tests (and apli tude tests when appropriate) to entering students under the . cal and programmmg consid. direction of a professional i erations 1 trained testing officer to helPof state wUfc ETV netw0k """'tu""u:and interconnprtinn with capabilities and fields of edu-. Calhoun To Edit Nebraskan Second Semester Staff Begins Work uave cainoun, a senior in uic ouiuui in juui iiuiMii, HlulcvCl ) neaa me sian 01 me u any Nebraskan for this semester . t-amoun, a memDer M f ni : ii i . k. - 1 Pelta Theta serve as managing ed i t o r. Miss SheHberg is a junior en- Calhoun rolled in the Arts and Science college and is majoring in in journalism. She is a mem ber of Delta Gamma sorority. Norm Jieatty, also a jour- i - v f . Li a La nausm major, will be news ; uorary appropriate to we lev editor of the "Rag." Beattylel and scope of its programs. is a junior and a member of Siq.na Phi Epsilon fraternity. Hal Brown, a senior major ing in journalism will contin ue as sports editor. Jim Forrest, sophomore in' Arts and Science, wffl be the rnrrrurrilevel for comparable in Ag news editor. He is a mem- . ... ber of Kappa Sigma fratemi- tion in tb re , tv - ' (Committee: Out-of- A fl Tiou'B Alirvf MA la a OTiAm. senior staff writers are Ann Moyer, Nancy Whitford and Dick Stuckey. Junior staff writers wifl be Cloyd Clark, Dave Wolfarth, Jan Sack and Eleanor Bill ings. Pat Dean, Louise Hol- i bert and Jerry Lamberson will serve as copy editors. The business staff will be headed by Stan Kaiman John Schroeder. Don Fereus-itime on and Bill Gunlicks will be Peru State Teachers Col business assistants. I lege work with the University Offered This courses. However. Dr. Bafley ' said, "Clearly high schools have been sending better qualified ified for admission to fresh students to the University. I man English It is because Even if the drop-off in Eng-jthey either lack capacity for lish A was not to continue doing college work or they that is, even if it were to level off at the present num ber I do not think we can justify the continuation of the ' program. "1 think we know enough about our incoming students now that we can with fair accuracy winnow out those who do not stand a chance in our regular program; and I think we owe it to others to give them a chance to show us that they can do college' level work in English their first semester with us." Chatfield said: "We are con- Gene Dybdahl) a titled Englishman and an empire builder, claims Averill has caused lies to be printed about him, and further, that Averill has been steal ing his cattle. Averill doesn't deny it. Deals are then attempted and reprisal and remedy is sought Averill and Kate must then face up to almost all the great decisions they will ever make in their lives in a period of a few minutes, among others, what they r ) cation in over-supply and un-der-supply. Each institution assign a qualified person to conduct ! research periodically within Ith institution in the several fields of student affairs, edu cational programs, physical facility utilization and unit costs. Educational Television A thorough investigation be made of the potential uses of educational television for the state at the elementary, secondary and higher levels of education, and a feasibility study be conducted to include administrative, fiscal, techni- neiphboring ETV sys. items. I All institutions attempt to ; increase to national averages ior above, the percentage of their faculties which hold the doctorate degree in various subject fields. Each institution carefully review its recruiting practices modest levels. (The legislators recommend ed that hat "faculty inbreeding is ncessarilyWsirabU f if! not jt js Cpi at a reasonable -Nebraska take immediate steps to bring salary le'els at the University to at least re gional averages. All institutions attempt to allow new inexperienced fac ulty members to at least tri ple their salary during . the course of a life time career at the institution. (The committee recom ommended substitution of "to have a reasonable salary in crease.") Library Increase Each institution spend at least five per cent of its in come on library resources to make the volume size of its (Committee: "a reasonalbe amount" be substituted for "at least five per cent") Resident and out-of-state tuition at the University be ,,,.,,, , m fcTmnaraHe tottS: 1 state tuition be maintained at "ade quate levels.") Scholarship Program Nebraska refrain from establishing a state scholar ship program until the gen eral level of financial support for public institutions has been substantially raised. (Committee: Nebraska re frain from establishing a state scholarship program "for the being.") Semester vinced that with rare excep - tions our incoming freshman tiave been exposed to enough instruction in English in their high school years to -qualify for credit courses in college English. If they are not qual- have been unwilling to give the necessary attention to pre paration during high school years. In either case it does not seem to us that the Uni versity should include a re medial course as a regular classroom offering by the de partment of English." English A was the only remedial course to remain in the regular University p r o gram during the past few years. Remedial courses in mathematics, chemistry, and physics were discontinued earlier. .Resents Howell are to do about the only real love they would ever know. Other members of the cast include Bothwell's sis ter, Elaine, Paula Knepper and Sue Worley; John Gilli- 1 a n d, Bob Stevenson, Paul Holzworth, Ken Scheffel and Willard Marquardt Cast as cowmen are Rod Gibb. David StenzeL Dick Lenington, Roger Quadha-' mer, Dick Peterson, Ron" Holscher, Larry Cole and Dewey Wiens. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1961 to develop a joint graduate program. S t a f f and line duties of the dean of faculties be clari fied and published in a policy statement and the deans for. academic affairs, student af fairs, faculties, grduate col lege; comptroller and business manager report di rectly to the chancellor. The University establish a Bureau of Institutional Re search to promote adminis trative efficiency and educa tional planning. (Committee: The Legist lature "act cautiously on the last four recommendations as they will eventually involve extra funds.") The Legislature authorize a Nebraska higher education survey to be conducted by professional consultants every five years. (Committee: Such a survey be conducted "periodically" and be expanded by "using the further assistance of someone with business man agement experience so as to cover areas not fully devel oped in the present study." . Necessary changes in the laws and administrative reg- !T,J ,US"C1 f1 i" niciiiuaiii accounts ana 10 suo- mit to state budgeting authori- tj5?iennial bu1 rK,uei ' HacAf An ovnanrliftirA lcci- UUJVU VII VAVUUiUU . viooor fications recommended by the American Council on edu-' cation. r The share of income from; the Institutional and Military Department Building Fund for the University be continued over the next ten years at present rather than increased rates. (Committee: The matter be" left "to the discretion of the Legislature.) General Policies The Board of Regents es tablish general policies on the acceptance of gifts and grants, federal government contracts and certain person nel matters, aU now approved by fhe regents, in order to delegate decisions on t h e s e matters to the administrative staff. The University (1) deter mine what graduate and re search programs are desired by students who now leave the state for advanced work, and then offer the most ap propriate of these programs; (2) encourage a greater pro portion of the most able un dergraduate students to go on for graduate education; (3) re-assess the allocations of faculty, money and other re sources among the several graduate and research en deavors to determine for which programs the state and nation show greater need. An graduate and ad vanced professional degrees, ! except those in law, medicine and dentistry, be approved by, the graduate faculty and granted through the Graduate CoUege. The University faculties and administrators (1), reduce (Continued to Page 4) Union to Loan Wall Brighteners Wall brichieners" from the Student Union picture lending library are once again available to students for this semester. The pictures include prints by famous painters such as Van Gogh, plus some origin al works by University facul ty members and students. They may be checked out of the library for $1.00, which wffl be refunded when the pic ture is returned at the end of the semester. Library pictures may be checked out from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the lower corridor of t h Union.